Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-05-14
Stale of Vermont.
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shouf aH tDao AOA- y
so o in Wheelock the 9th.
rbo annual session of the grand
~ d. o. +. of Vermont for 1908
IN - held at the opera house in
Tnlosburgh Falls May 1921.
The Lumiere North American Co.,
pariington. had brought suit against
prs3erIck 5. Kinds OF Boston, mill
arcbitect and engineer, to recover Sl0'-
c0 The defendant was the original
orcbitect Of the buildings erected at
Howard park, and the plaintiff claims
NE plans were faulty.
Charles A. Smith of Montpelier
reeeiyed last week, letter from Hon.
percjyal w. Clement, written from
rsrlsbad. In this letter Mr.. Clement
sypressed much interest as to the
nrdgress of the local option law in
/ Vermont, which was not in force
when be left the country. He urges
ne true local optionists TO do
everything in their power to have
the law enforced.
The Rev. Homer Flint, rector's as
sistant at Christ church, Allegheny, Pa,
ormerly of Mortified, has recently
been elected chaplain OF the Laymen's
| Missionary League and appointed
arehdeaeon of Pittsburg, to take effect
Iune /. He will have charge OF all the
ron.parochial mission work carried on
the city OF Pittsburg and vicinity.
M Flint is the youngest man ever
q ebosen for this responsible work in the
81 diocese Of Pittsburg.
Fl 4 sword for Rear-Admiral G. +.
4 clark. who commanded the battleship
/ oregon In the battle OF Santiago, and q
4 tea set for Mrs. Clark, have been sent
e % Philadelphia from Portland, Ore.
Fl The testimonials are presented by the
citizens Of Oregon In memory OF the |
service Of the admiral In the Spanish |
war. Il was expected that Admiral |
N Clark would 90 TO Portland with /
President Roosevelt and at that time |
receive the sword, but his health /
would not permit of his making the
journey
Perhaps one OF the most singular
rock formations in this state il found |
0afbe hin owned by A. ID. Gibbs south /
0.ihe Charlotte -Four Corners. The /
H h,e l.. Z. Hubbell claimed that plum
bag0 had been found In that locality. I
On the l.. d. Stone farm excellent
slate has been taken from brook bed,
and the Lake View Creamery company /
drilled through over hundred feet OF
biaCk slate in opening their well.
Pease mountain is OF slaty formation,
and Mount Philo, il is claimed, con-
Il tains iron ore beds. Here is fine
4 Geld for a geologist to spend bis vaca-
ton
movement Is in progress among
\ DE French people OF Burlington 70
nise money for the erection OF mon
* ment TO the memory of Champlain,
hs diseoverer OF Lake Champlain.
Honey 10 the amount of = 900 has al
Efeady been raised and IL is thought the
4 remainder of the amount necessary
.will be forthcoming in a short time.
The monument will he OF bronze and
i present arrangements are carried
4 Olt 10 will be placed in Battery park
N Burlington. This idea OF erecting a
monument 20 the memory OF Cham
plain has been considered on several
|dlherent occasions but for some cause
I has had 10 be postponed, and II l.
how thought that work will be begun
thls summer
The design has been selected and
me order placed for the bronze tablet
which Lafayette chapter. ID. A. r., will
place upon the Pavilion hotel in Mont
peler 20 commemorate the visit OF
Lafayette TO that city. The tablet viii
be completed by August, but II is
Thought that the exercises attending
Us dedication will not be held until
september. The Windsor Journal
thinks the Windsor House should be
marked in the same way. IL was at
windsor that Lafayette entered Yer
mont upon his memorable journey
Trough New England. and it was in
tle Old tavern. standing on the site
|0ihe Windsor House, where he was
entertained. while in town. The old
constitution house and the Windsor
House should both have markers.
Al the regular spring meeting of the
National Trotting association at New
lork the first of last week the board {
considered some Vermont cases
those Of the National association V.
a c. Thorpe, d. A. Bullard, Burling-
ton II. E. Brewster, Coventry; y. L.
wheeler. White River Junction; Nj. !
opaltord, Lebanon; and the bay geld
ing Thorpe, formerly Harry 5, I
-'li III, pacing on an application for
an order for starting a horse out OF
cas- and under change of name. The
decision was: 1.-The horse and the /:
former owner, II. +. Brewster, were :
expelled. N. Z. Wheeler and Nj. !
Spatord were suspended until the I'M ;
awful winnings are returned for re-
distribution The case was continued |
as 10 II. c. Thorpe and ID. A. Billiard. ,
Raymond u. Smith, the well-known
Young lawyer of Wells River, is at
present in the Mclean asylum at
,Mayerly, Mass, suffering from what Is
hoped and believed to be a case of
temporary insanity. A few days ago
4 went to Worcester, Mass, to visit
ms brother, who is civil engineer
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