Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-07-02
State of Vermont.
as News condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.


- .hscL, far 81 600 toward the $4,000
endowment fund for Burr and Burton
seminary that was TO be raised
before July /.
Miss Mary Howe, who has been
singing in Madison Square Garden,
81 New York, 10 the accompaniment OF
mss orchestra, has returned to her
home in Brattleboro.
The Rev. Z. NJ. Fuller, state field
n worker in Sunday school work,
announces that the state Sunday
scbool convention will be held at Bur
lington, October 20-22, inclusive.
William Loeb, Jr., secretary Of the
a president, accompanied by Mrs. Loeb,
ID will be the guests of his old friend.
II Norman Burdick. at Ferncliff and
q Etwinoma in Poultney for few weeks
in July and August.
The Montpelier city council has re-
considered its vote refusing permission
i to the Orange County Telephone Co.
to enter the city, and has allowed IL to
sci poles at the junction OF the roads
at the top of Clay hill, thus connecting
q the East Montpelier and Sodom lines.
Albert NJ. Prouty has resigned his
4 commission as postmaster at Marlboro
after continuous service OF nearly
thirty years. Mr.. Prouty will be sue
a ceeded by NJ. +. Baxter, merchant,
q who took possession of the Office July
N. The average annual salary OF the
Office is about $40.
Word was received at Burlington,
H.. ~ h. IL and NJ Iasaph Anl1
n that the condition of their son, Pay
master G. p. Aud, who has been crit
ically i'll at San Juan. Porto Rico, is
better. Mr.. Aud has been granted
sick leave and will 90 to Burlington as
soon as he is able.
Charles ID. Eastman, prominent
odd Fellow. died June 26 of smallpox
in the Rutland city hospital. The case
was a peculiar one, and 1t was not
known to be smallpox until after his
death. He was Al years old, and left
four children and his parents. Where
be contracted the disease Is a mystery.
Judge III. r. Start has sent the de-
cision upon the petition for a receiver
tor the Queen City Park association to
the office of the Chittenden county
clerk. He refuses TO appoint a re-
ceiver and this leaves the management
as at present in the hands OF DR.. Z. A.
4 Smith of Brandon as president and his
board of co-direetors.
NJ. A. Barter of Richford has leased
the Hotel Lamoille OF Morrisvllle OF +,
a A. Hill. which has been conducted by
i Mr.. Hill Tor the past three years. The
lease is for one year with an option Of
Il live. Mr.. Barter expects 10 purchase
\ the livery connected with the house,
4 but no trade has been closed as vet.
Il Mr.. Barter will renovate the house and
3 put il in frst-class condition.
Dogs are creating havoc with flocks
of blooded sheep in Middlebury.
"A Thirty-two sheep were killed in one
flock a mile east of the town during
thirty-six hours, several OF the animals
being valued at 81 900 each. Many OF
those killed were the property of Sena-
tor Robert Cartmell. The owners of
the dogs will doubtless have to settle,
as 1t is known who owns at least one
. of the dogs.
The semi-annual meeting of the
a Rutland railroad directors was held at
q Rutland June "a. General Manager
y George T. Jarvis was elected vice
president to serve during the absence
n of DR.. W. Seward Webb, the president,
abroad. Judge II. II. Powers said
that rumors about the road changing
u hands and about receivership are
3 entirely without foundation. Such
reports may be most emphatically
denied, said he.
The establishing of new rural free
delivery routes which was tempo
4 rarily suspended few weeks ago was
resumed on July 1. The post
4 masters at Moretown, Waitsfeld and
4 Brookfield have been notified that the
4 petitions for routes from their respec-
4 tive offices have been granted. IL Is
stated that the work will 90 on as
i rapidly as possible from that date and
4 Vermont will come in for several new
4 routes at early dates.
w. NJ Mead. a farmer living on the
81 West Proctor road June 22d completed
his first crop OF haying. Mr.. Mead
has installed in his barn what is called
a greengrass silo, the only one OF its
kind known in the United States. lie
2 experimental with this silo year ago
and IL proved a success. The rainy
B weather which has been prevailing
makes il much better for this process
+ OF making hay. He expects to cut his
second crop Of hay in about a month.
4 Archie Curtis. residing near Reads
boro, was awakened a few nights ago
by disturbance in his pig pen. He
went out TO investigate and reached
the pen just in time to see bear max
ing for the nearby mountain with one
Of the pigs in its mouth. Bruin made
trip the next night, but, becoming
frightened at something, disappeared
in the darkness before Mr.. Curtis
could get a shot at him, which he in
tended to do. Bruin did not come
the third night
Prof Henry $. Roberts having re-
signed his position as principal OF the
Nergennes graded school the commit
tee has secured Prof. B. c. Rodgers,