Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-10-15
State of Vermont.


Capital grange, No. sos. was or
eanized in Montpelier Oct. 9 by Hon
c. j. Bell, master Of the state grange.
c. II. Heaton of Montpelier was
elected grand treasurer of the general
Grand chapter of the Royal and Select
Masters OF the United States at the an
nual meeting held last week at Little
Rock, Ark.
The American Fidelity Co. of Mont
peher has been licensed to do business
In New Hampshire by Insurance Com
missioner John G. Linehan. The IL
cense authorizes the company to do a
general casualty business in New
Hampshire.
AT present the state is caring for
about 700 insane patients, 800 OF these
being in the Waterbury hospital and
the remainder at Brattleboro. At the
latter place there are also about 200
private patients, making in the vicini-
ty OF 900 patients in the two institu-
tions.
As John Groves. children were
ooinq through the Cargill woods in
Morgan on their way to school Oct.
road. The horse was badly frightened
but fortunately no one was injured.
The men turned out for bear hunt
but both animals had disappeared.
The collections on imports for the
Burlington customs district for the
month of September were the smallest
since September, 1899. amounting to
only S14.156, while last year tor the
same period they amounted TO Sl02,-
2s3. No reason for the falling off can
be given. The value OF the imports
on which the duties were collected
was 1901, 2l7. The value of domestic
exports for the month from this dis
trict was s642,731.
Mrs. Florence Guptil of Waterbury
recently found two two-year-old heif-
ers aud a calf belonging to her in the
pasture with their throats chewed, but
by what kind of an animal was not
known until Friday morning when
Clarence Marshall, who was working
about the house, heard something
chasing the cows. Running into the
pasture he found that two dogs bad a
COW down and were chewing It's throat.
He shot one dog nut the other escaped.
4 bio black bear ana cub were seen
recently near the b. Bliss company's
mill pond in Searsburgh and caused
considerable excitement. Alexander
Whitcomb fired at them from the
Highland farm barway, bringing the
old bear down twice. Old bruin was
made of tough stock and before the
men could cross the pond she and the
cub had gotten well into the woods
aud the chase was given up as fruit
less. Four bears have been seen in
side of week and many sportsmen
are keeping sharp watch.
The mortgage on the little farm OF
Peter Vorron of East Montpelier, who
was shot and killed recently, has been
lifted and the insurance on the house
paid until 1905 by contributions made
by Yorron's fellow workmen 1T Bar
clay Bros stone sheds in Barre. The
movement was started by w. A. Clark,
boss polisher in the sheds, and he was
assisted By Charles A. Clark. Mrs.
Yorion was greatly surprised and
very 1ratitied when the papers show
ing what had been done We're pre-
sented TO her. The men attempted to
keep their generous act secret.
The chief topic OF discussion at the
Vermont Morgan Horse Breeders
association at Bread Loaf Inn, Ripton,
Oct, was the exhibit OF Morgan
horses at the st. Louis Worlds fair
next year, and there was an entire
unanimity of feeling that the state
should make worthy exhibition.
Ways and means were discussed and
the result was the appointment OF
Colonel Joseph Battell as committee
of finance and Messrs. II. L. Cuts of
Orwell and f. IL. Hoffman OF Lyndon
committee on the selection OF stock,
they to select third member OF the
committee. About $4,000 is offered in
premiums for Morgans at the st. Louis
fair.
Capt. Timothy Davis of East Mont
pelier was captain of the old whalers
back in the 40's and SOS. He went to
sea when he was IL and had the dis
tinotion of having been around Cape
Horn nine times, and for II years
knew no other profession except the
sea. He used to chase the whales up
and down the Pacific for those were
the waters in which he sailed. lie
was never shipwrecked but on one
voyage they were locked in by the ice
for 10 days in the Arctic ocean, and
affairs reached such point that there
was good deal of praying on board.
The old vessel. the Maria Theresa, was
purchased by the government during
the war and sunk in Charleston har-
Dor during the blockade.
The answer to the suits brought by
f, L. Fish, receiver of the detunet
Farmers National bank OF Vergennes,
against the stockholders to recover
dividends amounting to 1862 paid
them subsequent to April, 1897, was
to be filed by October Z 1t was ex-
pected that the cases would be tried at
the Rutland term of United States
court. but it has been decided to
defer the matter until the February
term, to be held in Burlington. 1t
was shown that from April, 1897, to
Anril 1Q01 hv reason of losses. defal-