Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-07-02

a trout that weighed just one pound. Tn,
lucky fisherman is only eleven years old
John Keleher has sold the Johnston
lot on Church street TO the Catholi,
diocese Of the state of Vermont. Rev
Jas L. Penders, the priest in charge Of
Bethel was in town Saturday and closed
the deal. Mr.. Penders stated that il was
the intention to erect church on the
! lot that would be a credit to the town as
soon as the necessary funds were raised,
4 w. c. Baker OF Christian Hill was driv-
/ ing to the village last Saturday and few
/ rods below the dwelling Of II. NJ. Barrett
a handsome buck deer crossed the road in
/ front of the team. jumped the fence and
passed into the Robert Noble woods. Mr..
4 Baker states that the deer did not seem
alarmed in the least. On the same day
/ Eben Winslow Of Royalton met two deer
/ in the road between Bethel and Royalton.
Arthur n. Cram died Saturday at his
| home on Bay View street, Burlington, and
| the remains were taken Monday 10 Wal
pole, Mass, his former home, for inter-
ment Mr. Cram was born in Boston in
| 1852 He was well known in Bethel where
he resided at one time when he was in
charge of the construction work on the
| Rochester railroad. Four years ago he
moved from Bethel to Burlington. He is
survived by wife and five children.
c. d. Cushing is installing at the Bethel
Mills a new power shovel to unload grain
by machinery from the cars into the store
house This completes the chain Of
machinery by which the grain is handled
from car to consumer with no hand labor.
The steam shovel unloads it into the
storehouse across the river. The store
room is shaped like a funnel and at the
bottom the grain drops into a conveyor
that carries il as wanted TO the bins in the
mill, where it feeds down 10 be ground.
The meal when ground falls into another
conveyor that carries it up again when il
falls into the bins near the Office and is
drawn out into bags for delivery.
The ordination services Of Rev. J. Hall
Long at the Congil church Wednesday of
last week were unusually interesting.
The following details were not obtainable
in time for last weeks issue DIR. Nutting
of Randolph, a former missionary in Tur-
key, was elected scribe; the invocation
and scripture reading was given by Rev.
G. f. Fortier, pastor Of the Universalist
church: the prayer of ordination with
laying on Of hands by Rev. J. F. Whitney
Of RoyRlton, who was assisted in the lay
ing on of hands by Rev. G. W. Patterson
OF Randolph Center; the charge to the
pastor was by Rev. Mr.. Patterson and the
charge to the people by DR.. NuttIngi the
closing prayer was by Rev. Geo. +. Laid
of Randolph.
The new road to the granite quarry is
practically completed with the exception
OF the official act of throwing it open to
the public. 1t starts from the Christian
Hill road near the boundary line between
lands OF Henry Davis aud w. q.
Brooks, and passes over lands Of w. q.
Brooks. II. W. Davis, W. c. Baker, Jas.
ID. Wheeler and +. +. Wallace and ter
min Mt hgriV the
Abbott farm owned By Ellis and Starrett.
The granite people have a road OF their
own running from the quarries to this
termination. The estimated cost to the
town OF the road IS in the neighborhood
OF 5000. of which about 500 was for
land damages and the balance construc-
ton. Quite a good road has been OBJ
tanned, with a very slight grade over
the whole length. It is understood in
town that the granite people agree 70
keep the road in repair after it is thrown
open.