Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-01
State of Vermont.
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about 81 900 has so far been pledged
Cor the Bellows Falls hospital fund.
An effort will be made to pledge slo,-
The toll-keeper at the bridge at
Nth Hero was taken off Dec. 20.
The receipts for the season were over
800. 49,. ..; 80
,he town of Georgia, celebrated his
one hundredth birthday at the home OF
bis daughter, Martha e. Doan, In
Milan. Missouri. Dec. B.
Naham Bemis of Chester, aged about
~ Years. has been missing since Dec.
q It is thought he wandered away
and nerished in the snow. Mrs. Bemis
was away visiting at the time.
The South, Congregational church OF
81 Johnsbury has engaged the Rev.
DR. s. q. Barnes to supply its pulpit
tor the next six months. Doctor
Barnes has supplied this pulpit for the
mast three months.
report of sample of water taken
from Berlin pond. from which is Mont
nelier's source of water supply, sent to
the state laboratory for analysis, has
been received. The Berlin water dis
PLAYS a good test and is reported free
from contamination.
The State Board of Health met in
Burlington Friday and organized as
follows President, DIR. c. 5. Caver-
N Of Rutland; secretary, DIR. III. d..
Holton OF Brattleboro; treasurer, DIR.
n r. stiles of st. Johnsbury. The
work of the board was apportioned
among fourteen committees consisting
OF one member each.
Nero, the property of Judge Wayne
Bailey of Rutland, and said TO have
been the largest dog in the world OF
which there is any record, is dead of
general debility at the age OF ten years.
he was a mastiff, halt English and half
German, and because Of his immense
size was widely known. The dog
weighed 2S4 pounds
The checker match for the cham
pi0nship OF the state held az Rutland
last week between George &. Ander-
son Of Barre and n A. Bailey Of Rut-
land. was decided in favor of the Barre
man. The last two games OF the
match were drawn and the final stand
inc was seven for Anderson, two Tor
Bailey and seven drawn, making 10
games played ont OF 20, which was TO
constitute the match.
There was a six-round sparring
match before the Bennington Athletic
club Friday evening between +. j.
Roche of Westfield, Mass, and George
Kincaid of North Adams. There was a
good attendance. The purse was $40
to the first and $40 to the second. Kin
caid was altogether too much for his
opponent who was knocked complete
IN out in the fourth round. There were
two preliminary bouts by local parties.
The Fairbanks museum of st.
Johnsbury has just received q notable
addition in the shape of a buffalo. The
animal came from the herd of 1913 in
the late Austin Corbin's park at New
port, n. H., and being MORALLY
wounded in combat with another
bull last February. had TO be shot.
The buffalo weighed l,4O0 pounds, |
and the taxidermist who secured II for
the Fairbanks museum declined an
offer Of $1,000 from a Boston man.
When the legislature was in session,
NJ. +. Wheeler OF Rutland. who is an
ardent advocate OF the protection of
fish and game. appeared before the
committee on game and fisheries at
Montpelier in opposition to the bill ex-
tending the open season for deer. and
offered to deposit 81 900 to cover dam
age done 20 crops by these animals If
the bill was killed. As an evidence
that the offer was sincere, Mr.. Wheel
er has deposited with Gen. W. Y. W.
Ripley of Rutland the sum stated.