Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-04-02
State of Vermont.
.. News Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

according 10 the iaSt iNPoie -
orange secretary.
me American Fidelity Co. of Mont
..iier 4 soon to increase its capital
- m S25OOO0. II has recently
Zen Granted ae thority to do business
in Maine.
= .Iobnsbury is delinquent in the
oolleetion of its taxes. January !,
594S ss0 s2s SO OF current taxes re-
,nained unpaid and back taxes OF an
nal amount were uncolleeted on tax
RMS from 1895 TO 1902.
The BARRIERS union and employers
of Barre reached an agreement March
95on sl4 week for nine months ana
an week for the remaining three
months Of the year. The men threat
eued to 90 out April /.
The commissioners on the estate Of
tbe late Gen. w. w. Gront of Kirby
have not given out the amount Of
claims proven against the estate, but
GOOD authority places the amount
above 100000. held largely by banks.
The large building occupied by w.
McCauley as a blacksmith shop and
bvA. II. Merrill as a paint shop In
Newport has dropped from its founda-
ton. the high water having washed II
out. II will cost several hundred dol
lars TO replace II.
The next regular meeting of the Yer
mont Schoolmasters' club will be held
In the Y. NJ. G. A. rooms at Burlington
Friday evening, April 3. Dinner will
he served at 8 o'clock. Following the
dinner there will be an interesting dis
cussion OF practical questions.
". T.. Robinson of West Derby has
some rhubarb which was grown in his
cellar. II was tender, of a rich red
color. There was no leaf on the stalk,
50 all the growth could be used This
was an experiment with Mr.. Robinson,
but he has demonstrated that Il can be
done successfully.
Navigation opened on Lake Cham
plain Mar. %, the earliest in the his
tory 81 the Champlain Transportation
Co The steamer Chateaugay, Capt |
l. j. Baldwin, came from Shell /
burne harbor that morning and /
she viii make regular daily trips TO
Phttsburg and other points north.
ROY Patterson OF North Walden re-
Gently found in his poultry house a |
soft shelled hens egg, the size Of a /
goose egg, with referendum appen- |
dix attachment at one end about three
inches in length and nearly one-half |
inch in diameter where IL joins the /
egg and somewhat smaller at the other
end A thin she'll also covered this.
Mrs. Lulu b. shelters, formerly OF /
Hlghgate. is being sought for by the
Boston police as heiress 10 the estate
of her husband, who recently died.
Mrs. shelters was living in Boston two
years ago. Where she went after that
Is not known. Her maiden name was
Lulu b. Farrar Is is stated that the
property left her is worth considerable.
Last year 65 towns in the state did
not receive their entire share OF state
highway aid from the fact that the
work done did not meet the require
ments of the law. This year the COM
missioner will insist upon more thor
ough work than ever. For the last
ten years an average of $50 per mile
through the state.
The American college dinner in
johannesburg in the rransyaal on
Washington's birthday was presided
over by Robert NJ. Catlin, University
Of Vermont, rs. On the menu card
was printed the American flag with
the green and gold banner OF the Uni
yersity of Vermont, and among the
songs "Champlain" had a prominent
place. Responses were made by alum
nj Of many of the leading American
Institutions of learning.
News has been received in Burling-
ton Of the arrival of William Nj. Acuif
and his son at Knoxville, Tenn. Mr..
Acuf went to Burlington about two
weeks ago and took his son from the
Home for Destitute Children, where
he had been placed by his mother,
falling to return him. Mr.. and Mrs.
Acuf were divorced and she is now
the wife of William HUM. She is now
i'll at the Mary Fletcher hospital, but
Is recovering her health.
l. L. Pearl of johnson, who has man {
aged the Chauncey Warner estate of i
Cambridge since the death OF X. Brush, I
the executor under the will, has sue ]
ceeded in closing nearly all litigation I
and the st. Adams hospital, which is {
70 receive the balance, will soon he
put in possession of about $4,000, I
This reflects great credit on the man {
agement, as affairs were in a very '
much mixed condition. The friends 4
OF the hospital are very much elated {
BY the present outlook. L
Advices from Concord, n. H., indi-
cate that Winston Churchill, now the
representative from Cornish, may be
lOrOuoht into tho DaOnnaiorn in 1904 as "A
candidate for the Republican nomina- {
ton for governor. Mr.. Churchill Is [
popular in the legislature. His effort l
10 have established a regular state !
system Of forestry and stop the devas- d
cation of the forests which promises to t
spoil some of the finest scenery in New '
Hampshire has brought him into
public notice during the present ses- {