Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-09-17
State of Vermont.
-. News Condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

The State Federation OF women
Il cInbs will hold its annual meeting II
~ Johnsbury October and :.
The ship in which the Peary expedi
4 ian will sail northward will probably
he called the Charles II. Darling.
The annual meeting OF the Stat,
4 teachers association is to be held il
\ Jobnsbury the last three days il
4 october.
Mrs. w. Seward Webb and children
q nj sbelburne have just returned home
i rom a European trip. Doctor Webt
Is still abroad.
The management of the Vermont
4 ate and Rutland county fair states
q thqf the receipts of the four days
would be slightly over the expendi-
A lures, leaving a small balance.
The steamer Maquam ran onto a
a reef Friday evening near the North
4 Island city wharf and lay there until
after midnight when she was pulled
q of by the Chateaugay uninjured.
The annual meeting OF the Vermont
4 Officers Reunion society will be held
Al Rutland October 8. In addition to
the business meeting there will be a
BANQUET. The address win be deliver
4 ed 81 Congressman ID. j. Foster of
i burlington.
4 doe, three or four years old. ran
across the railroad track, and up the
steep gravel bank at "the houT-glass,n
north of Windsor last Thursday morn
inc lust before the arrival OF the ac-
cummodatiOn train, moving south.
When near the top OF the bank, the
animal slipped and falling backward
broke It's neck.
But little change in the Vermont
game laws was made by the last legis-
Ilgnre, except in reference 20 grey
SQUIRRELS. Hunters should take notice
sflat the law now reads "No more
Ithan five grey squirrels shall be taken
/ ly any one person.in a single day, and
|tleu only for consumption as food
within this state
The steam Yacht Wa Wa. owned by
b. Il. smith Of swanton, was burned
last week in Cumberland bay north Of
|pattsburgh. Mr.. Smith was severely
Eblt not dangerously burned on both /
BANDS and wrists He was sailing the /
|t0at alone when the accident occurred |
|sud. running toward shore, beached /
|the craft and waded 70 land.
The Jury in Washington county |
|c1urt at Montpelier has returned a
Verdict for the plaintiff Of s5,s9j.si in
the case Of Herbert Z Slas against the
consolidated Lighting Co. for injuries
|alleged 70 have been received By the
|nlling OF an electric light pole on
(which be was at work. At the Sep
|tember term. 1897, the jury gave him a
Verdict Of 80. 200. The case went to
the supreme court and was sent back.
Northdeld's first Labor day celebra-
|tiou was held under pleasant weather
and with much enthusiasm.
'The forenoon was occupied with a
parade aud speech Forming on
North Main street the granite cutters
b. the number OF l2j. headed by the
Mortified Cornet band and followed !
hy about 40 members of the carpenters
Huion, marched through the principal
street and back again 10 the band
stand on the common, where Lawyer
Svasey of Barre delivered an address,
(Which received the close attention OF
bis auditors. The afternoon was
given up to sports, the events taking
place on the common and the BAND
music. An assembly OF
ab0ut 400 people were seated about
bind watching the various contests
Five more fully developed cases OF
mallnoy were found bv the Benning-
ton board of health a few days ago,
Four of them were in one mouse,
Some OF them having been down with
j several days, and none Of them nag
deceived any medical attendance. All ]
weTe related to the persons VINO pc
Same Ill with the disease Two weeks
before. The authorities Immediately
placed guards around the house and
b. soon as possible all the persons
Nere removed 10 the pest house
mile from the village and the house ]
was thoroughly fumigated. The MN
base broke out in the pest house. All
are of light form. There Is con
siderable feeling among the people /
because none OF the parties made the
situation known. All of the victims
ll tue ulStds6 dlt IANhNA
Sept. : wild panther was seen
below Main street, Chester, on the ,
Charles Woolley meadow by two men
passing along the highway. Inc
auimal had a dead beefs head when .
/ was eating. and did not appear, very
wild. A party OF hunters started ont
Tor him but he escaped. 4 few DAYS
before a gray wolf was seen by TWO ,
hunters in the town of Andoyeer.
Two shots were fred at him but ne
TAN for the woods. The deer are quite
plenty and tame. and it is thought
they lead the other animals from inc
Green Mountains to the open country.
IN Bennington county several KINDS
ot wild animals are frequently seen
hv men out hunting, also by people
driving along the road. Not long ago
& deer was seen just on the outskirts
Of the village near barn with 10y
Of COWS. The animal appeared con
'anfal