Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-11-10
State of Vermont.
lts News Condenseo and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

succeeds Z. Nj. Weed, resigned.
James J. Kelley, a brakeman on The
Rutland railroad. Tell from a train
Nov. while passing Wallingtord and
severely injured both feet so that am
putation was necessary. lie was try
ing TO climb TO the top Of car and
slipped
W. J Goodnough of Brandon. who
for the past ten years has been con-
fined In the Brattleboro retreat, es-
capped Nov T. He was out on the
farm cutting underbrush with an at
tendant. The latter left him Tor
short time and when he came back
GOodnough was gone
The Rt Rev David Hastings Moore
has been assigned to preside over the
Vermont Methodist conference TO be
held at Enosburgh Falls, beginning
April 10. 1905, and the Rt Rev. Henry
White Warren 20 the Troy Methodist
conference, which will open at Sarato-
ga. n Y. April II. 1905
Champion Colonel Monte, a Boston
terrier. which captured first prizes at
the Montreal dog show and at the
Vermont shows, was sold Nov. ? by l..
n. Woodbury. and c. H. Mower of Bur
lington Tor 81 900 The dog was
bought by Myron w Robinson Of New
York for exhibition purposes.
A meeting Of some OF the officers Of
the Vermont Dairymen's association,
together with the Ladies Auxiliary
association, was held at Montpelier,
Nov I, when il was arranged to hold
a banquet at the Golden Fleece during
the meeting January ., 10 and II, ID.
G.. Field being chosen caterer.
4 bear weighing 423 pounds was shot
by G.. II. Senior OF Warren in the deep
woods on Granville mountain. Mr..
Senior was out hunting for deer when
he spied this bear coming toward him
about twenty-five rods away He put
four shots into the bear. The animal
Is called the largest that has been shot
in this part of the country for years.
Ralph Bennett Of Barre, who has
been missing from home for three
DAYS, was located in Montpelier
oct. 81 and taken back TO Barre. His
parents are members OF the Salvation
Army in Barre. The boy is eleven
years old. He claims that he was
harshly treated by his father and that
he left home to find work and support
himself.
The toll bridge between Bellows
Falls on the Vernon: side and Wal
pole on the New Hampshire side Is
now free bridge. The sum OF 500
600 has been paid W. A. Russell Of
Boston. the owner OF the bridge, one
third by the town OF Rockingham, the
town in which Bellows Falls is situat-
ed, and two-thirds by the town Of Wal
pole. The charter for this bridge was
granted ll9 years ago.
About 1000 barrels of apples have
been shipped from Isle La Motto to
Plattsburg this season by way OF the
steamer Chateaugay. The crop OF
fruit on the islands this season is very
large but the greater per cent OF apples
was blown from the trees. The scar
city OF barrels has been overcome by
the establishment of a cooper shop on
the island where thousands OF barrels
are being made. They sell for forty
cents each.
Through the efforts OF the RI Rev.
j. 5. Michaud, the Polish speaking
people of the diocese of Burlington
have priests OF their own nationality
and who use their own language TO
conduct services for them. Two young
Polish priests. recently ordained, have
come TO Vermont and are stationed at
the churches in West Rutland and
Readsboro. The new priests are the
Rev. Francis J. kotodziei and the Rev.
Valentine Michutka.
Two prisoners in the House of Cor
rection were paroled by Gov. c. j. Bell
oct. %. They were Alma Jones OF
Maine, who was sentenced from a
Vermont town to serve year tor
larceny. aud Ernest Gelbur OF Bur
lington, who was serving sentence
Tor a similar offence. Both men have
served ten months and were paroed
because OF exemplary conduct. Four
other prisoners, Lawrence Griffin,
Oliver Latour Josephine Latour and
Eben Avery, also lett the institution,
their sentences having expired. They
were all serving sentences for minor
offences.
w. IL. NICHOLS, WHO has UcSh man
aging editor OF the Bristol News since
February last, has resigned his posi-
ton and will 90 to Morrisville to take
a position on the Messenger Of that
town. The Bristol News, the sub
scription list of which is owned by the
Middlebury Register, viii, it is stated,
be printed in Middlebury. The plant,
which originally belonged to J. W
Ketchum OF the Farmers National
hank of Vergennes, will be sold, The
News has had a varied career since its
establishment in the spring Of 1900,
having had no less than eight different
managers.
Mrs. Carrie Hamlet, who lives near
Bakersfield mountain. was lying on
her sofa oct. 29, looking out the win
dow. when she saw a handsome buck
come out of the woods aud strike a
trail which would lead him near the
house. She hustled around for a gun
and the only thing she could find was
an old Springfield musket, a relic OF
rho Civil war. which carried a SLUG