Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-07-21
State of Vermont.
:. News condensee and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

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olu' r,,nd recently. The bird was
I'm In A tree when it was discov-
- II measured seven feet from tip
h tip Of its wings
pear Admiral Charles E. Clark. ac-
.,mnanled by his daughter, Mrs. Rob-
In her husband, Lieutenant Rober-
an and another son-in-law, Lieuten-
m HUGHES, have been in Bradford
~. native town, calling on and receiv-
M Old friends and acquaintance.
secretary OF the Treasury Leslie NJ.
shaw and daughters, Enid and Irma.
.isited Secretary Shaw's mother, Mrs.
a a. Shaw. in Morrisville and went
lat week TO Newport, where they re-
named until the 18th. going then to
Iosfon TO Join Mrs. Shaw and proceed
m squirrel Island, Me, TO pass the re-
mainder Of the summer.
John North, a farmer residing near
tyson. is said TO have trotting doe.
which he captured last year He
named her sally, and, having broke
her 10 harness, was surprised TO find
hen speed something more than ordi-
nary. Sally has already stepped a
measured eighth in twenty-five sec
onds. and is still on the gain.
Anovel sight on the roads OF South
4 WardsbOro for few months past has
been Charles Hoyt's team which in
cludes a two-year-old bull trained to
harness. Mr.. Hoyt harnesses him TO a
4 buggy wagon the same as horse,
4 wlth bride and bit, and he and his
4 family ride about with il. He also does
/ bis farm work with the bull.
By single stroke OF lightning July
4 II Roderick Emo, n farmer of Char
4 l9,te lost Is out OF his herd of % COWS.
a sixteen were killed instantly and two
n Others were so shocked that they died
. later. The cattle were in the pasture
Il ana when the heavy shower came up
went under some trees for protection
" and were so close together they were
n nearly all affected by the shock. The
Il loss was from 500 to $500
Fl The Hon. F. Stewart Stranahan, one
II Of Sc Adams representative and we'll
n known men, passed away July l3,death
N resulting from cirrh0sis OF the liver,
n i0m which Mr.. Stranahan had been
n suffering for many months. Mr.. Stran-
"A alau served In the civil war IN the
n First Vermont cavalry. He had rep
resented the county OF Franklin in the
legislature of lsss. lie was elected
. ileltenant-go governor in 1892, and had
held many offices OF trust and response
II bI.ty locally and In the state
The annual lawn tennis tournament
i0r the championship OF the state will
be held on the courts of the Old Pine
Golf club at st. Johnsbury Aug. 2, 3,
4 and 8, 1904. The winner OF the
singles will be required to play Henry
M0ilenhauer of Brooklyn. the present
state champion, and the winners OF
the doubles will have TO play Molten
hauer and Tilson, state champions.
The winners In the singles will re-
ceiye the silver cup. first offered by
the Old Pine Golf club in 1908, and
now held by Mr.. Mollenhauer.
John w. Ketchum OF Yergennes,
who was found guilty in United States
court In Rutland OF completely in
wrecking the Farmers National bank
Of Eergennes some years ago. and was
sent 70 the county jail at Burlington
Tor seven years, announces that he has
decided not TO issue his book, "A
Wrecked Institution. in the form OF a
drama. The book is said 10 be the
inside story Of the wrecking OF the
bank, and arrangements were made
some wei ago with ketchum TO
dramatize the novel. All contracts
for the piece have now been cancelled
and the copy has been destroyed.
The Granite Manufacturers associa-
ton OF Quincy. Mass, has accepted an
invitation from the associations IN
Montpelier and Barre 10 be their guests
Friday and Saturday, July % and 80.
Toe Montpelier and Barre associations
were guests last year of the Quincy as
ISOLATION for two days. The manage
ment has engaged barbecue Chef and
his wife from Virginia to serve regu-
lar southern barbecue at the park be-
tween Barre and Montpelier. Covers
will be laid for 45o or more persons
and among the items on the menu Will
he two loins of beef, six pigs, four
lambs, one hundred pounds ofchicken'
potatoes, corn, etc, and a genuine
Brunswick stew.
The recent death at Bennington OF
Mai A. b. Valentine removed from
the state a prominent and very
worthy citizen He was soldier OF
the civil war, enlisting in the Tenth
regiment OF Vermont volunteers, July
ST. 1862. He was promoted to a cap
taincy March 2, lS64-brevetted major
June Is. 1865, for faithful and merito--
rious service in the field, and mustered
ont June 2s, 1855, having served con-
tinuously throughout the war in the
"Oid Vermont Brigade" In civil lie
he was a useful and enterprising citi-
zen, espousing with zeal any move
ment Tor the benefit of Vermont lie
had served the state well in the Gener-
al Assembly and in other public offices
he had held.
The first of this week. Landlord
George f. Daniels of the Centennial
House. Hardwick. employed a man to
90 some cleaning up in the hotel base
ment. saws The Gazette. The man IN
question gathered the mighty assort-
meut of naner. CIGAR boxes and other