Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-05-12
State of Vermont.
Il. News condensed and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

JiAarent parts OF Poultney, WIN ap-
'-agently no chance OF the patients hay-
ag CAUGHT the disease from each other
ne m The victims is Charles Walker, "a
weD.known resident of Poultney.
". HYDE, president OF the Baxter
Nstional bank OF Rutland, has resigned
~ POSITION. A recent issue OF bank
ICES from the Baxter bank bears the
siqnature of j. A. Mead as vice presi-
Ann in the space usually signed by the
president.
Wilbur +. Washburn of Woodstock
has maple tree standing in an open
6eld measuring 10 feet I inches in
circumference, the branches spreading
IA feet. April 70, six buckets were
hing on the tree and in the IL days
following lGs gallons of SAL. were gath
cred from 1t.
Charles II. Williams of Bellows
Falls. formerly of Bethel, wi J be a
candidate for the position of supreme
conrt reporter in the event of the
present incumbent, George NJ. Powers
ri Norrisyille, being appointed by the
Governor to succeed Hon. w. p. STAFF
ford as Judge OF the supreme court.
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A.C. Blanchard and L. NJ. Averill,
property owners OF Barre, who refuse
n nav an assessment for the pave
ment of the streets In front OF their
nroperty, have secured injunctions re-
straining the city from selling their
nroperty or bringing suit against them.
blanchard and Averill hold that the
city charter is unconst utional.
James +. Hooker OF Brattleboro, to
,shom was entrusted tue matter OF Sc
curing quarters for the Vermont dele
cation AZ Chicago, has obtained 10
bedrooms In the Victoria hotel, one
bIock north of the Auditorium hotel,
where DIR. Webb has been able 10
obtain a parlor for the Vermont head
quarters. The Auditorium will be the
Headquarters Of the national commit
tee.
Alta hearing on the applications for
the one liquor license TO which the
town Of Rutland is entitled held al
Center Rutland, there were nine APP
pHcatiOns for the one License. Every
application was strenuously objected
10 for various reasons, the general
trend OF the objections being that
drinkers from the whole city OF Rut-
land would come there 10 drink and
make nuisance unfit for residence.
Albert Bressee OF Hubbardton died
OF heart failure at his home In that
town Nav A. He will be best remem-
bered perhaps by having been the
originator and promoter OF the Early
Rose potato which became so popular
In the state some thirty years ago,
The Early Rose was probably the most
famous potato ever grown. 1t TOOK
this state and large part OF the coun-
try By storm when 1t was first placed
on the market.
Bliss Perry. editor of the Atlantic
Monthly, who has been at the Goss
4 boarding house, Greensboro, for sew
gal summers, was at Greensboro
htely and bought lot near the lake
He intends TO erect a substantial sum
mer cottage there this season. The
ice is still In Caspian lake, Greensboro,
but that fact does not keep the fisher
men away who fish around the edges
Of the big pond with some success.
Two thousand lingering lake trout
have been sent there from the state
hatchery.
Large quantities Of fish are being
taken by "hooking up with gang and
grapple hooks toward the mouth OF the
Lamoille river and as most Of them are
running up TO spawn the destruction
of future fish food is immense. one
fisherman is reported as taking l5l
nike in a few hours and others made
large catches. Fishermen from towns
an about are taking away ilsh almosI
BY wagenloads and hundreds OF suck
ers and such fish are left on the rock:
as not worth taking home. The tisf
are taken with hook and line and i
seems the law does not prohibit this.
BY the will of Sidney Sanders, late
Of Springfield, Mass, provision is made
for the endowment and support OF
town library at West Windsor, to b'
known as the Zenas and Carolina
Sanders Free library. The income o.
the property, a block in Springfield
Mass. is given first TO the testator
sister. then to Mrs. Charlotte Fay o.
Chicopee and her daughter, and al
their deaths goes to the West Windsor
library. As the testator goes beyond
the law OF perpetuity in disposing O.
the income from the block, It Is prob
able that the town of West Windsor
win never receive anything from it.
Potato raising on a large scale Is e
be given fair trial in Morristown thl'
season and L. b. Boynton, who has tn
project in hand, has little doubt OF the
success of the venture. He will plan
between 80 and 40 acres, using In To-
vicinity of 10 tons OF phosphate on Ia
crop. The seed will be brought at
large expense from Aroostook, Me
where extensive potato raising ha
been very successful and has becom
one of the principal industries of tn
farming people. Mr.. Boynton is ia
miliar with all the details of the enter
prise and will use all the modern con
yeniences to insure success, using
three-horse sprayer, etc. The wor
Of planting viii begin about the mid
die of May.
j. w. Ketcham, who Is serving
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