Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-12-15
State of Vermont.
tn News CONDENSED and Rewritten
for Our Readers.

viii 90 to Brattleboro to assist hii
brother, +. III. Crane, In the manage
ment of the Reformer.
The seventh year of the existence O.
the state laboratory of hygiene at Bur
lington began the first of this month
During the six years that II has been
in active operation, 30,730 specimens
OF various kinds have been received
for examination. all from within the
state.
Arba n. Crane, a noted bachelor
lawyer and millionaire, was cremated
in st. Louis, Dec. 5. lie gave for.
tunes TO charity for others. Judge
Crane was born in Wolcott. Vt, and
was a schoolmate Of Admiral Dewey.
lie was admitted to the bar in Mont.
pelier in 1855.
Secretary Leslie NJ. Shaw's estimates
for the expenses of the government in
clude $4,000 for the purchase of land
for drill ground at Fort Ethan Allen
and 81, 800 Tor fish culture station al
st. Johnsbury. This may mean an
appropriation for a building at Swan
ton, where II has been proposed to
erect building auxiliary to the st.
Johnsbury plant
A bronze tablet was erected in ST.
Paul's church, Burlington, Dec. 5 in
honor of Maj. Guy Howard, who was
killed while serving in the Philippines
In 1899. The tablet was presented TO
the church by Mrs. Howard. widow of
Major Howard. The exercises held In
connection with the presentation of
the tablet took place in the presence OF
the immediate relatives and few in
innate friends, among them being
Gen. O. o. Howard, father Of Major
Howard.
Two cases of poisoning in Montpel-
Ter are laid by some TO the door OF
penny sucker" the candy that is sold
on the end of sticks. Two children
who ate that kind of candy that they
bought at the fair In the armory were
taken violently i'll with nausea and the
symptoms indicated, it is thought,
that the candy poisoned them. The
candy was OF a pink color. One OF
the two children came down with the
scarlet fever, but II is thought that the
poisoning greatly aggravated the on
set of the fever.
In 1892 the roads about the town OF
Pittsford were measured by state ofiic-
ers and found to be 6S miles in length.
This fall Z. l.. Breed. the road COM
missioners and James Chapman meas
ured the roads again and state that
they found them to be so miles, ZIG
rods and one yard in length, a differ
ence of over twelve miles from the
state measurement. At the present
rate a mile of state allowance to towns
for roads, this would show that the
town has lost S99 this year. and some
$500 since 1892.
One of the largest brown trout (sal-
mo fario) ever taken from the Batten-
kill river was found dead by Louis
Borman, engineer at the Manchester
Light and Power company's electric
light plant, on the screen of the
head race Dec. 6. The trout, which
was % inches long, weighed Z 3-4
pounds. Ii is estimated that in sum-
mer he would have weighed not less
than nine pounds. These brown trout
were placed in the river about 80 years
ago. The Battenkill Is becoming one
of the most noted trout streams OF the
state.
Laura Biggar, the actress, will re-
ceiye within week S240,000 in secu-
rites and $40, 900 cash from the estate
Of the late Henry NJ. Bennett, says a
despatch She claimed the
estate on the ground that Bennett had
married her. that she had borne him a
child, which died, and that she inner
tied through the child. She was tried
in New Jersey on the charge OF con-
spiracy and acquitted. Miss Biggar
went to Pittsburg month ago and
made things lively until compromise
was effected, so that she will come into
part OF her estate at once. She has
lately been living on a farm in chester
in this state.
Alexander Derosia of Swanton, who
was taken to Montreal last week,
where he underwent an operation on
his throat at the Royal Victoria hospi-
tai. died at the hospital a few days
400. About a year ago Mr.. Derosla
was i'll with typhoid fever and while
recovering went out of doors too soon.
He caught severe cold which affect
ed his breathing and he went to the
st. Adams hospital for treatment.
The doctors operated on him and put
a tube in his windpipe, through which
he had breathed since. Lately 1t had
been troubling him and it was for this
reason he went to Montreal. During
the operation be died.
DIR. John A. Mead of Rutland. presi-
dent of the Howe Scale company, has
been appointed a delegate from this
state to national convention OF State
Sealers to be held in Washington, ID.
c., January 16. The other delegate
from Vermont will be z. F. Hazen OF
st. Johnsbury, who comes from the
Fairbanks Scale company. The APP
pointments were made by Gov. c. j.
Bell. The convention is something OF
importance, as it is called
with view of adopting some single
standard system of weights. AT pres
ent there are the avoirdupois, the
Troy and the apothecaries' systems,