Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-05-09
lniaries, from which she cannot recover.
Mr.. Morse has broken collar bone but is
not fatally hurt.

| injuries, from which she cannot recover.
Mr.. Morse has a broken collar bone but is
not fatally hurt.
| No license for the sale OF intoxicating
| liquor will be granted in the town of ST.
George this year although the town voted
| for license at the last March meeting. All
three Of the applications, each OF which
was for license OF the second class, have
been dismissed. owing to the fact that the
bondsmen furnished did not conform to
the requirements of the statute The
town, therefore, with its ninety inhabi-
tants and thirty odd voters, Will be dry,
leaving Shelburne the only town in Chit
tenden county where liquor as a beverage
may be purchased legally.
f. b. Lang of Barton has purchased of
he Hon. F. L. Holder OF Yonkers, n. Y,
the famous Roaring Brook park at Barton,
the home of "Ecstatic,n 2:0l2, and the
home OF the Orleans county lair. The
grounds are known to be one of the best
in New England, with a good half-mile
track, often the scene of good racing. Mr..
Lang intends to get more horses there to
train and make the park training retreat.
Mr.. Lang is the trainer and driver of "Ec-
static" and the deal includes the famous
mare and all other fast horses of Mr..
Holder in that place. Mr.. Holder only a
few years ago put $50 100 into work on the
park. He was once offered $500 for
"Ecstatlc," which he refused.
About $1,000 feet OF logs are scattered on
West river between South Londonderry
and West Dummerston. They are owned
by NJ. j. Hapgood of Peru and b. +. Mill
ington OF South Londonderry, and escaped
from South Londonderry April q. The
owners had about 100000 feet of peeled
hemlock logs held by a boom, but the
boom broke on account OF high water and
part of the logs got away. Fortunately
the main jam did not start. The logs now
coming down the river will be stopped at
West Dummerston and probably viii be
bought by John Taft, who has mill IN
that village.
The town of Swanton, in its suit against
@. G. Gilmore and Fred ID. Corliss, former
sci sctmen, was given verdict in franklin
county court Saturday to recover cost of
liquor owned,by the town and sold by the
selection Of c. J. McNally. At the time
when the local option Law went into effect,
the defendants were selectmen of Swanton
and sold what liquor the town had on
hand to Z. j. McNally, licensee under
the new license law, taking chattel
mortgage on the liquor. 1t was alleged
that one year later, and just before they
went out of office, the selectmen dis
charged the mortgage while there was yet
uor Of $3,7l107. 1t was further claimed
that McNslly was not then financially re-
sponsible. The case will go to the SUI
preme court on exceptions.
At meeting OF the officers of the
, New England Fat Mems club at their
headquarters at Hale's Tavern, Wells
River, May l, 81 applications for member
ship received during the month Of April
we're accepted. In the list was the appli-
cation Of X. D. Perry of Cambridge,
Mass, who weighs Ala pounds and is the
heaviest member OF the club. There are
two others besides Mr.. Perry who are in
the 400 class, Arthur H. Moulton OF Port
land, Me-, who weighs 412, and Frank x.
Gignac of Franklin, whose present weight
is 404. There are over 20 members who
weigh over 300 pounds and the present
membership OF the club is nearly 600.
The club expects to hold its midsummer
outing at Concord, N. H., and Col.
William J. Bryan, who joined the club
on his recent Vermont tour, hopes to be