Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-09-12

in repairing telephone wires. Besides all
this forest fire ON both sides OF the road
damaged fences badly. II, NJ. Stone, an
aged man, was run over and badly hurt
during the ire.
All the people of Vermont know that
Norwich university is located at North
4 field, but many OF the people have not
seen the cadets OF this college in mill
tary maneuyers. To show good many
people of the state the eleyerness of the
cadets in military tactics they viii APP
I pear at the first annual state fair at
White River Junction Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday, Oct. /, ? and 3, The
cadets will live in camp, under tents,
and regular army regulations will gov
ern. Each day of the fair they will give
exhibition drills in the oval in front OF
the new grand stand.
The gain In the savings bank deposits
in Vermont in the six months ending
June 80 over the corresponding period
in 1906 was si,7s6, $40, as shown by
figures taken from the amount OF taxes
paid by various companies in the state.
The tax OF the savings banks and trust
companies is seven-tenths OF one per
cent OF the deposits for the year. The
taxes paid June 80, 1907, due August /,
amounted to s5,56s.7i. For the six
months previous, ending December 81,
1906, they amounted to sis5, 1858
and for the six months previous TO that
they were si7s,s4i.si.
Senator Redfield Proctor's famous coll
lies were beaten at the Rutland county
fair in every class by dogs from the
kennels OF Robert Mcfarland recently
brought to Rutland. These include
Scalp st. Brendon, a collie OF interna-
tional fame, who won laurels In the
Crystal palace, London, in competition
with dogs belonging to the royalty of
England. Scalp took first and cham
pionship prizes and three cups, includ-
ing one given by Senator Proctor for the
best collie in the show. The most
valuable dog in the show was Woodcote
Monarch, a registered bull, owned by
Shave, Schenectady, n. V, and valued
at $4,000.
A smooth swindler, who claimed to
be soliciting advertisements for SOU
yenir Labor day program to be issued by
local unions, had good success in Rutland
recently. He worked several firms for -
or more before p. j. Halvosa, a well
known labor man, got wind of the affair
and put merchants on their guard by in
forming them that, according TO law
passed two years ago, labor unions can
not issue souvenir booklets OF any kind
under penalty of loss of their charter.
| The matter was reported to the police.
Just year ago, two men, who are now
serving sentence in the state prison at
. Windsor, tried similar swindling
scheme in Rutland.
! The climax OF sensations and surprises
, was reached in Brattleboro the 9TH in the
, famous F. C.. Gale s20,000-suit against
! Gen. j. II. Albin of Concord, n. H.,
. when the plaintiff gave notice that the
! suit would be dropped, just previous to
: the taking of his deposition. This
move was brought about when he was
ordered to produce the books OF the
Cheshire Express company. This is a
. company located just across the Connecti-
! cut river near Brattleboro whose chief
business is to deliver liquor to Brattle-
: boro patrons at its office. Had the hear
4 ing continued the books would have
: exposed the names of many of those
with whom business is done.
Herbert II. Chase of South Vernon wa:
fatally hurt Friday, being run over by 9
Boston & Maine freight just north o.
u South Vernon station on the Central Yer
mont railway. The section gang o
= which Chase was foreman, was callel
> out to repair broken rail. Chase wen
: up the track to flag any trains whici
e might come along, and the suppositiol
: is that he fell asleep as none OF the trail
u crew saw him. His skull was crus he'd
le a piece of a stiff hat he wore being driver
10 into his head so far that the doctor
" feared to remove it but cut away tn
brain. The man died at the Brattlebor
y Memorial hospital soon after being re
d, moved thither. One arm was broken
lie both legs were broken in several places
Or and he suffered internal injuries.
! The annual meeting of the Vernon
~ Press association was held at the Va
n Ness House, Burlington, Sept. 8, and tn
"A following officers elected President, A
70 F. Stone of st. Johnsbury; secretary, I
~ c. Whitehill of Waterbury; vice pres
y dents, r. w. McCuen of Vergenne'
F. E. Howe of Bennington, j. B. Chas
q, of Lyndonville, w. j. Bigelow of Blu
u lington, w. II. Bishop of Island POND
OF F. L. Greene of st. Adams, L. H. Lew
n of Hyde Park, L. B. johnson of Raj
a ne dolph, d. w. Hildreth Of Newport, G.
ne Fairfield of Rutland, F. E. Langley
60 Barre, w. G. Belknap of Bellows Fall
q and j. W. Sault of Ludlow. Col. Albel
H. Clarke of Boston was elected an honorar
Is member. A committee was appointed
OF draw up resolutions on the death OF Co
G. G. Benedict.
en- The Lake Mansfield Trout club
ce Stowe is incorporated and capitalized
". $40, 900, with 200 shares OF stock at *
'ol each. The stock was all sold long ag
'u- and is worth today S75 share. In
We year has been the most prosperous in !
We history. The United States fish cor
y, mission has erected stripping and ey
ne ing station at the lake to secure eggs Il
en- Matching at the United States hatche
ne at st. Johnsbury. There is nothing e
cept brook trout in the lake. The lar
i'd est catch of any year was Ia
,ut pounds This year 476 pounds we
ler caught in two and one-half days, t.
of largest trout caught weighing lbs, 4
on ozs. The membership includes twent
ok three physicians and many lawyers.
M membership is represented in elev
snt different states
ave IT. a Clark implicated in the Graf