Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-05-30

states basis on which to work in light
ing The disease. The 'interrogsns' 10 not
formidable looking germ, Tor he 10 only
ohe-sixth Of a mierone m breadth, and
= mierone Is Just ONE. miilionth part OF
meter, q standard OF measure equal to
Ss1 English inches"
The school directors have reelected
the Following teachers in the graded
school TOR the coming year.-Pnncipal,
Z. u, Ham; assistants, Miss Mary 3.
Dubois and Miss Frances Warner;
slh and sth grades, Miss Jennie Stewart !;
SIN AID Ith grades, Miss Jennie GODFREY I;
9th grade, Miss Elizabeth Holden; 9Th
aud ith grades, Miss Bertha Manney
2nd grade, Miss Winnifred Mann; pri-
mary, Mrs. Bertha IL, Rurridge; special
teacher In penmanship and drawing,
Miss Esther Bonner, OF Greenfield, o.;
, special teacher in music, Miss Minnie
Harbour, OF Montpelier. Miss Mann and
Mrs. Burridge have both resigned their
positions, the former not wishing TO teach
next year, and the latter desiring to take
a course In the Ethical Culture school OF
New York, TO which she has scholar
snip, Miss Bonner, who taught penman-
ship and drawing In the Bethel schools
during the year as well as in those OF
Randolph, has also resigned, and the
directors have now her place TO MI and
three vacancies in the corps OF grade
teachers. Miss Manney has been pro-
NOTED TO be head teacher in the Primary
building and will have supervision OF the
halls and grounds.
| The remains OF Avery q. Wheeler,
whose sudden death from apoplexy
occurred the 2ist inst. at Greens
boro. were brought here Saturday morn
ing from White River junction, where q
brief prayer service had been held the
/ previous afternoon. The funeral was at
1880 O'Clock Saturday forenoon from the
Randolph avenue residence OF Hon. j. w.
Rowell, brother-in-law OF the deceased,
and was attended by a large number OF
the townspeople, among whom Mr..
Wheeler had spent the greater part OF his
life. With the body came two sons, DIR.
q. A. Wheeler OF Boston and Leonard ID.
Wheeler OF White River Junction, the
latter's wife and youngest daughter,
Maryi a daughter-in-law, Mrs. j. ID,
Wheeler, OF Maiden, Mass; Mr.. and Mrs.
w. IL. Laird and n. j. Whitehill of the
Junction, and Mr.. and Mrs. q. A. Laird
OF Royalton. The oldest son, DIR. Jenness
ID. Wheeler, OF Maiden, remained at the
junction, not being well enough to ac-
company the funeral party. Rev. Fraser
Metzger Of Bethany church ofiiciated, and
the bearers were Leonard d. and DR.. g. A.
|
N. j. Whitehill and George Wheeler oil
Marshfield, q nephew OF the deceased
Interment was In the family lot in South
view cemetery.
Seasons First Excursion.
The Central Vermont Railway will run
the first OF its popular excursions thit
season to Missisquoi park on Wednesday
June 9th, 1907. Train leaves Bethel 7:5S q
m, Randolph S:15 q. m, due Missisquo
park 1910 p. IN. Returning. train will
leave the park at $3.50 p. m. Tickets fol
the round trip at the usual low prices
See hand bills at stations for time Of trair
at intermediate stations, and also otheI
detailed information. 2w
Grand List for 1907.
The listers-C. r. Granger, G. II. Tenn.
pie and G. s. Hall have completed the in.
ventory OF the taxable property in towI
and make the following summary Of tn,
| result
Real estate, LIST class, 45i 81 acres, s7s5, s7o0
Real estate, I'd class, q, las acres, 573,4soo
Personal estate for taxation, s5O'2o2O
Total amt real and personal estate. sa,oos, COZ %
est. s2oosso2
III polls at $, ca, i,s5ioo
Grand list for 1907 s2i,ssoo2
Many were the grave forebodings tina
the new law, allowing savings bank de-
positors to have 5000 in as many banks a!
they please without subjecting their de-
posits to local taxation, would cause {
grievous falling of in the grand list; but
instead. gain Of $500 is shown in tn,
list Of 1907 over that Of 1906, which wa'
81 ,560.S3. The personal estate, in which
the savings banks deposits figure, wal
only q ,546 less for 1907 than for 1906, while
| the real estate rose to IS, 265 more.
There has been an increase of III in tn,
number of polls, 766 being taxed last year
The property exempted from taxation
this year amounts to SlS6, 5O4, or 1886 be
low the amount exempted Ia 1906.
Tributes Of Esteem.
Among the tributes paid to the memor!
OF the late Hon. VIM. II. Dubois are thes'
eminently true estimates Of his invalua bl,
services to the state:-
Another worthy son OF Vermont ha
gone over to the majority. In the death o
Hon. W. H. Dubois, not only does Ran
dolph lose good man, but the state al
4 excellent citizen. As inspector of finance
and also as state treasurer, Mr.. Dubois
peTIOriDtu Tue tAdCtiuS anu tTyluS uutiS
of the offices with the greatest care ant
the strictest integrity. He was an officia
whom everybody liked, his genial ant
courteous ways making for him man,
friends.-[ Morrisville News and Citizen.
The death OF Hon. William H. DuBoi
last week at his home in Randolph re
moves another of the able men who 9
quarter Of a century ago were prominen
in state politics. His death follows close
ly that of Hon. George Nichols OF North
field, another of the "old guard" in stat
affairs. Both men were closely associated
with the late Gov. J. Gregory Smith, whei
he was the power in state affairs, and the,
were good examples of the men whom h
brought about him for responsible posi-
tons in Vermont's government. Tn
honest, untiring and able services thes
, two men gave the state in public office
places their names in an honored niche il
, the history of Vermont Mortified,