Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-06-06
BARNARD

Forrest Crossman and wife Of Worcester,
Mass, have arrived at Eben Lewis for the
summer.
p. B. Hadley 4 Son are putting up .
building, 20xl6, to house the winners OF
the Silver Lake kennels.
Carl Ellis ran . nail into his foot last
week and was confined 10 the house .
number OF days, He is able TO return TO
work.
II the people Of stock bridge turned out
TO see the Al Marta show as they went
from Barnard, Al. must have made
dollar.
John Gilman was In town recently look
ing up evidence In the interest OF Mrs.
Campbell, whose attorney he is In the
matter of a pension.
w. v. soper OF South Royalton was in
town last week and placed number OF
stones in the village cemetery and the
North Road ground.
Mrs. Churchills mother, who has been
confined TO her rooms for some time past,
7 il little better. Mrs. Churchill 10 as
sisted by her sister from Hartford.
Mrs. Dean OF Lawrence, Mass, spent q
number OF days with Mrs. Rosaiine Dean
and Memorial day she placed beautiful
wreath on the grave OF her husband, the
late James Dean.
Asa Thayer and his two boys OF Aver
I Jun, / on visited his brother, Frank
/ Thayer, last week, returning home Mon
day morning. Mr.. Thayer commenced
railroading for the Boston Maine =.
\ the bottom OF the ladder and for the last
three years has been one OF their most
trusted engineers.
The Silver Lakes OF Barnard played
Bethel High school game OF baseball on
/ the latter's grounds Memorial day and
were defeated by score OF to !. Wild
throwing on Barnard's part lost the game
/ for them. The Barnard boys have not de-
cided whether their nervousness was due
/ to the cars (the game being played in close
proximity TO the G, V. tracks, or TO
! ies:-Betnei, Wilson, Young and Bur-
relic; Barnard, Townsend and Putnam.
Wilson's pitching was fine.
Selectman II. A. Wood was notified Of
/ the killing OF sheep owned by Milo Lewis
OF Woodstock by dogs that were being
pas.ured here. Mr.. Lewis has taken great
pride in the raising of Shropshires and
has had large exhibit at the windsor
county fair from which he has always
taken home fine bunch OF blue ribbons.
Messrs Wood and Lewis could not agree
as 90 the amount OF damage and the mat
ter was left out to w. +. Davis and Chester
Cady, when an agreement was reached.
In this case the dogs have been killed and
later no doubt the owners will be called
on to foot the bills.
The boys are all anxious to know II II
is not time for the suckers to run. fish
that at one time was very plentiful here.
These fish would run in schools at inter-
walls up brook that emptiss into silver
lake and were thrown out by the hundreds
OF an evening. People came from adjoin-
ing towns and carried them away in SACK
fuIls, leaving as many on the banks to rol
thst were killed for sport. In 1895 they
were destroyed and and left on the banks
to such an extent that the select ner
were notified. They were menance tc
the public health OF the place. Since that
time there have not been over two dozen
taken and not over that number seen.
Memorial day the weather was about
perfect. There were no plans made t.
have any public exercises, but many cam
and plact d flowers on the graves OF theil
dead. The soldiers graves were looked
after and flags placed on them all by II
A. Wood, G. H. Kelly, c. G. Aikens and
P. F. Riley. These four old men anc
veterans wendell their way to the GENE
terry with flags in hand without the glitter
OF tinsel and gold and sound Of music, bu
it was a solemn remembrance OF thei
friends faithfully done. For the FRS
time, the vets. placed flag on the grave
Decoration day, OF Judge Danforth in re
mem brance OF the great ibterest taken o,
him in the graves OF the deceased soldiers