Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-04-09


full time, six days in the week, to hum
dred men, with an average weekly pay
roll of S1100, never under 81, 900. 1t is
turning out $50 sides of leather daily. of
which about three-fourths are finished
here into mat leather, and the other quar-
| ter is sent to the Boston Office and from
there to various operators OF the patent
leather process. The Fishers have lately
put in a new setting out machine, cost
ing $500, and expect to add to their
buffing outfit three new machines at 1900
apiece These machines are made in Pea
body, Mass. For the most part the Fish
ers divide the work between the Bethel
and Boston ends, E. c. taking the latter
and E. A. the former. They are proving
themselves to be business men of I'M
usral ability.
Washington Party Home.
Most of the excursionists arrived home
/ April 2, tired, but satisfied, band.
/ March 80, the entire party was photo
! graphed on the west approach to the
| Treasury building and then fell into line
with those going to greet the president.
! In joining this procession, the Bethel sec
ton secured a good location. Senator
Dillingham; came along and took us out
of the line and tried to get the remaining
members of the Stiles party together, but
they were scattered and the attempt was
abandoned and we took our place at the
rear of the procession. There were about
$500 in line. The president received us
in the East room. He had a hearty hand
shake for each chow can he have strength
to do it?) and always a word or so. To
Mr.. Heath he said, s'Glad to see you,
brother" Mr.. Heath wore his Masonic
emblem. To Mrs. Wilson he said, ''Sen-
ator Dillingham; has been promising me
this pleasure for some time"
The evening of the 30th the entire
Bethel party and few friends were at
the rooms of Miss Waller in the 'sWood-
ley" beautiful apartment house on the
top of an eminence at the north end of
the city, very pleasant occasion.
April l, at the suggestion of Miss Wal
Ter, most of us took a ride on the newly
constructed electric line to Annapolis,
Nd, 3s miles distant. The line was
opened for travel that day. The cars
were palatial, costing s22, 600 each, and
were designed for tourist traffic. Anna
polls is combination of the old and new
and of the North and South. 1t was at
one time the national capital and here
Washington resigned the command of the
Continental army. Before railroad days,
it was on the main line of travel. 1t had
one of the first race tracks in the coun-
try and Washington used to come up
from Mt. Vernon in great style to attend
these races. His judgment on horses was
not always accurate, as witnesses the item
in his cash account of having lost five
pounds and some shillings at the races.
The naval academy here is being equipped
with set of modern buildings and is To-
nearly 1000 cadets.
| March 81, in the morning, Alonzo
Emery kindly showed us over the capitol
building and we had a brief meeting
! with Congressman Haskins in the room
he occupies as chairman of the committee
on war claims. In this room we found
Mr.. Wiley of Sharon, who is clerk to the
committee.
The same day, we made the trip to Mt
Vernon by boat and saw the home of the
illustrious Washington and the place
where repose his remains. The grounds
are owned by a patriotic society which
charges an admission fee. With the
money thus raised, the estate is kept in
beautiful order.
The Vernonters are we'll to the front
in Washington. The first time We were
in the capitol, the House went into COM
nl1ttee OF the whole TO act on the agrlcul-
tural appropriation bill with Foster of
Vermont in the chair. We found Repre-
sentative Haskins man highly esteemed
as hard worker and having the conf
dence of his fellow members.
Some of US went TO the court house
here and found Justice W. p. Stafford of
st. Johnsbury presiding at the trial of
the famous land conspiracy cases for the
prosecution of which Congress appropri-
ated $4,000 and the trial of which is ex-
pected to take three months.
What / have written is portion of the
doings and seeings of portion of our
party A large book would not contain
the full story. We saw and heard some
funny things, too, that perhaps would
not look so funny in print. On the way
out our sleeper was crowded with AZ per-
sons seeking their berths at the same
time. One girl was standing in the aisle,
looking rather anxiously at her berth, an
4 upper one. The porter came along and
told her to wait few minutes and he
would bring he the step. With toss of
her head, she replied, "Well, guess if
can climb Vermaount hay maouw / can
climb that" and climb it she did.
Guy Wilson.