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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-12-10

The December term Of Windsor county
court opened the LIST inst, With Judge
George NJ. Powers presiding. Rev. mr.
Lewis Of st. James church offered prayer,
and after the formal proclamation q
opening. the jury calendar was called.
CONTAINED 26 cases and on the call n OF
these were noted as for trial. just now
much soIidity there il to this long list
will soon appear. but the docket Il
thonR ut to be very stshaky.7 There are
n cases on the court calendar, eight OF
them divorce cases.
Afthe afternoon session, the jurors we're
called. The following is the list Of petit
Andover. Eugene B. Pinney; Barnard,
willis Paige, Charles A. Clevelands Beth
Ell. Scott l.. Gillette, A. E. Hastings;
Bfidoewater. Arthur G. Walker, Thomas
A. Leonard; CaVendish, Irwin l..
sanford: Chester, Cyrus A. Greeley, A.
Harvey Gould; Hartford, Harper Hazens
Edgar ]. Turner; Hartland, Frank Q.
smear. Ludlow. Moses ]. Townsend
4 George w. Raymond; Norwich George
Chase: Plymouth, George W. Merrill
Pomfret. Charles Martin; Reading, DAN
lei r. stearns; Rochester, John o. Kins-
man: Royalton, John Woodward, w. 0.
| Belknap; sharon, n. G. Noyes; Spring.
field. Thomas I. Robinson, Frank 3
Williams: Stockbridee, Enoch c. Hager
WeathersdeId, Fred v. Barrett; Weston
Everett Powers; West Windsor. 49, 49,
Woodstock, Herbert Shurtleff.
Some half dozen Of these were excused
for sickness, business or other causes
and : new venire was issued for eigh
jurors to report on Monday. the 7th inst.
IS the court has not enough jurors 70
two panels.
After the jurors had been charged b
Judge Powers, panel Was at once callel
in the first case:--
Felix E. Daley ". George p Eastman
The parties live at Hartford, and the &C
tion was to recover $50 alleged TO be du
Is q commission for bringing about ID
sale Of q certain lot OF standing pine tim
Der on the land Of the defendant. In Ia
spring of 1907 plaintiff, went to see East
. man and asked him Il be wanted to sci
his pine timber; Eastman said he wout
sell il he could get his price. Mr.. Dale
said ne could get defendant q customs
for the timber, and defendant said, -
Won get me customer, I will pay you Il
your trouble" So in course Of week {
two. plaintiff brought along Nj
EOEatkUs VINO 0A1 1NJ N1o pins AAAA~~
q and paid defendant 1890 therefor. Afts
: the sale, the defendant said he had n
/ money then 20 pay the plaintiff, b.
e would make it all right with him sool
e This promise was repeated on sever
different occasions. but no money beiu
forthcoming. plaintiff brought suit aft
his lawyer had applied in vain for pa,
ment from defendant. The defence VI
that the defendant never promised
make any payment to plaintiff, AMI su
/. posed what he did was In the line Of
friendly Office. Moreover, defenda
claimed that plaintiff had been paid coI
mission OF SO by Forsyth; he said he hi
paid plaintiff that sum. but it was prs
enf to Daley for taking Forsyth onto &
woodlots in this and another sale. It
jury gave plaintiff . verdict for S42-1
with interest and costs. Batehelders
plaintin; J. g. Harvey for defendant.
Frank E. Darrell vs.. Frank l.. Diclze
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We. the undersigned, do hereby agree
to refund the money on q 50-cent bottle
of Creene's Warranted Syrup Of Tar II II
fails to cure your cough. or cold. We
also guarantee 25-cent bottle to prove
satisfactory or money refunded.
c. r Black, South Royalton.
George A. Laird. Royalton.
walbridge h Heath, Sharon.
Badger & Noyes. Sharon
Edward Miller, East Barnard.
NJ. J. Sargent & Son, South Royalton.
w. N. Adams, North Pomfret.
A. L. Morse & Co., West Hartford.
A. r. Hood & Son, Chelsea.
A. n. King & Son. Tunbridge.
C. A. Wight, North Tunhridge.
S. B. Buell. a Co., South STAFFORD.
l. L. UdaIl & Son, STAFFORD.
Frank Durkee, Pittsfield.
G. W. Brigham q Son, Pittsheld.
Fred Morrill,, Pittsfeid.
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family was known At one time white liv-
inr a Canada. the name Of Surrsil not
appearing on the records ct Washington
John Henry Jones, who claims Eng
land a. bis home, and who was seht ~
Gently to the house Of correction 70 serve
six months for tramping, vas gwen Z
conc ikional pardon BY Gov George n
Prouty last week Wednesday Inc con-
ditinn 10 the pardon was that Jones
should allow himself 70 be taken 70 the
state hospital for the insane at Waterbury
for observation, otherwise ne would nave
to ssrvo his sentence, which would expire
N hnrll. AT the house OF correction It
was stated that Jones is man with an
excsllent education, and that At times ne
would wax eloquent over tancied injuries,
therefore Il was thought best to give the
insane authorities . chance to watch him
for awhile. n he Il found to Be sane, bis
term will expire at once and ne VIII BE
frea.
at the annual business meeting Of the
swanton Congregational society, preiim-
insry to the regular annual nesting IN
January, held last Thursday in the vestry
of the church. Rev. E. j. Ranslow, pas.
tor OF the church, rendered his resigna
tion. to take effect not later than June I,
1903. This was expected as Mr.. Ranslow
intimated one year ago that this would
be his last year Is pastor, without doubt
June 1 next will complete forty years a
CASTOR for Mr.. Ranslow, twenty-eigh
wears at swanton and twelve years q
Wells River. and he feels as though b
must take z long needed rest. Mr.. ans
Mrs. Ranslow intend to leave earlyfll
January for a three months trip Soutl
, and West, returning about April /
! Meanwhile the pulpit OF the church vii
/. be supplied.
The third floor Of the White River Saw
iaQs bank building at White River June
; ton Is being strengthened BY iron Pill
lars. deemed advisable as the New Eng
: land Telephone company Is to install
new dynamo. The growth Of the tels
> phone business ct White River has bee
! very marked during the past IS year
At that time a little four by six room o
; the junction hotel office aufficed. tn
. company moved from there to ha
0 room IN the Gates building and later to
. larger room in. the same building.
4 now occupies the whole upper floor Of Il
. savings bank building and with these a
commodations has scarcely the rool
Z necessary for the carrying on Of the bus
y ness. The number Of employees has il
3 creased from one to %, and the numb
) will be soon increased. This IL said to
; the most important toll station the cor
i pany has, and its natural advantages q
!, such as will keep It permanently in q
= Ia
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state Of Vermont.

The new dam a Bellows Falls has just
been completed and It's approximate cost
was $50, 900. The time employed 10 -
construction was about four and one-hali
months.
The Woodstock Inn, which has had
eorw uuccesHfui season the past year, y 10
be enlarged BIZ the addition Of new
building to be used for the purpose Of
housing the help. There has been an av-
erare OF 100 to $50 guests and the Inn,
which contains about ninety Eoomss has
proved inadequate.
A nre started Dec. / in an effort to burn
uD rubbish dumped In the Spencer
swamp at Cornwall gained such headway,
famed By q strong wind, that Il got be-
yond control and swept into large pine
swamp containing thousands OF feet OF
lumber. Fully a score OF men have been
fighting the flames. The nre could DC
seen Tor miles around.
On his return from his afternoon deliv-
erv iaat Thursday, Brattieboro rural
malt carrier reported having seen . doe
frozen In the ice In West river at Dunn
rnnrston, about ave miles from Brattie-
boro. The water was about IL inches
deep and there was considerable anchor
ice ia the river. The doe, which was full
grown, and would weigh about 2OO
pounds, apparently had become exhaust
ed IN trying to cross the river.
Ala apecial town meeting held lasi
rhuradav In Bakersfield, II was voted
~ accent the q, 200 offered to the towI
81 Harland shattuck OF Worcester
Mas. with the understanding that tn
money be used toward paying the ex
panses Of a new town building. A com
fnittse was elected 10 consider plans an'
the probable cost Of q suitable building
and report to the adjourned meeting
which viii be held Jan. IS, 1909.
A two-story house belonging to tn
Spencer estate at Salisbury and occupies
by Louis Capman, was destroyed BY ar
last Thursday morning. Mr.. CapDnai
and his family escaped In their nigh
clothes, nearly all OF the furniture be'n
destroyed The Ore started in . hors
barn near the house and IL believed {
have been set by tramps. Mr.. Capma
carried no insurance on his househol
goods. A petition asking for donation
was circulated in order to assist him.
Little Nettis Comolli OF Montpells
Jumped from a Montpelier trolle
car in Montpelier last Thursday and va
seriously injured. When the car was q
ing mp grade, the girl boarded II, but b
came frightened when II reached lev
ground and began to gain momentum
aud jumped. Her head struck on Il
hard pavement with great force, maxim
long cut and severe bruises and concu
sion OF the brain is feared. The condu
tor Of the car is free from blame as he d
not know the girl was on the car.
After supporting herself and her Gig
children for nearly IS years by her VOL
at the wash tub and also keeping all
the children in school until they were
least IS years old, Mrs. Celena Surreil
Cuttingsvilie has just secured a widow
pension OF S12 a month and back p
amounting to s2958, which will care
her for the remainder Of her days. Nj
Surrell has tried several times since I
death OF her husband, 10 years ago. to
cure pension, hut all Of her previc
efforts have failed fo- the reason that
Surrell enlisted in the navy during
Civil war under the name BY which
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F.M. sheldon Of Burlington has nearly
completed arrangements for an industrial
exhibit Of Vermont goods In that city
next summer, probably covering period
Of two or three months. The large armo-
~ Of Co. NJ, 1st INF, v. n. g., has been
secured and II more room Is needed i ~
expected that Il can be obtained. MI.
sheldon has engaged Charles 0. Gwatkin
Of New York to further the enterprise.
ana men are nov at work throughout the
state.
While this enterprise Is in no wey con-
nected With the management OF the Lake
Champaign tercentenary celebrations i e
believed that the summer OF 1909 fuf-
nfshes the best possible opportunity Tor ex-
ploitina the industries and the resources
Of Vermont.
Twenty thousand copies Of the Vermont
Gazette will be issued, which viii grouF
and catalogue BY towns all important IN
formation.
Each town is supposed to make com
plete and forceful statement OF its assets
attractions, scenic beauty, SUMMED
homes, possibilities for new industries
water powers and property for sale ans
its many definite advantages.
The plan Is to exhibit, as far as posi-
bic. each article manufactured in Yer
mont. Each town Is to exhibit collec
lively, 50 that all its advantages and i
assets, present and prospective, may b
90 grouped as to make the best possioi
showing for the town 81 well As for To
individual.
The educational institutions, state com
missions, state societies and all interest
win be asked to participate.
One Of the leading features OF this e.
hibit win be pictures thrown upon tn
screen in the auditorium shown
hundreds Of beautiful scenes, prominen
buildings Of the different towns, the
: manufactures and the articles manufa'
: tured, power sites, summer resorts, et'
This exhibit win be copstantly changin
: from morning until far into the nigh
the complete list OF pictures being r
peated whenever q nucleus Of an audien'
can be secured. This feature will be IRE
There will be checking room. inform
I alton bureau, resting room and other q
? fractions to draw the people.
II Is planned to run many excursion
q during the summer for this industrial e
: hibit.
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a oooa seIIIna Pounry Fooa.

The testimony OF merchants Who
handle Pages Perfected Poultry Food are
indicative OF the popularity Of this food.
w. II. Nye of johnson, VT, says, in re-
cent letter: 81 have sold Pages Perfect
ed Poultry Food since its origin, and
have found it to be the most satisfactory
Of any to the consumer. It Is an egg
getter.n n. I. Brown Of Ludlow, VT,
says: pages Perfected Poultry Food
sales increase. Doubled my sales on II
last year"
II you want to know more about this
food and the best ways Of using it, writ
to c. S. Page Hyde, Park, Vt, for hi
booklet, ssProftable Poultry II vii
be sent free, postpaid, to anyone men
tioning this paper.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-12-10

Carloads 81 Christmas Trees Shipped
with the incoming Of December and
the approaching Christmas season. Yer
mont is beginning 70 be sheared Of &c
spruce and baisam trees and they are BE-
ing shipped to the cities By the carload.
According to & new law on the public
statutes, the dealers in Christmas trees
must take out license with the county
clerks Of the county from which the trees
are shipped, the amount Of the LICENSE to
Be $50. This law is calculated to restrict
the wholesale shipping OF small spruce
and hemloek trees from the boundaries
Of the state and the consequent depletion
Of the timber Of Vermont.
Rutland county is furnishing it's share
Of the trees and six licenses have been is
sued permitting the shipping OF these
trees There were seven licenses issued
last year.
Carload after carload OF trees have been
sent to New York and Philadelphia dur
/ ing the last week and more are being cut
/ and loaded every day. One dealer has
cut and shipped over loo, 900 trees. i
is understood that there are 8 number OF
farmers cutting and shipping without .
license Should any Of these parties be
unprecedented they win be prosecuted e
the full extent Of the law.
Manufacturing Plant Auctioned Or
The property Of the North Pownal
Manufacturing company, an auxiliary
plant OF the Arnold Print Works OF NORTH
Adams, Mass, was sold at auction at th'
county clerks office Dec. 2, under direc'
ton Of the receivers, to President e. "
Jones OF the New England bank OF Bos
ton, who represented the creditors
committee The price WIS el6o,o00s tn
lowest figure named In the receivers or
der. Ths required certified check fol
e25, 900 was deposited with the receiver
and the bid, which was the only one, wa
accepted.
The sale returns the property from tn
hands Of the receivers, who were appoint
ed in October. 1907, to the owners and
made in connection with the reorganiza
. tion Of the Arnold Print works. Il We
stated that the reorganization would pu
the auxiliary properties ia North Adam
and Williamstown, Mass, which wer
sold in q similar manner the same da,
and the North PoWnaI Manufacturin
4 company under one head and that th
!. different companies which had hithert
operated the separate plants would be AZ
sorbed. To what extent the North Pow
,, nal plant would be operated in the futuE
|. could not be stated.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-12-10

Al. Taylor was killed and Robert
Ross and A. 7. (ssBert") Henderson were
seriously injured in an automobile acci-
dent on South Willard street, Burlington,
about IL o'clock Saturday night. Mr..
Taylor died while being conveyed to
Mary Fletcher hospital and Messrs. Ross
and Henderson are under treatment at the
hospital with chances about even for
their recovery.
The three were returning home from
spending the evening at the Ethan Allen
club house.
The roadway was in excellent condition
on South Willard street for speeding,
and the car was going fast. When 1t had
nearly reached Howard street It turned to
the right, struck against q stone culvert,
dashed over this, turned a complete SOM
ersauit, as near as can be ascertained, and
dashed against the curbing.
All three men were hurled violently
from the machine, probably as il struck
the culvert- Mr.. Ross was found about
80 feet from the auto and fully 80 feel
south OF the culvert. Mr.. Taylor wal
some distance from Ross. but nearer the
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machine. Mr.. Henderson YVES thrown IN
the opposite direction. All three were
rendered unconscious. The FIRST 20 re-
cover Ia any degree was Mr.. Henderson,
who, when found was sitting up in the
road.
The machine caught fire immediately
and this was the means OF attracting the
people ia nearby residences 70 the scene.
In = very few minutes, dremen were on
the scene and aided IL the rescue. While
the injured men were being removed, fire.
men pat out the FIRE. so gallons OF chemi-
cal being poured on the burning ma
chine.
Mr.. Taylor suffered 4 fractured skull
and died on the way to the hospital. he
never reRained consciousness. Mr.. Ross
also suffered q bad wound in the head
which rendered him unconscious until
nearly noon Sunday. Mr.. Henderson
was not hurt as badly as MIR. Ross appaF-
entity, bat it was feared be had suffered
internal injuries.
State Board o. Health Meeting.
The annual meeting Of the state board
OF health was held last week Wednesday
at Burlington, It being attended BY the
full board, DR.. G. 5. Caverly Of Rutland,
Dr.. 81. d. Holton Of Brattleboro, Or. r.
T. Kidder OF Woodstock and DIR. B. II.
Stone OF Burlington, director OF the state
laboratory OF hygiene. Oficers were
elected Is foilows:-President, DR.. C. 8.
} Cnverly; secretary and executive officer,
Dr.. a. D. Holton.
An adjourned nesting was held Thurs
day to discuss the recent act passed b
: the legislature. rroviding that the stats
shall furnish free anti-toxin for diphthe
ria. Il was decided that anti-toxiE
: should be bought from the Lederiy labor
atories in New York city. In most towns
: the local health officers viii handle thl
! product, but In some OF the larger one
supplies win be placed in drug stores.
Officers OF the state laboratory were oil
: reappointed.
Nswport Man Gets SIC, 900.
Settlement has been made with Chaun
: cey w. Drown Of ths suit brought b
him against the New England Teiephon
5 and Telegraph company and the Consoh
Z dated Lighting company for injuries sna
tanned near Granitevilie on May 5, 1905
: Mr.. Drown receives q little over $4,000
= The settlement was made out of court
Drown was awarded q verdict Of els, 80
and had appealed the case to suprem
court.
= The case was tried in Orleans count
\ court at Newport, where Drown il NOS
i living. The injuries sustained By hi
made him . cripple for life. He was :
= work Cor the telephone company a. line
q man. While at the top OF pole
8 struck his head against the high yoltae
= y Tres o. the Consolidated Lighting con
8 pany which crossed the telephone wire
For days his life hung by a threat
=, While death did not claim him, his inju
n les left him practically helpless. he CO
now get around with the aid Of crutche
u but his sense OF feeling has been d
) stroyed. He cannot take step unless
n watches each foot and gauges the di
ID lance. A coin can be placed in his har
+ and he viii not know ii Is there unless
- can see it. While yet a young man il
ID doubtful il he viii fully recover.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-12-10

A specific for pain--Dr. Thomas Eclec-
trio Oil, strongest, cheapest liniment ever
devised. A household remedy in Anlsri-
ca for rs years.
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Every Woman WIN Be interested.

Every woman WIN Dc tUNGFG2A&@e
There has recently been discoyered an aro-
matte pleasant herb cure for wolnanss uis, called
Mother Grayfs Australian Leaf. Il i the only
BackAche. Kidney. Bladder and Urinary troubles,
At an DRUGGISTS or BY mail 50 cts. sample
Free. Address, The Mother Gray Co..
I.a Roy. n. Y.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-23
SLATED FOR CABINET CIRCLE.
Washington Society Expects Advance.
ment of T. II. Newberry and Wife.

Wasington.-It is believed to be ex.
tremely likely, in case another Re-
publican president is elected, that Mr..
and Mrs. Truman H. Newberry will be
promoted to place in the cabinet
circle proper. Mr.. Newberry is the as
sistant secretary of the navy, and with
his wife even at the present times does
more cabinet and other entertaining
tnan any other official in Washington.
Mrs. Newberry, by the way, is said by
people supposed to be competent crit
les to be the most beautiful woman
now in official society life in Wash
ington.
Almost invariably the assistant sec.
retary and his wife accompany the
president and Mrs. Roosevelt on semi
official trips when the number of in.
vited guests is extremely limited.
Mr.. Newberry does not belong to the
tennis cabinet, but he is just as close
personally to the president as is any
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-23
Into the Last Wilderness,

Montreal.-The Grand Trunk Pa
cific Railway Company has just let
a contract for the first hundred miles
of its line west OF Edmonton. This
is the first break into the last wilder
ness of North America. The builders
are already grading east from Prince
Rupert, which is to be the terminal
town. and within the next 80 days,
another contract will be let for an ad.
ditional hundred miles on the west
end. The distance from Edmonton
to the Pacific coast is estimated at
1000 miles.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-23

Of town. He applied to President
Jones for an armed guard to accom-.
pany him. The guard was not avail
able just at the time, and President
Jones informed the ambassador that
he was unable to comply with his re-
quest. The Frenchman became mad
dcned and excited when his request
met with refusal, Mrs. Jones said. He
exclaimed as he left the presidents
presence in a huff:
Il hope a d. Indian will kill me,
Then see what France will do
The ambassador went on his ride
alone and returned safely.
DR.. Jones, the last president of the
Cexas republic, was native of Massa.
chusetts. He came to Texas in 1888,
before the new republic was born, and
located at Brazoria. He soon became
prominent in the political affairs of
the country after independence from
Mexico was gained. He was a member
Of the Texas congress in 1888, and
that same year he was appointed min
lister to the United States from Texas.
lie represented this republic at Wash
ington for two years and returned to
his home to fill the office of senator,
70 which he had been elected.
The seat of government was moved
from Austin to Washington. Tex, in
1912, while DR.. Jones was president.
He named the executive mansion at
Washington Darlington, in honor of
Great Darlington, Mass, the place Of
his nativity.
DR.. Jones died in 1858. His widow
lived for some time in Galveston, and
in 1879 she moved to Houston, where
she has since resided.
The early life OF this remarkable
woman. before her marriage to DR..
Jones. was full of adventure and ex-
element She was born In Lawrence
county. Arkansas. and was the eldest
child Of John c. and Sarah Smith. Her
father died In 1927. In 1888 she ac.
companied her mother on an overland
trip from Arkansas to Texas. and when
they reached Brazoria county they
Joined Austins colony. When word
reached them that Gen. Santa Anna
and his Mexican army were advancing
upon the colony they made hurried
light with other settlers to the east.
ern part Of Texas. When they learned
that Gen. Sam Houston's forces were
victorious at the battle OF San Jacinto
the mother and daughter returned to
their home which had been made desc.
laes by t''s invading forces.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-23

one who faces Mr.. Roosevelt ON the
netted court. Mr.. Newberry is rich,
but this doesn't prevent his being a
competent Junior official Of the navy
department. He and his wife are
democratic. and this goes long way
In Washington.
The Newberrys went to James own
on the Mayfower with the presNtaht
and his wife to watch the departure
Of the Pacific fleet. Mrs. Newbnrry
doesn't look day over 25 years Of
age, but the truth. which cannot be
concealed, Is that she has u daughter
In society who looks much like her
mother and who is being entertained
on a probably firing but nevertheless
enjoyable scale. Mrs. Newberry has
Just left with her daughter for Do.
troit, where the latter will be intrt
duced lato her home city society.