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

Haswell council, No. 8, X. and S. NJ,
held its annual assembly Tuesday evening
and reelected these officers for the ensu-
ing year:-R. E. Parker, T. ]. NJ; L. G.
Erskine, ID. M; F. A. Phillips, p. c. W.;
Il. T. Sault, treasurer; w. A. Mcintosh,
recorder; L. Webb, captain Of the guard I;
J. j. Stimets, conductor; J. ID. Denison,
marshal; Rev. Homer White, chaplain;
w. c. Emerson, steward; J. b. Fish, SEN
tinel.
Good Templars and their friends to the
number of 20 had box social in Ed
sons hall last Thursday night and were
pleasantly entertained by a program con-
sisting of two vocal selections by NJ. w.
Tucker; a reading by Mrs. A. p. knights;
two recitations by Miss Hattie Knights,
violin solo by II. S. Tobey with organ &C
compartment by Mrs. knights; violin solo
by A. j. Curtis; recitation by q. T.. An
derson of Springville, Utah, a guest of @.
F. Ford; and a dialogue, "Taking the
Census" by DIR. s. n. Gould and Mrs. s.
A. Smith.
Three tramps who wandered into town
separately Saturday night, were arrested
under the vagrancy act and, at a hearing
Monday before Justice ii. w. Vail, COM
mitted to county jail at Chelsea TO serve
sentences of 40 days each. One OF them,
claiming JohDstown, n. v, as his abode,
said he had been out of work for year
and four months. The others, from Bur-
lington and ST. Albans, respectively.
claimed they were temporarily out OF a
job. All three seemed glad to get their
sentence, but Sheriff Sprague looked sol
emn with five tramps in all on his hands,
and nothing for them to do.
William Hunt, veteran of the Civil
war, was taken on a couch to the hospital
department of the Soldiers Home at Ben
nington this morning. He has long been
afflicted with cancer of the face and for
the last month has been confined to the
bed at s. n. Fiske's, where he had been
boarding since he came from Lawrence, !
Mass, in the fall. .Comrsde +. II. !
Ketcbum accompanied him to Benning-
ton, and his brother, George Hunt of !
Barre, who was here yesterday, went
with him far as Montpelier Junction. |
L. s. Grant post arranged for his en-
trance at the home, and several of the /
veterans saw him safely started on the
journey.
The license commissioners of Braintree,
at their meeting last Thursday. organized /
by eIecting ii. c. Phillips, chairman and
secretary. 1t. was voted to issue one sec
ond-class license and the fee was fixed.
and will be announced at the public
meeting April 23tb, for hearing any pro-
tests that may be made against the issu-
ance ofa license to any Of the applicants
There are four OF these-Waiter ". Ar
cher, Richard B. Osha, Paul Wagner and
Rolla Thayer. Their applications, with
the places where they expect to do busi-
ness, are published elsew here in this
issue. All propose to locate at West
Braintree, or Braintree depot, which will
be the only .swet'' station fer a long
stretch on the Central Vermont railway.
Sheriff w. III. Sprague OF Chelsea went
Friday to Ballston Spa, n. Y. with a
requisition for the arrest OF Frank
Mescbam, formerly OF Brsintree, wanted
on a charge of statutory rape, alleged 20
have been committed on Hattie May
Lemery, thirteen-year old daughter of
Edward Lemery of that town. He re-
turned with his prisoner Sunday, and
Monday hearing was held before Jus
tice II. W. Mcintyre, J. ID. Denison ap- {
pearing for Meacham and States Attor- ,
ney NJ. NJ. Wilson for the state. Mesch-
am waived examination, and, in default {
Of 5000 bail, was committed to county
Jail at Chelsea TO await the grand jury's
action. The offense il alleged to have |
been committed at the Lemery home
where Meacham was at the time a board I
er, working at the tale mine. The Lem
cry girl gave birth to child last Febru-
sry. Meacham is only eighteen years 5
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Death Of e. o. Hobart.
Edward orville hobart, who was taken