Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-04-16

FELTON, engaged for its team. Barton, st.
Johnsbury, Claremort and two Barre
teams are on the list of games, the two on
the 4th OF July to be played with st.
Johnsbury.
The rising voters and promising suffra-
gettes in the Sth and 9th grades of the
village school, taught by Miss Jennie
Stewart, "are beginning to take notice.
politically, and Friday, with all the grav-
| ity OF Harvard or Dartmouth collegians,
gave expression to their presidential pref
erences by means of ballot The trend
OF sentiment was Hughes-ward, that gem
tleman receiving 20 votes, while Taft had
IL, Roosevelt 1, Bryan 1, and johnson l..
This looks ominous for Roosevelt, Bryan
and johnson.
| Mrs. b. Z. Nickerson and daughter,
Marion, who parted from Mrs. Nicker-
sons mother and sister, Mrs. George Tar
bell and Mrs. L. L. Dickerman, in Pasa-
deDa, CAL, March Is, rejcined them Mon
day in Braintrce, where the summer is to
be passed. Mrs. Tarbell and Mrs. Dick
erman left Pasadena fortnight later than
Mrs. Nickerson and her daughter but
reached Braintree sooner by travelling
Over the Santa Fe route, while the other
two made the trip East over the Southern
route by way of New Orleans and Wash
ington. They were also in Boston and
vicinity for short time before proceed
ing to Vermont. Mr.. Nickerson and Mr..
Dickerman are engaged in business in
Vancouver, B. c., and Clarence Webb of
East Granville is with them.
The funeral service Friday afternoon
over the remains of Mrs. w. III. Pierce
was largely attended at her late home on
School street, and quantities of very beau
tiful flowers bore witness to the general
appreciation of her worth. Rev. Fraser
Metzger OF Bethany church was the Off
ciating clergyman, and selections for the
service were sung by quartet composed
of Miss NJ. Blanche Sparhawk, Miss
Catherine Metzger, Edwin Martin and
Earl Powers. Interment was in South
view cemetery, and the body was borne to
its last resting place blythe husband and
two sons, Harley and Newell Pierce, as
sisted by Earl Mcintosh. The relatives
present from out OF tow were two sisters
of the deceased, Mrs. Minnie Baxter of
St. Adams and Mrs. Alta Hollis of DWELL,
Mass.
Shattuck--HoWe.
Edmund Shattuck and Mrs Nellie
(Richardson) Howe were united in mar
riage Saturday evening at the home of
the brides daughter, Mrs. Ernest Hatch,
on Prospect avenue. Rev. Fraser Metz
ger was the officiating clergyman, and
the only witnesses were the members of
the household
Mr.. Shattuck has been respected citi-
zen of Randolph since his voluntary re-
tirement in 1880 from the position of To-
connective engineer on the Central Yer
art I'D x,f
tending over 26 years. Mrs. Shattuck,
who came from Manchester, n. H., upon
the removal of her family to this place
some little time ago, has wide acquain-
lance in town through two years con-
necticn with the store of E. A. Thomas,
in which she has been an invaluable clerk.
Her unvarying courtesy and tactfulness
not only ensured success in her vocation
but won for her also cordial esteem.
They are now at home at the handsome
residence of the groom on South Pleasant
street, in which it is hoped long life and
happiness may be theirs.
Creamery VS.. White Cross Milk Co.
The Herald has kindly given me space
to submit few plain facts and figures
for the perusal of the ssfarmer'' readers of
this paper. The Cooperative creamery
paid its patrons for the year 1907 Ito
average the twelve months), 2934 cents a
pound for butter fat. For milk testing
40, the patrons have received S1.22 a
hundred, plus 10 cents per hundred for
skim milk, which they take, or keep at
home, plus ten cents per hundred, which
it would cost them to transport their
milk to the factory every day, making
s1.47 per hundred pounds of milk of 4.1o
test.
For milk testing 4.5O, the creamery has
paid S1.33 plus g. and $40 or s1.5S per
hundred lbs. milk.
The White Cross Milk company's last
proposition is to pay Ito average the
twelve months) s1.42 per hundred for
milk of 410 test, or below to $40. (But
in one hundred and fifty diaries there
are less than ten " hich test below 4.00.)
And they pay three cents extra for every
ten points rise in test above 4.10, or for
$50 test they pay S1.54 per hundred
pounds milk.
These are the plain facts and figures,
as anyone can prove by their own state
ments from creamery of the average of all
patrons.
Now Is cents per hundred is a very
low estimate of the value of skim milk
when we consider all it's properties as a
feed and fertilizer, and ten cents per hum
dred, if we consider the whole patronage
of creamery, is low estimate of cost of
transporting milk every day. Therefore,
what object will farmers have in patron
izing the White Cross company and actu-
ally receiving five cents per hundred less
for 40 milk and four cents per hundred
less for 4.50 milk than they have actually
received for the year 1907 at the cream
cry?
The farmers are not against the White
Cross company or its representatives, but
until it offers better proposition for
the dairy product, they will be justified
and do well to patronize the plant which
has been the means of paying them the
excellent prices they have received for
the past eight years for their product.
j. l.. Hutchinson.