Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-09-23

numbered upon by those parties and BY |
the international PAPER Co.. for many |
wears. il il estimated there are twenty |
Ave million feet left.
The new railroad will be standard
gaupe and will follow the Tweed river
valley as closely as possible. which will
give an easy grade though the curves viii
be many and some quite sharp. The
length will be about ave and oue-balf
miles II ia honed To complete the road
from stoclbridee to Pitts6eld village this
fan before too severe weather sets in.
Questionable Gaming.
A young night heron was found dead
on the edge of the river last Sunday.
This is a bird of beautiful plumage, il
not of form. Each feather of the head
and neck has a brownish-white stripe in
the middle and a gray one on each side.
The soft breast feathers are gray and
white striped. The wings are a pretty
gray, tinged with brown in places, and
many OF the feathers are tipped with
white. Beneath, they are delicate light
uove coior anu anu ~ nm, .,.,u,.,
shin 10 kill This bird. for short time
AGO the writer went within four feet of
him Tor one lust like him1 and examined
him at leisure as be stood upon the shore.
The only disposition to get away that the
bird showed was. after awhile. to walk
slowly under a branch and peek out at
the intruder. Finding nothing frightful
/ in the sight that met his view, he slowly
walked out again to his first position and
stood there. paving no further attention
to anything but his ow n business, which
seemed to be mostly meditation and a
U L.
/ Low talking did not disturb him, nor
motions OF the hands.
II seems mysterious whv he should be
shot as such a bunch of feathers could
hardly AFFORD q very nourishing dinner
The wings spread AZ inches from tip to
tip, but the body is small. Alive, such
birds add much to the interest Of our
river, and it seems pity that they can
not be spared, as they are not game birds.
Last Sunday q good deal of shooting in
the woods and down the river was no
ticed. Evidently, some need to be re-
4 minded that our game laws forbid Sun
day hunting.
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II
Inc hlgn scnool boys opened the loot'
Dali season on the nome Brouhus last oAt'
urday afternoon by game with the
strong team OF Montpelier seminary.
While hardly expecting TO WIN, the boys
put up good game. In the nrst nail the
seminary scored nve points on touch
down TO three points secured oy the BETH
ell boys on goal from the Held, which
under former rules would have counted
four points. This might have been tbs
end OF the scoring for the game, at leasi
the seminary should not have had more
than one touchdown IN the second bait
: II 1t had not been for several unfortunate
! plumbers by the home team.
Montpelier secured its second tonch
! down in the middle OF the second hall by
breaking through the center OF the lint
and running hall the length OF the helC
during III OF temporary hahucinatioT
! on the part OF the local boys. The thirC
! and last touchdown was presented to tn
seminary team by q series OF tumble
: which gave them the ball within shor
! distance OF Bethels goal line and goo'
! opportunity Tor the touchdown.
The game was more interesting ant
: close than the score might indicate to th
uninitiated in football scoring, as eacl
touchdown counts five points, of ~hicl
Montpelier scored only three as agains
4 one field goal tor Bethel. Three time
during the game Whitcomb high carrie'
= the ball more than half the length of th
: feld. each time with some prospect of
q touchdown, from the second OF which in
vasions it secured its goal from the field
=, In their last advance Walter Rogers
running txo-thiria Of the length of IN