Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-09-16


purchased the creamery a. Barton, form
erly controlled by the Vermont Cream
cries TO-, now defunct, which owned the
shady Rill creamery ia Middlesex. This
makes eleven now owned by Mr.. Eddy,
who h the largest independent creamery
owner in Vermont The plant at Barton
IS known as the Evansville creamery.
The work of distributing the state
school money raised by taxation has be-
gun. The total amount is sl1,717.1T.
Out of the school tax is reserved S45. 600.
and out of the income of the permanent
school money is reserved $1,000, total
OF $780, 900. That sum is yet to be dis
tributed. II goes to towns raising over
so cent school tax in order to equalize the
burden for caring for schools in towns al
ready heavily taxed.
DR.. c. II. May OF New York suffered a
broken leg in an automobile accident
near Isle La Motto Sept. s. Doctor May,
with his wife, nephew and driver, was
making a tour OF the islands. When
near Isle La Motto the machine ran into a
ditch and threatened to oyerturn. in an
effort 10 escape from the car, one leg be-
came caught between the foot board OF
the machine and the ground, breaking
below the knee. The other occupants OF
the car kept their seats and were uniD-
iured.
Alexander Towers, the man who was
arrested in Barre last July on the charge
of an attempted assault on young girl,
and who skipped the police by fleeing
from the house after asking permission
from the chief to go into the bathroom to
wash up, has been heard from in Scot
land, by friends in Barre. 1t is supposed
that he made his way from Barre to Bos-
ton and worked his way across the water
on cattle boat. 1t is thought that he
worked while in Quincy, Mass, before
leaving for Scotland.
The covered Central Vermont railroad
/ bridge near Barre transfer was burned
Sept. s, and fell into the river. The fire is
supposed to have caught from passing
I locomotive. The Montpelier & Wells
/ River bridge alongside, which crosses the
river at that point, was badly
scorched and was on fire several times
but was saved by section men aud others
/ Until a temporary structure can be put
in. the Central Vermont trains to and
from Barre will run over the Montpelier
Il Wells River tracks.
An arrangement has been made where
u ny luz NCEnOnN 1GltDuOnG *
Co. takes three lines OF the Orange
county telephone into its Barre switch
board, thus making it possible for sub
scribers of either company to use th'
lines of the other. 1t is only recently
that the subsidiary lines OF the New Eng
land company have been allowed to dc
this, and as a matter OF convenience &C
outside parties having the Orange county
lima NJ 10 rat in, Mont ia
and Barre it will be greatly appreciated
Rev. J. J. Lewis is to give his illustrat
ed lecture on the Champlain celebration
Greater Vermont, forest preservation, wa
ter supply, good roads, good farming, thu
Flown Beautiful" and summer bust
ness in all the principal towns OF thu
state, at the request OF Governor ProutI
and other state officials, who think thu
lecture will be helpful in uplifting senti
ment There is to be no admission fee
but a collection will be taken to cover &C
tuat expenses. Towns desiring the lee
ture should apply to Mr.. Lewis at Bur
lington.
Sometime during the night Of Aug. 81
the residence OF George B. Young il
Newport was broken into by unknown
persons W no got away with quite q bit o
property, mostly wearing apparel OF Mr.
and Mrs. Young. The burglars were evi
IDENTIFY in need OF clothing, for aside from
a dress suit case nothing OF value wa
taken except wearing apparel. Tn
value Of the property stolen is in tn
neighborhood Of $1,000. Mr.. Young ant
his family were at their summer hume a
the Bluffs and their town house had beei
entirely unoccupied most OF the summer
John W.. Titcomb, formerly OF st
Johnsbury, has resigned bis office as chic
Of the division OF fish culture, Bureau @
Fisheries at Washington, to take NOR
lucrative position with Theodore n. Vail Q
Lyndonville, president of the America
! Telephone and Telegraph company. II
does not state in hat capacity he will b
! employed by Mr.. Vail, but his headquar
! tiers will be at st. JohDsbury. Mr.. Va
, owns a fine estate OF over 5000 acres i
? LyndonviIle, where he is engaged in e1
perimental farming, scientific soil cultur
! and dairying and in raising thoroughbre
stock.
/ Another vermonter, who has been
! the Arctic regions, speaks with authorit
/ regarding the rival explorers, Cook an
| Peary. 1t is DR.. William Stickney {
/ Rutland, who accompanied Commando
7 EedrN on the eAptulAtoH u to0as "
lieve both Peary and Cook have reache
the North Pole" ne says. DR.. Stickne
believes that Peary's charges againi
! Cook were made in a moment of anger
made at all. Peary is not fakir,
7 SAYS, but is a man Of quick temper. like
! to play to the gallery and has come to r
a gard the farthest North as his persons
I property.
Although the rumor is current in Ru
. land that a strike of moulders is threa
: ened at the Howe Scale company, its pre-
: ident, Lieut.. -Gov. John A. Mead, stat
Z that he anticipates no trouble. con
1 mittee from the Moulders' union has wal
/, ed on him and il is known that sever
I, old moulders have left the works durin
4 the past few months. Machines hs'
!, been put in which do not require skillt
men to operate them, and the moulde
feel that il these machines prove success
full and they are thus displaced, that the
Z ought to have the job OF running the N
= chimes instead of new men.
n The Central Vermont Railway Co. b
II accepted the terms for the purchase
. 49, liz - puriinofou of the wharf at n