Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-12-09

OF pharmacy, w. r. Warner OF Vergennes.
These are all reappointmeuts with excep-
tion Of the member OF the board CT dental
examiners, 10 which case Doctor Mitchell
succeeds DR.. George F. Cheney Of St.
Johnsbury.
Judge r. g. Swinnerton Of the Rutland
municipal court, In sentencing William
How ard Of San Francisco TO serve two
years 10 the state prison Windsor, told
the prisoner his sentence would have been
lighte had he told the truth. Howard
told the Judge that he worked his way
around Cape Horn by freight steamer,
stopping at Chicago on the way up the
Atlantic coast, in twenty.four days. He
was nabbed by the station agent at
Castletun a. be was climbing out Of the
ticket Office window with his hands full
Of pennies. Automobile goggles, a razor
and bunch of skeleton keys were the
chief articles of his baggage.
An important change in the industrial
life of Bellows Falls has been consum-
mated In the absorption OF the Bellows
Falls Machine company by the Robertson
Paper company. The latter proposes to
increase the number Of its hands from 20
to 80 or more within a few months and
to increase its output to point where IL
will manufacture more wax paper than any
other concern in this country or the world.
The building now used by the machine
shop will be devoted entirely to the man
uiaeture of waxed paper. New build
ings will be fitted up and a great variety
Of new machinery will be installed, in
Guiding a department for printing waxed
paper.
unless one has visited T. n. Wallis
new barn ct Speedwell farms, no idea
can be formed Of its beauty and utility.
II is built in the shape OF Greek cross,
217x237 feet. In building, il took $780,
600 feet OF matched boards, $4,000 feet Of
sheathing, 222, 900 shingles and two car
loads OF cement. II has capacity OF $50
tons OF hay. There are two siios 20 feet
in diameter by 40 feet high. Il has
balloon roof. There is not an upright
post In the barn. 1t has the latest mode of
ventilation in which certain windows
let the air enter the barn, while certain
others let it ont. There is water running
in front OF elf the cattle, Of which there
are now $50 tied up in the barn. By &C
tual measurement ii is one-eighth OF mile
around the barn.
The large amount OF building which
has been done in Middiebury during the
last summer and plans for the erection Of
several large structures next summer all
indicate general prosperity in that sec
tion. Two business blocks were erected
last summer and the foundation for an
other is under way, and there were six
dwelling houses built. II is now an
nounced that work on the erection Of the
woman's dormitory on the Middlebury
college campus will be started in the
spring. Tue directors OF the Middlebury
National bank have purchased a lot for
the erection of bank building, and, as
has been noted before, Col. Joseph Battell
will erect large block on the lot adioin-
ing that on which the bank will stand.
This block Will accommodate four stores
on the ground floor.
A. W. Eastman OF Topsham had ban
ner yield OF apples this fall, although this
year is not above the average. He raised
and shipped to market $40 barrels, to the
New York market $40 barrels, and $50
barrels to the Boston market. OF this
lot, 270 barrels were Bethels. An inter
esting feature of his apple culture is the