Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-06-09

ness in the West, by giving them I
prompt and regular service for over COZ
miles, and at Port Huron tunnel connec
tions will be made with through trains o.
the Grand Trunk for connection witt
other Western roads. By this service. tht
Barre qusrries and manufacture plant.
4 will be brought within so hours OF Por
Huron, and about three days nearer Chi
cago.
Fire early in the morning OF June
practically destroyed part Of the old Stan
ley opera house building at St. Johns
bury, causing a loss estimated At $4,000
The opera house was one of the first
buildings OF its kind erected ia that place
and for many years was the headquarters
OF Co. d, LIST Inf, Y. n. g., which re-
moved from the place some time ago.
Recently the building was remodelled, a
garage being CONSTRUCTED in one part OF
+ it, while the other was rebuilt 70 furnish
quarters for the Summer street laundry,
managed by c. ID. Adams. The garage
and the buildings are owned by Elmer A.
Darby Of New York CITY, and the garage
is one OF the largest and best equipped in
New England. II Is OF fireproof con-
struction, and it is thought was not seri-
ously damaged, although somewhat
scorched. The upper part OF the old
building Was occupied by tenements, and
the occupants all escaped without diff
Guilty.
Four Brandon stores we're broken into
early in the morning OF May % by un-
known persons. One store robbed Was
that Of w. ID. Nutting, where only post
4 Dnr
the burglars obtained quite haul con-
sisting Of three suits valued at s75, three
pairs Of shoes at sl2, three sweaters val
ued at SIS, besides neekties and s3 in
money. Shoe boxes we're scattered about
the store, giving the impression that sew
eraI pairs had been tried on. In the va
riety store of z. n. Lewis, the thieves
took about $40 worth OF goods, and they
entered the barber store OF j. s. Cole, TAX
ing nothing. A gang Of thieves, who
have been working in the vicinity of Rut-
land, are thought by some to be identical
with the ones who made the breaks in
Brandon, from the similarity OF instru
ments used to get into the buildings A
KEY to brake shoe was used in each in
stance to effect an entrance to the build
ing, which is not a common method to
employ for such a purpose.
The Latin drama, "Temporibus
Hominis Arpinatis,' is to be presented as
a feature OF commencement week at Mid
dlebury college the morning and evening
of June 81, A theatre, specially designed
for the occasion and capable of seating
nearly thousand spectators, has been
built upon the campus. The dramatiza-
ton is an outgrowth OF an effort to inter-
est those in attendance at annual meet
ings of teachers of Latin in Vermont and
other states, held ia Middlebury under
the auspices of the department OF Latin.
The first thing of the kind was tried in
1898, and by degrees the idea has grown,
until in 1900 this same drama was pre-
sented. 1t is a representation of the life
and time OF Cicero and is educational,
rather than entertaining, though not de-
void of the latter requirement. The
scenery has been especially prepared, and
much time and thought have been devut-
ed to the costumes, that they may repre-
sent accurately the garh of Roman days,
while the impersonations will be as near
ly perfect as possible. A lihretto has
been prepared for the use Of those who do +
not know the vernacular of Cicero and /
Caesar, which contains the English trans 1
lation, with illuminating stage direc-
tions.