Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-01-06


} ings have been held by the Vermont Mar
Bile Co. every four or five years for severa
; years but this was the largest In point o
J attendance ever held as for the frst TIM
; AZ embraces all the eompany's agents II
the Eastern territory. The sessions wer,
attended by a large number OF managerl
and superintendents from the various
plants in Vermont. The aggregate wa,
about 80 men, who passed the week goina
over matters affecting the company'l
business. All of these men began Their
work in the business here In Vermont
and practically all Of them are Vermont
boys.
A. f. Young, rural delivery mail car
rier at Highgate, shot himself in the head
twice Dec. 80 and, although seriously
wounded, he is expected to recover He
WAS taken to the hospital in ST. Adams
following local treatment. Mr.. Young
appeared to be in his customary good spi-
it's He started out to deliver the mail over
his route, whichwAs about East Highgate
After being gone about halt an hour, he
returned and went into the barn OF An
toine Guyette, where be kept his horse
He went upstairs and fred twice at him
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1 lets entering the head Mrs. Guyette,
together with some OF the neighbors,
heard the shots and investigated, finding
Mr.. Young badly injured. One OF the
wounds, which was Just below the left
eye, caused the eye to protrude from the
head.
The oldest postmaster in the United
States and probably the oldest govern
ment employee in point OF continuous
service is Chester Benson Williams OF
Bondville, a village in the town OF Win
hall. He received his first appointment
Dec. 10, 1851. under the administration
of Willard Fillmore, having attained his
majority only two weeks previous. II
will thus be seen that the venerable Off
cial is 70 years old and is we'll started on
bis 5Sth consecutive year of service.
When he first had the Office the annual
compensation was about $50, during the
Civil war it rose to 300 and now the
yearly income is about $3.50. During the
first so years that he was postmaster, the
Office was visited by an inspector bat
three times and it has never been robbed.
Although quite feeble from q recent ILL
ness Mr.. Williams visits the Office six
times daily.
The new armory OF Co. d, LIST infantry,
v. N. g., in st. Johnsbury, is pro-
nounced the best in the state. The
building is 100x5O feet, two stories high |
in front and three in the rear. The quar-
tiers on the lever floor include separate
rooms for the officers, an assembly room,
bathroom, repair shop, locker room and
clothing room. There is also a 70-foot |
a. LII a. - a /
in connection with the ball room. The |
remainder OF this floor is taken up by an
automobile garage operated by j. r.
Bertrand, owner Of the building. The
ball room, which will also be used as
drill hail. is located on the street floor,
with parlors on either side of the en-
trance. The main floor Is sSx50 and is
the largest and finest dance
hall in northern Vermont. Co. ID formally
took possession Of its new armory Dec.
20, and on Jan. will dedicate it with a
grand military ball.
At library meeting in Proctorsvile,
DIR. Thomas, president of Middlebury coli
lege, said that the time was coming when
The free public library would be consid-
cred as necessary part OF any communi-
ty as the post-ofiice, the school-house, the
grocery store, or even the millinery shop.
Private libraries, he defines as wasteful
and as out OF reach OF the man Of average
means. But every man, according to DR..
Thomas, should be able to find in his
town library book which wilt help him
to undertake the new enterprise he may be
in a scientific way. In
The manufacturing towns there should be
books for mechanics and artisans; 10 the
rural towns there should be books for
farmers. DIR. Thomas said that when he
was boy his father gave him 10 swarms
u bees and the best book then printed on
he care OF bees; by studying this book so
hat he knew it from cover to cover and
" diligently following its advice, be OBJ
aimed honey enough to pay most of his
expenses through college. One winter he
hipped ton of honey to Chicago. Our
own libraries should furnish every boy /
n opportunity for like accomplish
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