Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1888-12-20


Chelsea attending County court.
Services will be held at the Baptis
church as usual next Sunday.
Charles Tewksbury has purchased thu
new house built by Horace Howard.
DIR. II. II. Mcintyre has sold Mill
English the Geo. Moulton farm in Brook
field.
Mrs. w. B. Wall and Mrs. J. M. HOl
man are at Pasadena, Cal. and like very
much.
Geo. Prince is to have telephone put
in connecting his shop with the mair
system.
Charles Beedle has been granted pen
sion with back pay, just what amount
we have not learned.
Rev. Il. A. Hopkins will hold services
in st. Johns church next Sunday morn
ing at the usual hour.
Any subscriber who failed to receive a
copy of the laws of 1888 can have one by
sending us postal card
Don't fail to renew before Jan. LIST il
you want any of the city papers that we
club with at such low rates.
The editor is moving into his new
house and is obliged to neglect the local
department somewhat this week.
VIM. Stimson of New York was in
town this week on visit to his brother,
DIR. Stimson, and made us a pleasant call.
Anna Ford and her mother. Mrs. Joe
Ford, moved this week TO Mass. The
former to Ware and the latter to West
BroOkfield.
There will be Christmas exercises ut
the Cong'l church next Sunday morning,
and also exercises for the Sunday school
Monday evening.
Regular meeting of the o. 4. 5. will
be held Thursday, Dec. goth. All menu
bers are requested to be present. Elec-
ton of officers.
The funeral of DR.. Whittlesey was .at-
tended last week aud he was buried with
Masonic honors. A sketch of his life
W II appear next week.
DR.. Stimson, who has taken rooms at
l.. IL. Goodrich's, and begun the prac-
tice of medicine here, comes highly rec
commended as first class physician.
Corporal Tanner will lecture this ev-
ening in the Citizens Course. He is well
spoken Of wherever he has appeared and
it is to be hoped that a full house will
greet him.
Mrs. Henry Vinton is much improved
in health. we are glad TO learn, but Mr..
Ninton is quite poorly, suffering from
a complication of diseases, and under
the doctors care.
Tie Waterbury News is new paper
with c. G. Clough of Montpelier as ed
itor. The first number issued last week
makes a good appearance and has every
evidence of success in 1t.
The Emma Wells Concert Co., that
gave entertainments in BIbois d Gays
ball each evening of last W eek, had some
of the best singers that have visited this
place for long time. Miss Wells was
fine as a vocalist.
The u. S. Screen Co. are shipping the
neatest sled for boys and girls that we
nave yet seen. 1t is the invention of
lanes Burt, one of the firm. They are
ilready receiving large orders for their !
celebrated screens and will soon have a
machine in operation making their patent /
ub fasteners.
DIR. Whittlesey died Sunday after a
ong and painful illness of consumption. /
oming here several years ago he began
lie practice of his profession with DR.. I
}enis of Craftsbury, and not only
unit up large and lucrative practice
'ut made many warm personal friends,
Who sympathize deeply with mis- bereay-
d wife and sorrowing relatives.
The 35th annual communication of
'henix Lodge, No.2S, f. and AM, was
eld in Masonic Hall Tuesday afternoon,
Zee. 18th. There was good attend
nee and the following officers were
lected and appointed:
+. o. Hibbard, w. NJ.
n. l.. Boyden, 5. w. Il
+. A. Phillips, J. ".
j. Z. Cleveland, Treas.
W. A. Mcintosh, See.
{. M. Mann, 5. ID.
n. b. Webster, j. ID.
6. V " Si HSTMsra. stewards.
j. ID. Denison, Chaplain. !
Geo. W. Flagg, Marshall.
VIM. ii. Messer, Organist.
q. ,. Chamberlain, 1'yl.
In the evening the officers were INSTALL
by NJ. w. q. NJ. Alfred Hall of Bur
ngton, who delivered most eloquent :
M able address to the large audience !
resent. After the public exercises a
snquet was served at which l20 sat /