Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-04-04
WEST RANDOLPH.


II. b. Salisbury was away on a bust
ness trip last week.
Mr.. A. A. Smith has been on the sick
list forfhe past week.
Miss Belle Chandler of Burlington is
visiting friends in town.
Mrs, Ida Batchelder has moved into
Mrs. Richardson's house.
Miss Kate Marcy and Mrs. Emma Be-
ment were in town last week.
VIII Allen has rented the DIR. Whit
tlesey house of John Williams.
Chas. Wyman and family have lately
moved TO town from Brookfield.
JIG. Mann and Chas. Montgomery
were in st. Johnsbury last week.
Katie Montgomery has been quite sick
for the past week but is improving.
Chas. Abbott was in Mass. and Conn.
last week on an extended business trip.
Mrs. Lyman Atwood has returned
from visit to friends in st. Johnsbury.
S. NJ. Taylor has moved into the tene-
ment on Forest st. lately vacated by Mr.
Dyer.
The entertainment by the Guy Broth
ers, Saturday eve was well attended and
called very good.
Harry Wilson repaired 40 sewing ma
chimes while in town, instead of "A as
stated last week.
Miss Ella Parsons Is taking instrument
tai and vocal music lessons at Montpe-
lier, going up each Thursday.
EWales Bass has moved into j. W. At
woods house and is to board Mr.. At
woods family for the coming YEAR
Mr.. Sargent has moved into the upper
tenement in the Mrs. Rhoda Flint house
and Mr.. Dean will occupy the lower ten
ement.
s'Dr. Justin II. Moultonr is one of the
new Board of Cattle Commissioners, just
appointed by Gov. Dillingham;. See no
tice elsewhere.
The property owners of the Cong'l
church are to hold meeting this, Thurs
day, evening to consult in regard to re-
pairing their church.
Chas. Meader and wife have broken
up housekeeping and are in Bethel and
Windsor this week. Mr.. Meader is soon
TO resume travelling.
Miss Emma Cushman is to return TO
Royalton for the spring term of school.
This will make her fourth term at that
place and speaks well for her work as
teacher.
Mr. Moses Beedle, who is IS years of
age, has this spring split 75 cords of
wood. We think perhaps that many Of
our younger men would be troubled TO
give a better report than that.
Mr.. Perley BelknaP died at Northfeld
on Sunday last. At last accounts his wife
was very sick and not expected to live.
Mr.. Belllnap's people were formerly les
idents of this town. He carried on AN
Iron Foundry near this village.
Business at the corner clothing store
has been so good that the floor has been
worn out and new one of hard wood is
being put in. As this store has been the
heaviest advertiser in the new block, of
course It's floors gave out first. There is
no trouble with floors where firms do not
advertise.
Last Friday evening was one OF the
most stormy aud disagreeable of the sea-
son and consequently the audience at
tending the reading by Lucia Mead Priest,
under the auspices of the Relief Corps.
was not large, but those present were
delighted, and it is the general expires
sion that finer entertainment OF that
character has not been given in this town.
Judging from the words of praise unan-
im0usly heard since her appearance il is
evident that another year she would fiji
the hall.
During a meeting of the Y. +. 5. c. +.
at the Christian church yestry last Sun
day evening fire was discovered in the
audience room above. 1t seems that the
church had been lighted for union ser
vice, and that in lighting one Of the
lamps near the pulpit a piece of coaled
wick fell among some inflammable mate
rial, and not being observed soon Great
ed quite blaze. Timely discovery saved
the building from total loss but not from
some damage about the pulpit end Of the
church, the exact extent Of which We
have not learned. The property was in
sured.
The many friends OF Miss Hattie Web
ster, who Is teaching in the Graded |
School at Burns, Ill.,, will beinterested in |
the following taken from one of the local |
papers of that section:
Miss Hattie Webster closed her third /
term of school in No. 3 Friday. The
closing exercises, which consisted of !
compositions, letters, etc. re-
Elected great credit upon both teacher |
and pupils. Much as we. were pleased I
with these, however. we were still more !
gratified by the manner in which the lest
sons that preceded them were recited. /
We must say Of Miss Webster that she is /,
nobly doing noble work. The district ]
may congratulate themselves on securing
her services for another term.
We clip the following from the Cold
water, Mich. Courier:
The Courier is called upon to announce
the sad news of the death of Mrs. c. y Z
whose serious illness was /
in these columns last week.
She want IA Cincinnati Ohio zntna tf,...