Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-28
WEST RANDOLPH.

West Randolph in 1889" early in Dec.
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Miss Laura Cree who has been
learning the millinery business with
Mrs. j. Gladding returned to her home
in Plainfeld Friday.
II. j. Spear, formerly Granville
correspondent Of the HERALD is now a
fireman on the c. V. X. X. and lives
at No. Wiliston.
The Country Gentleman says that
the Jerseys from the Green Mountain
Stock Farm brought good prices at the
recent great cattle sale in New York.
Miss Carrie Moulton met with Sc
we're accident recently at the Moulton
Bros. old homestead by falling down a
flight Of stairs. AT last accounts she
was much better.
David I. Dyer is building another
ice house adjoining his two old ones
on Central street TO accommodate his
rapidly increasing business. twill be
the largest one in town..
Hon. j. p. Bass of Bangor, Me. ed
itor and proprietor of the great Daily
and Weekly Commercial, was in town
last week on a visit to his old home,
the guest of his brother, Samuel Bass.
f. L. Bass is very busy now-a-days
preparing for the forthcoming annual
meeting of the Vermont Dairymen's
Association that meets in Rutland ear
ly in January and of which he is sec
retary.
The old rickety sidewalk on South
Main street in front of John McBride's
was taken up and replaced by new
solid plank one Saturday much to the
delight of all on that and adjacent
streets.
Private letters from A. H. Beedle
represent him as being more than
pleased with Ft. Payne. He has been
offered the management of one of the
largest hotels in Chattanooga, Tenn.
but declined it.
Not anywhere near as much poultry
was shipped from this station this sea-
son as last year. Is to 20 cts. was
paid for choice turkeys or trihe more
than one year ago. About 80 tons
were shipped from this place by differ
ent parties.
The High School Times is the title
of handsome monthly paper issued
by the pupils of the High School. A.
+. Carleton is the editor-in-chief and
George Mann is business manager. 1t
is a good paper and win do the school
and all concerned in it much good.
Rheumatine is meeting with big
sale already, probably because it comes
nearer doing what it is advertised to
do than any other patent medicine. j.
ID. Wheeler & Co. have evidently
struck gold mine in it. Those who
suffer from rheumatism should read
their adv't in another column.
Martin Washburn returned from A
laska Saturday afternoon looking as if
the climate agreed with him. He said
the false and malicious rumors circula-
ted here and which the Argus gave
currency to, duplicating two of our
townsmen had not the slightest founda-
ton which is just as we had believed.
They were evidently started to
iniure the Alaska CONNER
cial Co. whose lease is soon to expire,
with view of preventing its renewal.
Such stories were started for that very
purpose over year ago and a Con-
gressional investigation was made that
showed there was absolutely nothing to
them.
A certain young man in this village
went out into the country not long ago
after the shades of evening had fallen
and ventured upon the hazardous ex-
pertinent of "setting up" girl upon
whom pre-emption papers had already
been filed. He buckled his horse up
safely to a post innocently supposing
that his wagon couldn't get away, but
as the hours melted away in the midst
of dreams Elysian, the wagon became
tired and in some mysterious way took
'smove" into a plowed field far re-
mote from the point of departure. When
the new situation had fully dawned up
on the young man there was something
less than a sound of revelry by night.
There was fire in his teeth and hunger
in his eye as he stalked through the
boarding house breathing out vengeance
upon the innocent and silent sleepers.
His own sweet drama came near end
ing in tragedy, but prudence over
came valor, and gathering up the con-
stituent parts of his team he connected
it into one whole, and went home TO his
little bed, more absorbed in thoughts
of what had been than in thoughts Of