Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-08-08
WEST RANDOLPH.


Pearl Lamson has fine safety" bicy
Gle.
Galen Fish is visiting friends in Roch
ester.
A lot of locals were accidentally omit
ted last week.
Sunday was good hay day, the first
In two weeks.
L. ]. Page of Burlington was in town
Saturday.
Chas. Bass and wife of New York
have returned home.
Mrs. Jennie Bass and son Fritz are
visiting in Williston.
George j. Prince was in Boston last
week on business.
Ed. Lashua and wife of Springfield
are visiting his parents for awhile.
julius Albee and wife of Ware, Mass,
are in town visiting relatives.
An unprecedented amount of rain fell
last week washing the roads badly.
Miss Mabel Sanborn of West Braintree,
Mass, is in town the guest of Miss May
Thompson.
Miss Bertha Dotty and Miss Nettie
Royce of Cleveland. o., have been visit
ing Miss Mary Prince.
n. J. Whitehill was in .town the first
of the week. Mrs. Whitehill is at her
home in Peacham.
Miss Jessie Burt has returned from the
Adirondacks where she has been for the
past seven months.
Miss Lucy Eastman Of Boston is visit
ing friends in town the guest OF her
aunt Mrs. Mark Chadwick.
One hundred and ninety-three new
subscribers in one mail is the record of
Tuesday in the HERALD office.
Rev. w. /. Chalmers and wife of River
head, l.. L., are in town, visiting her par
ents, j. Z. Cleveland and wife.
Whitney Chapter No. .. r. A. NJ. will
meet in regular convocation next Mon
day evening August 18th at 80. Work.
Miss Louisa and Johnnie Chase, who
have been visiting in Mass, have return
ed home. They were accompanied by
Mrs. Daggett.
There will be services at the Christian
church next Sunday, Rev. John Mccall |
man, a classmate OF Rev. w. +. Peters |
will supply the pulpit.
A. l.. Hardy OF st. Johnsbury Acade-
my made US pleasant call this week. |
He and his family have been visiting |
his brother Rev. V. NJ. Hardy.
Rev. j. Henry Hopkins held services
at st. Johns church last Sunday and
preached powerful sermon on the sub
ject of the "Presence of God"
+. l.. Bass is out among the farmers
cutting their grain with his reaper and
binder. lie is working down by the
way of Foxyille and thence up the East
branch and will be back here In about 10
days.
Perhaps IL does not pay to advertise
but we have expended about $50 ia adj
yertising this paper in the past two
weeks and the result is over GOO new
subscribers. This too at the dullest sea-
son of the year when farmers are busy.
Rev. John f. Sulger Of New York,
classmate of Rev. Mr.. Love and Rev. J.
IL. Hopkins will preach at 81. Johns
chnrch next Sunday AT the usual hour.
Rev. MI. Love was unexpectedly called
away by the serious illness of his
sister but will return later.
.'Alec" Hull was nearly killed by the
bull at A. b. Manchester & Sons July
9th and would not now have been a
live had il not been for the timely and
vigorous Intervention OF Byron Man
chester with pitchfOrk, as the bull had
him down and was hooking him.
ENTERTAIN THE COMING CT EsTs -
There are indications OF large attend
ance of the prominent people of the
State during muster week, unfortunately
our own excellent hotel is not large
enough TO accommodate all and we shall
have to open our houses 60 them. The
largest attendance will be on Wednesday
and Thursday. Any one willing TO en-
terrain on those days will please to com
with State Treasurer Dubois,
Col. kimball or w. Is. Wall, Esq, who
have the matter In charge.
There has been great increase in the
business done by the barber shops in
own during the past five years and it J
indexes the growth of the other bust
lesses of the place and the village it.
'elf. Only few years ago one shop
;ould hardly make "A living and now we
nave two as fine shops as there are in
he State. c. w. Hayward has just COM
,leted most extensive improvements in
lis shop ON Main street, by putting in
handsome cherry cabinet viii. d
ylass front and large handsome mirrors. /
Underneath arei drawers for his tools, \
linen etc. He has had made and now q
las in place an entire set of new mugs y
or his many customers. The shop has r
'een newly papered and painted with a /
handsome pattern.