Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-05-16
WEST RANDOLPH.
Lead your COWS.

Ernest Abbott is now on the list of
''mumpers."
Miss Bertha Burnett of Bethel visited
in town last week.
Rev. V. NJ. Hardy was in Morrisville
and Barre this week.
Two tea parties were given by Mrs.
Micah Mann last week.
The mechanics band will give con-
cert before many weeks.
Selvy Holman started on Tuesday for
New York to be gone week.
II. G. Manchester of So Royalton gave
us a pleasant call last week.
A. B. Cushman and wife are in Boston
attending the Baptist anniversaries.
Mr.. Brown of the Nashua Evening Ga
zette made us call on Wednesday.
Robert O. Lincoln has come to town.
The small boy is now waiting for cir
Gus.
III. Lamson is making extensive inn
provements on his residence on School
street.
Mrs. Wood, mother of Mrs. f. A.
Thomas, has been in town visiting her
daughter.
/. ID. Boyden of Philadelphia has been
in town this week. He was formerly of
Waitsfield.
DIR. r. G. Morton has commenced work
on the foundation of his new house on
Weston street.
]. L. Cushman. Esq. Ii. NJ. Dufur, and
Lena Adams are among the visitors of
the past few days.
John Mcbride is away with one of the
leading circuses as ticket seller. The
company is travelling in the West.
Elliot Cushman is filling in the grounds
just east of his house, which improves
the appearance thereof very much.
Henry Soper does not mean to have his
house leak next winter, and has put am
other and sleeper roof over the old roof.
O.. j. Marcott and wife and II. A. Huse
and wife were called to Morrisville to at
tend the funeral of Mr.. Grout, father of
the two ladies.
Mrs Chas. Shaw and child are stop
ping in town for the summer, the guests
of Mrs. j. Mcbride. Mr.. Shaw is in the |
employ of a large New York firm.
j. d. Wheeler and wife and mother
have gone into camp at Greensboro pond. /
1t is expected that DIR. Curtis and family |
and Prof. Whitehill win join the compa-
ny little later.
c. G. Harvey, Miss Hattie Huntington,
Mrs. f. A. Guernsey and Mrs. DR., Hunt
ington of Rochester were in town We'd |
nesday. We received a pleasant call |
from the first two mentioned.
NJ. 5. Davis has returned to town and
opened the Ford house on Center street.
Mr.. Ford comes with them. They have al
ready fallen into line and improved away
the front yard fences.
Loren Il. Griswold, who will be pleas
antly remembered by our people, attor-
ney ana counsellor, notary public, has
to the new Niles building, q
School street, next to City Hall, Boston.
J. V. Newton's truck team ran away
down Main street Tuesday afternoon and
narrowly escaped running over some
children at play near the NJ. f. church.
The wagon was capsized in front of the
Cong'l church and the horse somewhat
injured.
Have you tickets for the Cantata,
Queen Esther, to be given at Dubois &
Gays's Hall this, Thursday, eve? If not
don't fail to get them at once. For sale
at Bass. Remember, if you miss this /
you miss the finest of the |
w. B. Wall is making extensive inn
provements on his residence on Main '
street, after plans drawn by Mr.. Sweet,
the st. Adams architect. The bay win {
dow will be carried up past the second
story and surmounted by handsome
tower with one room in same. Fireplaces
will be put in on the first and second
floors and it is safe to say that our post
master will have as convenient and pleas !
ant home as there is in town.
The storm of Friday was almost terrific G
N some parts of the town. During part
IF the time hail fell In large quantities.
the green foliage from the trees !
md in places piling up in handfuls. In !
he track of the storm there were plenty |
IF broken limbs of trees, and along Fish
Hill trees were upturned and twisted off t
N considerable numbers while the rain 4
fell in torrents. Shade trees suffered. II
Rev. Peter Mcmillan of Barre preach
ed at the Cong1 church last Sunday, in
the morning. The 57th anniversary of
the 5. S. was held in the evening, on |.
which occasion Mr.. Mcmillan made We
ry interesting address. Reports of the
of the school were presented by
the superintendent and secretary and
treasurer, all of which indicated that the
school was in fairly prosperous state.
The report of the finances showed quite
a good surplus in the treasury.
G. H. Learnerd met with quite Sc
we're accident last week Tuesday while
coal ashes for DIR. S. n. Gould
near the old slate quarry on School street.
He had stepped back to block the wheel
when the horse started to back and he
sprang forward and caught him by the
bit, but not in season to prevent all go
ing over the bank, down over the rocks
to the bottom distance of some so feet.
The YOunp man aSeanad with savnra1 80