Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

Mrs. Rhoda Flint has been visiting
friends in Bethel.
Charles Gabrielle has been quite i'll
and confined to the house.
Mrs. Ed Swan has been under the Dr's
care for the past two weeks.
Harry Newcity is at work for A. G.
Bradish making tub fasteners.
Mrs. Shattuck and daughter of Hard
wick are visiting at DIR. Curtis.
Hon. d. F. Chapman and w. II. Noble
Esq. of Tunbridge were in town Tues
day.
We had pleasant call from Scion D..
Putnam, representative for Barnard in
1886, Tuesday.
Mrs. Frank Rogers has been sick with
typhoid fever but is now much improved
though unable TO do her work on ac-
count of rheumatism.
Regular meeting u. S. Grant Post next
Sat. evening at 7 30 full attendance is
desired rs there are several matters of
| Importance to be acted upon.
The annual shooting match OF tn e
West Randolph Rife Club was held on
their range Saturday. Ii. T.. Sharpe
took the first prize and Jonas Coburn
second.
Ephraim Thayer, one of the Oldest and
wealthiest citizens of the town died Tues
day about noon. The funeral services
will be at his late residence to-day
Thursday at ] O'Clock.
The pupils of the West Randolph
Grammar School received handsomely
bound copy Of the Peoples Encyclope-
dia on the 18th for which they return
many thanks to the generous donors.
Mrs. Lewis Rogers and her daughter
Louise of Point Breeze, New York, have
been visiting at DR.. Jeremiah Rogers
the past week They are now ia N. II. |
but will return to Woodstock for stay
of or weeks with their relatives and
many friends.
1883, for the scholars How many in |
using the above date in the year just |
gone ever thought there was anything |
remarkable about il more than any yeary |
Simply this, no one now living will ever
use date of year again with three /
figures alike as ii will not occur again
for III years. Those that lived in 1777
saw the same that we now have seen.
and so down to 1866. Count down to
iii and you have date of four figures
alike, which only occurs once in eleven
centuries, 2222, 1888, and on in the same
ratio. The mineral seems to be a priv
LEGGED one. In the 10th century we had
the date with the figures one and three
ciphers, thus, 1000, this occurs every ten
centuries, with the change of the first
figure attached to the ciphers.
The fifth entertainment in the Citizens
Lecture Course, Friday evening of this
week, will be the greatest novelty ever
offered in town, and is an attraction that
arouses the greatest enthusiasm WHEREBY
er given. A West Randolph gentleman
who heard the Banjo Club in the Grand
Opera House in Springfield, Mass short
time since says "the audience went wild
over it, encoring it time after
time amid the greatest enthusiasm"
When the Louise Baldwin Powers Con-
cert Company was here this winter Mrs
Powers, in speaking of the Banjo Club.
said, They are just splendid" Miss Min
ME Marshall described their playing as {
Magnificent" and Mr.. Wulf Fries said,
''Ihey are the finest in their line in the /
United States" People who fail to at
tend the concert will regret it the next
day, just as they were sorry they failed to
hear Corporal Tanners lecture. Admis-
sion % cents, reserved seats at Bass
without extra charge.
A triple installation service was held
at Mechanics Band hall on Friday even
ing, Jan. 4th ut which time the officers
OF u. 5. Grant Post No. SO and of the !
W oman's Relief Corps No. A were in
stalled into offices by Past Commander
A. A. Smith and the officers of Sons of l
veterans by Com. E. o. Hubbard. Post =
officers as follows: Com. L. O. Hubbard, I
). V. John Finn, ". G. III. Hoyt, !
Chap. X. G. Holbrook, Serg. 0. Wood
cock, ct. +. Il. Sault, 0. ID. j. p. o
Cleveland, o. g. j. III. Hebard. Adj. i
.. ID. Sanborn, S. NJ. A. S. King, OF. i
NJ. 5. Tom Carrigan. Officers w. II C. III
Miss 5. A. Pierce, Pres; Mrs. C.. r.. r
Pratt, S. v; Mrs. +. o. Hibbard, J. V. :
Mrs. Ida Ford, Chap; Mrs. Susie Ga 9
Drielle, Sec; Mrs. f. Hayward, Con. ]
Mrs. G. f. Lille, G.; Mrs. n. Nj. Cham.
)erlain, A. c.; Conductor for the SER :,
vice, Mrs. Nj. V. Chadwick. Excellent !
music was furnished by quartet com +
posed of A. H. Beedle, DIR. A. G.. Bailey. .
Mrs. J. W. Ford and Miss Minnie Car
renter with Mrs. ". A. Rogers accom- l
,anist. II
The Congregational church and socie- b
y held its annual meeting on Tuesday L
'yening in the church parlors The at
enhance was quite large. A supper was .
eryed by the ladies, lone of the new de- ,
'artures that many of the local churches y
ire taking up-which was a pleasant af- II
AR and put every one in good condition Q
or business. After some preliminaries =
he order of business as prescribed in the 4
manual was taken up. Reports Of the .
Ulcers of last year were presented v
on w. F. Howard presented general q
eport of the condition of the church and n
S treasurer a statement of its finances. V
10Th of which were favorable. In the II
bsence of the clerk, Mr.. j. A. Fowler. e
|. Fl. Howard read his report. From
his itappears that fifteen have united a
With the church during the past year
" letter and on confession of faith: five "
rave died and one has haan dicnaiseal ID