Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-11-13
WEST RANnnLPH.


ev.Mr.Atwell again supplied St.John's
church last Sunday.
Geo. Mann was home from Dartmouth
College over Sunday.
ID. C. Griswold and wife of Boston were
in town this week.
/ Chas. Skinner, the popular ieweler of
4 Montpelier was in town last week.
J w. b. Wall has recovered from his Sc
we're illness and is able to be around again.
/ w. H. Nichols has sold the barn on the
corner of Prince Hill to John Haskins, for
The w. C. T. u. will meet at Mrs. VIII
lard Gays Thursday, Nov. 10, at three
o'clock.
o. B. Copeland has moved into the new
house on Highland Ave. that he recently
purchased OF l.. p. Thayer.
The Congregationalists made some IS as
the result OF their supper last Friday eve,
at the residence of Mrs. E. /. Smith.
The teachers examination for Orange
County will be held next Tuesday and
Wednesday, at this place. See official re-
port elsewhere
There was an alarm OF fire Friday after
noon caused by the bursting of a steam
pipe at the U. S. Screen Works. The dam
| age was small.
Geo. o. Stanley of North Randolph has
purchased two lots on Highland Ave. Of
| w. H. and X. Il. Dubois and Will build
thereon next year.
G. NJ. Howard has purchased the Drake
houses on South st. and will thoroughly
overhaul and repair them as soon as posi-
BILE, greatly improving that end of the viii
lage.
Justin Holman has purchased the Rog-
ers place south of the depot, OF Geo Gould
for $500, and taken possession. He will
rent the property. Mr.. Gould goes TO
Hartford, Conn, next week.
Geo. Goodrich, wife and daughter OF
Miller's Falls, Mass, visited friends in
town last week, after an absence of five
years. He was surprised at the marvellous
growth OF the village during that period.
The ladies of the Cong1 Society will |
hold a sale of Fancy and Useful Articles 4
Nov. 81, afternoon and evening, in the /
Christian vestry, and supper from six |
O'Clock onward. All who have articles for
the sale please send them as early as pos
sible to Mrs. r. T. Dubois or Mrs. Henry |
Tewksbury.
The fine residence OF the late Loren Girls |
void on the corner of Pleasant st. and
Randolph Ave. was sold Tuesday TO ID. Il. /
Cooling, together with most OF the fur
niture etc, for $1,000. Mr. Cooling takes
possession Immediately and his family
comes here next week. We have known
y Z
Griswold on securing such a desirable fam
lily to occupy the old homestead.
Beautiful Gems is the title OF new book
which Mrs. Ellen Blanchard is now sell
ing Ii is fine collection OF selections
from the best authors including prose,
poetry and music, with beautiful colored
Illustrations. BE sure and see il before
purchasing elsewhere. The Bible Compan
ion, an aid TO Bible study, and Mrs. Lo-
gan's Home Manual are also sold by Mrs
Blanchard.
Mrs. j Warren Mann has sold her house
and lot on Center Street, where Rev j. A.
Pierce resided, to VIM. II. Dubois for
- 900. We understand that the place was
purchased by Mr.. Dubois for Mrs. James
Mccall of New York, who will fit it up
and make it permanent summer home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mccall will be remembered
by many Of our people as having spent sew
eral summers in Randolph, and are so
much pleased with West Randolph and
its surroundings that they come now to
ant people and we bid them, and their
friends whom they may bring with them,
most cordial welcome.
The bill Incorporating the West Ram !
dolph Library Association has passed. The /
following persons are named in the bill {
Sec. /. John w. Rowell, Gilman b. Du-
Bots, Henry II. Mcintyre, Gilman S.Moul-
ton, VIM. II Dubois, Robert J Kimball
Albert Chandler, james Hutchinson, :
AFRO Lamson, Lucy W. Smith, Carrie r. {
Tewksbury, Susan 5. Gay, Mary A Mann,
Josephine A Kendrick, Lewis p Thayer, :
Edw. Conant, Nelson l. Boyden, Jerre b. G
Adams, VIM. b. Wall Geo. l. Spear. JAS /
per II Lamson, John II Burt, Nathaniel
Whitehill A. Bradford Tewksbury A c
Bailey, A II Beedle, Joseph d Denison, V v
NJ Hardy, Mary B Bass, Dana II Morse /
Jenness d Wheeler. {
A congratulatory party was assembled y
At the instigation of friends at the resi-
ience of Mr.. and Mrs. A. s. King on So. 7
Pleasant Street last Friday evening, il be- !
ing in honor of the 25th anniversary OF 4
heir marriage. The party was complete !
surprise and complete success. The way {
I happened gave it a touch of fascination Q
and certainly rendered it altogether enjoy 5
able TO them. 1t seems that Mr.. and Mrs. I
King were invited out to a neighbors for Y
-he evening but at eight O'Clock messen-
ger came, announcing that they had call Y
srs and that ii was imperative that they e
should return. Imagine their surprise at
seeing their own home brilliantly illumi-
lated and friends to the number of 80 con
yregated there. II was indeed a pleasant .
urprise for them, and moreover the gifts, \,
okens of the high esteem in which they :.
we're held by many friends, added a hun 4
lred fold to an unexpected and unthought y,
u AhN EiAAo Nttt Ndiudbit. ]
Among them were six fruit knives, given
" Representative II. J. Kimball; ten sill
Ter dollars from Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander y
Morse, parents of Mrs. King, and two ell S
giant chairs from friends The gifts were
by DIR. A. c. Bailey in a most Il
pleasing and touching manner. At an ear d
y hour the party broke up leaving behind
congratulations and many kind wishes.
Geo. A. Montgomery died of consump-
ion at the home of his parents, Mr. and al
Mrs. Munroe Montgomery, in West Ran II
lolph, Nov. /. The deceased was 2S years si
# age. For several years he was an EN- "
,lOyee of the Vi. Central railroad, a por- al
ion of which time he held the place of con 81
luctor. For few years past he has been is
n the employ Of the Boston and Lowell p
railroad Co. Almost year ago, however, q
IN account of failing health, he left the u
abroad, and from thence to his death he =
vas unable to do any but the lightest
work. During all his sickness he was a
,reat sufferer, but bore his sufferings un- H.
and with patience that be =,
Okened true and manly character hicb y