Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-09-18

Tunbridge
Inc roTen crop will be an excellent one
IL the weather reforms in season to admit
OF its being cured.
The cyclopedias to the contrary notwith
standing, the founder OF the called Nor
mon church sprang from q good family.
ms father was Tor long time resident
mere and was married here to Lucy Mack,
January "a, 1896. Her brother was a prom
inent Baptist minister. The family an ex-
cellent one, Joseph Smith, the elder, and
his brothers held many offices of trust in
this town during their residence here and
were respected people. Schoolmates Of
Joseph, Jr. say he was a slim built youth
who was not unlike other boys except in
one particular; when young he had hab
1t of getting by himself and appeared to
be always full of thought.
Mrs. Diana Brigham is at E. S. Folsom's
and has been very i'll.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. e. vii
son Noyes the Sth.
Old pewter plates, old crockery and fur
niture sold at the j. S. Tracy auction for
4 low prices. The town has been secured
by searchers for old relics who do not care
to pay nearly as much as others are ready
to pay. The house and land belonging TO
W. H. Blake for 800.
j. M. Rowell's boy got skipped last week
but he is a good one and was born the 5rd.
]. B. Sargent and family visited at W..
r. junction last week.
The State Fair drew a small crowd from
this place last week.
Henry Clark mother has moved here
from Barre.
Lizzie and Frank Hayward returned
from Copperfield the first of the week
The selectmen have been petitioned to
provide a school for the children in the
| dist. No. 10. They gave hearing to the
interested parties last Saturday and decid
| ed that they would not act at present as
the committee has until the middle OF next
month TO act. 1t seems that majority OF
the yotr refused to have a tax large e.
nough to support school in the district;
The committee finds that the sum raised
is not enough to warrant his hiring the
children transported to other districts ana
he refuses to run the district INTO deDt'
The heavy shower Saturday. evening so
raised the river that in some places IL came
into the highway
Mrs. Laura Foster of So .Royalton is SAID
to be very sick.
With good weather the coming World S
Fair will be the best ever held. ENTRIES
are coming in fast and some noted stock
farms are to be represented.
! "A
sarv OF the birth of Mrs. Mahala Stoddard,
wife of Rev Almon Shepherd OF East Kan
dolph. and on that day more than lOo OF
| her friends visited and paid their respects
| to her. Tables were set upon the large
portico and under the fine shade OF trees
| In the yard, and these were filled with
'sgood things to eat. AFTER grace hau
eaten, and Mr.. Farr then spoke briefly OF
the calm and happy life of Mrs. Shepherd
and in behalf OF her many friends present
ed her with the many tokens OF respect ana
remembrance they had brought. Mr.. j..
G. Holmes read letters from friends who
could not be present. Rev: Mr.. ohepheru
replied for his wife, thanking the lrleIius
| for their many gifts and speaking with
much feeling OF the glad surprise their
visit had given both his wife and himseii,
and saving that the memory would re-
/ main with them. Among the friends pres
emf were: Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Shepherd,
Mr., and Mrs. Sargent, Mrs. Mary NralIi,
WILLIAMSBURG; Carlos Shepherd, Leonlh-
ster. Mass; MIR. and Mrs. Peak, North
field. Mr. and Mrs. John Ballou, Dea.
Dana b. Giles, Tunbrdge; Mrs. Denlson
| Grain, Mrs Lydia White, w. X. Junction
MIR and Mrs. John Ballou, Chelsea. vi
/ those present II were over 20. Mrs. Shep-
herd is, in spite of her 80 years hnely
preserved lady; her hearing, eye-slgntl
memory and health are excellent. Sne
has slight lameness caused by her lai
inc down stairs several years ago but she
attends to all her household affairs. she
never allows herself to fret or to have
RULED temper. She is dearly loved by her
friends.
The inhabitants of Dist. No. IA, having
no fear Of Supervisor Goodhue with them,
do not propose to believe that he can pre-,
vent their getting their share OF the school
monies whether they use the new list OF
text books or not. Can he name the see
tion in fine school law that names penal.
~ for refusing to use new list OF books!
Are the decisions of the supervisor nam
ed, final2
Philander Densmore and wife OF Man
chester. ". H., are at Cornelius Noyes'