Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-07-10


Fla, was in town this week.
The w. c. t. u. willmeet at Mrs.
A. X. Mann's this evening.
The First Brigade Band will fur
nish music for the excursion TO Provi-
dence Island, Friday.
DIR. Bailey has sold his building lot
on Prospect Ave, to j. A. Fowler,
who will build thereon.
Mrs. Berknap and granddaughter.
Katie of Fitchburg, Mass, are visiting
at Dea. w. f. Towards.
Quite a number of the Free Masons
of this town attended a Mason meeting
at South Royalton last week.
Miss Emma Smith of Boston and
Miss Mabel are spending a few weeks
at Point Pleasant, Greensboro.
Evening services were held at the
Episcopal church last Sunday and will
so continue through the summer.
Rev. j. S. Goodall will preach at
the Baptist church next Sunday and
there will be no services on the branch.
Alfred Eaton picked ripe tomatoes
from his garden Saturday, July 9TH.
How is this for cold, bleak Vermont !
Mrs. c. A. Slack and daughter,
Mrs. +. G.. Jones of Boston are SPEND
ing a few weeks with S. b. Spaulding.
c. c. Written has bought a lot on
Highland Ave, and will commence TO
build a two-story house the last Of this
month.
DIR. III. ii. Mcintyre has returned from
Chicago, where he attended the meet
ing Of the Worlds Fair Commission,
last week.
X. w. Morse and Byron Goodwin
are attending the annual encampment
of the Vt. Div, Sons of Veterans at
St. Adams.
Beedle and Gilson's orchestra fur
nished music for the ball at Williams
town Springs the Bird and North Ran
dolph the 18th.
Mr.. Piermont, representing the Bax-
ter Machine Co., Lebanon, n. H.,
was in town Monday and called on the
l.. S. Screen Co.
Fargo, North Dakota, a place in
which many V~ermonters are interest
ed was visited by a big cyclone Mon
day night and badly damaged.
+. p. Flint lost a valuable house
cosset wether about three weeks ago
that lie would like to hear from. 1t
was last seen going toward B~raintree.
Henry Walcott has the best founda-
ton for his new house we have seen in
town. w. w. Tyler of East Bethel,
a member of the L. 5. Giant Post laid
the wall.
Mrs. G.. w. Kent and daughter of.
Calais were in town last week visiting
AT her fathers, Kneeland kelton. Her
brother, j. A. Kelton of Montpelier
accompanied them.
Frank and Albert Chandler reached
here Tuesday afternoon, having ridden
the entire distance from New York on
their Columbia Sateties. They start
ed Thursday of last week.
Owing to the large amount Of stock
which was left over from last week,
the square presented a busy scene Nom
day morning and the drovers made one
Of the largest shipments Of the year.
Mr.. Holmes and family Of New
York are stopping at he pleasant resi-
dence Of his father-in-law, j. w. Burt.
Miss Jessie Burt, who has been spend
ing the winter in New York returned
with them.
Edward Frost of Hanover has been
visiting at w. IL. DuBois's. He starts
for Europe 0 to be gone a year,
during which time he will finish his
education in some of the great schools
of England and Germany. He is all
ready an expert in astronomy.
Rev. Mr. Truax. Presiding Elder of
Montpelier District, held quarterly
meeting services at the First Methodist
Church last Sunday aud the pastor,
+. w. Hamblin, baptized three persons
and received thirteen in full connection.
nine by letter and four from probation.
Mrs. William Bass has a book Of
more than ordinary interest. 1t is a
copy of the souvenir edition Of the re-
port of the Universal Peace Union and
was presented to Belva A. Lockwood
Of Washington, d.. c. and by her, per-
s%onally to Mrs. Bass when the latter
was in Washington.
One of our policemen thought he
had caught the boy who rung the bell
at the Congl church the night before
the Fourth, after waiting about half
an hour. but it proved TO be Rev. v.
NJ. Hardy, who had heard the bell
ring and had gone over at once and
was l%ooking around, to see if the boys