Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-08
WEST RANDOLPH.
THuRsDAY, OcT., 5, 1881.


Parties using village water MUST NOT
waste it. There is water enough il it is
used with care, and the Water Commits
sioners insist upon this. II any person
knows OF any one using It to excess Will
do the Commissioners favor by reporting
the same to Lemuel Richmond.
The West Randolph grange will hold its
next regular meeting Saturday evening,
Oct. 10th, at which time the school law is
to be discussed. More than fifty partook
of the harvest supper which was SO boun-
tifully served on the evening OF sept. 10Th
and a vote of thanks was extended 10 the
Woman's Relief Corps for the use OF dish
es, etc.
We suppose it is well settled by this
time that Mr.. j. II. Atwood has become
the chief proprietor Of the U. S. Screen
Mill Mr.. A. A. Niebaum passing out en-
tirely MIR. Burt will remain as partner,
as we understand, sustaining the same re-
lation to the business now as under the
old management. We are glad to see Mr..
Atwood among us again.
The report on the streets that there are
thirty tenements vacant in this village is
utterly false. There have been at this Of
flee in the past two weeks some ten inquir
ers for tenements, some OF the parties have
travelled all over the village and they say
it is almost impossible to find desirable
tenement to rent at any price. We had
one small house to rent and had appllca-
tions for it from four or five different par
ties.
Our people will remember Miss Georgia
White, daughter of Rev. Homer White, at
one time rector of the Episcopal church
here, but now of Northfield, and will be
interested to hear that she has made her
debut as a story writer. >"La Petite Amer
Oh fad in the 2f AlbQnQ
Messenger, is from her pen. Her style is
described as easy and graceful and the sto
ry in question as a highly commendable
production.
party from Mass. was visiting friends
in town last week and when 1t was dis
covered that he was a practical shoe man,
he was invited to meet some of our bust
ness men in the Office OF W. IL. Dubois.
The matter OF shoe factory was discuss
ed, and while nothing definite was done
and the proceedings are not for publica-
ton, we can say that the prospect of
shoe factory here at an early day is very
flattering. II one is put in II will employ
at the start from 40 to 90 hands, and the
number will be increased as fast as the
help become acquainted with the work.
At a meeting of business men at ]. ID.
Denison's office. Sept. 18th the old lecture
committee was reelected, and authorized
TO arrange for a series OF entertainments
the coming season. The committee has
secured the talent and is arranging pro-
gram. The Course will open Nov 2Sth
with grand concert by Edouard Reinen-
ri, the great Hungarian violinist, who, it
is universally conceded, has never been
equalled except by Paganini and Ole Bull.
He viii be supported by the full Reinenzi
club-five superior artists. A full an
nouncement OF the entire Course will be
rrivafa later N fbace columns and in a
pectus which will be placed in every fam
lily.
The "Weather Bureau has made ar
rangements when and where practicable. |
to give its "Forecasts'' OF the weather to |
the general public. This will be done by |
a system of signals either through flags or
whistles. These signals will be given in
this place for the benefit of the region a.
round. They will be given by whistles
from the Abbott Mill. These forecasts are
made up at the Weather Bureau at 10 o.
clock, a. m. and 10 O'Clock p. m. for the
following day, and telegraphed daily to
large number of stations of the Bureau.
These are sent only once day at govern
ment expense. They are received about
an hour later than made up at Washing
ton. Cambridge. Mass, are the head
quarters in winch State Weather Services
are in operation, and from whence our in
formation win come, in this section OF the
county. The forecasts will be received on
their arrival at Cambridge as soon as they
can be sent. At this writing it is undecid-
ed whether to take day or night forecasts.
II night forecasts are taken they will not
be given out until morning. II the MORN
ing forecasts are taken they will come at
an hour when the use of the whistle is in
hanger of leading to confusion. The fol-
owing are blasts used and their meaning
One long blast Fair weather
Two long Rain or snow
Three long Local rains
One short Lower temperature
Two short Higher temperature
Three short Cold wave
This is simply the carrying out by the
government of the scheme proposed some
ears ago by photogra pher Bixby of Chel-
ca. We hope it Will work well.