Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-01-07

There is no water famine at this time
but Silver Lake is low.
Miss Florence soper is teaching in the
Lille district this winter.
A farmers meeting is to be held at the
town hall on Intervening of January 10.
Quarterly meeting next Sunday at the
NJ. L. church. Presiding Elder Morgan IS
expected to be present.
Lumbermen and those who have con-
tracted to deliver poplar wood at Bethel,
are anxious for snow. Others do not care
much about it.
There are four old gentlemen in this
town that are sick and feeble this winter,
Humphrey Wheelock, age 81, Thomas Car
lin, SO. Enoch French, So, and Josiah Gale,
rs. Aside from these there is not much
sickness. No cases of grip that we have
heard Of.
Two of our citizens were brought before
Justice Davis last week, charged with be-
ing little tipsy, and discharged. They
plead guilty and were fined IS and costs,
amounting to about the same sum. Pros
ecutions for this offence have been very
few and far between in this town, either
because our officials have been very remiss
in doing their duty, or because this is a
law abiding town.
School in district No. 5, closed January
/. Whole number of scholars during the
fall term, twelve, average attendance,
eleven and seven nineths. Those having
no absent marks during the fall term are,
Frank Billings, Slayton Billings, Clinton
Durkee and Halle Gambell. Those hav-
ing no marks during the winter term are,
Lena and Perry Adams, Frank and STAY
ton Billings, Glenn Cox, and Harry How
ard. Frank and Slayton Billings had no
marks during either term.
CORA J. PARKHURsT, teacher.
The poverty party held last week Thurs
day evening for the benefit OF the town
hall, was very successful affair. Not
withstanding the large outlay for prizes,
the receipts were sufficient to pay all the
expenses and leave about S120 with which
to purchase new chandelier. The four
prizes offered for the four poorest dressed
persons in the hall, consisted OF watch,
a barrel of clothes pins, pair of overshoes
and a fine canary bird. The competition
for these was very spirited, some OF the
costumes being very striking. They were
awarded to Mr.. Ned Angel, Mrs. Brou-
nell, Mrs. III. M. Adams and Mrs. VIII
Davis.
People are Just now talking about the
remarkable mild weather we are having,
and saying, "that they never saw the
like Two years ago was very much IKE
the present, and three years ago there was
no sleighing the first part of January
NV recollections 90 back some sixty years
or more, and the winters the most re-
niarkable for. being open and mild were
the winters OF 1897, and 1888. About the
goth of Nov. 1897, one foot OF snow fell.
The ground was not frozen and there was
good shedding for a week. when warm
weather came on and the snow disappear
ed very suddenly, and we had no more
snow of any account until the 10th OF
Feb. following. This remained about
three weeks. All through the month OF
Januarythe weather was warm and like
an Indian summer, and farmers could
plough every month through the winter.
Sheep got most of their living by grazing
on the hillsides, and hay was cheap the
spring following. At that time lived in
Pomfret and spent most of that winter on
Bunker Hill among the farmers. The To-
cation of this section OF that town is no
more favorable for an open winter than
other places.