Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-11-16

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samuel Bass has been giving his store
fresh coat OF paint.
r 8. Adams, the Bethel jeweler, was IN
this place on Friday,
Emma. daughter OF Stillman Looms, Is
quite sick with scarlatina.
The w. c. T. Twill meet with Mrs WY
lard GAY to-morrow-frlday. ef
The Independent Order OF GOOD lem
plars are 10 be entertalned TINS evening NJ
the home Of B. A. Lewis on School street.
George Davis and family have moVeo
here from South Royalton and are oeeu,
vino Inc Frank Fish house on Central
street.
Mrs. q ,orge d. Sherman and daughter
BESSIE \ ere called from Burlington 10 al
4 tend the funeral of the late MIS-. or'is
Thayer.
Mrs Charles Wall OF South Royalton
STONED here Friday, en- her way pohe
from Mortified, to make short Visit at
w. B. Walls.
W.B. Gates of Burlington, city editor
of the Free Press, his VIE ana Ht'le
daughter and MRS. l., e. White, Jr.i o.
I Windsor, were recently tne guests % -
and Mrs. II. II. Mcintyre.
Mrs. Edna williams, on the way from
81 Albans TO her home in West Lebanon,
N. a., stopped in Randolph ior e rev
DAYS 10 ylsit her uncle, Moses Spluldlhg'
and continued her journes FRIDAY.
Athalf past seven this evening, there Will
be meeting at the Baptist chapel ioI lhe
purpose of organizing singing seIoo'
The school will be instructed ~ ar. Sol n.i
l.. Hutchinson and VIII meet,al.ei inns -
Friday evenings.
posters which read, "scarlatina. Posi-
l,ivelv np admitiance, have been printed
ana are TO be placed, hereafter, On the
houses which contain scarlatina pailehtsi
and ali possible care will be taken 70 PR
vent the spread OF this disease.
mFrosts and shortening days portend,
the aged year is nelr its endi heNetthe-
less Miss Maud GouTley picked a tnriillly-
looking strawberry blossom fll0Ag, I'm ~,
10Th. Mayfowers, so lar as khonu'
have RETAINED from blossoming TINS iaii'
There was not a sufficient number OF
memb hers present at tie annual meeting OF
fine Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty
n Animals. lest Friday night, to transact
business. and the meeting was ADJOURNED
unit this (rhnrsdayl evening at 'sV
O'Clock. large Attendance y oesHeu
Mrs. Levi Thayer, who had reached the
age of so years, died saturday, tue 4ish'
, M Braintree Branch at the home OF her
sister. Mrs Jason Battles, with whom she
had heen staying for a short time Inc
funeral took place at Mr.. Battles, tues
! dnv afternoon at ] O'Clock, Rev. w. n.
Roberts, pastor OF the III. +. church. ON
! eating.
Mrs Eunice Richardson, a lady 81 years
of age, recently met with quite an aeel,
. dent, In some way, she slipped ana Tell
down the front stains in her iesldence on
pleasant street, and was badly
bruised and shaken. No bones were brok-
J en-. however, and she Is now quite com
forbade and able to be about the house.
Her niece, Mrs. Anna Ames, was with her
during her illness. oI
Miss Carrie Haufler, who has been Tor
the past six months in Bosioni studyhg
music, reached hoioe Friday. the even
, ing of Nov. 24th, she will give concert
in Dubois d Gays ball. Particulars con-
, cernlng this enleri ainment viii be given
, later Miss Hauher has sweet soprano
voice which has b, IN rendered stu more
pleasing by cultivation, ana the concert
/ promises to be one of unusual excellence.
The foundations for new house are be-
ing laid Oh the lot between T. w. hay
wards and Leroy Jilson's, THIS lot mas
been purchased OF Justin Holman bv Mrs
Emma Reed, who is a cousin OF Mrs e. Nj.
Howard ana who. for the past seyeral
wears, has been living ~ the stale o.
Georgia. The new dwelling, which VIII
not be completed this season, Is 10 be 4
story-and a. half structure, and VIII be
butt by Mr.. Holman.
DR.. w. 5. Curtis viii move his dent1
office from Dubois 4 Gays block to The
room over W S. 5. Bucks job printing
Office as soon as few repairs are com
pleted. This room vas lately vacated by
the HERALD AND NEWS ana WIS PREV
ously used by +. 4. Huntington as a s.u'
do The middle window on the front Is
to be enl irged and the windows on either
side will be ed INTO bay windows.
I rr,t xNafeF and
cred stairway VII also be among the i'm
provements.
Mrs. Orvis Thayer, after an Illness Of
only a weeks Duration, died Saturday af-
ternoon at 3 o'clock. she was taken SICK
the 9Th inst and Der ceath resulted from
, a fever The func oil services were held 81
the house Tuesday morning, at l0;s0
O'Clock, and relatives and friends from
Burlington and Williston were present.
Mrs. Thnyer was about 10 years OF age and,
; before her MAJ age, was known as MISS
Malje Palmer Of Wi'liston. husband
and one daughter-M May Thayer, now IA
J wears od-survive her. She was univer-
sally admired aud respected and VIII be
J greatly missed in the community lnlwhich
she dwelt.
The United Suites Commissioner OF In
J ternel Revenue has ru'ed that town liquor
agents are held 10 be liable for special
tax as retail LIQUOR dealers unuer the IN
: ternal Revenue Law, and must take out
the nee csslry revenue st mp for the pres
ent fiscal year. The ruling reeds as fol-
lows: The ruling hitherto in force, that
town agents engaged in selling dis lied
i spirits, wines and malt liquors, in dis
: charge OF duties imposed upon them by
the laws of their STATE, are 10, required to
pay special tax as liquor dealers, Is her .by
: revoked; and the deputy collectors are d.
D rected to collect of each OF such agents In
their districts. the specialtlx for the year
beginning July j, 1898, but without tbs
. so per cent penalty"
e Later investigations in regard to the
. case Of Mrs. NJ. NJ. George reveal the fact
, that she was not sent from Burlington to
[ Rutland at the expense of the city but
2 went to Rutland OF her own accord, aDo
the people with whom she staid, not be.
, ing aware OF her pecuniary circumstances
= applied to the authorities OF that city fol
assistance in her support Being Insane
, she ives, of course, unable to inform then
herself, concel ming her money matters
and hence the error arose. The story, a.