Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-10-26

Woodstock Inn.
Monday, Mrs. George L. Spear made
trip TO Montpelier.
Several from here attended the dance in
Braintree, Friday night.
Fred Lewis, the West End motornoan,
has gone back to Boston.
Mr. and Mrs.A. E. Lane now make their
headquarters at Montpelier. ~ .eo
Mr. and Mrs. George Laird were here
from Royalton over Sunday.
George Brock went Monday night TO
his home in Richmond, P. q.
Rev. V. NJ Hardy and wife arr away for
fortnight's stay IN Billerica, Mass.
Miss Gertrude Chambers OF Warren is
assisting Mrs. Morien, the dressmaker.
Myron Stevens, citizen of Bellows
Falls, arrived in this place few days ago.
The name of VIM. Holmes new resi-
debce on South street is Bellview Cottage.
The Rev. L. B. Tenney of Essex Center
will preach in the Congl church next
Sunday.
The finest concert of the season will be
given in Dubois & Gays hall next Tues
day evening.
Prof. c. H. Stone of the Minard Com.
mercial college was the guest OF Leland
Rising, Monday.
Miss Jennie Tilson returned home the
| 18th, after visiting for several days in Bar
re and Montpelier.
| Mr.. and Mrs. James Coleman and chill
dren from Superior, Nebr., have been Wis
| iting at G. d. Sanborn's.
Monday, DIR. M. l.. Scott took one of his
patients. Mrs. Carroll Dutton, to the Bos-
ton hospital for treatment.
The regular meeting OF Arcadia Lodge,
| 7 n ka hold Of The q A X
hall Thursday, Oct. 10Th, at Z 80 O'Clock.
George Hunt and wife of Peterborough,
n. H., and Chas. Hopkins and wife OF
Greenfield, N. h J., were in town last week,
! the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A. ID. Olmsted.
There will be an oyster supper and en-
tertainment at the Center to- morrow
night in the vestry of the Methodist
church. The proceeds will be devoted 10
providing the village with reservoirs 10
drown out possible fires.
| Sixty-seven tickets for the Boston ex-
cursion were sold at this station up to the
; departure of the 1917 a. m. train yester-
| day. Some others went on the two later
trains OF the same day, but probably not
enough altogether to equal the number
that went last year, which was 1l6.
/ Miss Winifred Richmond entertained
about thirty friends at her home last SAT
urday, on the occasion OF her twelfth
birthday The beautiful birthday cake,
| which rested on a bed OF flowers, had
bouquet in its center and was crowned by
twelve lighted tapers. Among the nu.
merous handsome and useful gifts were
a gold ring from her young friends, five
dollar gold piece and a solid-silver SOU
venir teaspoon.
The auction sale of Jersey cattle at the
Green Mountain Stock fai m on Wednes-
day of the past week was exceedingly
satisfactory. The bidding was spirited
throughout, and the excellent prices real
| lied. indicated a decided appreciation OF
| the Jersey. The attendance was goon,An
various States were represented. :, The
sale consisted OF aDout fifty head mostly
young animals. ana all were in rugged,
| thrifty condition. Sr
An auxiliary to the Woman's Foreign
Missionary society was recently organized
| in the Methodist church, as result OF the
labors of Miss Franc Baker. The mission
airy year began Oct. list, and meetings Will
be held hereafter on the last Tuesday in
each month at o'clock in the afternoon.
The first meeting, on Oct. 31st, will be
| with Mrs Roberts. Ladies OF the church,
whether members of the w. r. MIS-. or
not, are cordially invited.
The Christian society has decided not to
buy pipe organ of the Westtield MASS
| firm but will purchase an organ costing
$500 of George b. Hutchins, an organ
| dealer OF Boston, who was here Tuesday
to confer with the committee having this
matter in charge. The new organ will be.
probably, Is feet in hiS hit, IL feet in width
| and feet in depth. II will consist OF a
great organ having & stops and 1865 pipes,
swell organ OF stops and 354 pipes, a
pedal organ with stops and "a pipes, 3
couplers and pedal moyements-naking
total of p stops and IA pipes. With
such an instrument, the Christian choir
ought to be able to make joyful noise
before the Lord"
A few days ago, some disciple of the
phonetic method ~ spelling indited Gu
Gus epistle to Nj. Luke Parish. A piece
of brown wrapping paper was the KIND OF
stationery useo, and the letters were made
to look like p- ia ed characters. II is bare
ly possible tina The author OF this literary
effort can writ" a fair hand and perhaps
knows how L. spell. The letter reads as
follows: "NisTER LUX PARIS SIR
YU TAX KsRE Owe jim MUPHIE AS
WE NO HlM OV OLD DON'T LET IN
WACH HE DO HE BEE DED SOM
MONIN WIFE CAPES" Ii is well that
the Worlds Fair is to close so soon; for il
the exciting events OF the next few weeks
equal those in the past, our people could
never stand the Sabbatica' quietness OF
Chicago for even six days.
Saturday evening, lite a number OF
tourists. in chairs, we're conducted by
youthful guide, MIR. Nj. Z. Robbins,
through the grounds and principal build
ings OF that marvellous Worlds Fair. I
They stopped before many OF the finest
structures to admire the different styles
OF architecture, figuratively left their
chairs, as they have sometimes in the
past wished to do literally, TO take birds
eve views of the "White City" from ele- /
waited points, passed through all the more !
important buildings and listened with in /
terest to the remarks and explanations of /
their guide. This excursion party did the 1
Fair in about two hours, in comparative /
comfort and with an extravagant outlay of
twenty five or thirty five cents, and reach
ed home without having experienced the
discomforts of a sleeping car and without
having been Obliged to drink beer on ac-
count Of the microbes in the lake water.
Next Tuesday evening, OF. 31st, the
Beedle Quintette, assisted by Mr.. F. w.
Bancroft OF Montpelier, the finest tenor
singer in the State, will give a concert in
Dubois 4 Gays hall. The Beedles are too
weil-known in West Randolph to need a