Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-08-10
Forbidden fruit-green apples.

A fair and supper at the Christian church
this Thursday evening
W. Byam of Waterbury visited at f.
Il. Evans recently.
Miss Maud Haskins and Miss Lena Ev-
ans have gone to Boston.
Miss Lucy Cramton of Enosburgh Falls
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Homer White.
Rev. Edward Herriek, now located at
Milton, was here for few days last week.
Several OF our people are making prepa-
rations to attend the muster in Rutland
next week.
Miss Nav Cross of Holyoke, Mass, has
been with her sister, Mrs. j. q. Coburn,
the week past.
Miss Belle Morse is attending Mrs. Ed
ma Chaffee Mobiles summer school of elo-
cution at Rochester.
Miss Maud Howes of Mortified came
Saturday to spend Sunday with her friend,
Miss Florence Soper.
Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin of Brooklyn, n.
Y, arrived Friday and are the guests Of
Mrs. E. B. Blanchard.
Miss Emma Clapp of Boston and Miss
Ruth Allen of Brooklyn. n. Y, are visit
ors ut Mr.. Hazen Santord's.
Mrs. Mary Goldsbury and Mrs. l.. T.
Clark, who have been in Lancaster, NY,
during the last month, came back Fri
day.
Miss Fannie Cooke, who has been
spending some time with Mrs. Charles
Nichols, returned to her home in Boston,
Saturday
Mrs. j. A. Colby arrived Saturday from
Chicago and went Immediately to the
home of her sister, Mrs. Henry Bass, on
Braintree Hill.
Charles Nichols came from Pittsburgh,
Penn, Thursday, for fortnight's vaca-
ton. Mrs. Nichols has been spending
the summer here.
Not one-half OF the $50 tickets for the
Lewis lecture course have been sold, but
the lectures will be given despite the dis
couraging outlook.
Frank Rogers OF Brattleboro, whose re-
cent attempt at suicide attracted so much
attention here, has been discharged from
the asylum and is again taking the Nor
rell liquor cure.
Rev. w. II. Jackson held services at
Randolph Center last Sunday, and after
staying in this village until yesterday, re
sumed his evangelistic work in other
parts of the State.
Some one considerably interested in
baseball cut the lacing at Tewksbury's
mill Friday, thereby causing the works to
shut down little earlier in the afternoon
than was at first intended.
Reports from Caspian Lake, Greensboro,
and Camp Randolph, Highgate Springs,
indicate that fish are not only plenty but
are anxious to be caught. The campers
are rapidly losing their city pallor and
acquiring a. weather beaten aspect in its
place.
The annual meeting of the Vermont |
society of Sons of the American Revolu- |
tion will be held at the Bates House, Rut |
land, Wednesday, August Is. The BUSH |
ness meeting at O'Clock will be followed /
by the annual banquet. A few West Ran
doiph gentlemen are enrolled among the !
mem bers of this society.
The State press seems very DESTROYS of |
having people keep their shoes both bright |
and clean and advises those who elothe 1
their pedal extrcmities in russell leather to
smear their shoes with a piece OF ripe ba-
mana and then rub them with cloth. In
this way all discoloratiops can be renlov-
ed and fine polish obtained. This item
ought to be OF general interest.
The success of Randolph bows in their
various undertakings is always pleasing
to Randolph people. The Hardwick Ga
zette gives the following characteristic
notice Of the improvements which
b. c. Chase, now of that place, has lately
made in his business. "Liveryman Chase
is going to keep ahead of the procession
in excellence and attractiveness OF outfit
if the holdback doesn't give way, and TO
that end has ordered several new top car
riages, the latest styles and tirst-cllss in
every detail. He is constantly improving
his grade of horses, and everything in and
around the premises is A. No. 1; Brussels
carpet on the floor and a big dog under
the Eek" without extra charge, If desired.
II is now the best appointed livery in the
valley"
The clerical and lay deputies from the
several parishes in the diocese of Vermont
meet again in special convention at Bur
lington, Aug. 30th, for the purpose of
CT DOSING a bishop, DIR. Hart OF Hartford
Conn, having declined the episcopal Of
fee. Prominent among the candidates
now receiving serious consideration, are
Rev. A. A. Hall of Oxford, Eng, formerly
settled in Boston, and Rev. DIR. Joseph
Carey of Saratoga Springs, \. Y, who is
spoken of as scholar, an indefatigable
worker and man we'll qualified for this
important Office The vestrymen of ST.
Johns church will meet in the office of j.
D. Denison, Esq, Friday evening, at 730
o'clock to elect delegates to this special
Friday afternoon at about half past
three, citizens in carriages and citizens on
loot commenced to wend their way toward
the fair ground, to witness the ball game
between the Odd Fellows and Red Men.
over OHc HuhuTeu spectators were plclur-
esquely grouped on the outskirts of the
field with the carriages drawn up in a row
behind them; while few more adventur-
Ous souls took slightly seats on the roofs
OF the surrounding houses. The represen-
Iative Odd Fellows were Edgar Salisbury,
c. A. Kent, +. +. Evans, 7. j. Adams,
Frank Copeland, j. B. Eldredge, Ernest
Fish, Joseph Sault and Fred Dunn. The
nine braves drawn up in battle array on ,
the other side were w. F. Edison, Albert
Gay, DIR. K. 0. Blanchard George Walker,
A. +. Bass, f. +. Dubois, A. f. Lane Geo. ,
Temple and T.. l.. Williams. Six innings
we're played. In the first the Odd Fellows
scored nineteen; the Red Men, one; and !
1t the sixth, this holly contested game
stood 46 to in favor of the three-link fra [
ternity. 1t is said to have been agreed, be-
tore the sides commenced playing, that
IN old shioned slow straight ball should
be pitched; but if so, this agreement was /
lot strictly adhered to. Several OF the
players, who are not exactly horny hand {
ID sons of toll, were observed, after COM
ng in contact with the ball, to softly rub !
heir palms together in anything but an r