Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-07-13

Miss Ada Stanton has gone to her home
in Lowville, N. Y.
Dr.H. H. Mcintyre and family are So
journing in Pomfret.
Miss Grace Lamson is in Boston, visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. Walsh, and family.
Mrs. Hiram Bean entertained Mr.. and
Mrs. II. A. Rogers OF So. Royalton, Satur-
day.
NJ. c. Rowell, travelling agent for the
Fitchburg railroad, visited this station
Friday.
Mrs. w. A. Daggett and w. A. Daggett,
Jr., from Hing ham, Mass, are boarding
at the Red Lion Inn.
Howard Gilbert is out again after his
recent severe illness but is not able to do
much in the gardening line as yet.
William Gabrielle started the first of
the week for West Granville, Mass, MAX
ing the journey OF 200 miles oy team.
Herbert Kent, many years ago an en-
ploye at Abbott's mill bat who is now liv-
ing in Orange, Mass. revisited these scenes
lately.
Mrs. VIM. Billings and son Fred from
Woodstock, who had been staying at d.
l.. Chattield's for several days, left town
Saturday.
Miss A. n. Pierce. who has been with
friends in this village for some three
weeks past, left for her home in Shrews-
bury, Saturday.
Owing to some breakage about the en-
CINE while the train was at Mortified,
Saturday, the morning mail did not reach
this village until after II O'Clock.
Princes tub factory and the Perfection
Butter box works are not running this
week, and only those on the third floor
at the screen mill are at work.
A very pretty cottage is being built at
the north end OF South street by Editor
L. p. Thayer. The hou Sc is two story
with an ell and faces the east.
The McGibeny family was not greeted
by very crowded house Wednesday even
ing of last week Kenna's MINISTRIES, Fri
day night, drew larger number.
Mrs. c. L. Huntley is here from Man
chester Center to visit her sister Mrs.
Philander Chadwick. Mrs. Huntley has
not been in this place before for over
twenty years.
Among the notable speeches made at the
Bankers and Financiers' congress, lately
held in Chicago, was one on Banking in
Vermont" by Col. RI. Kimball, who Of
ficially represented the State at that con-
vention.
The extensive repairs on the Christian
church have been commenced, and when
finished, the interior will present an en-
tirely different appearance, while the pro-
jections on the north and front will great
IN improve the EXTERIOR The addition ON
the front will be used for a vestibule, and
that on the north side for an organ loft
and pulpit. The old seats are to be taken
out and new ones, arranged in semIcircu-
lar fashion and facing the north, will be
put in. The floor, also, is to be on an in
cline, so that the seats in the rear of the
room will be as desirable as those farther
front. The walls will be handsomely fres-
coed and the woodwork nicely finished,
and the church, after it energies from the
hands OF the carpenter and painter, bids
fair to be one OF the prettiest in town.
The plan for the repairs was drawn by
Mr.. Geo. p. Wood, and when presented TO
Architect Guernsey of Montpelier met
with his approval. These improvements
are made possible through the liberality
of MIR. J. II. Lamson, and the society in
tends to still further add to the attractive
ness of the church and its services by
placing new pipe organ in the loft that
will soon be made ready TO receive it.
At the great international Christian
Endeavor convention, in session at Mon
treal from July 9Th to Sth, West Randolph
was well represented by ten of her citi-
zens. The past year has been one of great
prosperity to the Endeavorers, judging
from these statistics, which are taken from
the annual report of John Willis Baer,
general secretary of the United society:
New York State has 2,9S5 societies; Penn
sylyania, 2,62S; Illinois, / ,S22; Ohio, ,T76
and Iowa, 1,1S6. Not counting the de-
nominations outside OF America, the
representation is as follows: Presbyteri-
ans, 5,111 societies.; Congregationalists,
4 $50; Baptists, 2,910; Disciples of Christ
and Christians, FLAP. The net gain in
number OF local societies during 1882 was
s. in 1888, it was Z, 276-more local branch
es having been organized since the New
York convention than were organized
during the seven years OF the society's
early history. The model constitution,
too, has been translated into 10 foreign
languages. This report was very pleasing,
aud Mr.. Baer was enthusiastically cheer
ed when he finished its reading. The Star
of Montreal, on the opening day OF the
published an illustrated r.
page edition almost exclusively devoted to
the Endeavors-a piece OF newspaper en-
terprise which was much appreciated by
the 1900 delegates in attendance. On
of an attack made on Roman
by one Of the speakers, quite
a little feeling was excited among the
Roman Catholics of Montreal, and the
close of the convention was thereby rem
dered much less pleasant than it would |
have been.
An old copy OF the Green Mountain |
Herald, dated June IA, 1854, and covering |
the very wide field of morality, educa- |
ton, literature, science, art, and political /
and general intelligence" has been /
brought to this office for inspection, by |
Mrs. Janet Smith Herrick. The paper 1
was published in w. Randolph and Bethel /
by Hutchinson and Morse, and this issue |
was devoted to a then recent exhibition 1
Of the West Randolph academy. The ora
tions and essays were published in full,
aud contain the profound ideas and lofty
ideals which distinguish the youthful
effort. The names of some OF these pu-
pills may be familiar to the older inhabi-
lants. An Grafton on .The Condition and /
Prospects OF the American People, was
by Samuel H. Smith, and that
THE Beauties OF Earth Are Evanescentr
Was set forth by Miss Sarah l.. Cobb, who
after the manner of the present genera
ton, gently tapered her essay to a close
With poetical quotation. Misses l.. M.
Lathrop and NJ. j. Dutton, Richard Hun
awill, Samuel Parker and Chester NJ. ST.
mons also took mart while T. " Noea in |