Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-09-14
Jack lantern parades are now in order.

Jack lantern parades are now in order.
This is fair month and month of fairs.
| Mrs. NJ. e. Warrington was down from
| Northtield, Monday, for the day.
Mr. and Mrs. John f. Hobart started
for Boston, Saturday afternoon.
Miss Jennie Granger Of Lynn, Mass, is
the guest Of Mrs. Mary Mann.
Hugh Grove has moved into the house
with MS father law, George Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eben Wild Of Claremont,
N. H., visited at +. A. TEACHERS on FRI
day.
Last week, a small party took a pleasant
drive to Rochester, Stock bridge, Pittstield,
Gaysville and Bethel.
Mrs. w. S. S. Buck has recovered from
her recent illness and is again at her post
in the JOB printing office.
Postmaster Montgomery returned to
his duties Saturday after a short vacation
spent in Massachusetts,.
George ID. Mason, graduate of the High
school in the class OF i93, has gone to Lynn,
Mass, TO work in the firm OF Besse, Rolf
| and Co., clothiers in that city.
F. w. Bancroft, vermont's favorite tenor
singer, and his mother, Mrs. NJ. w. Ban
croft, of Montpelier, were with Mr.. and
Mrs. A. e. Lane, Friday and Saturday.
lnI Olh nNtDr W ibh
| lead up TO the job printing Office of w. S.
5. Buck, whose feet are slowly getting ac-
customed 10 treading the unfamiliar way.
w. II. Morris, for many years proprie-
tor of the Morris House in Mortified,
| has moved to this village and is living on
the farm known as the Dennis Green
place.
The Silver Cross Circle Of the Kings
Daughters will meet with Mrs. j. ID.
Wheeler on Tuesday, Sept. 18th, at 2;3O
p. m. Members, please bring thimbles
and scissors.
Misses Bessie and lila Sherman, daugh-
tiers OF the leader of the well known Sher-
mans band OF Burlington, left town Sat
urday, after a stay Of two weeks at Mr..
Orvis Thhyer's.
Miss Ida Thacher, member OF the
HERALD force, has been enjoying a vaca-
ton from typesettiDg the past week
| Part OF the time her place in the Office
was taken by Mrs. Lula Tinkham.
Friday, Mrs. A. IL. Beedle and Miss Liz.
zie Adams started for Bethlehem, n. H.,
where they will enjoy the bracing air ana
beautiful scenery of the White Mountains
for period of two or three weeks.
Mrs. S. NJ. Davis, lady well known in
West Randolph, closed the Glen Fla lis
House in Fairlee, Monday, after success
|
to open her hotel in Jacksonville, Fla.
Frank Hastings of Fitchburg, Mass,
and his brother, Bert Hastings, and wife,
from Franklin Falls, n. H., are on for a
two weeks vacation. Both brothers are
with firms engaged in manufacturing pa
per.
| Misses Lucina Saxton, Maud Lombard
and Clara Du bois started Monday morn
ing for Mount Holyoke college. This is
Miss Saxtons sophomore year, but the
other young ladies enter the freshman
class.
The interior of st. Johns church has
been improved by bringing out the chan
Gel platform about yard into the nave,
thus giving more room for the Prayer
desk and Lecturn and making access to
the chancel rail more convenient.
E. NJ. Bagley OF Keene, n. H., will play
| from bone with the band during the re-
mainder of the season. MIR. Bagley is one
OF the Bagley family, well known in mu-
steal circles as possessing high order OF
ability. He will add much to the band.
st. Johnsbury Republican.
Mrs. w. W. Case and two children from
Holyoke, Mass, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Danforth of Concord, \. H., are at Mrs.
Allen Priests on visit. Mrs. Case and
Mrs. Danforth were at one time students
of the West Randolph High school and
will be remem bercd as Misses Addie and
Ella Burnham.
As e. n. Rising was driving around the
corner by Eugene HOlmau's, on Summer
street, the back axle broke, and Mr.. Ris-
ing and a basket OF apples gently slid to
the ground. The horse, with great pres
ence OF mind, stopped as soon as the ac-
cident happened and no damage was done
except to the wagon.
Fifty or more went M to Burlington TO
see the prize pumpkins, handsome live
stock aud wonderful crazy patchwork on
exhibition at the State fair. The exhibits
in The different departments We're excel
lent, and the attendance was considered
very good, 5000 people being on the
grounds the second day.
"Great oaks from little acorns grow
The shock Of paralysis ~ hich was report
ed to have Frustrated Rev. A. b. Truax
has dwindled to an attack OF indigestion.
from which the reverend gentleman has
probably recovered by this time, unless
reading the different accounts of his ILL
ness IN the various State papers has
brought on relapse.
Last evening, Witherell and Dord pre-
sented that old yet ever new play, "Uncle
Tom s Cabin, - in a tent 100 feet long and
60 feet wide, pitched on the vacant lot be- [
yond the railroad yard The company
has the reputation of being a good one, I
and quite number OF people were in I
tending to follow the fortunes of Tom I
and little Eva il the weather were favora- /
bic. This paper went to press before the I
entertainment was given, and a more ex-
tended account of the performance was I
impossible.
The last lecture in the Lewis course, "a
Side Trip through the Canadian Rockies. p
was considered by many to be more than
equal, in point of interest, to the preced-
ing .saunteriBgs.n The views were GER
tainly magnificent and brought before our
eyes scenery as grand and as little known
10 US, though 1t IS on our own continent,
as any found in the cold country These
lectures have been instructive as well as
and were, tho the season tick
cts were not purchased with great alacrity,
well attended.