Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-08-31
Lock outi

day.
Mrs. DR.. Ryder went to New York last
week
Mrs. W. W. Morton is in camp at Queen
City Park.
Will Spear of Boston has been visiting
at Mr.. H. p. Sanford's.
Frank Wyman arrived from walling-
ford, Conn.,, Saturday night.
The young ladies of st. Johns church
made ia from their lemon tea.
Misses May and Grace Bradish are ex-
pected from somervIlle, Mass, to-day.
Mrs. A. t. Morse and daughter Stella
were at Mr.. Chas. WymaD's last week.
o. Culver Of st. Adams came Friday
to visit his sister, Miss Matte Culver.
Mrs. Will Mcintosh and little son went
Saturday to Springfield to visit her sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. White, Jr., of Wind
sor were here last week, during Wednes-
day and Thursday.
Miss Harriet Yuran is again in West
Randolph, visiting Mrs. Mary Goldsbury
and other friends.
Mrs. Rev. F. II. Roberts of So. Royalton
has been a guest at Rev. VIM. N. Roberts
during the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. James n. Mccall gave a
progressive eucher party at "Elm Cottage"
on Thursday evening.
Miss Susie Chase, daughter of DIR. Chase
of Bethel, spent two or three days lately
with Miss May Parsons.
Editor Ropes, OF the Vermont Watch
man, and eldest daughter were down
from Montpelier, Saturday.
Mrs. DR.. c. J. Allen and daughter from
Peterborough, n. H., spent the day Sat
urday with Mrs. Fred Joslyn.
An effort is being made TO form class
in uCfp ha Of
some competent teacher from abroad.
MarcelIus Munroe, Esq, of Boston,
Mass, who has been staying at ID. 4. Go
ding's the past two weeks, left for home on
Monday last.
The papers say a gang Of thieves and
sharpers are following the Circus and II IS
well to have everything of value around
your premises, locked up.
The water pipes have been relayed ON
the east side OF Prospect avenue, where
the recent grading OF the street brought
the pipes too near the surface.
Judge Lucius Salisbury and wife, resi-
dents of Randolph many years ago, are
on from Kenton, o., for a stay OF two
weeks 'amid these well remembered
scenes.o
Columbian stamps are practically a
thing of the past. No more are ordered
by this postoffice, and business men every
where are discarding them Their artis-
tic merits could not atone for their size.
Ernest Billiard, who visited lately at DR..
A. c. Bailey's, was employed in machine
shop in Buffalo, N. Y, until the proprie-
tors, on account Of the much. talked-of
their operatives.
Last week, William Mann came home
from northern New York; A. b. Tewks-
bury, from York Beach, Me; Mrs. c. l..
Stewart and Miss Nellie, from Camp Ran
dolph, Highgate Springs, and Miss Aida
Newcity, from Bristol, Conn.
A generous offer appears in w. f. Lam
sons show window, and it may be worth
while to enquire for particulars" One
might like to know whether the "free por-
traits are TO be duplicates OF the one in
the window or counterfeit presentments
of his customers.
Miss May Parsons is this year to have
general oversight of the primary depart
ment of the Bethel Graded school, as well
as general and special supervision OF her
own particular room. This arrangement
will give Miss Parsons more care and re-
sponsibility, and Bethel, better school.
Many of the younger generation attend.
ed the Enlargement Party" given at the
home of Mr. Egbert Allis last evening in
honor of his cousin, Miss Fannie Carpen-
ter, on the occasion OF her birthday. Ii
is understood that the engagements"
made were considered binding for that
evening only.
The Methodist camp meeting held in
Northfield last week attracted several
from here; among them, Rev. w. y. Rob-
erts, Mrs. Jane Bailey, Mrs. X. A. Wells,
Misses Grace, Emma an = Ella Bailey and
Emogene Buck, Mrs. Roswell Holbrook
and daughter, MIR. and Mrs. Frank Cope
land and Miss ENERGY Matthews.
Charles G.. DlBois, of the Western
Electric company of New York, spent
Saturday and Sunday in town with his
parents, leaving Monday evening for Chi
cago, where he will remain about three
months, doing special work for the COM
pany at the Chicago office; at the end OF
that time, he will return to New York.
A very beautiful elk's head, the proper
ty of Guy Clough of Braintree, is on ex-
hIbition at the lewelry store of Mr.. Fred
Joslyn. The creature was shot in the
Snow Mts., % miles from Yellowstone
Park, and must have been a fine specimen
of its kind; for the head ana antlers alone
are about six feet in heigh,,a ana the spread
of the latter is between four and five feet.
The weather Friday evening was more
suitable for trip through the polar re-
gions than for one through Holland;
nevertheless the audience followed Kew.
j. j. Lewis through the canals of Amster-
dam ana leyden out, across beautiful
country, to the sea, and restraining
mad desire to jump overheard, listened
with interest and profit to his description
of this early home OF the pilgrim fathers
'.the Puritans OF the Puritans.n
As one of the Raymond excursion trains
was standing at the depot saturday IL
ternoon, its engine keeping up a Worlds
Fair yell, lady was trying to hitch her
horse in front OF one OF the stores. the
horse, mace nervous by the unusual sound,
plunged forward and knocked the lady
down upon the sidewalk. 1t looked for
moment as though a serious accident
were about to happen, but a gentleman
standing by caught the animal by the
bits and put an end to his circus perform
ance. The lady regained her feet unin-
jured.
The latest edition of the Postal Laws
and Regulations says, "The matter to be
forwarded at request of addressee, with
out additional cnarge for postage, incl ldes
letters prepaid at full rate 1.-TWO centsl.