Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-01-12

Sunday in town.
J. d. Denison conducted services at St.
Johns church last Sunday.
Mr.. Ed. Bagley from Boston arrived
Monday for visit OF few days.
o. p. Winch and son Fred of Mortified
visited at Z. L. Abbott's this week.
Mrs. d. H. Morse and daughter Mary
spent several days in Boston last week.
Miss Edith Goodrich is in St. Johnsbury
visiting her brother, II. ]. Goodrich.
Miss May Storrs of Hanover, N. H., was
the guest of Miss Cornella Pierce this week.
Mrs. Hiram Blodgett of Mortified is to
make her home at the Red Lion Inn this
winter.
Mrs. Beaumelle Williams of Boston, for
merly of this place, is visiting relatives
and friends.
John Haley, travelling salesman for a
wholesale mouse in Chicago, was in town
on visit last week.
The Randolph National Bank OF West
Randolph declared its first semi annual
dividend OF 1-2 per cent, JAM 2.
Stillman Loomis, who has been far from
well much of the time this winter, was
quite i'll last week. DR.. Mayo attended
him.
Mrs.Jeannette p Harwood OF Cambridge,
Mass, came last week to attend
the funeral of her sister, the late Mrs.J. p.
/ Cleveland, Jr.
The l. o. o. f. OF this place has only
| been in existence one year and has but 81
members. mistake was made in the is
sue of last week.
| MIR. Gilman S. Moulton and Mrs. g. F.
! Moulton went to New York Monday
morning. Mrs. Moulton goes to visit her
/ father, who is very i'll.
] fg,vf,s,, fraa N ., a 70 ttr ha have
I been spending some time in Lynn, Mass,
with their daughter, Mrs. Fledd Q. Temp
son, returned last Thursday.
J. NJ. Atwood has received a check for
/ $50, it being the amount of the third prize
offered by the Phoenix Life ms Co.to their
agents for the amount Of business done
during the past month.
There were four funerals in this part of
the town In three days: Mrs. j. p. Cleve-
laud's on Saturday; Mrs Geo. Tilson's and
Mrs. Chas Ketchum's on Sunday,and Den
mis- Greene's on Monday.
The Juniors OF the w. r. II. S. have
new and very pretty class pin. The class
colors are olive green and yellow; and the
background of the pin is olive green with
'9i inscribed in yellow.
About IS of the friends OF Eddie A.
Morse, son OF Almon Morse, gave him a
surprise party last Friday evening. A
handsome writing desk was presented
the young host by Eugene Finn, in be- |
half of the guests present.
The latest thing in photographs is the
"platinotype" IL makes a picture that |
looks like, and can scarcely be told from,
first class steel engraving. w. +. Barnes
has the agency for this town, and some
samples he has shown us OF prints made
by this process are the finest we ever saw.
Invitations have been issued for the |
Raising of the Chiefs of the Red Men Sat
urday evening, Jan. 18th. A feature of
the evening will be "long talks" by the
great sachem, Joel G.. Tyler of Mass, and |
thusiastic member Of the order, is expect
ed to be present Music Will be furnished
by the well-known Apollo Banjo Club OF
Montpelier.
At the annual meeting of The Randolph
National Bank of West Randolph, VT,
held Tuesday, Jan. TO- 1885, the following
named directors were elected VIM. II.
VIM. b. Wall, A. b. Tewksbury and r. Il.
Dubois. VIM. II. Dubois was elected
president; j. w. Rowell, vice president;
r. t. Dubois, cashier; Fred h. Dubois,
assistant cashier. The 31st semi-annual
dividend of 3l-2 per cent was declared
Jan. 2, 1893.
Miss Alice Gilman OF Brookfield, attend
ed by her physician, DIR. Goodrich, started
from this station Friday d. M for the
Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, " here
she intends to remain until much inn
proved in health. Miss Gilman was so
very weak that she had to rest on a mat
tress in the waiting room at the depot and
was carried aboard the cars. This is the
secono time that she has been AN inmate
of this hospital.
There will be meeting of West Ran
dg.ltt IL. IL an
ing officers will be installed for the year:
master, F. II. Cleveland; overseer, +. p.
Mann; lecturer G. c. Flint; steward, C. NJ.
Bass; asst steward, Fred Webster; treas
urer, Lyman Hutchinson; secretary, Mrs.
j. b. Wells; gate keeper, ID. H. Flint;
Ceres, Nellie Linfeld Pomona, Mary c. II
Flint; Flora, Marion Flint; lady steward,
Jennie Godfrey.
Mrs. Chas. Ketchum, daughter of Edw.
Goodwin, died at her home Thursday
night at the age OF 81 years. She had been
in poor health for more than year past
but, until within a few weeks, had been
able to do her own work. Her death re-
suited from dropsy complicated by 9TH
er diseases. The husband and young son,
who survive her, have the sympathy of '
many friends in this hour of Attic
tlon. The funeral services were conducted
Sunday at 2 p n. by the Rev. r. w. Ham
bin, pastor OF the NJ. +. church.
Dennis Green, an old and honored resi-
dent, died at his home in West Randolph
Friday at one p. m. Deceased was about
y years of age. He was born in Barnard,
W., but had lived for the past so years in
and tor IS years on the farm
where he died. He had been out of health
or two or three years but not seriously III
until the past few weeks. A widow and +
me son, Chas. Green, who resides in the Z
state OF Washington, survive him. The a
uneral services were held at his late home
Monday at one p. M, Rev. S. A. Parker
Ind Rev. Mr.. Morrow officiating.
The sons of the old Green Mountain I
state, and especially of Randolph, are
pound to make their mark wherever they
70. The Keene, ". H., papers are speak
ng words OF praise Of Beedle's Orchestra
IT that city, which they call as good as [
my in New England. The Sentinel, in S
peaking of a concert recently given there, i
avs; 1.-THE Beedles furnished music of a
high order, as they always do. In concert
hey are unequalled by any orchestra in
his vicinity and uusurnaseed nv onv tbfc -