Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-12-21

the other from his hand.
| State Supt. Mason s. Stone of Montpe-
| her arrived at this station Monday. He
went from here to the Center to attend the
final examinations at the Normal school,
! whose pupils finished the labors OF the
Term yesterday. The next term will open
in the new building Feb. 9th, ga.
Quarterly meeting was held in the Meth
odist church last Sunday evening, Presid-
ing Elder l.. l.. Beeman delivering the
sermon. 1t was the present presiding ED.
| er's first official visit to TINS charge, and
all who had the pleasure OF hearing and
meeting him were favoraLiy impressed.
! Despite the hard times, Lucier's Min
strels drew fair house the evening Of
Dec. 18th. The music had the true min
strel swing, and the entertainment, as a
| whole, seemed to give general salts faction
KenDo, the frog man, WAS even more Of a
! wiggler and twister than Dickens Uriah
Heep.
Apartments in the Smith block have
been rented TO Mrs. Bickford, to Misses
Kate and Name Connolly, and to F. W..
Sault and wife. Mrs. Blckford and the
Misses Connolly took possession OF their
respective rooms yesterday, bat Mr.. ard
Mrs. Sault will not move from the Thayer
| house on Central street until the LIST OF
January.
The Central Vermont railroad has is
| sued its usual announcement OF reduced
rates for the holidays. At stations in YER
mont, round. trip tickets will be sold for
fare one way and will be good going Dec
1925, and good returning Dec. 30-3l, for
the Christmas season; and going Dec. 81
and Jan. 1st inclusive, and returning I'M
til Jan. Bird, for he New Year travel. ils
! d. E. Cooling thas moved his candy
| business into the New York millinery
store, and the display of sweets and
| dsinty boxes in the windows are as at
tractive and tempting as any collection Of
| Paris bonnets. He intends to use that
part OF the Corner stole for his candy
during the holidays, but the
Bon Ton Gale win lremain on Randolph
avenue ,5Lo
Monday afternoon, as MIR. and Mrs.
Martin Washburn were driving out of the
yard Of K. r. Dubois, IN South Main
street, their sleigh, coming in contact
with The bard crust, tipped over, and Mr.
and Mrs MashbuIH were promptly depos-
tied in the snow. The horse Immediately
became alarmed and proceeded on the
keen run down the street and across the
track, turned the corner ly the pr stoitice
and dashed through Merchants Row and
Gown kanColph avenue until IT was
checked in its mad career by hydrant or
some other obstruction, near the resi-
dence of Walter Wedgewood. at that
point, the animal slipped aud fell and was
unable TO regain its feet until freed from
the sleigh. The horse received few
scratches, the people in he square We're
treated TO a hltle excitement, and 10 real
damage vas done.
In an old trunk belonging to w. Scott
Abbott and left at South Randolph were
found number Of newspapers which T..
Z. Greene OF that place Das forwarded 10
the HERALD Office. thinking that resume
of their contents might prove of interest
| to the Older Inhabitants OF this town, ana
more particularly OF this village. A copy
of the Ingle-Side, published at West Ran
dolph by Hiram Greeley, bears the date Of
Apr. 81, 1860, and contains an autobio-
graphical story, entitled "Ramrodn and
written by Mr. Abbott, who seems to have
had the pen of a ready writer, and con-
tributed many stories and poems to the
local papers OF that period. There was also
among these periodicals almost complete
file, for 1853, OF the Independent States
man, published in this village and "de-
voted to temperance, morality, politics,
agriculture, literature, science, art ana
general intelligence In 1853, the pub
fishers of the Statesman were Abbott.
Greeley Houghton, but the first issue
of March, 1859, gives the name Of Hiram
Greeley as editor and that OF w. II. Mich
OAo 40 ooooSAoAt cbitDIs III Ant lShut Vi
July 80, 1853, appears an article on West
Randolph, contributed by Fred A. Aiken, |
Esq, who was then practIeing law here, !
anu who pronounced this place TO be "ths |
largest and most important village on the !
line OF the Vermont Central railroad be- |
tween Mortified and Windsor, the best |
farming town in Orange county, with |
2S,5 96 acres, mostly elevated land but l
less so than the surrounding towns, "and il |
was celebrated far and near, the article /
says, "for its pure, bracing air, its clear |
water, and its rich and wholesome soil.
The station agent was II. X. Stougton, and |
the business for the year amounted to
80 The freight receipts averaged |
Il 900 per month and the passenger re-
ceipts, $500. During 1893, the total re
ceipts at the station were $50 ,2665l, the
freight receipts averaged 5000, 10; the
passenger receipts, 81 US 49, while the
money order and express business alone
amounted to s7,791 81. Speaking of the
business enterprise OF that period, Mr.
aiken aiken sald, I'VE have four large stores
Flint's Dry and West India goods, ready 4
made clothing and everything else usual
ly found in country store; Iewksburys'
Dry and West lnlia goous, hard ware
ready made clothing, etc; SalisDury's
Dry ana West India goods, drugs, ready
made clothing, boots and shoes, and Bad
gers Dry and West India goods, hard ware
,
also large Spectator in cattle, butter
and wool; the Tewksburys are among
our Oldest merchants, and are men OF
sterling integrity, high character and am ,
pie resources; MIR. salisbury is a man
who is diligently at his post and highly =
respected as member OF society, and M.
Badger is fair in his dealings, urbane as a
and generous ana gentlemanly
as man. The postoffice, of hicn Mr.
Badger Is the master, is in his store, and
the West Randolph Hotel is under the !
poDular management OF Mr. Edmund
chadwick. The carding msebine, saw
mill, gristmill and the shops OF the va
lous mechanics, all doing a fiourishinc
business, render their locality of our wi.
age busy place. For the success OF the J
yrlstmlll, our thanks are due to the
aanns, the popular owners. The book
tore, kept by Samuel Bass, Jr. literally
uppiies the wants of the reading com
nunity. We have six lawyers in oar vii
age-W. II. Nichols, j. b. Hutchinson.
!. W. Rowell, s. q. L. Craig, Edmund
Weston and f. A. Aiken. II the amount
Il litigation, in which the six have been
nUaUed QurinR I he paef war r,rts-.~.. i