Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-08-17

Mrs. Clough is at her old home in Gran
vile on a vacation.
Leonard Goodrich and wife visited in
East Barnard last week.
Justin Holman has reprinted his resi-
dence on Prospect avenue.
Miss Mary S. Dubois is attending the
summer school in Windsor.
Thursday and Friday, SO - or more in
the shades Sunday night, frost.
Miss June Fassett is again at home az
| ter quite a sojourn in Washington.
MIR. Pratt of New York has been a guest
at ssMontague Place. for the past few days.
Miss Carrie Eaton is in attendance at
/ the summer school for teachers, held in
Windsor.
Misses Allace Chase and Florence Lam
son went Friday to Waitsheld to see MISS
Alice Baird.
Mrs. HIS. Bragg and Miss Jennie osgood
are spending this month in East and West
Randolph.
Miss Ellen Treat from New Haven,
Conn, is the guest OF Mrs. Clarence Moul-
ton at 'Stoneleigh."
About September LIST, another consign-
ment of West Randolph people VIII be
sent to the Worlds Fair.
Alfred Eaton has, in his garden, corn
also had ripe tomatoes.
Hon. VIM. II. Dubois was in Mont
pelier last week, and this week is in Rut-
land and Bennington counties on ofncial
| business.
Mrs. f. p. Barnes and two sons-Louis
and Leon-of Brattleboro, who have been
visiting the eldest son, w. +. Barnes, left
yesterday for Boston.
The date OF the circus has been changed
from Aug. 18th to Sept. End, which gives a
little more time in which TO enjoy the
pleasures OF anticipation.
Mrs. Clarence Moulton, Sherman, Hor-
ace and Miss Daisy, Miss Treat, Mrs. J.
| L. Mccall and Miss Ralston went TO Bur-
lington, Monday, for the day.
Saturday, Miss Gertrude Bickford re-
turned from visit in Middlebury, and
Mrs.Anna Chase from an enjoyable outing
at Point Pleasant, Lake Champlain.
ID. L. Cooling has lately been appointed
/ a member of the Advisory Council on
Religious Congresses, in connection with
the Worlds Columbian Exposition OF
1893.
Rev. w. p. Bird left tine Maplewood for
Garden City, l.. L., last Monday, in order
to accompany Bishop Littleiohn's daugh-
ter, who, on account of her health, did
not think it advisable to remain.
MI anu NlIns A~Ndtto uha Nj -
Hutchins joined Mrs. Dufur, Saturday, a.
Morey Lake, Fairlee, Mr.. Evans making
the trip on his bicycle. Mr.. Dufur, also,
was at Fairlee during part OF last week.
This evening, the 18th, at 80 o'clock the
ladies of Grace church, Randolph, hold
sale of fancy and useful articles in the
Itownhall, where ice cream and cake will be
served. Several from here are planning to
be present.
Hon. VIM. II. Dubois has sold to w. II.
Curtis lot on Highland avenue, east Of
the house that Albert Grover is building,
and il is understood that Mr.. Curtis ex-
poets to build home thereon before very
long. Monday, Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis went
to Boston, where they will remain for a
few weeks and then proceed to Sparta,
Mich.
Through an error, few OF last weeks
items were made in with the Bethel news.
Among them was one concerning the
closing of the dressmakers' shops for the
month OF August. 1t is hoped that the
ladies in Bethel planning TO have new
gowns were not deferred by the false
alarm.
The Baptist picnic is held to-day Thurs
day. at the Bethel camp grounds. The
teams start from the church at ga. m.
A free ride is given TO the younger
portion of the Sunday school, and con-
rates for all OF the Older ones.
The Christian Sunday school will pic
mic tomorrow friday in the grove near
Heman Powers, and all OF the society are
most cordially invited to be present. The
members of the Sunday school are request 4
ed to meet at a. m. at the church, from
where free transportation to the grove
will be furnished.
Tuesday was Z great day for picnics. (,
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in single and double teams, with the us
ual picnic paraphenalia, filed away toward /
the Bethel camp grounds. A smaller par
ty went to Berlin Pond, and third COM /
pany set out to view the world "as one
vast plain and one boundless reach of SKYE /
from the top Of Rochester Mountain.
The celestial vault is more than usually /
attractive this month of August. A large
group OF spots is passing across the face I
of the sun and others are wandering
about its eastern edge. At night, meteors 1
and brilliant aurOras make the night glo- T
rious. On the 10th OF every August, as
tronomers say, the earth commences to 4
pillow her way through a meteoric zone
composed of atoms from the GOMEZ Of 4
1862, and the conclusion of the earth's at I
mosphere sets fire to these atoms and they 4
fall from the sky in many beautiful forms. 4
The changes to be made in the north
end of the Smith block, in Preparation
for the new drug store, are we'll under
way. The rooms next to the old millin- /
cry store have been thrown into one bv the
removal of the partition. and with new
paper and a fresh coat OF calcimine. the
new store presents an attractive setting
for the fall bonnets, nodding plumes and /
pretty velvets soon to be displayed therein.
Messrs. Drew 4 Leonard arrived Tuesday.
and the room occupied during several
seasons BY Mrs. Bickford's millinery bust
ness, is being fitted up to suit druggists
fancy.
Only nine tickets for the excursion to
Queen City Park were sold at this station
last Thursday. To-day there is another
excursion to the same place at the same
low rate of fare; and from Aug. oath to
Sept. Bird, the Seventh Day Adventisfs Of
Vermont will hold at Waterbury their
annual camp meeting and conference. at
which able speakers from other states
viii present important themes for cousid-
Grafton. The services are to be in a tent.
and halt-fare rates are offered BY the rail-
road.