Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-02-15
Cold again Monday morning.


Sunday.
Shepard Family, Saturday night. Bet
ter than ever.
Miss Emily Miller was laid up for few
days by bad fall.
Homer Ladd of Sharon visited friends
in town last week.
Miss Ann Harrington of Mortified was
in town last Friday.
Mrs. Henry King of Woodstock is visit
ing at r. G. Morton's.
j. ID. Denison went to Granville, Mon
day, to attend lawsuit.
Ernest A. Lewis of Norwich University
was in town over Sunday.
Miss Alice e. Parker of RoyaltoD visited
friends in town last week.
Miss Julia Fenton of Sharon was in
town last week on visit.
e. @. Burridge of Somerville, Mass, was
in town the past week, visiting friends.
Judge Miller and wife OF Pomfret were
in town over Sunday, the guests of DR.. h.
III. Mcintyre.
F.E.Lsmb has purchased the Zeba Lamb
place on Forrest street and will improve
IL greatly this summer.
There was no preaching at the Baptist
church last SUNDAY, owing to the illness
OF the pastor, Rev. 3. w. Robson.
The crank pin OF the engine at the Abb
bolt mill broke Friday forenoon, necessl-
tating a shut down OF several days.
Bell Bros have rented the house now oc-
cupied by w. r. Lamson, who is soon TO
move into his new residence on the hill.
Roll Smith says he is just out after
four weeks illness, feeling little weak,
but Lactated Food will BRING him around.
w. c. Cushman went to Burlington re-
Gently to consult DIR. Woodward ABOUT his
eyes. He received great encouragement.
Hon. VIM. II. Dubois was in Rutland
and Burlington last week on business con-
nected with his duties as Inspector Of FL
nance.
Ii. A, Culver, the veteran hulled-corn
man who comes here regularly every week
in the season of this delcacy,l is very poor
ly at his home in East Barnard.
Miss Margaret j. CarrigaD has closed
successful term OF school III Williamstown
and is now at home. Her aunt, Mrs. Lynch
of Montpelier, is visiting in town.
Miss Fannie Ross was called to YER
gennes last week to care for her sister, who
was sick. John O'Grady takes her place,
and Irwin Chadwick does the night work.
Geo. Wood, the architect of the Ran
dolph Normal school, has furnished plans
for The new Graded school at Island Pond,
in competition with some oil the best
architects in the State.
The Brattleboro Reformer, OF which F.
N. Whitney, formerly OF this paper, Is
business manager, contained most excel
lent write up OF the beautiful village OF
st. Adams, last week.
Bishop Hall will visit Barre, Sunday,
Feb 18th; st. Johnsbury, the Soth; WesV
Randolph, March 4thi Mlddlopnryi March
18th; Brandon, March leth; Winosor,
March 9th, and Woodstock, april 10Th.
The Rt. Rev. A. O. A. Hall, d. d., bishop
OF Vermont, will visit the churenes IN
Randolph on Sunday, March 4. he will
be at st. Johns church, West Randolph,
at 1890 a. M, and at Grace church, Ran
dolph, at 2:3O p. IN.
The we'll known Shepard Family will
give one OF their unique entertainments In
Dubois q Gays hall saturday evening OF
this week. They nave with them this
season a lady cornetist and singer from
Boston, Miss Isolee Todd.
The board OF civil authority will meet
at the town clerks office Thursdays the
selectmen meet Friday and the auultors
on Saturday, at which time the towns n
nancial matters for the year VIII be closed
and go to the printer for the report.
The many friends OF Clarence Selleck of
his sudden death in Chicago. He was
promising young man, who had travelled
extensively in this country and IL Europe,
and was a brilliant writer for many papers.
The time has come to see if anything
can be done to assure the town OF RAN
dolph of public library. The call has
been issued IN due legal form for the first
meeting under the act OF Incorporation
passed by the last legislature, at Wniiard
Gays residence, next Saturday night. we
earnestly hope that every one Interested
will be present. We believe that II an
earnest effort is made, Randolph can have |
a public library. There is no question |
but that one is needed more than any
thing else. Let us have one.
The Ladies of st. Johns church held an /
Experience party in q. AR. hall on Tues |
day evening, FEB. 6. The entertainment /
of poems, read by the ladies', |
their experiences in earning a /
dollar for the parish house, which 1t is |
to build After this "feast OF
reason and flow of soul" refreshments |
were served, consisting of sandwiches, |
cake and coffee. The sum OF twenty dol
lars was cleared, which might easily have |
been doubled had some of the ladies not |
been so distrustful of their poetical abili- |
ties.
Notwithstanding the big snowstorm,
there was good attendance at q. A. k. |
hall Monday night, when the Post cele- I
Drated the anniversary OF Lincoln's birth /
day. The exercises consisted of singing /
by Mrs. Hayes, addresses by Rev. g. w. |
Morrow, Commander Flagg, Capt. III. c.
Lull of Montpelier, Rotations by Galen
Fish and Laura Carrgian, the whole in
with excellent music, including I
a fine solo by Rev. G. w. Morrow. After
the feast of reason, there was treat in the
shape of popcorn balls and apples. The
exercises were all very interesting and |
and ii is to be regretted that
the stormy night prevented more people /
from enjoying them.
Postmaster Charles H. Montgomery is
probably the only man in Vermont who /
served on board thelU .S.man -of-war, Kear-
sarge, which was wrecked last week on a
reef off the coast of France. 1t was after
the war, early in the seventies, when he |
served under Capt. Harmony and Rear Ad /
miral 'Pennock as orderly, when they were
at the Asiatic station, and was on board /
the Kearsarge while she cruised from China
to Japan during some three weeks, while /
awaiting the arrival of the flagship Hart.
ford, for which he had some court-martial
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