Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-08-09
IN nv. rdaIl is camping al Fairlee.

| N. w. Jdall is camping AT falrlee.
George Mann returned last week from
Bethlehem, n. H.
Caleb Eaton and family have beer
spending a week in Rochester.
MIR. and Mrs. ]. w. Gabrielle were in
Claremont and Sunapee, n. H., recently.
DR.. H. H. Mcintyre and family have
finished their summer outing at Pomfrei
and are once more at home.
Mrs. e. Z. Evans has lately received q
very fine present in the shape OF an Ivers
& Pond piano with beautifully carved
mahogany case.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Goodrich and Nj iss
Edah Goodrich, OF st. Johnsbury, who
have many friends and acquaintance in
West Randolph, are enjoying fortnight's
outing at the Weirs.
Mrs. p. r. Richard and her two daugh-
tiers, OF New York, aud Miss Julia Coe of
Longwood, Boston, who nave been visit
ing Mr.. Vim. Holmes at "Bellyiew Cot
tage, lave gone back to the above named
cities.
The merits of certain kind of baking
powder have been presented TO the people
OF West Randolph lately by gentlemen,
whose glib utterance of their well learned
pieces would seem to prove them gradu-
ates of some famous school of oratory.
Next Saturday will be the long looked
for circus day, and then every house
keeper will be visited by people whom
she has neither seen nor heard from since
the last time a circus was here. For AMIGA
bly, settling family differences and renew
ing old acquaintance, show is simply un-
surpassed.
j. b. johnson, professor OF mathematics
in Norwich University, has been inter
viewing the young gentlemen who were
graduated this year from the Graded and
Normal schools, with the object OF per-
suading them to enter the university in
the fall. This institution. which already
has two cadets from West Randolph,
makes speciality OF civilengineering and
military training.
After the long dry season, heavy rain
set in last Thursday though no church
lawn parties or Sunday school picnics
were advertised to take place on that date.
The shower continued through the next
day, settling the dust quite as effectually
as a street sprinkler and reviving vegeta-
tiou more rapidly and generally than the
surreptitious use OF the hose.
Charles Briggs and family have moved
into their new house on the corner OF
Highland and Prospect avenues, and the
house, on Church street, vacated by them,
has been rented by Rev. Seward Robson,
who will occupy il about Sept LIST. Mr..
anu NAThs w III CuflAHt VIM ndNN RC@h Nv
ing in the upper part OF Eugene Holman
house on Church street, are TO move the
last OF the week into the chambers OF their
new cottage on Highland avenue, the low
er part not being yet entirely finished.
Last Thursday. seventeen members of
the Sargent family attempted TO picnic at
Bear hill in Braintree, where Mr.and Mrs.
Elmon Morse, MIR. and Mrs. A. j. Morse,
from Milford, Mass, and Mrs. Cutler and
children from Springfield, Mass, are oc-
cupying an old cottage during the sum
mer months. L. @. Sargent and family
and Mrs. Rhoda Flint OF this place, Mrs.
Mary Littlefeld and Miss Sarah Haven OF
Milford, Mass, were among the picnick
ers, w HON the torrents OF rain that fell that
day soon drove to seek the shelter OF
the cottage, whose time-worn roof
served to break the force OF the flood
without excluding il. The storm contin-
ued with undated vigor until late in the
evening. All of the party were obliged to
spend the hight at the cottage, in rather
crowded quarters, and returned to their
respective homes the following morning,
not sure but that they had had more of
picnic than they intended.
The following, taken from the report OF
Morreil Liquor Cure rally at Newport,
and concerning former resident of West
Randolph, msy prove OF interest: "Mr.
r hOktTS Ol WHO gave
brief history of his life, began by saying
that be commenced to drink at eight years
OF age, keeping il up until he was thirty.
six years old and the last fourteen wears he
was a drunkard. lie was in the first stages
of delirium tTemens when he resolved to
take the cure, which be did, and after a
three weeks course, was pronounced
well man, and to-day is proud to say that
be is free from one of the great est curses
known. MIR. Rogers spoke very interest
ingly for about half an hour, impressing
his audience with the marvellous truths OF
the Cure. He has been with Rev. n. III.
Hartman, manager of the Morrell Liquor
Cure about ten days, and has visited six of
the nineteen institutes OF the State, and
they expect to visit the remainder during
the summer. May the good work go on,
casting the light so that il may shine on
the faces of some unfortunates, " no may be
induced to be cured and become men
again"
At O'Clock. Wednesday night. Aug. 1st.
Mr.. George Malbridge entered into rest at
the age OF 80 years and S months. He had
been very III for some time with neuralgia
of the heart, complicated with other
very suddenly while his daughter was
supporting him in her arms. He was
born in STAFFORD and had lived many
years in the West, but for the past twelve
years he was a well-respected citizen of
this place. He served during the war,
having enlisted in Company II. Bird Rhode
Island Cavalry land was badly wounded in
a skirmish by being shot through the
lung. The funeral service was teld Fri
day morning at his late bone on Central
street, the Rev. Seward Robson, pastor of
the Baptist church, officiating, and was
attended by L. ;. Grant Post. g. A. r., of
which the deceased was a member. He
left widow, one daughter and a sister.
Mrs. F.Chadwick, for whom much sym
pathy is expressed in their great sorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fairbanks. the parents OF
Mrs. Walbridge, ana her three brothers
Louis, George and Wallace Fairban Ks
from Springfield, also Chester B. Wal
bridge Of Sharon, we're present at the flu
neral.