Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-11-29

+. Godings.
The skating still holds good, and the
skaters are making the most OF their OPP
portunities.
Miss Winnie Foster has finished work
in the millinery store at Lebanon, N H.,
and is now at home.
Mrs. John Manney left on the sun
day night train for Middlebury TO attend
the funeral Of her aunt.
N, c. Greene is to move his patent med
icine business from the Walbridge house
to his home on Pearl street.
A union Thanksgiving service Will be
held in the Baptist church this evening at
quarter past seven O'Clock.
Mrs. Cora Quinn and little daughter,
who have been staying with Mrs. Quinn's
sister, Mrs. Olmstead, returned Tuesday
to Sherburne Falls, Mass.
/ Mrs. Crane, who lives in the Bradish
house on Main street, is very III and Tues
day Dr. A. l.. Bingham OF Wllliston, Tor
merly her physician, came down as coun-
Gil with DIR. A. e. Bailey in her case.
Monday, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bass started
away on a visit to friends in Montpelier
and Plainfield; Mrs. E. E. Evans and Miss
I lois Wheeler went to Waterbury to stay
with Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Dufur during
4 Mr.. Evans absence in Boston; and Mrs. T..
i 10. McCrillis and Mrs. Ed. McCrillis took
a trip to the Capital.
Monday, the whistle at Princes tub
| factory, mute for SO many months, was
heard again in the selection rendered
morning, noon and night oy our steam
ouartette. The workmen are now busy
at the factory cutting slaves, end next
Monday they expect TO be ready 70 COM
mence making the tubs. The mill ana
machinery have been put IN good repair
a large number of orders are inland every
thing connected with the business seems
to be in promising condition.
Saturday begins the last month OF the
old year, and under the head OF December,
/ Pudd'nhead Wilson airs his opinion OF
circumstantial evidence thusly: "Even
the most perfect circumstantial evidence
is likely to be at fault, after all, and there
4 fore ought to be received with great eau
tion. Take the case of any pencil sharp
ened by any woman: If you have witness
es, you will find that she did 1t with
knife; but il you take simply the aspect
OF the pencil you will say she did II Win
her teeth
A reception was given to the Rt. Rev,
Arthur c. A. Hall, ID. D., bishop OF Yer
mont, at the residence Of the rector, Rev.
/ Homer White, on Saturday evening from
7to9. Rev. and Mrs. White, Mr.and Mrs.
L. p. Thayer and Mrs. j. w. Burt assisted
the bishop in receiving the church people
and other citizens who desired to make
his acquaintance. cordial invitation
had been extended to all and was accepted
by goodly number. Tea and chocolate
were served by the ladies, and the hours
allotted to the reception passed pleasantly
away.
Though an application was made in the
summer for a division of Orange county,
making Bradford and West Randolph the
two shire towns, no bill, with reference TO
such division, was introduced into the
legislature, and the matter, seemingly, has
been allowed to drop. For the next two
wears, West Randolph will, accordingly,be
relieved from the necessity OF adding a
large, commodious Jail to her other puslic
buildings, and from receiving within her
borders class OF citizens hardly desirable
from a social standpoint while Chelsea VIII
continue to remain the only county seat.
The Red Lion Inn has again changed
hands, j. II. Callahan. recently clerk OF
the Inn, and Harry Veyette, the junior
mariner of the Bean q Veyette barber shop,
having purchased the lease OF Mrs. l.. ii.
Keith. widow OF the late landlord. The
J business was transacted Friday, and the
new hosts took immediate possession of
the House. Mr.. Callahan has had quite
an extensive experience in hotel manage
II ment, and his wife, who is an exception
ally good cook, will continue to make the
table OF the heu Lion lHu lniuS " "
pleasantly remembered by hungry travel
ers. Veyette has sold his interest in the car
Der shop to the senior partner, Elmer Bean
and will give his attention to the manage
ment of the hotel, and mis- mother and
sister, who are to live at the Inn, will also
have the supervision OF part of the work
Last Thursday evening, Miss Clara
Dame very pleasantly entertained the
Christian Endeavor society of the Chris
a ~. "a. -
Thurston on Randolph avenue. There
were present about forty guests, who frs
spent two minutes in discussing the pros
pect OF an open winter and good skating
and conversed for the space of thre,
, minutes on whether a child should be-
taught that Santa Claus is a myth or
reality. A minute and half were devoted
to determining how late Endeavoreri
/, should be out evenings, and five minutes
to general conversation. After the con
yersatione came the following program
duet, Misses Gertrude Chatfield and Grac,
: Lamson; piano solo, Miss Abbie Clarke
. reading, Miss Harriet Smith, solo, Mis-
Grace Lamson; solo, Prof. f. L. Gibson
original poem, Charles Knapp; recitation
2 Galen Fish, and grand chorus rendering
of college songs and Gospel Hymns.
' Thursday, the 3D. being the fifteenth
E anniversary OF the marriage OF Mr.. ans
: Mrs. Warren Davis and also of Mr.. anC
y Mrs. Walter Davis. friends OF the two fam
: lilies to the number of forty or more gath
I cred at their home on Maple street to as
4 sist them in celebrating their double crys
tai wedding. Mr.. Warren Davis, who i
! in Bethel the greater part OF the time, hav
!. ing work there as a contractor and build
e er, received an anonymous communica
: ton, urgently requesting his presence il
{ West Randolph on the I'D. Wonderin,
e somewhat at the strangeness OF the sum
e mons, he nevertheless put in an appear
ance at the specified time, and yer,
soon discovered why his anonymous
friend was so anxious to see him. Boil
I, families were the recipients of man,
? handsome gifts in glass and china ware
the presents for each being in every in
! stance alike. An interesting fact connect
: ed with these two marriages is that wbi
. Messrs Warren and Walter Davis, VIII,
are brothers, married sisters, their father
and his brother, their grandfather and hi
= brother, their great grandfather and hi
: brother, married sistsrs, which is rattle
y an unusual thing to happen for four sue
q cessive generations, and might, perhaps
:. be said to.run in the family like woodel
,, leg"
Nov. 22d, Mrs. Eliza NJ, wife Of Mr.. A
F. Hodges, entered into rest at the age o
= IS years, after painful illness resuItini