Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-15
South ROyaItOn Notes.


Examination OF teachers will be held at
White River Junction, April I'd and Sd.
The regular meeting OF Orville Blxby
post and corps will be held next week Sat
urday evening, March "a.
Miss Ella Latham was able to be taken
to her home last Friday.
James Riddall is very sick with pneu-
monia. II is thought that he will recover
J. B. Stoughton, one of our townsmen
and a salesman for S. S. Pierce of Boston,
was in town last Friday.
There was a we'll ATTENDED social at Riv-
eryiew last Thursday evening, which was
welcomed by Mr.. and Ms. J. w Waldo.
Mrs. Alice Bathrick, ho has been i'll for
the past few weeks, is gaining very slowly
There were 125 scholars attending the
Graded school the past term.
Miss Alice Lamb went to Boston last
Wednesday, to visit friends.
Louis, Whipple has engaged employ
ment in the creamery at Montpelier this
season, and commences his work next
week.
Miss Lulu Allen of East Randolph is to
teach in the intermediate department of
the Graded school the coming term.
Mrs. J. w. Bright and Mrs. j. midget
are better. Mrs. Mudgett is not able to
sit up yet.
Mrs. Albert stearns OF Bethel was in
town last Saturday.
new lot of carpets at Bell Bros West
Randolph.
Call at Pixies when in need of artists
material.
You won't find iob lot of wall paper
al Pixies, but you viii find a good clean
stock with hoarders to match. Also a new
lot Of 25-cent curtains.
II was voted at the annual town meet
ing to instruct the selectmen to build a
suitable lookup for the safe keeping of
persons under arrest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hudson of Worcester,
Mass, are at her fathers, James Buck.
Their youngest child has been sick with
the measles the past week.
The highways near the river have been
considerably obstructed for the past week |
by the overflow of ice.
The accident to the night express north /
last Monday morning caused a delay OF /
south bound trains for about five hours. |
w. v. Farr, agent for the Burlington |
Free Press, has been canvassing Royalton 1
for subscribers the past week. He offers |
several large and valuable books at a small 4
advance of the regular subscription price /
Of the paper as an inducement to new sub i
scribers for six months trial of the pa
per.
Mrs, Jennie Hagan Jackson received a |
hearty welcome from her many friends at |
her entertainment Wednesday evening. 1t /
was her first appearance here in public /
since she left here.
The Universalist society gave an excel I
lent entertainment at the hall last Friday /
evening. The weather was unfavorable .
and the attendance was light.
The body OF Mrs. Carrie Goodale Veasey I
Of Haverhill, Mass, arrived here last Sat
urday and was taken to Tunbridge for bur
ial. The remains were accompanied by
her husband, Mr. Neasey. and a brother,
Ernest Goodale, Of Boston.
Spring garments are arriving every day.
E. A. THOMAS, West Randolph, VT.
Miss Minnie Waldo has gone to War
ren, Mass, where she is employed as trim
mer in a millinery establishment.
The following pupils OF the primary de-
partment of the Graded school have not
been absent one-half day during the term
ending March 2 Maud Abbott, Ray
Adams, Ray AinsWorth, Earle Faneuf,
GOldie Reynolds, Lee Simonds, Swanson,
Marion wynn. Ray Adams and Lee 81
monds have had no absent or tardy marks
during the year.
Some Of the tramps are getting mani
testify bold. Two of them held up team
Honey grove. between here and RoyaltOn.
One Of them grabbed the horse by the
rein, but the driver struck the horse a
sharp blow which caused it TO jump, throw
ing the tramp down, and the team passed
On out Of the reach Of them.
There viii be an Easter missionary ser
vice at the NJ. E. church Sunday morning,
March 25.condueted by the Sunday school.
ln the evening, the exercises VIII be un-
der the Womsu's Foreign Missionary So
ciety A cordial invitation is extended 10
Gil 70 be present.
Considerable excitement was occasioned
here last Saturday by tine presence Of "a lit
Gle pug dog that had been suddenly at
lacked with rabies. IL followed its mas
ter, John Mudgett, upon the street and
hIsi showed symptoms Of the disease by
running into a hallway and up tight OF
stairs, where it went into spasms. IL was
taken home by its owner and confined in
9 barn, where it began to show more vio-
lent symptoms by running about, snap
ping and biting at everything Il came IN
contact with. Mr.. Mudgett became alarmed
and killed it. It was fortunate that II was
So early confined as there were several peo-
Ile and children on the street at the time
twas attacked and il it had been allowed I
to remain would, undoubtedly, have IN
lured some one.