Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-12-27


Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fennel are visiting |
their relatives at Lake George, N. Y.
win Campbell has rented for one year
he slaughter business of B. F. Gage.
prof. and Mrs. Whitehill are passing
the vacation in Manchester, n. H., and
Boston.
One of the social events of next week
will he the paror theatricals at Miss Mar
ion McIntyres on Monday evening.
The employees at Abbott's mill were
owen few days vacation at Christmas
tide. the mill remaining closed from SAL
urday until yesterday morning.
Edward Hutchinson and Miss Ellie Rice
from Boston and Miss Abbie M. Whit
comb from West Windsor arrived Satur-
day to spend the holidays at Lyman
Hntchinson's. Other holiday visitors
are Miss Mary Howard from Greenfield,
Mass, Miss Eta Chamberlain from Fran
inpham. Mass, Robert Gold, wife ana
dangbter from Roanoke, Va, at Mrs. T..
M. Bickfords; w. t. Sparhawk from
Rrimfield. Mass; VIM. Mann from Moth
arr New York and his son, George Mann,
nrincipal of the Quechee High school;
Mrs. Isaac Jones of Gaysville, at Charles
Montgomery and Fred Webster from
Burlington, at Alfred Websters'.
Within a few days, Mr.. and Mrs
Gould of Barre, were guests OF Prof. and
Mrs Trask; MIR. and Mrs. Lewis Rogers
and daughter. Louie, OF Carlton, N. ",
have heen visiting Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Railev: Rev. f. Roberts and wife OF
south Royalton were at Rev. w. N. Rob
ertsi. George Dean of Boston has been
Shaving with his brother, A. II. Dean, dur
inc the latter's illness; Deacon roster
one OF the influential men OF Westover,
Mass, visited his son, who Is spending
-. o. udsrinu nnsfp with
prof and Mrs. Trask; and Hon. Crosby
Miller of Pomfret made short stay at the
home Of his daughter, Mrs. ii. ii. Mcln
tyre. ~ "a Ne \
q Hart were driving from the creamery
a dog ran out near Abbotts MIL anu
frie htened the horse, which at once pc
gan to make a rapid descent OF the ICY
South Pleasant street bill, 10 order 70
avoid running into Mr. Horace Lamb, who
with one OF his grandchildren, was also
driving down from the creamery ana was
inst ahead OF them, Mr.. Hart relned 10 tne
ieft hut the two teams collided ana the
hind wheel OF Mr.. Lambs wagon was
smashed to pieces. Turning his horse IN
TO the mill yard, the latter escaped iurth'
or trouble; but Mr.. Harris horse leaped,
1ite thoroughbred hunter, the stone wall
in front OF the Lamson house and over
turned the wagon, depositing its occu :
nants and can of sour milk in hetero-
peneous mass on top of the wall. Nelther
Mr. Hart nor his wife were injured, though
il seemed at first as II they could hardly
come out of the fracas without lew DroK-
en- bones.
The West Randolph Magazine cluo helo
its annual meeting Saturday afternoon
with Mrs. +. o. Blanchard, ana re elec,eu
Mrs. VIM. Bass president and Mr.. Hayden
Sharpe, secretary and treasurer. In tins
nlace of Miss Harriet Angel withdTaHn
| h was voted to receive Miss HarrietSmitn
and the club again has eleven memhSrs
who subscribe for twelve of the leading
| periodicals. whose expense IS equally ap
portioned among the different persons
| The delinquents who had neglected OF
several occasions TO pass the magazines
with the desired promptness, paid th'
fines inflicted with counterfeit cheerful
ness, and matters were satisfactorily ar
| ranged for another year. book clubi OF
the same. or on a similar, plan as the maya
zine club. would be a nice thing for thos
who are unable to obtain as many OF IN
latest books as they would ike TO read
and not infrequently, when in the societ.
~ more fortunate bookworms, find them
selves vaguely wondering II "Irilpy" ]
somebody's favorite horse, and the 'Heav
enIv Twins stars of literary or astro
nomical world. A club OF ten or dozen
by paving a small assessment each, coul
purchase cheap editions of all the tamou
publications, as only small number Q
the books issued each year attain grea
notorietv, and these they could read !
turn, and then enjoy the fun OF mountin
their intellectual stills and playing crit
before il becomes a kind Of Noah's Ar
anne.
The enterprising managers OF tn
! limited States screen mill have Just begu
to run some new machinery manufacture
in Lebanon, n. H., especially for then
The boring machine, which was designe
! by Mr.. James Burt, is used in the manu-
facture of frames for screen doors and ha
{, six bits arranged in pairs at equal DIS
r tances from each other, and bores 81
holes in the same time required TO Dor
enc in the old way, so that with this ma
, chine from 1000 to 1000 frames can b
bored in a day. II the stock is not pei
E fectly straight small iron roller at on
E end OF the machine presses upon IN
a frame as 1t rests on the movable tab
and renders its crookedness straight. b
an ingenious continuance, the machir
can be adjusted, without relacing Il
belts, to fit any size of door desired. III
I other piece OF machinery is dowel m;
/ chine, which converts square blocks {
|. wood into a thousand or more roun
sticks day, and is a great time and labol
| saving lnSt1tutlO0. me original OcSlB
was improved upon by Mr.. Burt until {
J, perfected that after a block of wood hi
y entered the machine it needs no guidant
i until it makes its exit as a round sticl
$ There has also been added to the mill
4 system OF pipes overhead with branchi
: opening over each machine, and throug
4 these the shavings are sucked by stron
current of air and carried away TO fee
e the furnace. Ii is feared with reason tn
b, this description is not particularly luci
j, and trip to the screen mill would doub
q less prove much more satisfying, tt
|, mechanism OF swiftly moving belts an
D wheels becoming to the average min
/ when seen, trifie less like Chinese pu
K zle, than when blindly explained.
On Friday occurred the Christmas e,
4 ercises at the graded school. The LIST al
d End Primaries united forces and held the
o celebration in the upper room of the Pr
II mary building. The forenoon they d
IS voted to rhetoricals, and the afternoon
IS recitations, music, concert exercises an
n what to the children was as interesting
n any part OF the program, a treat of D,
o corn, orsnges and candy. Both teache
were generously remembered by their Ii
~ tie charges, Miss Webster, whose school
: much the larger, receiving some twent
i four presents, many of them very pref
Mfec WoIhrf1fru al .