Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-08-16

This is the month Tor meteoflc shoWSi9'
Ben Walker is now porter at the Red
Lion Inn.
The ladies Of the Methodist church
took Sl2 at their lawn party Friday after
noon and evening.
Mrs. Charles Granger came Friday from
Barre, where she had been visiting her
son, Carroll II. Granger.
DR.. II. T.. Clark and wife Of Montpelier
were in town last week, the guests OF A.
ID. and Miss Emma Platt.
The Kings Daughters will meet with
Miss Emma Moses, Tuesday afternoon
Aug. 21st, at 2:30 O'Clock.
The special village meeting to consider
the water question will be held next Mon
day evening at 1880 O'Clock in the High
school room.
! II is reported that Ell .Blodgett OF Lynn
donville moves soon into the new mouse
/ lately erected by him on a fine lot IN the
south part of that village.
About twenty couples attended The
opening hop in the Williams hail last
| THURSDAY night Good music was fur-
nished by the Manchester orchestra, and
a very pleasant time was reported.
The merry go. round now occupies the
vacant lot south of the depot, and every
evening its devotees ride round ana
round ana FOunus seemingly MN 80 49,
speed and daring of Western oNboYs.
Mr.. Fred 5. Fennel OF Lake George, y.
". and Miss LISA Chadwick OF Wesl
i Randolph were married Saturday, Aug
4th, in Glens Falls, y. y, at the residence
Of the officiating clergyman, Rev. Mr..
Fennel, grandfather OF the groom. The
voung people have the best of good wish
es for long and happy life.
Rev. and Mrs, c. H. Kenney OF Burling'
ton, who were here so long last winter
working in the interests OF the Morrel
Liquor Cure, addressed the annual con
vention OF the Christian Workers associ
alton in Boston, Saturday and Sunday,or
uRevival Requisite" and spirit Leading'
the True and the False The conven
tion holds for fortnight, and minister
and workers from Washington, ID. I.
New York and other cities are TO speak
the meetings.
NV ednesday evening OF last week, tn
peculiar greenish-yelow appearance
! The sky brought to mind an even NOR
? peculiar day thirteen years ago in Septem
4 Der, when daring newspapers hazarde,
Il the theory that our earth passed throug'
the tail of comet This time, the SIX.
began to take on that strange color
T about O'Clock, and il rapidly grew darl
] until, presently, big drops OF ram com
menced to TALL. People gathered outsld
ed the earth to quake as well as they, o
that a mighty cyclone would give then
an opportunity to satisfy their curiosit,
. about the planet Mars, and some evel
seemed to be listening anxiously for IN
first notes of trumpet solo. The un
4 usual appearance noted, Is SAID 10 nav
been due to the fact that the earth wa
passing through cloud OF cosmic dust
no street sprinkler having been over TN
ecliptic way.
q Saturday proved to be great day, no
: only i'm The morning but all the wa
through. At an early hour, streams
people began to pour down the sides
the surrounding hills, and entering a
every inlet fairly inundated the village
i 1t was estimated that fully ten thousan
: were in West Randolph that day Tor IN
ayowed purpose of attending the circus
and not all OF them were provided Wit
; the indispensable boy, whose educatio
:, demanded a course Of menagerie. In
!, | costumes worn on this occasion were nc
+. ali from Worth, nor the bonnets all fror
Virot, and perhaps, from one point
view, the best part of the street parad
did not belong to the circus proper. IN
!, parade itself, however, was quite lmposin
y with its chime of bells, gilded wagons
y handsome horses, herd OF elephants, foul
y horse Roman chariots and cages OF vii
. animals, with men sitting in their mids
apparently on the pleasantest OF soci'
footings with lions and tigers. Az on
O'Clock in the afternoon, the tide OF hi
: manity surged toward the tents, and her
much time was spent in the menageri
which was very good one indeed, a
the animals looking sleek and well -care
for. Tue giant giraffe attracted CONSIDER
able attention on account OF his length {
neck, causing one observer TO remar
with sigh that whatever that animal a.
a I5,,r rTsaa x h 10 aRf
q er wondered il he ever had sore throa
= and il so, how he made it go, gargiin
Z At the afternoon performance, near
. every seat in the big tent was occupie
ana the spectators were given an oppo
tunity TO witness some really wondert
riding, jumping and acrobatic teats, viii
japanese iugglers, rope dancers and gym
q nssts performed amazing fests. Charl
Fish, a Vermont boy, was one OF the Il
T. nous bare back riders. The circus col
tanned many new features, such as the C,
cling act Dy the Gilet family, the livir
statnary by the LeaDders, and the feat
~ climbing an unsupported ladder and
" standing upright upon II while ma king
e change of toilet, without tumbling o
I The clowns, four in number, were fun
~ without being vulgar, and the circus as
whole was pronounced the best that b
ever visited West Randolph. Some i'd
the magnitude of this show can
formed from the fact that while lS5 OF
people were cared for at the hotel, I
those who ate on the ground
there was required about 800 poun
n of meat, Is bushels of potatoes, over 8
4 pounds of bread % gallons of milk al
nearly 80 pounds of coffee. For the
- quiet and ORDERLY conduct, the Giro
people won many compliments, al
should Ringing brothers visit this pla
again there is no doubt but that tn
\ would draw even a larger crowd. III
n circus went from here to White Riv
Junction, where it remained over Sunda