Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-12-13

found to have received no injuries ueyohu
few bruises and. collecting their scat,
tered belongings, they once more se sa e,
themselves in the sleigh and succeeded IN
making a most dignitied exit from the
grounds.
Monday, ]. A. Fowler went to Clare
mont. N. H., to visit his daug liter, Mrs:
Charles Mann; Jason Gibson, nepheW OF
Mrs. Alfred Eaton, went back TO New
York; Miss Edith Allen, VINO mad peen
passing a week with her aunt, Mrs. WIN
| Hebard. returned to Barre, and Mrs. =. p
Evans went to Waterbury. The same
| day Mrs Hattie (Ford) True, but lust re-
| turned from jamestown. North Dakota,
made her friends in West Randolpn very
brief visit Mrs. True is to spend the WIN
ter in Hartford with her sister, MRS. sell
don Davis.
Saturday afternoon, flom to ., the
Hardtogettowork club, composed OIL little
girls from seven to eight years OF age, III
| hold a sale of fancy articles ana VIII
also serve ice cream, cake and hot choco-
| late at d. E. Goding's cafe on Randolph
avenue. The proceeds from the sale these
Young ladies, in the true Christmas spirit,
propose to spend in buying presents TOT
children less happily situated than them
selves, and as many as possible should in
spect their wares and encourage them IN
their laudable endeavors.
The paper for the Historical Souvenir
| of Randolph has arrived at the office OF
| the Waterman Publishing com pany IN
| Wontpelier. where the book is to be print
ed. This paper, which is the finest caien.
dered book paper made, was MANUFACTURED
especially for Messrs. Nickerson q Cox py
| a Holyoke, Mass, paper mill and was pur-
chased through the A. Storrs and Bement
company Of Boston. The publishers nave
already performed the greater part OF
their outdoor work and Will, from tDls
I time on, give their attention TO keeping
the printers busy.
At its annual meeting last Saturday
night, the West Randolph grange elected
the following officers: master, ID. h. Morse
overseer, Allen Priest; lecturer, G.C.Flint;
| steward ID. A, Morse; assistant steward,
Clarence Emery; lady assistant steward,
| Miss Lizzie Holman; chaplain, Alonzo
| Emery: treasurer, Lyman Hutchinson;
secretary, Mrs. q. q. Flint; gate keeper,
Robert Putnam; Pomona, Miss Josie En-
cry; Flora, Miss Eta Linheid; Ceres. Miss
Nora Connolly; musical director, LeopaId
| Hutchinson, and organist, Mrs. j. u. Bat
ties. One candidate at this time received
the obi cations, having previously been
member OF the grange.
Interest in the local paper evinced when
people kindly send in items that DINER
wise might escape notice, is always apure-
ciated; but it would add greatly to the lie
and credit OF the paper IL such items could
be sent to the Office tine same week that
the events OF which they treat occurred
Items two weeks old might as well be two
years old as far as newspaper is con-
cerned, unless, indeed, it is something OF
absorbing interest that no one else knows
ANYTHING about; and even then one has a
feeling that ancient history is little opt
OF place in modern journals, which are sap
posed to chronicle only news, though the
the readers OF some OF them,might be par
doned for occasionally thinking that I'M
der the sun there is nothing either new or
old.
In view OF the fact that the American
people are not very musical and that there
is not sufficient number OF good singers,
in the country especially, to supply the
real wants OF the numerous churches, why
would it not be a scheme to introduce q
phonograph-like machine, into which the
Ruggles Street choir, or equally fine singers,
might render a selection of hymns, an
thems and chants for different occasionsf
This excellent music, with the means 81
reproducing it, could then be sold to the
country congregations; the instrument
mounted on handsome stano, and It's
contents ground out whenever desired
: without any trouble with cranks, except
perhaps the one that turns the ingenious
continuance.
By a ruling Of Postmaster General Bis
, sell, "On and after January LIST, 1895, the
! postage rates and conditions applicable
! to articles OF correspondence mailed in the
United States and addressed for delivery
within the postal union, shall be appli-
cable also to similar articles addressed for
delivery at places not embraced in the
postal union, except as to arti-
Giles destined for Canada, Mexico or the
United States postal agency at Shanghai,
China, to which more liberal postage rates
now apply" This ruling practically
means that a five cent stamp will secure
the dispatch of letter from the United
States to any part of the round world
where a postofiice is located, and that
there is nothing now to prevent an active
correspondence with "the old folks at
home" in Cape Colony or the Orange Free
State. The letter rate to Canada and Next
co remains at two cents.
At the meeting OF the Magazine club,
held at Mrs. Z. o. Blanchard's last Thurs
day evening, it was voted by the members
to have the annual auction of magazines
at DIR. Blanchard's office, in Dubois &
Gays block, next Saturday night at z
O'Clock. The periodicals to be disposed of
are the issues FOR 1894 OF the Century, Har-
per's, the Cosmopolitan, Art Interchange,
McClure's, Mnnsey's, Review of Reviews,
the Forum, Scientific American, Harper's
Weekly and Bazaar and the Current Lit :
ersture. The magazines and papers are in
a good condition and contain much inter-
esting matter, narper's magazine having
Du Maurier's story OF "Trilby," the Gen.
fury, Mark Twain's funny tale OF circum-
stantial evidence, entitled "Pudd'nhead
Wilson," and in Harper's Weekly, Mary
Wilkins famous story of pembroke"
This will be a public auction, and it is
hoped that the pub ic will be present.
\ Christmas is now close at hand, that
one season of the year when we come the
nearest 10 rendering ourselves bankrupt
for the love of our friends, who regard our
Christmas cards and booklets with dis
paraging eyes, and wonder that we do not
bestow upon them the houses and lands,
titles and honors, for which their souls
are longing. 1t is wonderful with what as =.
tonishing rapidity ones kindred multi
ply in number when the work of buying
Christmas presents really commences, un-
til in the effort to make pocketbook and
list OF names equal each other in length,
one ceases to have any doubts about the
brotherhood of man. The great revival OF
interest in Sunday school scholars Just at
this time borders on the miraculous, too,
unless one remembers with what celebrity,
in previous years, the little rascals fell
| from grace as soon as the Christmas tree
had been despoiied OF its magical infiu-