Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-08-02
Mrs MI. Scott is at Gloucester, Mass.

b. W. Kenney,lafter solourn VI thice
weeks with Mr.. Frank burrloge,nas gone
back to Lowell, Mass.
Milton Greene, his daug liter, Mrs. F. T.
Twitchell, and her chilo,. from STOCK
bridge, are at o. K. Greene's.
Frank Wadleigh has sold his horses and
gone to Boston TO work IN the meat
maj ket of Smith & Farnsworth.
Mrs. Margaret Smith and Miss Harriet
left the campers at Caspian Lake, Green's
boro, Friday, and are once more at nome'
.Iohn Wilde of Williams college is to
pass the remainder OF the summer at the
nome OF his uncle, Hon. VIM. ID. Nlchols.
Rev. and Mrs. G.. w. Morrow go next
week TO Mortified, Mass, Tor the pur-
pose Of attending Moody's Bible confer
ence.
NH. Chamberlin, travelling auditor OF
the Central Vermont railroad, who is max
ing an official tour OF the various stations
belonging to the road inspected the books
at this station one day last week.
Miss Rosamond Hawthorne from Con-
cord n H.. a niece of Miss Jane Hap
| good, who was formerly principal oil ~.
/ agnes Hail. Bellows Falls, is in town tor
/ two weeks, the guest OF MISS IL. +. hurah'
Mrs. H. w. Tewksbury and Miss Mary
went Monday TO Goffstown, y. a., Wnere
| they were Joined by MIR. Tewksbury, VINO
came up from Boston and will accompany
mis- wife ana daughter on their return 10
West Randolph.
Monday and Tuesday special trains car
| rying excursionists to Au Sable Chasm
nasssd through here. The first one took
/ passengers from Windsor TO w hite River
Junction and the second from south Roy
alton to Bethel.
There will be services at the Christian
church next Sunday morning, Aug. 5th;
as the pastor, Rev. Il. w. Morrow, comes
from Greens boro this week. The seats in
his church are all free and everyone IS
cordially invited to use them.
During the past week, these events have
occurred on the .Meston deserves" Dana
spooner has been repaintlng his house :
George Parker has moved from tene-
ment in the Spooner house 10 one IN the
Emery steele house, and Levi Ersklne has
been part Of the time on the sick INST
Several nights ago, there was dancing
Marty, attended by fourteen couples, al
The Williams hall.
Mrs. hannah Wheeler, widow of the
late Rev Leonard Wheeler, died, alter q
: lingering illness, Saturday evening, July
2sth, at the age OF SO years, month ana
day. The funeral service, which was con-
ducted by Miss Harriet Freeman,w was helo
e Monday morning at the residence OF hei
: n-in-law, Hon. j. w. Rowell. Mrs
Wheeler left four childreh-Avery I'd
ward, Mrs. j. w. Rowell and Mrs +. z
5 Flint.
q Friday morning, Mrs. q. II. stevens
n who had been visiting her brother, \. NJ
Draper, went back to Northampton, Mass.
4 Mrs. John Porter and daughter, guests o
s DR.. and Mrs. NJ. L. Scott, returned e
b Hatfield, Mass; Mrs. Herbert Flint, Z
Springfield, Mass; Mr.. and Mrs. Z. NJ
= Winch, visitors at Mrs. b. q. Mclntyre's
:, TO Parre, and Miss Jennie Campbell, TN
: friend oi Miss Mary Dubois, TO ner hom
in Wallingford, Conn
Saturday, party OF seventeen drove L
= Northheld Gulf, where they spent the ca.
70 in picnic fashion. The ,eventeen wer
= Messrs. A. ID. Lamson, Sherman Moulton
Charles Cushman, John Dubois, Pear
Lamson. Arthur Bean, Robert Mitchell
re John Wilde, Misses Allace Chase, Ann
y Dubois, Florence Lamson, Enniee DEM
+ son, Carrie Tewksbury, Edith Abbou
y Merry Lamson, Gertrude Sevey and Ann
Nichols.
Id Since medical authority declares tha
D. the bicycle Is both beneficial and beaut
D. fving TO girls and women, II Will be sons
y, thing very surprising If the number
lady eyclers does not rapidly increas'
be The ssbeautiiyingm results alone would
* doubtless, have been enough to insure
or large sale OF wheels II the declaration ha
ne said nothing about the beneficial effects
"a can be appropriately likened TO Apollo BE
10 vedere, is discouragingly small.
~ About thirty OF the village people hay
20 signed this petition, which is being circr
LATED among them: ave, the undersigne
ge citizens OF Randolph, State of Vernon
he promise TO do what we can TO secure u
IN nomination and election of members
Of our State legislature, who are in favor
~ woman's suffrage; end we do hereby r.
quest that our honorable legislature ena,
:, a law extending suffrage to women
:, ali municipal elections" By the circuli
'le tion OF the above petition through the al
Is, ferent towns OF the State one much disp'
oi ted question at least VIII be settled al
ke that is, whether the majority OF womt
in Vermont really desire to vote or not.
81 still the drought continues; lawns an
u gardens are burned and parched; GRO
~ are nearly ruined, and the water supply
70 constantly getting lower. The wat
commissioners have again forbidden q
use OF the hose for any purpose and tn
ne command has reference without doubt
%, its use after dark as well as in broad d'
IN. light. Though the commissioners 81
nls nothing about drawing water in pals
Gu use on the gardens and lawns, IL is hard
ne, more than reasonable to suppose that IL
the water they are trying to save and n
IN, the hose Occasionally a garden is SCI
ye- hat by its thiity appearance resembles
gh oasis in the desert, out under the clrcui
of stances such garden Is not desirable;
b. bears so convincing evidence TO more tn
ee, tue good husbandry OF its owner.
RS Joel Foster OF Montpelier was in tov
di- Friday and, with the water commissio
v ers. examined the springs on the farms
co. George Howard, Josiah Tilson, and II.
rye Soper. Measurements of the amount
en- water then being discharged from
be springs were taken, and the amount "
in found to be considerable in the aggrega
Another measurement will be made d
, in week in order TO ascertain the effect OF I
viii drought on the several springs tested, a
tor il is possible that enough water can be {
To tanned from these sources to warrant I
an. expenditure of taking it, in which case
ION is likely that the water commission
an will ask to have a village meeting cal
rte and suomit report in regard to the m
- ter to the village for further action. Fl
tne where will be found an important not
nc to watertakers.