Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-02-01


q c. F.Griswold and wife were called her,
u by the death of her father, VIM. Jewett.
Andrew Washburn was in West Ran.
IS dolph day recently.
= = Chas. Briggs OF Brandon was in town
q last Wednesday.
]. w A. Chaffee has been spending few
days in So. STAFFORD.
The w. c. T.U. will meet with Mrs. F.
{ A. Kezer, Friday evening at O'Clock.
Rolla McQuimby of Ripton spent a day
with Emolous Downer recently,
DR.. W. D Huntington was in West RAN
dolph last week.
RS. Morgan returned home last Friday.
Miss Susie VanDyke went to Lowell,
Monday, to be absent for several weeks.
S. M Backus OF Warren was in town last
week.
Henry Collins was in Gaysville last Sat-
urday.
John Marsh raised 40 lambs which he
look TO Bethel last week, that averaged "a
pounds each.
Geo. Upper of Bethel spent day in
town last week.
Plummer Martin was called to Bethel
recently by the serious illness of his moth
er.
The Ladies' Aid OF the Cong1 church
met with Mrs. Lucius Griswold on Wednts
day.
Harry Downer was in Ripton day re-
Gently.
MIR. Brooks of Bristol was in town last
week.
c. w. Carr, installing officer of Brandon, |
was here to install the officers OF II. Eaton |
post, Jan. q. Mr.. Hall accompanied him. /
o. q. Martin returned from Derby Line
last Saturday.
Alpha Messer is in Delaware City, Del,
this week.
Frank Batchelder and wife returned
from Braintree, Saturday.
Mrs Wm.Jewett and family wish to ex-
press their heartfelt thanks TO the neigh
bors and friends who so kindly assisted
them during their bereavement.
Cushman and Topper have decided to
do business for cash or ready pay only, on
and after March 49, and will make prices
to suit this plan.
George Fassett OF Middlebury was in .
town Monday.
DR.. Spiller, the optician, will be here
Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb aDd7
H. .Chaffee and Chauncey Stanley have
been in burlington this week to attend /
The State encampment OF the q. A. X.
One day last week Leroy Martins three =
horse team, driven by Dutelle, was haul.
ing wood TO the village. When about half !.
way up Clay hill, the leader refused to
work and the team went down the steep
)ank TO the branch, a distance of about Il
~ feet, but no serious damage was done
lohn Flanders, who was riding on the
ear OF the load succeeded in getting off be
ore the team went down. Dutelle called
o him for knife to cut a strap and liber- Z
tie the horses; when be made the ATTEMPT n
o throw the knife, he lost his balance and
Don found himself at the waters edge 81
With the team.
On examination by specialist, DIR. Bak- 81
r of Wellesley Hills, Mass, Paul C.Tink-
ans trouble was found to be polypus IN
D the upper part OF the rectum, and he ds
as taken TO the private hospital of DIE.
'. Hill in Newton, Mass, where he could 4.
ave the best skill and care, and last Sun VI
ay week the operation was successfully
ertormed, and the patient is doing we'll.
is expected now that he will be able to Sa
,me home in two or three weeks. Mrs
lnkham returned from his bedside last n
thursday with goo news. She heard -.
ON him by letter Saturday night, and is ~ r.
'eatly encouraged. "
VIM. p. Jewett, an old and respected -
s'dsnt OF this town, died last Wednes-
~ morning, after a weeks sickness of -
e grip and pneumonia, aged n years, 5 W.
onths and days. Mr.. Jewett was born
"a Iehfeu IN TINS town, the youngest son {
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan JeWett of the :
rly days, who owned and largely cleared -
G farm at the Lower Mills village where LII
e late Stillman +. Jewett, the next older
n, lived and died namely, the old home. Ell
'ad where the Jewett family were born
q reared. Not long after Williams ma
MY, he went TO Braintree and remained
ew years, where he married Miss Mary A
porte of that town and soon after cor
ught and moved onto a farm in Han mig
tx village, where he spent twenty years Mr.
his married life; but still retaining a but
ong affection for his native town, he l.
d his farm there and bought a farm in wei
next district below his native home. the
ere he moved his family in 1865 and tim
re lived in good repute the remainder teac
his days. His wife ard four children :,
D sons ana two daughters, survive him On
mourn his loss. His funeral was at
ded Friday forenoon Rev. Geo. S. Guern- "
officiating. A
red Huntington and wife, who have so K.
cessfully carried on Geo. n Gleason's noe
m in the North Hollow for the last ten hho
Twelve years, in consequence of Mrs NJ
ill health, will leave the Hui
ID in the spring and Mr.. Gleason has A
ed Leroy Babcock and wife. who have cert
rked for John w. Campbell the past ~.
r, to take their place, and they will ~
We there the first of March, 10