Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-11-15

President A. w. Higgins OF the Vermont
| Pharmaceutical association has appointed
r. Z. Evans as one OF the committee on
trade interests.
After next Sunday, the services con-
Quoted by Rev. Seward Robson in the
Branch church will be discontinued until
another summer.
Hon. James Hutchinson is contempla-
ting trip to Washington, ID. c., where
he will make quite an extended stay at the
home OF his sister, Mrs. Spaulding.
George Draper and family are to occupy
the upper part of the K. l.. Fish house on
Prospect avenue. They move here from
Lincoln. and MIR. Draper has secured EN-
ployment in the United States screen
mill.
Levi Dudley has bought the Watson
Lamb farm, located beyond ID. II. Morse's
and containing acout sixteen acres, for
5000. Mr.. Dudley is at present living on
the farm belonging TO Mrs. Stephen Ri
ford and will not take possession OF bis
new property until the first of next April.
Last Thursday night was distinguished
/ by heavy fall of snow, and similar oc-
currence formed a prominent feature OF
Fridays and Saturdays order of exercises
The cheerful sound OF sleigh bells was
borne upon the air, aud that delightful
/ form of physical culture, which requires
| large wooden shovel tor its proper per
Torrance, was quite generally indulged
I in.
The minutes OF the twentieth annual
convention Of the w. G. T. u, held in
West Randolph, Sept. 13-1lth, have just
been issued from the job printing office ri
w. S. 5. Buck in a neat and attractive
pamphlet OF about 100 pages. The work
has been carefully done, and the book,
from cover to coVeris worthy OF the cou
mendation which Mrs. q L. Davidson,
State secretary Of the W. c. 4. shas be
slowed upon IL.
The HardwicK Gazette pays this tribute
to the universally recognized ability Of
one Of our influential citizens: "lhe sub
stitution OF Col Fred Smith Of Montpelier
in place OF Hon. W. ii. Dubois OF West
Randolph as State inspector of finance is
proper and fir one from business stand
point, but there is not The slightest reason
or excuse for any change. And it takes
even such an eminent financier as is Col.
Smith some time to acquire such knowl-
edge of the duties OF the office as has Mr..
Dubois.
A double team belonging to Clarence
Fullam OF Brookfield started away from
the creamery at lively gait the other day
and reached the lower part OF Main street
before the horses could be persuaded 10
pause in their headloug career. No dam
age was done, and the incident served to
divert peoples attention for moment
from the weather, which has monopo-
LIKED the public mind to such an ext9nt
the past week that every man became a
law and prophet unto himself on the
subject of whether winter had come to
stay or not.
At present, there is a movement on foot
to organize a Vermont High school base
ball league. Let us have one by all means.
hot no Cd frata - Of g..
mont really need is more baseball and less
OF such useless lumber as Latin, Greek
and mathematics. When athletics shall
have secured proper place in the High
school curriculums then perhaps old
Vermont can point with pride TO sons,
whose physical development will be as
perfect as was that of the Roman gladia.
tors, and whose brains, naturally sterile,
like some lands, shall not have been "ren-
dered utterly barren by cultivation"
Friday, Mrs. Seldom Davis OF Hartford
returned home after short visit to friends
here; Hon. Crosby Millsr and his daugh
ter, Mrs. Ellen Chandler, arrived from
Burlington and were guests at Dr. II. H.
McIntyre's, and Mrs. j. B. Morse and
daughter, Annie, from Royalton spent the
day at f. A TEACHERS; l.. l.. udalli OF
STAFFORD. who stopped here on his way
from Montreal to visit his brother, Rev.
X. Udall, continued bis journey home; Mr..
and Mrs. Merrill Owen, who had been
staying with friends in this vicinity,
went back to Lebanon, N. H.; Miss Hen.
rietta franklin, the guest of her cousin,
Miss Cornie Pierce, returned to Lyme, n
H., and Rev. John Q. Angel, pastor OF
the Methodist church in Montgomery
with his wife and three children, came to
see his brother, DR.. Frank G. Angel.
In the year 1926, vast number OF mete-
ors passed near the planet Uranus, whose
power OF attraction threw them into an
elllptical orbit, having the sun for one OF
its foci. On the night OF Nov. 10, 1893, the
heavens appeared to be raining fire, and
the awe-inspiriDg spectacle was caused by
some OF these meteors entering the earth's
atmosphere and being consumed in the
heat generated by their passage. Many
hearts quaked that night in different parts
OF the United States, and especially among
the negroes of the Southern plantations,
who thought that the end of the world
had surely come. Nov 10, 1866, there was
another fiery shower, caused by the eartb's
again encountering these meteors. and
since 1t is now known that our planet
meets them once in every thilty.th
years, 1t Is expected that on Nov. ID, 1899,
people will be permitted to gaze upon
similar magnificent display. As the
earth crosses the path of this family OF
celestial wanderers on the same date
Sdcu year, IOOse VINO watched the |
eastern heavens about midnight the 18th
probably saw a few of them passing like a |
torchlight procession through the sky.
The first reunion of the family of the
late George Williams of Brookiield was
held last Thursday in this village at the
residence OF MS son, Ira ID. Williams, on |
Weston street. OF the nine children, only |
three are now living-Salmon Williams Of /
Roxbury, l. ID. Williams of West Ram |
dolph and Mrs. ID. V. Page of Braintree-
but with the grandchildren and those
more distantly connected the family circle /
was made to include about thirty men, \
bers. Mrs. Page, who was unable to be l
present, was represented by her husband.
while Others from out of town at this re
union were Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Miller OF
Northfeld, Alvin Williams and wife from
Saratoga, n. V, Mrs. Palmer Kennie from
Holeb. Me, Salmon Williams and family
from Roxbury, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Flint
OF BraiLtree and Charles Williams OF
Brooktield. The JOY of the occasion was
turned to sorrow when the sad news was
received OF the death of Reed Brown of
Milliston, eldest son of the late Mrs.
Clarissa (Williams) Brown, who was one
OF the daughters OF the family Miss Hat
tie. daughter OF Salmon Williams of Rox-
bury, who has published in pamphlet