Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-05-17

On this Thursday evening takes place
the dramatic recital by Miss Ethelynd
Gould and Miss Elsie Powers, two young
and popular elocutionists.
The Alumni of the West Randolph High
school who wish tickets for the gradu-
ating exercises, are requested to write 10
Harry L. Ford, president of the Senior
class.
Mrs. Sarah (Brooks) Ducheney, died
Sunday, the 18th, at her late home In
Braintree, in the 10th year OF her age
The funeral was conducted Tuesday after
noon by the Rev. Homer White.
A hard frost Monday night was pre-
coded ana followed by cold wind, which
scattered apple blossoms and made leg
horn hats and palmleaf fans less desirable
than ear muffs and fur overcoats.
Mrs. Horace Church, aged n years, was
buried from her late home in Rochester,
Friday, the 18th inst. The deceased left
whom she lived, and Mrs. Elbridge Gerry
of Lyndonville.
Monday evening, Miss Elsie Powers
gave a reading in Meriden, CoDn.-her
second appearance as an impersonator In
that city-and next Thursday night she
has an engagement in Brookfield 10 give
a recital under the auspices of the lst
Cong'l church.
J.B. Eldredge purchased OF Charles
Tewksbury a lot on Prospect avenue and
then disposed OF il to Allen Priest, who
gave in part payment half the lot ad1oln-
ing the premises of Mr.. Eldredge; so that
now Mr.. Eldredge and Mr.. Priest have
each lot and half on the avenue.
A concert will be given at the Christian
church Thursday evening, May oath, by
the Harper's Ferry Jubilee Singers, COM
pany OF colored singers trained at Storer
college, Virginia, and in Boston. They
have won an enyiable reputation in the
New England States. Tickets are on sale
at Bass bookstore and the Lamson furnl-
ture store.
The small rocks so plentifully sprin-
killed. over the hig hways are veritable
stones of stumbling, causing many 10 Of
fend; and as sncn should be removed
as soon as possible. A rolling stone is
said to gather no moss and, consequently,
is not ornamental, while sprained ankles,
lame horses, unceremoniously dlsmount-
ed cyclers, raeked and ruined tempers
and considerable profanity aie among the
results which can be traced directly to
them.
Last Sunday was Whitsunday ,coincident
with the great Jewish festival OF Pentecost
and COMMUNICATING the descent of the Ho-
IL Ghost to sanctify ga new Israel for pc
peculiar people and royal priesthood. The
day is supposed to have derived its name
White Sunday-from the appearance OF
the churches when filled with maLy OF
those who had been baptized dur
ing the previous Easter season and had
now come, in white garments TO receive
the rite OF confirmation.
The Iowa State Register published at
Des Moines, May 18th, contained this
item: "Hon. VIM. H. Dubois, bank com
missioner for the State OF Vermont, is at
the Savery, where he will remain for sew
eral days. MIR. Dubois is on his annual
tour of examination OF such loan and in-
vestment companies located in the West
as are licensed To do business in Vermont.
His stay in Des Moines is for the purpose
OF making an examination OF such OF our
banks as do business in that State"
About o'clock Monday afternoon, MIR.
Carlos Pratt met with a serious accident
while working on the Howard block. He
was standing on the second story, meas
uring at the north side OF the block when
the overlay which supported him, split
and ne Tell, face downward, to the floor
beneath, cutting cash over the left eve
aud fracturing both bones of his
wrist He was unconscious when help
reached him and remained so for some
time, but is now recovering from his in
juries as rapidly as could be expected.
Rev. G.. W. Morrow was in Stamford
Vile. y. Z, last week, in attendance at
the commencement exercises Of the Chris
iian Biblical Institute; and while there
drove over TO Millbrook to visit the
''Beedlesn and to listen TO enc OF their
excellent concerts in Halcyon Hall. Mr..
Morrow says that this great summer
hotel is unsurpassed In grandeur and mag
nificence by anything even in such re-
nowned resort as Saratoga, and that the
''Beedlesn are decidedly in the right place
at the Hall. The orchestra played with
its old time fervor, and the mistress OF
the house, who sat among the listeners,
was enthusiastic in her expressions OF
satisfaction.
The annual TOLL call of the Baptist
church occurred last Wednesday, the
program consisting of the covenant meet
ing at 3:30p. m, supper at $3.50, and the
general meeting for reports and other eX-
ercises at 80. The reports showed that
the church had had a prosperous year,
and the running expenses, though larger
than usual, had all been met. The sum OF
slSi 46 was given for missions; $40, for q
new furnace. and a note against the
church, amounting to $780, also donat-
ed and the grand total for the year amount
to =, 6S6.75. The Sunday school showed
a gain in numbers and the largest average
attendance in its history while the y. p. s.
c. +. has had good meetings through the
year and a steady gain in membership
until il now numbers nearly fifty. A
junior society has also been formed, and a
membership of about forty has been
reached. At the communion following
the roll call, the hand of fellowship was
given 10 two young men, who were re-
Gently baptized.
Saturday evening, the c. L. society OF
the Christian church had a very pleasant
socisble at the vestry, to which other En-
deavor societies in the village were cor
daily invited. The interesting program,
which had been prepared, opened with a
grand promenade, in which about TWEEN
ty-five people, attired in quaint and pref
ty costumes OF long ago, took part. The
pantomime, "A Pleasant Meeting was
cutely enacted by Master Alton Fish and
little Miss Hortense Peters, and was fol-
lowed by "An Old Fashioned Courtship,
in which a ball of yarn played an i'm.
portant part. A quartette composed OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hayes, Miss Harriet
Smith and Mr.. Charles Stevens then rem
dered an anthem-like arrangement of the