Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-07-26
Dog DAYS commenced Yesterday.

II VIII soon be fortE-nNe states anu nNe
\ territories.
Hudson Bailey and family are spending
/ the week in Rochester.
MIR. and Mrs. f. f. Fish were at Mr..
| Ed. Hobart S in Windsor over Sunday.
Miss May Proper OF Windsor has been
/ staying with her aunt, Mrs. 4. }, Curtis
Mrs. y. NJ. Draper and two daughters
arrived FRIDAY afternoon from Cleveland,
4 OHIO.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peck from Providence, x.
l., are spending few weeks at the New
ton House.
Miss Coe of Longwood, Boston, is at
"Belview Cottage" visiting her grand
father, Mr.. William Holmes.
Miss Ella Pierce of North Shrewsbury
entertained by Mr.and Mrs.Allen Priest, rs
visiting friends in West Randolph.
Miss Mary Lamson, accompanied by
her cousin, Miss Gertrude Seavey, ar
rived Saturday evening from Boston.
The ceiling and walls of the postofiice
have been freshly painted to the great
improvement OF its general appearance,
Mabel, little daughter OF B. A. Drake Of
Springfield, Mass, is staying with relatives
IN the village during her summer vacation.
Saturday, Mr.. and Mrs. Z. l.. Seymour
took their departure for Lynn, Mass,
aud Mrs. Harry Sault for Faulkner, Mass.
Mrs. H. Il. King and daughter, Miss
Nina, are here from Woodstock, paying
visit 10 the formers sister, Mrs. X. q.
Morton.
Harry Neweity, who has been filling
the position OF clerk in hotel at LebaD-
on, y. H., is at present staying in West
Randolph.
1t has been estimated that one inhabi-
tant in every $50 owns bicycle and has
lots Of fun keeping the other l79 lodging
for dear life.
Harry and Miss Marion Mcintyre were
at home one day last week, but they
left again Saturday to rejoin their par
ents at Pomiret.
Last week, Mr.. and Mrs. Justin Hol-
man went to Queen City Park, and next
week. Mrs. Lamb starts for the
same popular resort.
Messrs. George and John Pratt OF
Brooklyn, y. y, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Adolph Obrig of New York, all visitors
at Montague Place" have left town.
DR.. and Mrs. A. c. Bailey and children
started Monday for Camp Randolph,
nighgate Springs, and yesterday, Mr. and
Mrs. \. L. Boyden joined the campers.
E. p. Coleman, treasurer OF the Baptist
Missionary Union of Boston, came from
Cam bridge, Mass, the 21st, to spend a
few days with friends in this vicinity.
gentleman who had been perusing
the Ringing circus advertising folio, was
heard to remark that il contained as
much reading matter and no more adver-
Using than the monthly magazines,
Miss Sarah Griswold OF Brattleboro and
Miss Alice Deremier of Peoria, ILL.,, are
the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Girls
= Gr.c oil ~ &c n 10
poor health, will be at her brothers some
time.
Misses Annie and Carrie Fish from Pal.
mer, Mass, and Miss Marcia Smith OF
New York, who are passing the summer
in Northfield, were here Friday to visit
their relatives OF the Hobart and Fish
families.
Mrs. John Porter ana her daughter,
Miss Helen, OF Hatfield, Mass, are with
DR.. and Mrs. NJ. L. Scott, whose other
visitors, Mrs. DIR. c. w. Scott and son
Walter, from Lawrence, Mass, went
away saturday.
Postmaster Montgomery has made ar
rangements so that every evening the
5:17 express brings sack of New York
papers. No letters, only newspapers, are
sent in this sack, which made its first APP
pearance Monday.
During the extremely warm weather of
last week, DIR. r. G. Morton was in Bos-
ton, where the heat was greater than had
been known in that city for many years,
the thermometer registering 1869 in the
shade. Last Thursday and Friday, coun
try thermometers, too, showed vaulting
am bition, and within the houses Friday,
mercury stood at 500.
Mrs. Herbert Goodwin from Rutland
\ NTwg Lob nd af
Ware, Mass, were few days ago visitors
at f. T. Lilies. Mr.. Storrs and a friend
of his made the journey from Ware to
East Randolph last week on their bicy-
eIes, reaching the latter place on Saturday
night and after a she TT stay there, they
were to proceed by wheel to Montreal.
Thursday evening,a delightful progress
i've whist party, at which twenty-four
guests were present, was given at "Elm
Cottage" by Mr.. Charles Mccall. AS
each hand was played, an excl ange of
partners was made, and when the TWEEN
N sixth was reached, refreshments of ice
cream and cake were served. Tee first
prizes-a metal pen tray and fountain
pen-were awarded to Miss Florence Lam
son and Mr.. Charles Cushman.
On Friday evening, Miss Florence Lam
son very pleasantly entertained party of
thirty one at her home on Randolph ave-
nue. The rooms were daintily decorated
with ferns and flowers, giving decidedly
attractive and pretty effect. while with.
out were hung a number of japanese Ian
terms. Within the parlors different OBJ
iects were arranged to represent the til
ties OF popular books; as, ''Under the Lii
lacs,n etc, and of those present, MIR.
Clarence Hodges and Miss Carrie Tewks-
bury showed the greatest ingenuity in
unraveling the hidden meaning OF the
various combinations. Refreshments of
lemonade, cake, lemon and raspberry
sherbet were served, and during the
evening, the guests listened to very ex-
cellent music by Miss Eunice Denison wi
olinist, and Miss Mary Mcintyre, pianist.
Al the last, two large paper roses, looking
remarkably fresh and natural, were hand
ed about and despoiled of their petals.
on each of which "a fate" was found to
have been written by some prophetic