Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-05-24

I The Jubilee singers at Christian church
\ Thursday night.
Perley Cleveland recently took fine
horse to Springfield, Mass.
4 c. C. Written was confined to the house
two or three days this week by sickness.
The best concert of the season-the
colored quartette- night,
O'Clock.
Mrs. John Church is in Rochester, tax
/ ing care of her father, who is considered
very ill.
! Hon. and Mrs. VIM. H. Dubois are ex-
pected home from their Western trip next
Wednesday.
c. d. Sanborn went Monday to Mont
pelier to put new stairs into the residence
of Mr.. Charles II. More.
4 The Kings Daughters will meet with
1 Mrs. II. NJ. Smith Tuesday afternoon,
/ May 26th, at 2:30 O'Clock.
Mondays arrivals included Guy Wilson
and E. II. Kittredge OF Bethel and Miss
Belle Brewster of South Royalton.
Last Sunday was "Trinity sunday
so called from the festival held on that
day in honor of the Holy Trinity.
Rev. j. c. Markham, wife and two chill
/ dren from the West were the guests of A.
4 ID. and Miss Emma Pratt over Sunday.
Mrs. j. II. Hodges and Miss Jennie were
called to Barre the 21st to attend the flu
neral of Mrs. Hodges brother, the late L.
j +. Wiley.
The Jubilee Singers at the Christian
church this Thursday night at O'Clock.
/ Don't fail to hear this renowned colored
quartette.
/ There was no service in the Christian
church Sunday evening, as the pastor
drove to Woodstock TO attend a funeral
that afternoon.
A special meeting of the Order of the
/ Eastern Star is called for Thursday even
ing, MAY 3lst. There will be a sociable
and supper after the meeting
The trustees and school committee have
decided to lay sewer from 1.-The school
house, and connecting with the tiles now
being placed back OF the Stewart block.
The Ladies' Ways and Means of the
1 Cong'l churchLwill hold sociable and
supper in their vestries Friday evening
from six to eight All are most cordial
ly invited to attend.
Mrs. ]. w. Gabrielle, Mrs \. NJ. Draper
and Miss Ruth are attending
district meeting OF the Womans AuNilia-
~ to the Board OF Missions, held in Bel
lows Falls yesterday ana to-day.
Charles Wood, DIR. and Mrs. A. G. Bal
ley, DR.. and Mrs. Z. O. Blan chard, Mrs.
G.. w. Morrow, Mr. and Mrs. T.. h. Evans,
Misses Lizzie Adams, Fannie Ross, Har-
4 riet Smith, Carrie Hauiier and May Ken
dick attended the Howe-La concert
in Montpelier, Monday night.
! There will be no service at the Baptist
I church next Sunday morning on account
I Of the absence OF the pastor, the Rev. Sew
\ ard Robson, who left Tuesday for Sarato-
ga, n. ", to b. present al the lnterna-
\ tional MAY Anniversaries OF the Baptist
Foreign and Home Missionaries
/ The West Randolph band wishes it to
/ be distinctly understood that they one
and all disclaim any connection with
yells attributed to them on their appear
ance in the streets Monday night May
/ 18th, after they had played IN front OF Mr.
7 Butterfield's place OF business and Mr..
/ II. w. Smiths house.
! The w. c. T. L. tea in honor OF the
I birthday of Gen. Neal Dow, which was
/ postponed from March 10th, will be given
\ Nav 26lh at the home OF Mrs. Willard
Gay II is hoped that every member OF
the union will be present, and each mem
/ Der is invited TO bring one guest with
! her. Tea will be served at O'Clock.
Col. @. 5. Forces Of st. Adams, presi-
dent OF the Vermont Press association,
and Editor l.. p. Thayer, chairman 81 the
executive committee, met the officials OF
the Central Vermont railroad and OF the
Grand Isle Steamboat company at St ALI
\ bans Monday to complete the transporta-
\ ton arrangements for the annual editorial
/ iexeFtion party in July.
I The Burlington Free Press contained
/ this notice Of the funeral services OF the
late Mrs. Gardner Brewer, Jr.: "Ihe iu-
neral services OF Mrs. Gardner Brewer, Jr.,
who died at her home in this city thurs
/ day morning. May 18th, were hello a. tne
home Of her parents in West Randolph,
/ saturday afternoon. Rev. Mr. Morrow,
pastor OF the Christian church, OBLIGATED,
assisted by Rev. Y, NJ Hardy OF the Con-
/ gregational church. Prayer was held at
/ her late home on Loomis street Friday al
! 10 a. M, Rev. 5. L. Bates officiating. The
| Christian church choir, of which she had
/ been a member for seven years prior 10
her marriage, rendered music at the SER
I vices in West Randolph. The floral trib-
utes, including pieces from Boston
l friends, were numerous and beautiful, at
\ testing the high esteem in which the de-
ceased was held in her native town. A
remarkable coincidence in connection
with the death of Mrs. Brewer was that it
occurred on the exact day Of the week and
hour Of her birth"
large crowd assembled on the fair
ground Monday afternoon to witness the
ball game between the Vermont Metho-
dist Seminary team and the West Kan
dolph High school nine. Nine innings
were played and at the close OF the game
the score stood 2 to is in favor of the Wis
iting nine. The battery work of Williams
ana Mcintosh was the strongest playing
on the part of the home team. The pitch
er for the Seminary nine was Sanctuary
from L. V. Nj, and the other members
were as follows: Ii. c. Whitehill, man
ager: Richard Standish, c; Miles Stand
ish, (; B. NJ, Smith, 5; f. BaAlexan-
der, 2 b: George Curtis, 4; b. Truax, b;
j. Donney, b; A. w. Clark. RI. The
names of the High school nine and their
respective positions on the field have been
given in previous issues. Among the
strangers here for the purpose of attend
ing the game were L. w. Cotton, Paul
Dillingham; and Arthur Dewey Of Mont
pelier, Fred Wilder OF Northfeld and sew
eral of the Norwich University cadets.
The arrangements for the observance of
Memorial Day in this village are as fol-
lows: The Memorial sermon viii be de-
livered by the Rev. @. w. Morrow in the
Christian church at 2 80 O'Clock Sunday