Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-06-21
South RoyaIton Notes.
NJ. j. sAReENr, Local Editor.


Mrs.Alice Bathrick is slowly falling and
cannot long survive.
Mrs. NJ. ]. Harwell Miller of Hartford
Conn, stopped over night with friends
here last Friday, on her way to visit her
mother in Chelsea.
DR.. Fish has just completed and bad set
a nice set of large granite steps and posts
at his residence.
The Sons of Veterans will hold meet
ing next Saturday evening in the g. A. r.
hall.
The heavy showers last Monday night
washed out the roads quite badly in this
vicinity.
A cordial invitation is extended to all
gentlemen and lady horseback riders to
Join the parade on the morning of the 4th
of July at 9 O'Clock.
David Ramsdell, who has been confined
to the house and TO the sbed for three
months, is better and ableto walk out on
the streeb. ~ 80 NJ
Eugene Blake and wife of Springfield,
Mass, visited his mother and sisters last
week.
r. d. Grain returned home to Winchen-
don last Thursday, going with his team.
His wife and son will remain for few
days longer.
Mrs. E. G. Brown is in Massachusetts
for few weeks to regain her health, hav-
ing Just recovered from serious illness.
A. H. Lamb, Roland Reynolds, Eddie
Sargent, George Foster and Euclid Fish
are on fishing trip to Lake Dunmore
this week.
New Hammocks have just arrived az S
NJ. Pixies.
The annual meeting OF the South Royal
ton Graded school will be held next Tues
day at z 80 p. m. The school board will
meet Monday evening to abate taxes.
The large list of entries and the speed
OF some Of the horses entered in the races
of June q and rs, will draw large at
tendance.
Miss Blanche e. Sewell is away for a few
weeks visiting her upcles, w. F. Bennett,
Springfield, Mass, and c. w. Bennett,
Palmer, Mass, and intends to stop on her
way home at Windsor TO attend the grad
uating exercises of the Windsor High
school,
n. p. Wheeler and W. p. Otterson of w.
r. Junction. Harry Hudson of Quechee
and +. A. Sanderson of Hanover, N. H.,
have some fine fast horses in training on
the Riverside Park this week.
Look at the Window Screens marked
down to 10 cents at Pixies.
The arrangements for the celebration
.Iulv 4th have been completed and the fol-
the forenoon there will be exhibited in
buresque a menagerie and circus, com
mencing with a street parade followed by
the circus exhibition of animals on the
Park and athletic sports, including an
amateur bicycle race. In the afternoon,
the Gentlemen's Driving club will give
three races: 2:24 class, for purse of 300;
2:35 class, purse of SO, and $40 class,
trot and pace to wagon, by horses owned
by members of the club, for purse OF 800.
The first hot wave of the season gave
temperature well up in the nineties.
Ninety. eight degrees in the shade was the
hottest.
Mrs. Lyman Wheeler was called to Ram
dolph last week to attend the burial SER
vice of her son law, who died in Chica-
go.
In the death OF Mr.. Ed Wells of So.Tun-
bridge, which occurred last Friday, our
people will mourn for him as for one OF
their own number. He had been identi-
fled with their interests socially and in
business quite as much as one of our vii
lage citizens and was universally esteemed
and respected by all who had made bis ac-
quaintance.