Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-11-29
South Royalton Notes.
M. ]. SARGENT. Local Editor.

Il has been fine Indian summer weathe
the past week.
Miss Lena Burbank is spending her va
cation at home.
A. p. Skinner closes his duties at Mont
pelier this week.
FOR SALE CHEAP.-A $3.50 Wilcox &
White organ at S. M. Pixies.
C. H. Abbott is dressing and sending his
poultry to market this week.
Robert Porter was in town last week, at
ter an absence OF nearly year.
There has not been the usual activity
among the poultry buyers this year.
Rev. Walter Dole is expected to preach
at Slack's hall next Sunday at p. m.
Fred Freeman's little son is better and
the prospect of recovery is very good.
Henry Sargent is finishing off rooms in
the L part of his house for tenement.
The regular meeting of the Sons of Vet
Grams will be held next Saturday evening.
George Waterman remains about the
same as last week. He is not able to sit
up.
Mrs. c. NJ. Lamb is confined to the bed
from the effects Of an injury received by a
fall.
Annie Abbott is somewhat better and
gaming slowly, having been i'll for two
weeks.
DR.. Fish is making some repairs on his
house, Mr.. Smith of Washington having
the work in charge.
The annual meeting OF Orville Bixby
post and Relief corps viii be held Satur-
day evening, Dec. s.
George MIDGET has been at work in the
telegraph Office at White River Junction
for the past two weeks.
Orville Bixby Relief corps will give
clam chowder supper in the Cong' vestry
Tuesday evening" Dec. IL.
The Ladies' Aid of the UniversaIist So |
ciety will hold a fair in Stacks hall the |
second week in December.
L. F. Terry has moved into Dickerman's |
new block, on account of lack OF room to |
show his new holiday goods.
J. Nj. Shepard and family have COM
menced housekeeping in the house re-
Gently purchased of G. p. Abbott.
Mrs. Jessie Foster.Slack returned to her
home in Exeter n. H., last Saturday. Her
two brothers, Heber and Walter, accom-
panied her.
Clearing out sale OF ladies' cotton un-
derwear, small wares, misses caps, chill
dren's hoods and cloaks tnis week and
next at NJ j. Sargent's.
The ladies of the Cong'l church society
hold their annual festival, with chicken
pie supper, "Wednesday evening, Dec. 5, at
the church vestry.
Mrs. Lewis Talbert has been on the
street, unassisted, the past week, for the
first time since she was stricken with pa
ralysis two years ago.
Thanksgiving service will be held in the
Congl church yestry this Thursday
evening in connection with the regular
Thursday evening prayer meeting.
There havebeen thirteen houses built and
in process OF building in the village the
st.rfal r.saN 4. s.l.
has only been the natural growth Of the
village.
The following pupils in the grammar de.
partment were not absent during the fall
term: Myrtle Burnham, Orange Dodge,
Guy Merrill, Ernest Metcalf and Henry !
Thurston.
w. H. Martin is building a house from =
the L part of the old Pierce residence, /
which makes four houses that have been
constructed out OF the PhIneas Pierce !,
house, formerly the Pierce hotel.
The devotion and kindness OF friends Il
during the sickness and death OF Mrs. Alb 4
bic Hartwell are without parallel. for I
which they have our most heartfelt a
thanks. CHARLES HARTwELL. b
Mrs. Abbe Barney Hartwell died last
week Thursday of heart disease. She had
been slowly failing for the past two years
and for the last year had suffered great g
deal. For several months she was obliged
to sit in a chair day and night. n
Rev. Mr.. Knapp. formerly pastor OF the
NJ. E. church, is visiting at Mrs. Emmons L
Towards, a sister of Mrs. Knapp Mr..
and Mrs Knapp have been quite i'll for the !,
past few months, Mr.. Knapp not being
able TO attend to his pastoral duties.
During the fall term OF the High school J
Persis Leonard, Luna Leavitt, Edith How =
ard, Arthur and Warren Tenney made a n
clear record of attendance. Arthur Davis, y
Clara Davis and Jennie Simonds had only d
one absent mark each. A number OF
others had only few marks. I.
These pupils in the intermediate depart
ment have not been absent during the
fall term: Lora Chadwick, Stella Dutton. d
Jennie Lombard, Bernice and Berthe Rey- T
nolds, Bertha Soper, Mabel Southworth,
Florence Spaulding, Marion Wynn, Ray
and Lee Siufonds.
Clark French is very low and is ex-
pected to live but short time. His daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Alice Furman Of New York,
Mrs. Fannie Slack of Manchester, n. H., Il
Mrs Nellie Skinner and Miss Alma French
which has been With his daughter, Mrs "A.
T. Skinner, for some time. y
Harry Whipple takes a car load of cat
lle TO market this week, as an experiment. n
Ihey viii be tested by the Massachusetts
tuberculosis commission and the result
VIII be awaited with interest by the farm p'
efs, specially of the new mich cows. He
reports only two condemned of those tax al
Ga from Vermont last week. ca