Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-12-20

Work last week. and yesterday Mrs Leeds
and Mr.. Frederick Leeds went to the city.
The meeting of the l. o. o. F., called
for next Friday evening, has been post
poned until Friday, the 2Sth inst, one OF
the candidates not being able to be present
next Friday.
Yesterday, there arrived for the Christ.
mas vacation Misses Eunice benson ana
Carrie Tewksbury from smith college,
Misses Clara Dubois and M. Luci-
ma Saxton from Mount Holyoke,
and sherman Moulton, Harry Ford, Rob
ert Mitchell, ID. e. Putnam and A. u.
Carleton from Dartmouth. Miss Maud
Lombard returns Saturday from the New
England Conservatory OF Music.
Upon our crowded streets have been no.
ticed these strangers: Mr.and Mrs. Wilbur
Fits, Miss Butterfeld, OF koxbury; Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Cushing, Mrs. Harrington,
Mrs. Fish, Mrs. John Reed, OF Bethel; Z.
]. Mountain of Burlington; Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Cole OF HardwicB, visitors at Il. a.
Thacher's; Arden Flint OF Barrei Miss
Twister. Mrs. Turk, from Chateaugay, N.
T.; Rev. DR.. Harris, general missionary
for the diocese of Vermont with headquar-
tiers at Rutland, visiting Rev. Homer White.
At the annual meeting OF Beulah Chap
ter, No. 10, o. e. s., the following officers
were elected or appointed for the ensuing
wear: Mrs. n. L. Boyden, W. NJ; N. l..
Boyden, w. P; Mrs. II. w. Smith, A. NJ.
| Mrs. Ella l.. Flagg, ConductIess; Mrs.
Frank Newton, Associate Conductress;
| Mrs. G. Il. Abbott, Secretary; Mrs. Ellen
| Blanchard, Treasurer; Mrs. Robert Parker,
/ Adab: Miss Nell f. Conant, Ruth; Mrs.
John Church, Esther; Mrs. o. 5; Cham
berlain, Martha; Mrs. Fred Church, Elec-
ia, oliver Burridge, Warden; 0. S. Cham
| berlain, Sentinel; Mrs.Samuel Bass, Chap
| lain: Mrs Luke Parish, Organist; j. Il.
Rurridge Marshal; Hon. j. p. Cleveland,
,Jr., Mrs. Samuel Bass and Mrs. Laura
Clark, Committee on Finance.
People from away entertained in West
Randolph lately were Mrs. w. b. Gates
and daughter, Dorothy, OF Burlington at
| Dr. II. II. McIntyre'sj Fred Bradish OF
Boston; Mrs. II. NJ. Dufur from Water
bury, who remained several days with hcf
daue liter, Mrs. Z. Il. Evans; Miss Lucia
Skinner OF Royalton, at }. d. Denison's;
Capt. Dan Foster, mayor of the city OF
Bloomingdale, III. his wife and niece, Miss
Walton, guests OF E. A. Shattuck; Mrs.
Mary Bodgett OF Mortified II. X. French
and his daughter, Mrs. Carrie Wallace.
from Everett, Mass, visiting former
friends and acquaintance, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank G. Rogers and Master Ralph
of Barre, who were Tuesday and Wednes-
day at the home OF Albert Morse and fam
lily.
There will be the usual Christmas and
New YEARS excursions this year, the Cen
trail Vermont railroad selling special round
trim tickets, good between all stations in
Vermont and New York states, for two
cents a mile each way for 80 miles or less,
with a maximum rate OF - and mini
mum rate of 10 cents; "a miles and over,
fare one way, which is / 2 cents mile
each way. The Christmas holiday tickets
will be good going December 2ith-25th,
1894, and good rel urning until January
5tn, inclusive, 1895. The New Year hole
day tickets will be good going December
31st, 1894, and January LIST, 1895, inclusive,
and good returning until January 9th,
1885, These tickets will be good for q
continuous passage, and no stop over
privileges will be allowed in either direc-
ton.
Saturday evening, "by three doors left
unRuarded,n the Methodist friends OF
Miss Nellie Wyman to the number Of for.
ty five entered her home on Highland
avenue, giving that young ladya complete
surprise. Aftera few appropriate remarks
by Rev. w. N. Roberts, the visitors formed
themselves into merry -go-round, ano as
they circled through the rooms, they
dropped dimes in Miss Wyman's lap until
ten dollars had been deposited with her %
a token of their appreciation OF her servi'
ces in their choir. Recovering from hei
/ DtNliOeTtDtnl nj luio ihcb tNNtnNtANite va
the part of the guests, she made
neat little speech, conveying to then
her thanks for their kindness and remem'
branee Cake and coffee in abundancG
were served for refreshments, music was
furnished by Miss Wyman and her broth
err, pretty duet was sung by Stella Morse
and Lettie Bailey, and the evening passed
pleasantly away.
Christmas will be observed at the differ
Ill he ato1
and exercises. There will be celebration
of Holy Communion in st. Johns church
on Christmas morning at 1880 O'Clock land
at 7:30 o'clock on Tuesday evening, there
will be children's Christmas service, con-
sisting OF professional, sermon, recita-
ton by the youngest class and tree, with
appropriate carols. At 7:30 O'Clock Christ
mas Eve, special exercises will take place
in the Methodist, Baptist, Cong1 and
Christian churches. At the Methodist
there will be a Santa Claus house instead
J OF tree and the carols and recitations
will be by the younger members of the
Sunday school; at the Baptist. the pro-
gram will consist OF music, recitations
: and tableaux; at the Cong'l, there will be
for the children, and next Sunday morn
ing, a special Christmas service at the
usual hour of worship; at the Christian
next Sunday morning, the pastor will de-
liver sermon to the children on the sub
ject of "Christ Is the Light OF the World, y
! illustrated by candles, and the choir will
render music adapted to the Christmas
season. Monday evening, the exercises
are to be in the auditorium and the tree
in the vestry.
The new show case lately placed in
: +. II. Joslyn's window has attracted
considerable attention on account of its
! beauty and the uniqueness of its device
The case consists OF three French plate
, glass mirrors, touching each other al an
} giles greater than forty-five degrees, and
has plain glass top, so that it really gives
five reflections OF its contents, and cause.
the observer 10 imagine that be is gazing
into one OF Tiffany's windows on Broad.
way. The back of the case is Of black wal
nut and at the two ends where the mirror.
join are nicely turned posts, within which
, are cunningIy concealed the pulleys thai
raise or lower the center mirror as one
| desires, the weights to the puIleys beine
hung in the cellar aud nothing being visi.
BILE in the store but the polished wood.
work OF the case. The design for this de
vice was made by ]. H. Burt of the United
States screen mill, whose ingenuity L
capable of solving the toughest mechani.
cal problems. and he sent a rouvh drar