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

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"Wish you Merry Christmas"
Harry Newcity has finished work in the
Mann clothing store.
BENJAMIN Blodgett has lately been grant
ed an increase OF pension.
FLA. Hobart is away this week on a
trip to Fairlee, VT, and Oxford, n. H.
/. e. Neweity and family are occupying
tenement in the Hastings house on sum
mer street.
The Magazine club sold its periodicals
at auction Saturday night and realized the
sum OF $3.50.
George Whitney has rented the tene-
ment in the Brooks block, vacated by r.
A. Anderson.
The Kings Daughters meet with Mrs.
George Temple, Wednesday afternoon,
the 26th, at O'Clock.
The Ideal Male Quartette sing at the
prize speaking and graduation exercises
OF the Normal school January 10th ana
18th.
Misses Elsie Powers, Louise Chase a1d
Mary Lamson are home from the Emer-
son College OF Oratory, Boston, for the
holidays.
Mrs. Laura Mead, who has been in Bar
re taking care of her daughter, Mrs W. +.
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in st. Johnsbury.
The West Randolph postoffice is one OF
the five in the state still held by Republic
can incumbents. The Others are Burling-
ton, Morrsville, Newport and Swanton.
Leland e. Rising sailed Friday from
New York on the line steamer, Zemesser.
for Lake Worth, Palm Beach, Florida,
where he has position as clerk ina hotel.
Pipe to carry the village water has been
laid TO the Richmond block, and Mr.. ID.
G, Woodward is to put in a motor and
some machinery, including sausage mill,
TO meet the demands OF his increasing
business.
Miss Lena Evans went Saturday to her
home in Moretown; Miss Nellie Wy
man is visiting friends in st. Adams,
and Miss Clara Crane is spending week
in Essex Junction.
Mrs. John Boyce and daughter, Mil
dred, went Friday to White River juno
ton to visit Mrs. W. II. Smith, and Mrs.
John Tilson and Mrs. Il. T.. Allen spent a
part OF the day in Bethel.
Il j. w. Beleher and wife, after residence
of forty-six years on Braintree hill, left
Monday night in company with their
daugh liter, Mrs. +. p. Stims0n, with whom
they are TO live 10 the future, for her home
in Tlverton, X. |.
| n. a. SnaLlucK is IN NofNOOus MISS, To-
day, attending the dedication exercises of
the new building lately erected by the
Boston Press association in that place
About ], 800 invited guests were expected
to be present at the dedication and the
banquet following.
At the annual meeting of the Vermont
Agricultural society, held in White River
Junction recently, DR.. II. II. Mcintyre
was chosen one of the vice presidents, and
DIR. Mcintyre and Hon. Crosby Miller OF
pomfret were elected two OF the members
of the board OF finance.
Dr.Minnie Leav tt OF Canada, who is en-
ga ged in w. Z. 4. U. work in this state,
ieetured in Braintree, Sunday night, and
Monday took the train at this station tor
Sharon, where she had an appointment.
II is expected that little later DIR. Leavitt
will deliver lecture here.
The Juniors of the w. r. II. s. have
chosen for their class officers: Harry
Clark, president; Miss lisa Lamson, vice
president; Miss Florence Lamson, secre-
tary; Alfred Wells, treasurer; Henry
Clark, Miss Minnie Smith, Fred Mcintosh,
Miss Frances Butler and Miss Bessie Web
ster, executive commute.
Monday was a day OF auctions. At Gam,
the Gorham house hold effects were offered
for sale by Hon. VIM. II. Dubois, admin
istrator of the estate; also some things be-
longing to the George Soper estate, and a
little property which Mr.. ID. IL. Morse, as
overseer of the poor, has lately "innerited -
Heber Holman and George Temple
disposed of horse power.
The Hardtogettowork club, composed
of Ruth Draper, Alice Mcintyre, Mary
and Helen Wedgewood and Gretta Co.
ding, received 81 from the sale of fancy
articles, ice cream and cake, Saturday and
Monday afternoons. This SUN, the little
ladies will devote to the purchase of
Christmas presents for children, whose
stockings are not likely to ibe filled to
overlooking with costly gifts.
The st. Johnsbury Republican compli
ments a former music teacher in Mest
Randolph in the following manner: "Miss
Lucia Z. Wood OF Pomfret is planning TO
locate in st. Johnsbury as a teacher of
music and German. Miss Wood has stud
led and taught in both branches for a
number of years in Boston with very good
success. She is graduate of the Boston
School OF Languages and is also an excel
lent musician"
Lieut.. Kimball, formerly commandant
OF Norwich University, Mortified, and
now stationed at Foit Mcpherson, Geor-
gia, writes concerning the corn canning
factory at Northfield, ''The Green Noun
tam canned corn is to be psed at the
Ponce de Leon and the other crack hotels
IN St. Augustine, where they buy such
goods without regard to cost, and this is
quite puff for Vermont. The company
that's now here knows its business thor.
, oughly and that Of course means a great
deal. We are all well pleased that we
have the right thing this timen North
Held needed the corn canning factory.
but what a nice place West Randolph
would have been for it.
In report Of the long trial just ended
al Burlington, in which Mrs. Eournier and
Mrs. Nhalen were convicted OF man.
slaughter, the Burlington Dailu Netps
says. This TRIAL was the last official act Of
ex-State Attorney Cushman's term of four
consecutive years. He has worked M thu.
case almost by himself like a sleuthbound.
ever since tie death OF Fournier, and not
over eight persons knew he was at IL
During MIR. Cushman's tenn Of office. he
has brought to justice large number Of
important criminals. including the VIII
klns and Blow rape cases, Larney and Per-
| rlgo. His record Is a most creditabIe one. p
Mr.. Cushman, who is a son of Deacon
Earl Cushman, was at one time engaged
IN business in West Randolph.