Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-10-25

flock of wild geese, 80 or ~ IN NUMBER,
few over the village in harrow shape,
beaded due south. Ihey were nylng
high and made no sound TO attract our
local sportsmen.
There will be a Good Templars' meeting
in the Jar. hall Thursday evening, Oct.
25th, at O'Clock, for the election OF Off
GERS. Let every member be present as
other important business is to come be-
fore the meeting.
There was no service in the Song ]
church last Sunday morning, owing to
the absence of the pastor, Kew. V. M.
Hardy, who has been enjoying the last
week of his summers vacation, going 1rst
to st. Johnsbury to visit his brother, PROT
A. l.. Hardy.
The election of State officers at Mont
pelier last Thursday proved an attraction
/ to many people, who took that opportu-
/ nifty to gaze with skillfully disguised adj
/ miration upon the wisdom and virtue OF
/ Vermont. Among others at the Capital
were L. B. Johnson, l.. p. Thayer, DR.. and
| Mrs. II. H. Mcintyre and Miss Marion,
Miss May Kendrick, Mrs. f. W. Wedge,
wood, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Joslyn, MIR. and
! Mrs. Micah Mann, George Prince, Mr..
and Mrs. Luke Parish, \. L. Boyden and
John F. Mead.
The beautiful Indian summer is now
due in the United States, season which
4 the original nha bitants OF this country,
| from whom it is named, certainly did not
waste in house cleaning, but busted them
selves instead in laying by their
| winter stores OF food. The theologlcai
4 students in the different tribes were
4 taught TO believe that this season was
caused by wind blowing directly from
the court of the southwestern god, who
was called Cautantowwit, and verify the
warm delightful weather would seem to
be more truly god given than the season
/ of ice and snow so soon to follow II.
The stock of the Morrell Cure
company have held their annual meeting
as have also the directors. The oiheers
/ elected were: president, b. X. ketchum,
| NJ. D.: treasurer, Rev. n. n. Hartman Of
Springfield, Mass. manager ana secretary,
/ ID. l. Griggs; The directors are: b. +.
/ Ketcbum. NJ. D., n. II. Hartman Of
Springfield, Mass, c. Il, Butler of Chico
pee, Mass, John o. Spring of Bellows
| Falls and d. L. Griggs. The first years
work of the Incorporated society has been
/ very successful, in view OF the financial
! troubles which have afflicted all sorts and
conditions of men, and the directors
4 think the outlook for the future exceed
/ ingly promising.
The Rev. John Chamberlin of New York
preached an excellent sermon in ST.
/ Johns church last Sunday morning, and
\ in the afternoon held service ana
preached, in the sign language, 70 tue
| deaf mutes living in this vicinity. This
service was very interesting and was wit
messed by a number OF hearing people,
who attended together with those for
whom the service was especially meant.
I There are about 10000 deaf mutes in this
country, and the Episcopal church minis
! tiers to them at various points. The mis-
sion has been for years chiefly under the
direction Of the Rev. DR.. Gailaudet, who
was the first To enter the work. Mr..
! Chamberlin is connected with 81. AIMS
church in New York, where there is SER
vice every Sunday for the deaf mutes,
which Is attended by nearly $50 OF these
people.
At the annual meeting Of the Kings
4 Daughters, held with Mrs. John Hobart
on Wednesday afternoon of last week,
these officers were reelected to serve for
the ensuing year; Miss Anita Burt, leader.
i Mrs }. d. Wheeler, assistant leader; Miss
Mary Moufton, secretary; Mrs. w. w.
Morton, treasurer; Mrs. n. NJ. Draper,
committee on cutting and sewing. Dur
ing the past year, the ladies have eX-
pended for charitable purposes >S6.I, and
have remaining on hand the sum OF $50.
Their regular dues have amounted 10
s2S.10, and over S25 was cleared from the
musicale given last week. The amount Of
F. MONEY Edlhth anu A1ttNiA TINS AAaA 9teA
is nearly double tnat raised and expended
the year before, and to many cloud OF
poverty have the Kings Daughters given
a silver lining since they began their or
ganized charitable work.
The following open letter from Rev. W.
r. Davenport OF Barre is another OF the
many received by Messrs. Nickerson and
Cox, who are preparing a Souvenir Book
of Randolph, which they promise to be
fully up to the standard OF their Barre
Souvenir:-"To Whom 1t May Concern;
This is TO certify that / havea copy of the
recently published Souvenir of Barre,
prepared and printed by Messrs. Nicker-
erson and Cox, and that / regard it as a
highly meritorious work. The letter press
has been prepared with painstaking effort
the portraits, so far as my knowledge goes,
are true to life, and the representation OF
the town is one which is accurate and at
tractive. 1t cannot failt to be OF great SER
vice TO the community, and is an achieve.
ment which not only records history but
itself helps to make history. Messrs.
Nickerson and Cox, by their fidelity TO
their pledges and their pride in putting
through the press publication Of which
the people of the county and State may
well be proud, have done much to place
others in their Obligation Mr.. Daven-
port is the Methodist minister at Barre
and secretary of the board OF trustees of
the Vermont Methodist seminary.
The department president, Mrs. Hugh
Henry of Chester, and the department
inspector, Miss A. Louise Putnam of
! Brattleboro, who recently visited u. s.
Grant w. X. c.. No "A, spoke very highly
/ OF the corps and complimented the ladies
/ by saying that their organization
was as good a working Corps as
they had yet visited. Satur-
day evening. the w. r. {. entertained the
Brookfield Post and Corps and the U. s
Grant Post Of this village. The program
consisted of music by Mrs. Emma Keith,
/ Mrs. Ida Ford and Miss Maud Blanchard,
refreshments of sandwiches, cake, coffee
and fruit, a speech by Commander George
/ w. Flagg, who thanked the ladies in his
hearty manner for the pleasant evening
they had given their guests, music by the
/ Brookheld Post and Corps and, a speech
in behalf OF the Brookfield party, extend :
/ ing thanks for the delightful and hospita-
/ BILE entertainment and inviting L. s.
Grant Post and Corps to return their
visit at some future date. There
were sixty-two present and a most enjoy
able evening was passed. During the last
year, seven new mempers have been re-
eeived into the w. r. C., which is at pres