Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-29

rill, who were recent visitors at the Rev
Homer Whites, on their return to that
place. Miss Mamie CoDnally takes hel
place. -EDIToR.
James Regain OF St. Adams was here
Saturday.
Roll Gibson OF Bethel was in this plac,
last Saturday.
w. F. Baker and Albert Morse OF Bethel
were here Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Ingalls, of Williams
town have been recent guests at the home
OF E. N. Bean.
w. A. Holmes is having a bay window
constructed, which will add to the pretty
appearance of "Bellview Cottage"
Mrs. w. w. Morton gave a pleasant tea
party last Thursday afternoon. Seven
hand euehre was enjoyed by the young
ladies.
Mrs. E. O.Hobart and children Of Wind.
sor came up Friday and were guests at
Frank Hobart's. They returned home Sat
/ urday.
The Ladies' Aid society held pleasant
meeting at Mrs Abbie Bling hams s, Thurs
! day afternoon OF last week. There were
/ "a in attendance.
| Prof. w. p. Abbott, who is principal OF
\ the graded school at White River june
| ton, has been visiting friends in this
place during bis vacation.
] Mrs, E. NJ. Bickford, accompanied b.
| her daughter, Mrs. r.. III. Gold OF Roanoke,
Va, arrived Thursday with her stock OF
new spring millinery.
The first game of baseball for this sea-
son was played by the boys March 22d, on
the grounds near Highland avenue. The
next day snowballs were in order.
The attendance at the Lenten services at
st. Johns church throughout Lent was
aNNsaFa ArHnU
Holy Week were especially well attended,
John Wadleigh has moved from the
Holman house on South Main street to Ira
Williams new house on Dudley street.
Levi Needham also recently moved into
tenement in the same house.
Hon. James Hutchinson left Washing
ton, ID. e., the first OF the week for New
Nork, where he intended making a short
stay before returning home. lie will prob.
ably arrive here the last OF the week.
A. p. Whitmore, who has for some time
| been the guest OF his son in law, the Rev.
q. W Morrow, and who has made many
friend during his stay in town, returned
last week to his home in Urbsnna, III.
Chas. Thurston has been very seriously
i'll for a week past, and his condition has
caused much anxiety. Miss Carrie Haufer
has been at her old place in the store ain
during Mr.. Thurston's enforced absence.
The public is cautioned against counter.
fe silver coins, which are flooding the
country. Dollars dated 1889 and halves
dated 1887 are fair counterfeits, but can
be detected by their slightly greasy feel
ing and imperfect ring.
In the list of the prominent Dartmouth
college baseballists who have recently been
measured for baseball suits for the COM
ing season, we notice the name of A. Il.
Carleton OF this place, who Will probably
act as change pitcher for the Dartmouth
nine.
A High school nine was organized last
Thursday by the students, with Arthur
Newton as captain and Robert Mitchell
as manager. The member of the nine
were chosen and the first practice game Of
the season was played, with other High
school boys contending against them,
E.P .Libbey of this town has been award
ed the contract for the construction OF G..
A. Halls new block on College street in
Burlington. HIS bid on the carpenter
work was no lower than that of one Of the
local contractors, but on the mason work,
his bid was said to have been some 81 800
below any other.
The Good Templars' sociable last Thurs
day evening was an enjoyable affair, an in
teresting program being carried out. The
au stion sale OF boxes of edibles furnished
by the young gentlemen was quite anus
ing, the bidding was as spirited as could
have been expected when 1t was known
hat gentleman would 90 with each box.
The ST, Johnsbury Caledonian, in its
issue OF last week, contained this item
Summer must be making considerable !
Roadway over in the vicinity Of West Ran
dolph. local item in the last HERALD
tells Of the finding of several lively grass
hoppers in that locality last week and very
properly remarks that grashoppers in |
March are somewhat Of a rarity-in Yer /
mont" Since the recent storm, il would |
seem thatthose grasshoppers showed more
ambition than discretion.
n. A.Fulmer, inspector OF internal reve- !
nue. for the district of New Hampshire, /
which includes the States OF Maine, New
Hampshire and Vermont with headquar- |
tiers ~ Montpelier,is on an Inspection tour /
among the sugar weighers and was in |
town last week Wednesday. He states 1
that at nearly all places where be has been, |
he has found the system of Weighing, the /
bookkeeping and all documents in bad /
shape. Here, however, he found an eN f. I
ception TO the general looseness in book /
keeping, ETC., in the accounts OF e. G. /
Written, whose methods he commends I
very highly and whose accounts he pro /
bounced correct.
We are in receipt of pamphlet edi- /
tion of an article on Vermont at the 1
Worlds Fair" which recently appeared /
in the New England Magazine for March /
1t is written by II. II. Mcintyre, one of 4
Nermont's Worlds Fair commissioners,
who sets forth this States exhibit at Chi /
cago IN the best possible manner and has /
given us readable little pamphlet. The 4
illustrations include view OF the Fair 1
banks scale exhibit, the maple sugar dis
play and specimen of Vermont horse 1
flesh, with some attractive bits of scenery.
Mr.. Mcintyre has done his State good ser
vice in the preparation of this article.-St.
JohnsDury Caledonian.
Union evangelistic services have been
held in the village every Sunday night |
since the close of the Week of Prayer ser
vices, and large congregations have met
the pastors in their efforts to save souls.
The last service was held in he Christian
church Sunday night, and. Rev. Brother
Roberts preached an excellent sermon
from John viii. 46-"And if / say the
truth, why do We not believe me?"-In
which he pressed upon the minds OF the
unconverted the fact that in the past three
months, sufficient truth had been pre-