Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-02-14
"Tell the people / have perfect conf
dence in John q. Woolley."

-. L. MOODY.
The horse driven by Hon VIM. H.
Nichols, being frightened by the cars one
day last week, started down street at a
lively pace. In front Of Mann & Aliens,
the team collided with hitching post,
smashing the post and somewhat damag-
ing the sleigh.
The Junior Endeavorers OF the Baptist
society give en- Experience party in the
church this (Thursday) evening at 1880
O'Clock. The EVENING" entertainment also
includes music and Rotations and ali but
the members OF the Junior society are to
pay an admission fee Of five cents.
The Episcopal church choirs OF Wash.
ing.on county are to have choir festival
in st. Mary's church, Northfield, on. AS
cension Day, May 23d. The singers OF St.
Johns and Grace church, Randolph, are
invited to take part in the festival. Bishop
Hall has promised to be present and the
meeting will no doubt be profitable and
enjoyable.
Mrs. Milton Chadwick met with quite
an accident Saturday night, while trying
to close q register in the dining room
without light. A chair had been pushed
from the table and stood in such a posi-
ton that when she bent over quickly to
close the register, she struck her face
against the hard back with such force that
the blood spurted from her lips, which be-
coming badly swollen and discoiored,
proved decidedly painful.
The grip still holds its own and no
amount OF blizzard seems able to freeze 1t
or blow 1t away. 1t has one divine attri-
bute--it Is no respecter OF persons but
its other attributes are OF very question:.
able origin. Those who have wrested
with it have not prevailed, and the strong
est have been obliged to give over strug
Cling and wait until the fiendish little
microbe was willing to let them up; then
they have gone their way hating, certain
that they have been engaged in a bout
with very fair representative Of the
powers OF darkness.
| Vermont, consciously or unconsciously
paid Washington the compliment of es-
| tablishing on his birthday her first settle
ment at Fort Dumner in 1924. The Soci-
ETY. OF Colonial Wars, OF which Col. r. j.
Kimball is a member, has chosen the
memorable 22nd as the date of its first
general court, which is to be held at the
| Van Ness House in Burlington. To be-
come member OF this society requires
undoubted proof that an ancestor OF the
applicant had served in military capacity
or had been governor, deputy or men,
Der OF council between the settlement Of
jamestown, Va. in 1907 and the battle OF
Lexington in 1775.
| Heman Powers has rather unusual
record as butter maker and one that re-
fleets considerable credit upon his skill
and reliability. During the past seven
teen years be has supplied tie Narragan.
sett House in Providence, r. l., one OF the
largest hotels in the world, with the prod.
uct OF his dairy, shipping the butter -four
| times week. In all those years, he has
never failed, not even when his house was
burned, to send the specified amount OF
the regular days except once, and that
was during the terrible blizzard OF 1883
when the heavy fall OF snow prevented
his reaching the station until half ar
hour after the train had gone. IA
Mr.. T. l.. Dimick, who had beenr7fol
many years a sufferer from heart disease
passed away sunday morning at the agt
OF 70 years, after serious illness OF blu
little more than weeks duration. He WA
a native OF New Hampshire but had beer
an honored resident OF West Randolph
for the past ten years. A wife and on'
granddaughter survive him. The funeral
| which was private, was held at his lat,
home on Fales street Tuesday morning
the Rev. v. M. Hardy officiating. Harris
Dimick and Mr.. Franklin of Lyme, N H.
and Mrs. Amsden Of Lebanon, relatives o
the deceased, we're present at the funera
service. The remains were taken to Or
ford for interment.
A jolly party OF about seventy person
assembled Tuesday evening at the Bower
homestead in Bethel on the occasion o
the marriage OF Mr.. Squire Bowen to Mrs
Mary Eliza Pratt of West Randolph, Rev
G. w. Morrow officiating. The Bower
4 10 in xrAn
enough and large enough, with reasona
BILE augment from their many friends, tt
comfortably ill the old farmhouse
Among those present were Zebedee Bow
en-, Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester Bowen, Mis-!
Lulu Bowen, MIR. and Mrs. Aaron Bowen
Miss Marjory Bowen, Mr.. and Mrs. Eiias
Bowen, Mr.. and Mrs, John Bowen, MIR
Samuel Bowen, Mr.. Nelson Bowen, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Bowen, MIR. Pearl Bowen
Mr.. Hayden Bowen, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Parsons, Mr.. Frank W. Parsons, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. w. Emery, Mr.. Clarence Emery,
Mr.. Chas. Martyr, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo
Sarah Bolton, Mrs. John Martin, Mr.
Sayles Hoisington, MIR. and Mrs. Aaron
Hoisington, Miss Jessie Kidder, Miss
Leach, Mr.. and Mrs. Whitaker, Mr.. and
Mrs. Quimby, Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Neff
| Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Gay, Mr.. and Mrs
j. H. Lamson, MIR. and Mrs. Fred Dunn,
Mr.. 9. l.. Martin, Mrs. Henry Soper, Mr..
| and Mrs. Grin Chamberlain, Mrs. w. b.
Wall, Mrs. Ed. Strong, Mr.. A. P. Whit
more, Mr.. F. P. Fish, Mrs. b. g. McIn.
tyre, Miss Polly Russell, DR.. and Mrs. Nc.
| Intyre. II people are never older than
they look and feel, the married couple
were as young as their grandchildren on
this occasion. It is needless to say that
| the company was well served in this hos
pitable old mansion. 1t was Just 81 wears
ago the same night that the groom was
married to his former wife.
Apropos Of the late deceitful Candle
mas day, subscriber writes as follows
Having read in your valuable paper q
short time ago that the weather for the
balance OF the winter depended almost
wholly upon a certain day called Candle.
mas, we kept our eye peeled especially
for that day, confident that IL it came in
bright and clear, winter would last all
through the year; but il perchance it
should snow or rain, winter Is gone and
won't come again. Well, we watched
out, and our neighbors did likewise; for
we look to the paper as a guide, both NOR
ally and politically, and we hate awfully
to be fooled in such a matter. Now in
Bethel, the morning OF the day mentioned
was cloudy, more or less, and before night
snow had fallen in quantity sufficient to
make blanket big enough to cover a
black OK That settled it. No more win
ter necc be looked for, but instead, beau.
thu! spring would appear; consequently,
woollen blankets and underclothing might
as well be discarded and saved for another
winter. We actually let slip chance to