Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-02-21

brOOKncIO.
Mrs. Fisk, the mother of Clayton Fisk
is very low.
90 to e. E. Evans, West Randolph, To-
Drugs and Medicines.
Mrs. Marcus Peck went to Rutland last
Friday for few days. visit.
Mr., and Mrs. Charles Blake have re.
turned from White River Junction.
1 Mrs Laura Alis has returned after {
six weeks absence in Connecticut.
G. s. Flint, who has been very i'll fol
the past six weeks, is now thought to bt
somewhat better.
Brookfield now has three star lodges
the Masonic Mystic Star. the Good Tenn.
plars' Silver Star and the new Eastern
Star.
CARD.-We wish to thank our neigh
bors and friends who assisted us during
| our sickness, also those who cut and drew
our wood. Mr.. AND MRS. G. s. FLINT.
The Christian Endeavor society con-
Quoted an interesting service at the Sec
ond church Sunday evening. The mis-
sionary offering of the service amounted
to $50.
Miss Belle Thayer OF Braintree, who
taught the village school last year, is Wis.,
iting Mrs. Clarence Fullam this week.
Her former pupils and other friends are
glad to greet her once more.
A ."cycloramic" illustrated lecture on
the "World's Fair" will be given by M. j..
Cochran of Berlin, N. ", Thursday even
| ing, Feb. 2Sth, at the Second church. The
Ladies' Aid society will receive half the
| proceeds.
The dreaded distemper, which many
hoped we should escape this winter, has
l,k~ ,,x,t~ 4 4 ~ In.f op1 hn ,pfi ING
are not few. Rev. Z. H. Morse's wife
and children were severely sick last week,
Mrs. Albert Bean has been sick and Mrs.
Milo Frink was so badly off Sunday that
it was thought that she could not live.
She is somewhat better at the date OF this
writing.
The death OF Mrs. Crane, the mother of
Mrs. o. M. Upham, occurred Monday
about midnight. The event was not
unexpected, as the extreme age Of the de-
ceased made it improbable that she could
rally from the illness which Frustrated
her recently. Had she lived a few weeks
longer, she would have been 9S. The flu
neral took place Wednesday. There were
brief services at the house, the continued
illness of Mr.. Upnam making it inexpe-
dent to have them long. The remains
were taken to Williamstown for burial.
From Another source.l
Hon. N. l.. Boyden, district deputy
grand patron, assisted By Beulah chapter,
No. 10 of West Randolph, organized a
chapter OF the Order OF the Eastern Star
here last Thursday evening with "A char
ter members. The work OF the order was
exemplified by Beulah chapter. Crescent
chapter, No. 81, Brookfield, elected its Of
ticers and they were duly installed by n.
l.. Boyden, d. ID. G. p, after which sup
per was served by Crescent chapter.
The case OF Cassius Peck vs. the town OF
Randolph was tried last Saturday and at |
tracted large number OF the taxpayers Of |
the town. The case was brought to re-
cover fifty cents per day for 101 days I
work as road commissioner more than the
selectmen were willing to pay him, and |
which the town instructed the selectmen
to pay him at its last meeting. The Sc
lectmen had refused to comply with the
vote OF the town, hence this suit. The |
5electmen were called as witnesses for the
plaintiff, and their testimony showed
that they never made any trade with the
plaintiff; that he informed them early in
the season that he should not work for =
per day, the minimum fixed by the stat
ute, to which they made no reply; that
when the lplaintiff came to settle with
them just prior to town meeting one year
ago, they informed him that they should
pay him only ~, and he asked $3.50 per
day. After some talk, they agreed to re-
Ter the matter to the town. AT the town
meeting last March on the statement by
The plaintiff to the town of his claim, the
own voted to pay him fifty cents more
per day than the selectmen offered. The
did not claim but that the plain.
IFS services were worth - so per day and
he plaintiff showed that they were worth
hat. Hon. VIM. II. Nichols was the
,ourt and decided that the plaintiff was
entitled to recover on Two grounds-as no
rade was made with the plaintiff he was
entitled to recover what his services were
worth; and he was entitled to recover by
Tote of the town--and rendered Judgment
or plaintiff to recover 5000, interest and
'osts, from which decision the selectmen
appealed.