Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-02-07

Uncle Samuel Is SuHerlDR
| For verv stiff gold cure.
Miss Anne Dubois is staying with rela-
tlves in Jersey City.
| A daughter was born Jan. 30th to Mr.
and Mrs. John Abbey.
Miss Marion Mcintyre gave tea party
to eight young ladies Saturday afternoon
| J. ID. Denison, Esq, went to Montgom-
cry, Saturday, to attend the funeral of a
| friend.
Charles Briggs resumed his duties at the
freight Office few days ago, after brief
illness.
Miss Mary Mcintosh has gone to Fred
erick, Maryland, to spend the remainder
of the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Hunter OF Windsor
have been the guests of her brother, L. A.
Shattuck, lately.
Next Sunday will be Septuagesima Sum-
day-so called because it is then seventy
days before Easter.
CaDdlemas day was not bright and clear
so we are IN no danger of having 1.-TWO
winters in one year."
Ash Wednesday, the beginning OF Lent,
falls this year on the 9th OF February,
and Easter on the 18th Of April.
Ils a. uOmdS WCuL N1Onuhy " tISlt
the New York markets, in preparation
for the opening Of the spring trade.
At e. E. Evans drug store, new plate
glass in the show window takes the place
Of the large light cracked by the frost.
Miss Alice Hobart, who has been i'll
with the grip, was able Monday to return
to her work as assistant in the postoffice.
At the Grand Army encampment in
Brattleboro last week, Capt. J.E. Eldredge
was reelected member of the council of
administration.
Editor L. B. johnson has been one of
the victims OF the grip, but was able to
appear at the HERALD Office Monday,
after few days. enforced absence.
Miss Elsie Powers took the part OF
Player Queen in performance OF Hamlet,
given at the Boston Museum lately by the
students OF the Emerson College OF Ora
tory.
E. A. Thacher and daughter, Miss Ida,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. o. Hubbard and Mrs. l..
ton in South Royalton last Thursday
night.
Miss Maud Haskins was in Barre over
Sunday, visiting Miss Clara Houghton,
one OF the teachers in Goddard Seminary;
and Miss Alice Sheldon spent the day in
Bethel.
Mrs. Frank Cleveland has rented rooms
in the upper part Of the Richmond block,
and Miss Ada Burroughs is to occupy the
apartments vacated by her, in the Dubois
& Gay block.
S.N. Fiske OF Braintree has moved into
tenement in the Gabrielle house on Yves.
ton street, and George Poole OF Bethel has
rented one in the Chadwick house, next
to the covered bridge.
Henry H. Kohn of Albany, N. Y, SUI
perintendent of the Phoenix Life Insur-
ance company, and Mrs. G. E. Lazelle of
White River Junction, were at j. Nj. At
woods few days ago.
Next Tuesday, the 18th, will be the an.
niversary Of Lincoln's birth, which oc-
Cured in 1909, and the 22nd OF this month
should be generally observed in honor OF
the remarkable man who couldn't lie, not
even about his tax list
Leland T. Powers, the elocutionist, who
gave an entertainment in this place in
one Of the late lamented lecture courses,
has lately been granted, by the Boston
courts, bill OF enforcement from his wife,
who is quite talented concert singer.
A. :. Tilden OF Roxbury; Mrs. Ben
Briggs and son Robert of West Hartford:
II.
and Mrs. Scott Blossom and son Forrest
from Bethel, who visited at A. J. Fosters;
d. e. Putnam and Mr.. Watson from Dart.
mouth college, were among the sojourn-
ers of last week.
The civil authority of Randolph meets
at the town clerks Office at 10 o'clock
next Wednesday forenoon to abate the
taxes. The selectmen assemble at the
same place at / O'Clock that afternoon to
allow the accounts against the town, and
the auditors will be in the office OF Hon.
VIM. II. Dubois at 10 a. m. Friday, the
10th, to audit the accounts OF the several
town officers.
The new staircase in E. A. Thomas store
was built by the screen mill company
and is the first work OF the kind that the
managers OF that mandatory have un-
dertaken. Its posts are handsomely
turned; it has an easy flight OF steps, and
occupies but small amount Of space:
while the beauty of it's finish renders the
completed stairway decidedly ornamental
as well as useful. The taste and skill dis
played in this and many other instances
prove that at the screen mill, quaint and
curious architecture is thoroughly under.
stood.
Aladies' book club OF twenty two mem
bers was organized last Thursday after
uoou az MIS- n. ". blancnarQ'S. The OBJ
ject OF the club is to furnish those belong
ing to it with the most desirable OF the
recent publications at a trifiing expense
to each. By paying Slips, each lady has
an opportunity to read twenty two books,
which she might otherwise fail to peruse
at all or be obliged to purchase at much
greater expenditure, After the books
have made the rounds, they will be dis.
posed OF at auction, and the proceeds de-
voted to buying an additional supply Of
literature.
New series OF newspaper and periodical
stamps have been decided upon, the de-
nominations. running as high as slOO.
Sixty dollars was the highest in the old
series, and the issue Of stamps repre- sent
ing greater values has been made impera-
tive, probably,b by the greatly increased cir
culation OF the country journals. The
style Of the postage-due stamp has been
changed little and it has been somewhat
reduced in size. To the uninitiated the
and changes inaugurated by the
pos office department. at Washington
seem about as sensible and necessary as
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