Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-04-04
Randolph Concluded.

g. severe attack OF tonsilitis.
Mrs. F. Fl. Joslyn is slowly regainin
d her health after three weeks siege wit
the grip.
: The governor has appointed Friday
Is April 18th, as day OF fasting, humiliation
and prayer.
II E. o. Hubbard attended meeting Q
Mount Zion Commandery in Montpelier
Friday night.
r Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Fowler are in Glare
t mont, N. H., with their daughter, Mrs
Charles Mann.
. The w. r. c. will meet at the usual hou
: next Monday night, instead OF Tuesday
c night, In the G. A. R. hall.
Mr.. E. A. Thomas has secured the ser
: vices Of Lucius C. Fowler Tor three mont hs
as clerk in his dry goods store.
Mrs. Julius Houghton and her moth.
er, Mrs. Nathaniel King, of Northfield
came down Tuesday to see Miss Angie
Pike.
Carroll Huntington OF Newport, Charles
Griswold of East Templeton, Mass, Fred
and Harry Beedle OF Keene, N. H., are in
town.
Newell Demeritt OF Waterbury, is work.
ing for the Wall Paper company, whose
entire force is at present employed in
Bethel
Curtis Kent, who has just finished his
first year in the Baltimore Dental college,
is continuing his studies with DR.. L. O..
Blanchard.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Clay OF Cincinnati,
Ohio, are rejoicing over the birth of a son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clay were at one time resi-
dents OF Randolph.
| w. H. Smith, who has lately been en-
| gagged in the plumbing business at White
River Junction, is boarding at the New
ton House for few weeks.
| The infant son Of Merton Rogers of
Braintree Hill died Tuesday of pneumonia
at the home OF the latter's mother, Mrs.
Sarah Rogers, in Randolph.
| The newly elected trustees OF the Mont.
| pelier library association have chosen Col.
Fred Smith president, and Mr.. c. E.Moul-
ton. formerly Of Randolph, treasurer.
w. T. Sparhawk of Brimfield, Mass,
and George Sparhawk OF New Britain,
Conn.,, were here Monday to attend the
funeral of their grandmother, the late
Mrs. Joanna Bickford.
Miss Mamie Crandall, who has been at
home this week, returns in day or two
to Burlington, where she has secured an
excellent position as stenographer with a
business firm in that city.
ne SCHOOL census Oh Tue hhuuOlpu 0rdu- |
ed School district as taken by the district
clerk shows that there are IS pupils be-
tween the ages OF and s; 159, between
and IA; 1856, between IA and 81; &c. be-
tween and n, of which 1873 are boys and
1877 girls.
The fiancee OF Prof. Edwin Frost OF
Hanover, n. H., is Miss Annie Morris OF
Hartford, and not Miss Annie Morse as
was falsely reported last week. The young
lady in question is a cousin OF Mrs. Sails
bury, Mrs. Sidney Howard OF this place,
and OF Mrs. Joseph Atwood OF Plymouth,
N. H.
Under the present administration, the
room occupied by the postotfice is not to
be used as a temple OF fine arts any longer,
and hereafter unhappy individuals wait
ing for the mail to be changed, will not be
tormented, by gazing on the glorited
images of their neighbors, into wondering
what kind of crayon portraits they them
selves would make.
An interesting lecture will be given in {
the G. A. r. hall Friday evening, April
9th, at 7:30 O'Clock, by Allen s. Fleury OF /
st. Albans, on "Life in the Andersonville t
Prison" 1t will be an instructive and
account,given by one who speaks o
from an experience OF nearly eleven !
months Of life in various prisons during
The war.
The real estate OF the late Aaron Fales 4
has been divided among his three daugh- 5
,ers as follows: Mrs. Jesse Martin takes
he house on School street, Mrs. +. Z.
Hastings the house on Summer street now |.
by F. H. Joslyn, and Mrs. JOS =
yn the Fales block on Main street, In >
Which her husbands jewelry store is To-
,ated. The personal property has not yet ~
been divided. r
Monday morning, the listers, Hon: v
I. p. Cleveland, Jr., G. s. Hall and i,
Ion. N. L. Boyden, started out as an in ii
,estigating committee and will doubtless '
Don be able to inform US in regard to the
mount OF taxable property In Randolph,
nd also give us some idea OF the NUMBER
Il millionaires in our midst and OF those
re enjoying an income OF s4,OOO or more. SC
Monday evening, about dozen OF the
oung people paid Miss Winnie Chadwick ~
n unexpected visit at her home on ~
franklin street, where they spent de- u
rere served the guests by two OF the in
Dung gentlemen present, and games and NJ
nusic were made to contribute to the en- al
oyment of the occasion. Miss Winnie
yas the recipient of several beautiful y,
fits. W
Sunday night, the ice in water pipe on d
chooI street, which had frozen and x
urst some time ago, near the residence d.
I B. ], Pratt, thawed sufficiently so that
he water began to run through the leak; Of
nd by morning there was pond on that pI
treet SO large that the people living there m
ad some idea of purchasing steam fir
aunch and running excursion parties for b,
he next few weeks. So much water ran CT
o waste during the night and before the
eak could be stopped that the reservoir
vas very low. r
Henceforth there is no West Randolph
n Vermont so far as the postoftice depart bl
nent is concerned, the 'sWest' handle to
he name having been dropped by order II
+ the postmaster general. The postoffice ~ ~
authorities go to the opposite extreme al
rom that reached by Vermont news .,
amer which some time since referred to u
West Randolph Centre" However, the
lace remains one of the most energetic a
nd pushing villages in the state, and its O.
stinable citizens will rise superior to any a.
,ostal onslaught upon its name.-Bur- q
ington Free Press. u
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