Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-07-25


friends In Brandon this week. 81.
Wing Lee, our former washee washes,
has opened a laundry in Northfeld.
Miss Fannie Prince went yesterday to
Burlington to see her aunt, Mrs. 6herwin'
Flint.
Miss Sylvia Whitaker, sister OF Mrs
Hiram Bean, has gone back to her home
in South Royalton.
An Ice cream festival for the benefit OF
the band will be given Friday, Aug. End,
in the High school yard.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. e. Lane have returned
from Camp Watson, near Milton, where
they passed pleasant vacation.
Prof. A. L. Hardy and family OF st.
Johnsbury are occupying their new cot
tage at Caspian Lake, Greensboro.
The Chadwick & Fennel merry. go-round
is now located at Lakeside park, Bufling-
ton, and will probably stay there the rest
OF the season.
In the report OF the guests at Camp RAN
dolph last week slight mistake was
made. Mr. E. A. Shattuck did not 60 to
the camp as was supposed.
Thursday, 1856 tickets were sold at this
station for Buffalo Bills show at White
River Junction, and yesterday morning 1886
went from here to see the "Wild West" at
Montpelier.
Miss Mary s. Dubois has gone to Chi
cago to remain until September LIST, de-
parting Monday afternoon in company
with her uncle, Mr.. Gilbert, and his fami
", whose guest she will be at their coun.
try residence in Evasion, about twelve
miles from Chicago.
Monday morning, as T. j. Adams was
leading the horse that was SO badly hurt
in the accident week ago, around the
square,the wound in its breast commenced
TO bleed again, and the horse became so
weak from losing such quantity Of blood
that it could hardly stand. 1t rallied how
ever, and seems in fair way to recover.
All the members and friends OF the
Christian church are invited and urged to
represent and listen to the reports Of the
Boston Christian Endeavor convention
next Sunday morning at 1890 O'Clock.
The church is to be appropriately decor
ated for the occasion. The union reports
will be given in the Baptist church at 5
O'Clock in the afternoon OF the same day.
DR.. Sam Sparhawk, graduate OF the
medical department Of the University OF
Vermont, as we'll as of a homeopathic
medical college in Philadelphia, has just
returned from years labor in one OF the
largest hospitals in Pennsylvania, and
opened an office with his father, Or. G. E.
E. Sparhawk, at the Sanitarium bn Bank
street. Young DR.. Sparhawk is nephew
OF Mr.. L. T. Sparhawk and has many ac.
quaintances in Randolph.
While at work in the bayfield, with a
balky horse, Allen Jones was quite severe
IL injured. He was holding pitch
fork in his hand and the horse, suddenly
kicking the tines, drove the han
die against his side withtremendous force.
He seemed to recover from the blow quite
rapidly but DR.. A. q. Bailey, who had
been summoned, advised him to keen
quiet for few days. Later In the week
SIR. Jones was taken with severe pain
in his side and has been very sick ever
since.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Nj. Gilbert and daugh-
ter have been the guests Of Hon. VIM. II.
Dubois during the past week and left
Monday evening for their home in Chica-
90. Mr.. Gilbert Is the general manager OF
the Crane company In Chicago, the larg-
est dealers in iron and brass goods IN the
west, doing a business Of six or seven
millions yearly. He had not been in Yer.
mont before for ten years and noticed
many improvements that had been made
in the state, and especially in Randolph
in that time. f1e
The following item from the Brattle-
boro Ph9niI will be OF interest to the
Randolph friends OF the parties men.
toned "a very enjoyable and complete
surprise was that rendered to Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Rogers by about 80 Of their
friends Saturday evening, the 18th, 1t
being the seventh anniversary OF their
marriage. Ice cream, cake and coffee were
served and the party broke up at about II
p. nj leaving very handsome and ser
viceable rocker and many wishes for con-
tinued happiness"
Wednesday evening OF last week, the
band gave very fine serenade to Mr..
Ernest Tracy and his bride at their home
on the Highlands" 6evelal instrument
al selections, much enjoyed by the people
living in that vicinity, preceded the Good
night song, pleasingly rendered by a part
OF the musicians to an accompaniment
furnished by the remainder. The sere-
naders were then invited to enter BY Mr..
Tracy, and on their temperance seemed
we'll satisfied with the appreciation ac-
corded their musical ability.
A. l.. Snow, who has lately disposed OF
his drug store in East HardwcK, is now
seeking desirable spot in which to To-
cate, and last week visited Randolph for
t0e purpose OIL Ol5COVcIluk Wuht dttIhC-
tions it has to offer as a place OF residence
II he went away undecided about coming
here, though 1t hardly seems possible that
he could have been anything but charmed
with the prospect, it must have been be-
cause our real estate agents failed to keep
him until after dark, SO that he could adj
mire the way in which our streets light
up at night.
Wednesday night, the 10th, a railroad
bridge that crosses the highway near
Sharon, was set on fire by sparks from the
locomotive OF the night train going north.
The south bound passenger crossed the
bridge Safely, but the fire being noticed,
the train was halted on the other side and
the men went back to fight the flames.
The bridge was SO badly burned then that
1t was impossible to save it, and as a con-
sequence, the trains Thursday were much
delayed, though the work OF repairing the
damage was Degun as quickly as possible
and pushed with all rapidity. The after.
noon mail train was able to cross the new
bridge only little over an hour after its
usual time.
About o'clock last Thursday afternoon
George Rising was severely injured while
working on building in barre, by the
dropping OF q staging, which caused him
to fall twenty-five feet to the ground be-
low. One knee was 80 badly hurt that
water escaDed from the Joint and the knee