Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-01-03

The w. o. T. u. meet at 8 o'clock 70
morrow friday afternoon WIFI Mrs
Seward Robson.
DR.. and Mrs. E. O. Blanchard enter
talned few friends at their home q
Main street Tuesday evening
On account OF the storm last week, tns
O. e. 8. sociable at Hon. n. y. boyden'
was postponed until tonight.
Charles Vinton, who had been out o.
health for over two years, died at his home
in Braintree, Monday morning.
The regular meeting OF Col. ]. B. Mead
ca mn will be held this (Thursday) even.
ing and full attendance Is desired.
All teachers OF Randolph district arr
urged to be present at the teachers, meet
ing in the Center schoolhouse at ~ p. m
next Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Hubbard, with Q
company OF six, drove to East Randolph
Monday evening, to attend party given
by Miss Alice McCord.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. v. Holman, who were
detained at "Glenside" several weeks by
the sickness OF Mr.. Holman, are now Of
their home in Boston, leaving here Fri
day.
The stores were closed on the afternoon
OF New Years day, and nearly every one
suddenly had great desire to buy some-
thing as soon as ever the doors were
locked.
The week OF prayer, which commences
next Sunday, Is to be observed this year
by cottage prayer meetings, held in four
different parts OF the village at the same
time on four evenings in the week.
Miss Laura Hildreth, who has been
at work in the Profile House at the White
Mountains during the summer and fall,
Is now at home enjoying vacation OF
few months before returning to the noun
tains early in the fall.
Miss Grace Cooling invited fourteen OF
her friends to her home on Randolph ave-
nue. Monday evening. Elegant refresh
ments were served, and delightful time
was spent in watching the Old Year out
and the New Year In.
The milk depot OF the c. c. Brigham
company, to whom the creamery here be-
longs, was destroyed by fire Monday in
Boston at loss OF $500, 900, which is well
covered by insurance. The milk depot
was located on fremont street and ex-
tended back $50 feet on Castle street.
How the fire started Is mystery. At 10
a. M, the flames were seen bursting
through the roof near the middle OF the
building, and, though the firemen worked
with a will, the structure was completely
Quilted with the exception OF thirty or for
ty feet front, which were seemingly un-
touched.
Recent sojourners included Clayton
Kinsley Of Barre, one OF the editors of the
Granite City Leader; Nathaniel Clark OF
st. Adams, visiting his daughter, Miss
Abbie Clark; Miss Ora Steele OF Lebanon,
N. H., and c. o. Blake OF Bowling Green,
Kentucky, guests at A. A. Sanford's; Lo.
rem Mosher OF Sharon; Mrs. 8. B. Spauld.
ing OF Barre, who was called tn Randolph
Chadwick; Mrs. Samuel Howard OF Beth
ell, who stopped here on her way to Mont
pelier to see her mother, who Is quite i'll;
and Mrs. Ned Alexander of Montpelier,
who came down to visit her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Z. I. Lille.
New Years Eve, about forty guests
were entertained at DR.. H. II. McIntyre's
with parlor theatricals. "a Slight Mis-
understanding" was the first play pre-
sented, and the characters we're taken as
follows: Louise Fenton. Miss Anna Mich
OILS; Dorothy King, Miss Eunice Denison;
Richard Fenton, Harry Ford; Herbert
yane, Walter Woodward; Austin Claverly,
Charles Cushman. s'Six Cups OF Choco.
late" followed with this cast OF charac-
tiers: Adeline Won Lindau, German girl,
Miss Marion Mcintyre; Dorothy Greene,
from New England, Miss Minnie Smith;
Hester Beacon, a Bostonian, Miss lisa
hanson; Beatrix Van Kortland, New
Yorker, Miss Florence Lamson; jean
nette Durand, a French lady, Miss Mary
40vv1 txN frvS
sci, Miss Allace Chase. The various roles
were well sustained and considerable his
trionic talent was displayed by the anna
teur actors. The plays, which were pub
lished lately in Harper's Bazaar, are espe-
cially adapted to parlor theatricals and
are very bright and amusing. At dainty
little tea table, chocolate and coffee were
dispensed by Miss Marion Mcintyre and
Miss lisa LamsoD, and during the evening
excellent music was furnished by Miss
Marion Mcintyre, Miss Eunice Denison
and Mr.. Gilman Chamberlin.
Leland E. Rising, who has secured
position in large hotel at Palm Beach,
Fla, arrived at his destination Dec. 10Th
after an interesting trip of eight days.
The boat made its first stop at Charles
ton, which struck him as a very dirty
city, the roads being mostly sand thr ough
which one wades ankle deep, and the car
riages, dog carts with mule in front and
a Jolly barefoot darkey astride the mule.
While in Charleston, he visited Fort
Sumter and the place where Oseola, the
famous Indian chief, is buried. The next
day the boat entered the st. Johns river
and after travelling twenty five miles they
came upon Jacksonville, where he in
spected the principal hotels and found
them all much larger than Northern
houses. The Indian River railroad runs
to Palm Beach, passing only two places
Of any size, st. Augustine and Titusville.
At the latter place they stopped for din
ner and after dinner went into the orchard
to pick oranges and bananas. The coun-
try is 80 level here and the track SO
straight that, with a strong glass, Jack
sonville can be seen in the dim distance
from the train. Cattle run wild in herds
OF fifty to five hundred, and the train col.
lided with them now and then, killing
several. After passing through three hum
dred miles OF woods and swamps. he
reached Palm Beach, where be found a
very delightful climate, IS we'll as mag
nificent hotel with five hundred acres OF
beautiful lawn. The lake is on one side
OF the house and the ocean on the other.
and the whole island is comepletely COW
cred with cocoanuts, oranges aud other
fruits that grow in the South. Back of
the hote! Is large pond of alligators, and
an electric car runs over the grounds for
the benefit OF the guests. There are
belonging to the hotel couple OF large
steamers and more than hundred small
boats; while to render the place still more
charming, gentle breeze blows all day
from the ocean to moderate the August
heat Of the December weather. and rosas