Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-01-10

her sister, Mrs. l., b. Johnson.
1 Attend the free camp fire in Dubois
Gays hall next Friday evening.
There is to be teachers institute il
this village on the 10th Of February.
Miss E. Gleason is spending mont
with friends in Peterborough, N. H.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Shepard OF North
field were at A. B. Fish's, Friday and Sat
urday.
The Good Templars will hold no meet
ing this week on account OF the week o
prayer.
The officers OF >the West Randolph
grange will be installed at Grange hal
next Saturday night.
Christmas day, A. A Spooner shot full
grown woodchuck as it was going iron
the barn to the woods.
DR.. H. H. Mcintyre is one of the vic
presidents of the Connecticut River Val
| ley Agricultural association.
M. e. Warrington OF Northfield, a for
mer resident of West Randolph, has beer
granted an increase of pension.
Fred Hatch<has moved from the tene
ment over the Dyer livery stable to tn,
Rising house on Weston street.
]. A. Smith is manufacturing baskets
and bottoming chairs in rooms rented o
!. D. Williams on Weston street.
| Next Sunday is to be visitors Sunday
at the Christian Sunday school, anC
| friends are invited to visit the school ant
| inspect it's work.
At the annual meeting of the Mount
Zion Commandery last week, E. o. Hib.
bard was elected eminent commander, anc
A. H. Bell junior warden.
I Mrand Mrs. M. C. Metcalf of Washington
and Fred Flint and wife OF Williamstown
were the guests of Rev. W. N. Roberts
the latter part of last week.
The receipts at the postofice during the
last quarter amounted 10 81, 220 56, show
ing an increase OF 1852 over the receipts
for the corresponding quarter last year.
Miss Elsie Powers returned Monday to
the Emerson College OF Oratory in Boston
leaving her family comfortably domiciled
with one OF their neighbors, Mrs. Treat.
1t is told Of Jay Gould that when be
commenced his career, he had nothing to
spare except his nails and hair; but had
he been a youth OF the present day, be
would certainly have had a wealth OF the
latter.
Last Thursday, Misses Clara Dubois and
M. Lucina Saxton took their departure
for Mount Holyoke college, and Misses
Eunice Denison and Carrie Tewksbury
went back to Smith, after the holiday va
cation.
Prof. Markham, the campaign singer
and Miss Cotton, the whistler, took the
train here Friday for Brattleboro, being
Obliged to cancel their engagements in
this vicinity on account OF a severe cold
contracted by Miss Cotton. whose
"whistle" obstinately refused to operate.
The TewksLury store building has been
purchased OF the assignee during the past
week by Anna M. Tewksbury and Abbie
ID. Tewksbury for the sum OF IS, 900. Our
people will be glad to learn that this not
able business landmark is not to pass out
OF the hands of the family in whose Dos
session 1t has been for so many years.
The Randolph Savings BANK, at the be-
ginning of '95.is able to make very credi.
table showing. The assets amount to
1921, 01626. OF which $l70,S9 20 are loans,
rs 4SO bank stock, 5000 real estate, and
ZIG, 745O6 cash on hand. The sum of
$4,119.64 has been paid on the interest ac-
count, and 2,369.41 bias been carried to
the surplus reserve.
Albert Bruce, now located in Rockwell,
Iowa, appreciates the mission of coun-
try paper, and in renewing his spbscrip-
tion to the HERALD writes as follows; III
was born in East Randolph slxty-one
years ago. There are still few left IN
town that were there forty years ago, and
occasionally read an item in reference to
some of them that interests me.''
Last Sunday was known in church cal
endars as the Epiphany, a festival OBJ
served on January 9th, or twelve days after
christmas, to commemorate the visit Of
the wise men from the East TO
Bethlehem, or the manifestation of
Christ to the Gentiles. Next Sunday is
known as the First Sunday after Epiphany
and the season continues until February
Srd, or the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany.
Wednesday noon, the 10th inst, in St.
James church, Woodstock, Wilt place
the marriage OF Mr.. Frederick Allen Will
Mrs. Jay Read Pember, who were former
ly residents Of Randolph. The groom is
one OF the young business men OF Wood
stock, and the bride is very beautiful
and cultured young lady. They will con-
tinue to reside in Woodstock, Mr.. Wilson
having purchased an interest in the mer.
camille business OF the late Frank Billings.
The lower part of the Cushman block is
being repaired and rearranged to furnish
q furnish a suitable office for Drs. A q
Bailey and +. G. Angel, who expect t.
occupy their new quarters in about two
weeks. window has been cut through
on the north side OF the block, ana par
bltion divides the old bakery into two
quite large apartments. The front room
on the north with the smaller one back
)f it are to make comfortable. well-lipht-
ID front and back offices for the two doc.
tors.
The week Of prayer meetings will be
held in the Cong'l church on Friday and
sunday evenings. On Thursday evening,
ne cottage prayer meetings are to be at
Albert Morse's, Lewis Fish's, A. H. Bee
lies and j.. A. Fowler's; on Saturday
vening, at A, Fosters, e. N. Risino,s
Mrs. Burroughs and W.. E, Lannon's
The topic for Thursday evening is Whose
,rofitY" for Friday, "Starting right in
fouth;"l for Saturday, "Sowing Tor '95 >,
or Sunday, "Always Astounding in Ike
Work OF the Lord"
J. D. Laport of Braintree has in his
.ossession an autograph letter Of Horace
freely which 1t would puzzle Horace him
ell TO decipher. Genius is plainly to no
iscerned in the handwriting. which
cams across the sheet in haphazzard
'ay and resembles nothing more closely
nan the literary excursions OF an absent,
llnded hen. The intelligent conpositor
tho "set up" the Tribune editorials IN
ne reign of Horace Greedy, would have
cen an invaluable addition to an Egyp-