Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-08-15

Lebanon, N. H., were recently the guests |
II the formers sister, Mrs. George Prince.
Mrs. George P. Morris and her baby
left Monday night for Randolph,
Wis.,, where the parents OF Mrs. Morris
reside.
Mr.. p. A. Smith, president OF the Put.
nam National bank, Palatka, Fla, is pass
ing few weeks with his parents, Mr.. and
and Mrs. A. A. Smith.
Miss Bertha B. Thayer, the guest Of
Mrs. Frank Griswold, was obliged to re.
turn to Hatfield, Mass, Tuesday on ac-
count Of the illness Of her aunt, Miss En-
incline Shattuck.
The Salisbury factory is closed while
the proprietors, Messrs. Herbert and Ed
gar Salisbury, with their mother, Mrs. F.
B. Salisbury, are enjoying q short vaca-
ton at Caspian lake.
D. E. Putnam reached home Saturday
from York Beach, Me and Tuesday saw
the arrival OF Mr.. and Mrs. @. C.Whitten,
who have been passing a couple OF weeks
at that pleasant resort.
Mrs. H. D. Abbott, who has been living
with her daughter In Northfield, left here
Monday for Springfield, Mass, where she
intends to spend the fall and winter with
her sister, Mrs. Jane Dutton.
Monday evening, about twenty OF the
young people were invited by Miss Min
ME Smith to her home on Summer street
to meet Misses Mamie and Susie Good
rich, daughters Of Dr.. v. Q. Goodrich.
E. A. Shattuck started Tuesday after
noon for Buffalo, N. y, expecting to be
away about two weeks. The severe sick
ness OF his sister, who lives in Buffalo,
was the reason OF his taking the jour
ney.
Mrs. Susan Robinson and her niece, Miss
Sue Sanford, have gone to Saratoga
Springs, choosing the route by way OF
Lake Champlain and Lake GEORGE. Be-
fore their return, they will also take the
trip down the Hudson to New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Cushman gave a
very pleasant progressive whist party at
their residence on School street last Thurs
day evening. The guests were twenty in
mum Der and included Mr.. and Mrs. 7. B.
8. Thayer and Gilbert Daggett OF Boston.
Saturday, there was a picnic party at
the rolling rock in Braintree, those in at
tendance being DIR. G. W. and Miss Cora
Scott, A. G. Bradish, wife and daughters,
and their friends, the Thayers, the fami-
lies OF Irving Chase and q. E. Cushman
and Misses Jennie and May Godfrey.
Mr.. James Burton Atwood, very fine
musician and organist, is to play at the
musicale given in the Congl church to.
morrow evening. Other talented artists,
both vocal and instrumental, have been
secured for this entertainment, which
gives promise OF being an enjoyable al
| fair.
| The Vermont and New Hampshire In.
| terstate fair at Billings park, White Riv-
er Junction, September 4th and 9Th, IL
likely to be well patronized ~ people
| from this way. Floral hall, which is under
the superintendency Of MIR. d. 4. Cooling
! Is to have even finer exhibits OF artistic
handiwork than last year. WI
The Burlington Free Press says that {
pair OF fine Devon oxen have been addict
to the stock on the Experiment Station
| farm, and that the splendid Jersey bull
"Earl OF Montague for which the Elk
pertinent Station Is indebted to Col Rob
ert J. Kimball of Randolph, is greatly ad.
mired by all visitors to the Experiment
farm"
| Col. Kimball and wife, Mr.. and Mrs
Obrig, VIM. Eugene Kimbali, Misses Glars
and Annie Kimball, Mr.. John Pratt, Col
| and Mrs. A. 3. Chandler, Mr.. Albert &c.
kert Chandler, G. f. Moulton, wife anC
daugh liter, the Misses Treat, Mr.. Gilman
Cbamberlin, Hon. and Mrs. VIM. H. Du'
Bots, Mrs. CT. Harris, Miss Susy Balkan
Miss Clara Dubois, Mr.. Willard Gay
and some others drove yesterday to Silvel
Lake, Barnard, and spent the day there.
Randolph is in fair way to get III
name up. Last week IT was over.run will
grasshoppers and beside that two OF the
gentler sex and OF mature years appeared
in the streets, each with cigar In bel
mouth. What's coming next, Bro. Herad
| in the way OF local attractionsf-
White River Junction Landmark. "Bro
Herad" will prnbsbly call for Jamason't
head on charger. Springfield Reporter
Nay; not the head, only the jawbone
with which to silence the Philistines
when they rise up and mock us.
The Good Templars have elected the fol.
lowing officers to serve for the next three
months: Mrs. H. NJ Miller, chief tenn
plar; Miss Ethelynd Gould, vice templar
Mrs w. w. Carpenter, secretary; G. b.
Pratt, financial secretary; Miss Lucy Rob-
inson, treasurer; Mrs. 8. N. Gould, super
| intendent OF Juvenile Templars: Mrs. Ell
len Newton, chaplain; Ira Williams, mar.
shall; Mrs. Lena Drake, guard; DR.. s. N
Gould, sentinel. DR.. Gould was also
chosen delegate to the Grand Lodge, to bt
held in Richford, October 9th and 10th
and Miss Ethelynd Gould, alternate. The
| officers will be installed at the next regu.
lar meeting OF the lodge.
Men at work at the Wood stone ledg,
report having seen lynx in that vicinity
the other day. A dog was induced to e
forward for the purpose OF scraping &C
quaintance with the stranger, but his at
tempts at familiarity received such de-
cded rebuff that he retired in much EN-
barrassment and declined to pursue tn,
intimacy any farther. The men, being Sc
unseltsh that they did not wish to de-
prive each other OF the glory and honor o.
capturing the lynx, stood around waiting
| for some one to make an aggressive move
and In the mean time the object OF theil
solicitude walked calmly away. The lynn
was about the size Of an ordinary dog anc
evidently not pleasant fellow to meet.
Rev. Seward Robson, who is passing his
vacation in Nova Scotia, finds himself sc
delightfully."- situated at Bay View, small
hamlet few miles out Of Digby, that ht
contemplates spending all OF his allotted
holiday in that place. He Is directly or
the coast OF the Bay OF Fundy, where the
tide occasionally reaches an altitude Of
seventy zone feet, and opposite the cottage
where he has rooms, the water rises to q
height OF thirty feet. the fishing, too, Ii
excellent, Mr.. Robson having captured
pollock and cod weighing twelve, sixteen
| and eighteen pounds. On one trip, Mr.
Robson and his companion, an old
! fisherman, caught seventy seven fish
weighing in the aggregate nine hundred
pounds. These figures are given with 9
chiidI;Ha So;th a ID oond donoo IN tbo ho.