Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-12-17

Chas. Thurslon has moved to Exeter, N
H., where he will work in a shoe shop.
E. G. Rogers has been spending severa
days in his former home at Middle5ury.
Two new cases of dipht IBERIA have beer
report in the family OF Charles M.Davls
There are unclaimed letters in this offici
for Mr.. A. AGinsky and Mr.. T.. w. Allen
Mrs. Nj. Chadwick of West Hartford i:
visiting her daughter, Mrs. X. 3. Adams
Earl Rice, who is at work in the shot
shop at Windsor, is at home for vaca
ton.
Mrs. Henry Rice and daughter, Mis-!
Ada, spent ii day last week in South Roy
alton.
p. Albany and family, who have beer
living in The Fassett block, have moved tt
Boston.
Winn Savage recently spent few days
10 Barnard hunting with his uncle, II. A
Putnam.
Levi Hazen OF Hartford was in town
Friday and Saturday surveying for W. NJ
Kendall.
Arthur NJ. Vaughan, a member OF the
wv. NJ .glee club Of Burlington, called on
friends in town Saturday.
J Q. Adams and Mrs. Adams OF Barnard
were at their sons, X. S. Adams, Thurs
day ana Friday of last week.
Mrs Mastick of Burlington and a nurse
from the same city are at DR.. Clough's at
tending Mrs. Clough, daughter OF Mrs
Mastick, who is quite i'll.
Misses Annie and Nellie Harry are
spending their vacation at their home In
Westfofd, Miss Alice Alvord at North.
ampton and Miss Pratt in Pomtret.
The Bethel Dramatic club played al
Rochester last Monday evening to a good
house. F. +. Wyman Of Randolph took
the part that was played by DR.. l.. w
Clough in Bethel.
Cashier +. A. Davis ard l.. S. Heath at.
tended the meeting OF the Mobiles OF the
Mystic Shrine at White River Junction
last Friday evening. AT the annual meet.
ing Mr.. Davis was elected treasurer.
Leon Clough, the infant son OF DIR. l.. w
Clough, died of diphtheria last Friday af-
ternoon. He was bright, winsome boy
and DR.. aud Mrs. Clough bave the sympa-
thy OF the entire community in their be-
reavement.
an agent OF the General Electric cum
pany was i'm town last week looking over
the proposed new installation OF the Beth.
Ell Electric Light and Power company near
Blue Hills, from which 1t is expected to
furnish Bethel, Randolph and Royalton
with lights.
The concert by the L. V. NJ. Glee, Banjo
and Mandolin club afforded fine treat
to music lovers last Friday evening.
There we're twenty artists in the com
bined clubs aud every piece received an
encore except one, after which the audi
ence exhibited little mercy.
Thirty or forty from mere went to Barre
Monday to attend the sparring match in
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testants. A large crowd gathered at the
opera house to attend the match but was
met at the door by policeman who told
them that Mayor Gordon bad put his foot
on the match.
The high school teachers OF Windsor
county will meet at the High school room
at White River junction Saturday, Jan
8, for the purpose OF organizing a county
teachers club. Papers will be read by
Rev. {. II. Richardson on Geology in the
High School" and by Prof. f. p. DAWSON
on "The Teaching of Geometry" Both
these papers will be followed by discus
sion.
The Fall Mountain Paper company has,
in the past few years, been studying meth
DDS of preserving their spruce forests and
have followed plan of planting the
seeds to grow future forests. The past
season they have gathered many bushels
of the spruce cones which they will plant
the coming season on the uefoIested por-
lions OF their real estate on the upper
White river valley.
Owing to the prevalence of diphtheria
the Whitcomb High school closed last
Friday for the fail term, which was a week
earlier than the regular time. While ii
did not appear that this move was neces-
sary, the committee did not wish to take
any chance in the matter as there have
been several scattered cases since fall and
they wish. to avoid all possible chance of
further infection that could be avoided.
There was lawsuit before Justice VIM.
r. Adams at the office OF Wilson a Ar
mold in which the plaintiff was w o. Per-
kins OF Bethel and the defendant Orlando
c. Smith OF Barnard. The only conten-
ton was as to an item of interest on
debt that Smith was owing Perkins Smith
claimed that Perkins had agreed to dis.
count the interest, which Perkins denied.
verdict for the plaintiff to recover $40 so
and cost. Fred Arnold for plaintiff; J. j.
Wilson for defendant.
The members of the grand Jury at
Woodstock the present term have been
sent circular containing the prospectus
OF a book giving a true account OF ''The
Monster Crime of John p. Clifford, Me- ID. -
The circular goes on to state that Clifford
10 uemonslratOI III the college and is
now under Tail awaiting trial for one s.of
the vilest crimes in the calandar" Also
history of the "Master Thief, the benefi-
ciary of Gifford's foul crime, ETC." There
are two versions reported as to this circu-
lar-one, that it was sent out by a student
who had been refused his diploma on the
ground of not passing the requisite exam
nations and another that it was sent out
to influence the jury in the trial OF Clifford.
Leland ID. Horton died at Northampton,
Mass, last Tuesday hit and his remains
VIII be brought t. Bethel where funeral
services will be held in the Congl church
after the arrival OF the mail
train Thursday afternoon Mr.. Horton
was about seventy five years of age and
left two sons, Frank and William, and a
wife, Adeline Weston, daughter OF Daniel
Weston. For the past two years Mr.. Hor-
toms mental condition has been unbaI-
anced, necessitating his confinement at
Northampton. About fifty years ago Mr.,
Horton occupied the farm on Royalton
Hill now occupied by George Ira Wheat,
and later lived in Bethel in the house nov
owned bv Albert Stearns and in COMPANY
with X. 5. James, his brother in law, car
ried on a woodworking business, first in
the present Weston shop and later in the
old factory south of it.
The old lady was right when she said
that the child might die il they waited for
the doctor. She saved the little ones life
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