Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-05-07

or Junction Tuesday.
M. 8. Adams OF South Royalton Is Ii
town today on business.
Frank H. Tracy OF Montpelier visited q
N. @. Greene's last week.
Frank L. Parsons was In Mortified
Monday on business trip. &
Miss Mary Howard, who teaches i
Springfield, Mass, ia at home.
Harold Thompson went to Highgat
Springs Monday to remain for shor
| time.
I W.O.Dompier is In Brookfield this week
painting the steeple Of the First Cong
church.
have been in town this week, visiting q
F. A. Hobart's.
The Kings Daughters will meet witt
May 18th, at 2:30 O'Clock.
A. G.Wheeler went to Greensboro Mon
day to make arrangements for the open
ing of his cottage for the summer. Mrs
Wheeler expects to leave next Monday.
H. Porter Smith OF Boston is in towl
this week, visiting relatives and settling
up matters relative to the estate Of hi
mother, the late Mrs. Laura Salisbury
Smith. @e
E.E. Thompson OF Northfield, who is 8
railway mail clerk running from Ut. AL
bans to Troy, N. ", was in town Tuesday
on q business trip, as well as visiting
friends.
| Frank Newton and family are to move
In g few days to the Barnes place on Schoo
street, recently vacated by Fred Steele, who
hes moved into E. N. Rising's house on
| weston street.
Norman Nichols met with quite pain
fnlaccident Wednesday, having had his
thumb caught between a rail and q
wrench. He is minus the end OF the
thumb as consequence.
There will be an Old and Young Folks
ball in Dubois & Gays hall Friday even
ing, May 9Th. Music will be furnished by
Manchester's orchestra, and the order OF
dances has been arranged with special ref
erence to the taste OF the ''old folks" in
such matters.
Last Friday afternoon the second mines
OF the Bethel and local High schools, as :
sisted by few from the first mines, played
quite an interesting game OF ball until
nearly the end OF the game, when the local
nine scored large number OF runs, final
ly winning by score Of SO to IA.
E. l.. Soper was in Mortified Tuesday,
visiting. He has recently been presented
with watch charm made Of Quincy gran
tie and highly polished. This came fro n
a piece of the first granite ever quarried at
Quincy and it was laid under the rails OF
the first railroad ever built in the United
States. This makes the charm very valu-
able relic. 1t was gift from dealer in
the celebrated Quincy granite.
Miss Ethelynd Gould arrives home to.
day from a successful trip in Southern
Vermont, Massachusetts and New
Hampshire, where she has been giving re-
citals. She has received many fiattering
press notices in Massachusetts,, where she
has been for nearly three weeks, giving
entertainments nearly every evening. She
will soon begin to instruct the Royaiton
academy commencement class and has
been invited to the Walpole, N. H., COM
mencement concert to be held June 9th.
The last OF June she is engaged to attend
three days session of the Juvenile Insti-
tute Of Good Templars Of the United
States and Canada.
Commander George H. Hoyt OF us.
Grant post, q. A. r., has appointed CON-
mittees for the different villages In town
to have charge of the arrangements OF the
Memorial day exercises for the several
cemeteries and they are as follows: For
this village, Capt. ]. z. Eldredge, e. Il.
Sault and Simeon G. Webster; Randolph
Center, 8. c. Worse, D. w. Eaton, HgC.
Gilbert and Milan Hebsrd East Randolph,
James Putney, l.. L. PearsoDs and Syiues
ter Little. As before stated In these Col- |
umns, the principal exercises OF thsday
will be held at the Center this year. Line
Will be formed at II O'Clock and march to
the cemetery and decorate the graves and
conduct memorial service in accordance |
with the rituals OF the G. A. r. and its or.
CARNATIONS. Dinner will be served by the |
citizens to the visitors. At 2 o'clock the |
literary and musical exercises will take
place with an address by ex- Gov. e. J.
Ormsbee OF Brandon. The bands at East |
and the Center will consolidate |
and furnish music for the occasion. De.
tails will decorate the graves in the sever
al cemeteries In this town and Braintree. |
The committees from Col.J.B.Mead camp,
Sons OF Veterans, will be appointed at the |
next meeting Sat urday evening, to assist |
In the observance OF the day. S,.r,s
"Mount Royal" the hill just back OF |
: Mari. CASTLE" was purchased by Colonel |
Chandler last summer, and this season
'eams and workmen are making a road
ID to be really a continuation Of Maple |
street, but will be shut of frLm the ublic |
highway by gate. Within the colonel's
grounds, she road will cross. first narrow
'avine over which bridge is to be thrown,
Ind then crossing the face OF the hill will
inter the woods, coming out again by the
Orphans Home, )" the camping place OF
Messrs. Fred Huntington and Laroy
Mann. After passing this cottage 1t again
'nters the woods and forming loop
comes back on the first track. The ascent
will be SO gradual that the climber will
hardly know that "the road winds uphill
IL the way" After the road is completed,
lead timber and rubbish will BIZ removed
rom the hill, and the grounds and woods
made to present neat and attractive APP
1t Is not the colonel's intention
O convert mount Royal" into a public
ark but rather to make 1t delightful
edition to the grounds OF his summer
esidence. The village people, however,
will be at liberty to follow its winding
aths and call upon their visiting friends
o admire the beauties of Randolph from
0 advantageous a point.
Prof. N. j. Whitehili, Hon. VIM. H. Du-
lois, John F. Mead,J. w. Fargo and John
J. Goodrich, who were elected board of
lbrary trustees at the last town meeting,
net Saturday afternoon to organize and
0 discuss matters pertaining to the open
ng OF the Free Public Library. The or.
anization was effected by choosing Prof.
Vhitehill president; John F. Mead, vice
resident, and Hon. VIM. II. Du Bots treas N