Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-04-02

| The National rank and the postoffice Will
be closed Fast day as on other legai noil-
days.
| Misses Belle Morse, Marion Mcintyre
and Mary G. Tewksbury, John Chase, guy
hanson. Clarence Emery and Robert Nor
ton from the University OF Vermont, and
Miss Anna Nichols from Middlebury COL
lege are here for the spring vacation. Yes
terday Guy Spear, Ernest Abbott, ,Sher.
man Moulton, Walter woodward ana
| Charles Cushman arrived from Dartmouth
! college for weeks recess.
Fred Huntington has opened very fine
studio In Burlington, on the second floor
OF the block opposite the Y. M. 9. A..
building, on Church street. The rooms
are finished in hard wood and are taste
fully fitted up to meet the requirements
OF first -class studio. Mr.. Huntington
has had very good success in esta blishing
himself in Burlington and hae secured
among his first patrons the members OF
the graduating class Of the University.
Mrs. E. M. Bickford and her daughter,
Grace, have gone to Ciaremont, N. III, to
live, Mrs. Bickford having decided to
open a millinery store In that place. They
left Randolph this morning.. Mrs. Bick.
ford is a business woman OF exceptional
ability and succeeded In building up
large trade in millinery in this village be-
fore selling out some months ago. With
her experience, good taste and judgment
in millinery, she is sure to succeed In her
new field, and tho good wishes OF her for
mer patrons go with her.
Bell Brothers make a really artistic dis
play OF Easter millinery in their show
window, where profusion OF artificial
flowers, by their naturalness OF coloring,
almost delude one with the idea that snow
banks are optical decisions and stray rob-
ins no kind of curiosity. The hats and
bonnets are triumphs OF millinery skill,
having that daintiness and air OF style in
their trimming so dear to the feminine
heart. In the center OF the window Is to
be seen fine array Of gloves in soft ard
delicate shades to harmonic with the
beauty Of their surroundings.
Rev. Seward Robson purchased nice.
looking horse at the auction Saturday and
took the animal home to try. He had al
most finished hitching the horse to the
sleigh when a large pile of snow slid off
the barn roof with terrific noise, and his
new purchase Immediately developed into
very speedy animal. Mr.. Robson held
on to the reins until he encountered a
fence which he had no time to climb, and
the runaway then proceeded upstreet
alone. Arrived in the square, the horse
was soon captured, but not until it had
kicked itself free from the sleigh. Though
not blaming the horse for its fright on
this occasion, MIR. Robson decided not to
keep it as, on further driving, it proved
to be hardly steady enough for family use.
The library committee has made appli-
cation to the state board OF library COM
for the state aid OF one hum
bred dollars, and the application has been
granted, the commissioners requesting |
the local committee to forward a list OF
such books as the members would like |
to have purchased with the money. This
list will OF course be sent as soon as 1t |
Is known what books, il any, the libra
ry will have from private donations and |
other sources. The Randolph Book club
might render very substantial aid to the
by pledging its years supply Of
books to the town library after they have
made the rounds OF the club. The forty
books, all OF the latest publications, would
be gift Of some value to the library and
one which the club could make without
danger OF plunging itself into insolvency; l.
for the sum resulting from the sale OF the
volumes at auction brings each one of the
club but a few cents, when divided, and
those few cents can hardly be called clear
gain when one considers that it Is usually
the member themselves who do the bid
ding, thus paying for the books twice
over. III the officers should call meeting
Of the club for a discussion OF this matter,
il is doubtful il many dissenting members
would be found; for people generally are
much interested In establishing a credi-
table free public library.