Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-09-10


Mrs. j. v. Newton IL In Littleton, N
H., with Mr.. and Mrs. Cortez Nutting.
The w. @. T. U. will meet with Mr.. Irs
Williams at O'Clock Friday afternoon
Mrs. A. D. Berry Of Salem, Mass, hal
been staying lately with Mr.. and Mrs. N
G. McGregor. l-
George Miles Of Hyde Park, Mass, wsl
entertained the first Of the week at Mr.
l.. p. Thayer's.
A. d. Davenport OF Mendon, Mass
shipped 4 car load Of fine cattle from THU
Mrs. Bancroft OF Brooklyn and Mrs
Ricard and daughter OF New York are the
guests Of Mr.. Will Holmes at Bellview
Cottage.
Miss Hazel Fairbanks, very success.
ful cultivator Of roses, has coaxed
forth blossom measuring ten inches III
circumference.
Hon. Crosby Miller, who has been SC
very sick at DR.. McIntyre's, was able
yesterday to leave his room for the first
time since his illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Smith are making
preparations to pass the winter in Palat :
ka, Fla, with their son, Parker Smith.
They do not, however, intend to leave an
til after Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse C. Wheatley OF East
Brookfield have issued invitations to the
marriage OF their daughter, Anna Har-
riet, to MI. Frank K. Allen OF this village,
at O'Clock Tuesday evening, September
22nd.
Miss Ada Burroughs, who spra.ned her
ankle so severely at South Royalton, has
recovered from the accident sufficiently
to return to Randolph and reopen her
dressmaking rooms in the Dubois & Gay
block.
Captain Henry Wires OF this place has
been passing the summer with his daugh-
ter In Swampscott: Mass, making short
visits to Palmer, Springfield, Milford,
Boston and Hyde PARK. The captain,
who is good story teller, has added
number OF new tales to his stock that no
doubt will entertain his friends here when
he returns about November next.
The twenty Fourth annual fair Of the
Dog River Valley association will be held
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday OF
next week AZ Northfield. The races will
be open to the world, and $3.50 will be Of
fered in purses. A first class band has
been engaged to furnish music. The Cen
trail Vermont will sell round-trip tickets
to the fair grounds those thee days from
Randolph for ninety cents, and trains,
Nos. IS and So, will stop there. The rates
from East Granville will be SO cents, and
from Braintree s. cents.
The move made in Monday evenings
village meeting to have the expense OF the
changes in the water system borne by the
grand list, and which was ruled out OF or
der as stated elsewhere, was not, it seems,
finally knocked out. A petition has been
circulated and sufficient signatures se-
cured to call special meeting, the warm
ing for which appears in another column.
A good deal OF interest has been aroused
and this meeting promises to be even
more exciting than the last one. II will
be held week from Monday evening.
Over a hundred people from Randolph
have already been down to the state fair,
" hich opened in White River Junction,
Tuesday. with good attendance anu
numerous exhibits in all departments. |
There was no trotting the tirst day except |
that Major Wonder (2:09) tried to reduce
his record, but went In 2:1a 2. There |
was collision on the track, in which "S. |
]. C.,"a trotter owned by s. j. Cray OF |
Bellows Falls, was badly injured, and e. |
J. Muller Of Keene hurt. K. A. McDuffie |
II West Everett, Mass, made the best |
lime in bicycling-a mile In 2:17.
The Chadwick Brothers have purchased |
he Prince mill property and power for
4 $50 Cf Mrs. Emily Hastings, who held
he mortgage on the same, The Chad
vicks have bought the property for their |
ron foundry business, with which the
flint cooper and wheelwright shop is to
,e connected. The purchase includes the |
ngine and boiler and all the machinery
Il the mill, except what Is particularly
designed for tub making,s so that the own
rs will be able to do some job woodwork.
- In ma Aotn la AL ttSsv
pparatus, which is now located at the
enter, building, 30x40 feet, is to be
rected and finished this fall.
Miss Julia Kidder, daughter OF the late
lev. VIM. J. Kidder, died at her home In
FORTIFIED, Monday afternoon. She had
een out OF health some years but her
ickness did not seem to be OF q serious
haracter until recently, when II termi-
ated In heart disease superinduced by
he rupture OF blood vessel on the brain.
Hiss Kidder was born In West Windsor,
august IL, 1S49, and took a partial course
a the Montpelier seminary, teaching at
EDWARDS In several OF the Vermont dis
riots, being an especially good instructor
q penmanship. Failing nealth obliged
er to give up work, and for over twenty
ears she had lived In Northield, endear-
ng herself to those about her by her
1any excellent qualities. The funeral
'as held at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Randolph claims the right to take a pc
uliar interest in the brilliant achieve
1ents OF that great politician, Mr.. Mark
lama, whose mother, Mrs. Samantha
Conversely Hanna was born in this town
nd, with her daughter, visited here some
We or six years ago. She Is still living,
ut her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Porter Con-
erse, are buried at the Center. Her grand
,ther, Colonel Israal Converse, was the
reat grandfather OF Mr.. Luke Parish,
hose mother was OF the old Converse
lmily. Truly, the chairman OF the state
epublican committee spake more wisely
han he knew when he notified Mckinley
I Vermont's surprising majority and in
,rmed the major that he really owed his
omination to the presidency to the Green
state. He surely owes it, with
ut much question, to certain Green ,
traits Of character in Mr.. Mark
lama.
The Mizpah and Golden Rule Christian .
ndeavor convention held in the Chris
an church last week was attended by .
early q hundred workers from other
)wns. The exercises were of unusual in ,
crest, and very fine address was deiiv. !
red before the convention by Rev. o. q.
argent OF Claremont, N. H. The senior 1
amer for the greatest proportionate at
'ndance at the regular meetings was Y
warded to the Stanford society, while the
lnior banner was retained by the Junior