Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-08-06

Miss May Cross came from Holy oke
Mass, last night.
Mrs. j. c. Flanders OF Knoxville, Tenn.
is with her sister, Mrs. Harris Bass.
The W. G. 4. U. will meet at 8 O'Clock
Tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. Roswell
Holbrook.
A Randolph picked nine went to Roches
ter yesterday to play q game OF ball and
were beaten by score Of IA to 4.
John Tewksbury and Mrs. g. f. Tewks
bury and daughter OF Hartford have been
at Mr.. Charles Tewksbury's this week.
j. w. Hale has been very sick lately
with kind OF low fever, being confined
to the bed much OF the time. He is now
somewhat better.
Mrs. S. Burton Adams went Saturday to
meet her husband at Brattleboro and re-
manned over Sunday there, returning
then to Randolph.
Mrs. s. N. Gould has gone to Queen City
Park and, with her husband and daugh-
ter, will stay at that camping resort until
the end Of the month
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Cole OF Boston spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. 4. j. Adams
and Monday started on carriage trip to
the White Mountains.
Mrs. George L. Spear, who has been
away for several weeks, staying with
friends in Boston and in other parts Of
Massachusetts, is at home again.
Mrs. Joel Chamberlain and her daugh-
ter have moved to this village from the
Center and are living in the upper part of
Edward Rising,s house on School street.
Mrs. Rebecca Wells and Mrs. Isaac Jones
Of Gaysville started Monday for SPRING
field, Mass, to visit the latter's daughter,
Mrs. Charles Montgomery. From Spring.
field, Mrs. Wells goes to Moores Mills, N.
Y, where she intends to stay through the
fall and winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ketchem, who
have lately moved from Albany, N. ", to
Grand View farm, better known as the
afternoon to company OF ten young la
dies from the village that included their
nieces, Misses Florence and lisa Lamson.
VIM. H. Kenney now has his steam
laundry in good running order in the
Richmond building, at the corner of Main
and Pleasant streets. An experienced
man, formerly with the steam laundry at
Troy, n. ", has charge OF the work, and
wagon runs to Bethel, Randolph Center,
Braintree, West Braintree and Ran
dolph, collecting and delivering wash
goods.
The great Circuit races are to be held in
Barre, August 1Sth-21st, in conjunction
with the first annual Washington and Or
ange counties fair. The races will be at
the Granite City trotting park, and 5000
are offered in stakes. There will also be,
in connection with this fair, Horticul-
tural Hall and Ladies' Bazaar, for which
every one is invited to prepare exhibits,
on inn for IN ha Ero, its. f'ftx.
Trotting Park club at Barre.
The books for the new town library
have been received, and the room over DR..
R. g. Morton's drug store, in the Dubois
& Gay block, where the library is to be
located, is being nicely fitted up. A hard
wood floor has been laid and cases for the
books are to be provided. The library
will be open to the public as soon as the
volumes are catalogued and put In place,
which, however, will require some little
time. The selection OF books made by the
state commissioners is said to be very
fine one.
The members OF the old Iron Hall that
joined the New Order OF Iron Hall OF Bal
timore City, have received their first In
stallment on the first seven years OF the
old order, which the new order, at the
time OF ita organization, took up and
agreed to carry on; The other install.
ments are to be paid once In SO often UNI
til the claims OF these men have all been
liquidated and the time required to do this
will be discounted on the years named In
the new policies. The new order seems to
be gaining rapidly in membership and in
the confidence Of the people.
The infant daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest q. Burridge OF Somerville, Mass,
died Saturday night at Mr.. G. w. Hay
wards. The baby was taken sick in the
city and was brought here last Thursday
in the hope that the country air might
prove beneficial, but after appearing to
gain little, the child was taken sudden.
ly worse and failed rapidly. The baby
girl had nearly completed her first year,
and her nereaved parents have the SYM
patty OF every one in their affection.
The funeral was held at 2 O'Clock Monday
afternoon, Rev. Seward Robson ofiiciat-
ing.
Rev. William j. Kidder, the veteran
clergyman of the Vermont Methodist con-
ference, died at his home In Mortified,
Saturday night. He was born in Wealth
ersfield in 1910, and after receiving COM
mon school education, he fitted himself
for the ministry and entered upon his
chosen work at the age Of q years. In
1874, he entered the Vermont conference
and remained in active service 50 years,
being obliged to retire then on account OF
falling health. In 1855, he had the honor
Of being the first Methodist minister to
command salary as high as $500, which
none OF his brother clergymen gained for
several years afterwards. Mr.. Kidder was
one Of the first Methodist ministers sent
to Northfeld, and it was during his pas
torate that the church there was built.
One of the later acts OF his ministry was
the establishment OF Methodist church
in this village, and he labored untiringly
until the edifice was erected and the So
ciety firmly planted. He was considered
an advanced thinker even when old age in.
capacitated him somewhat, and his last ser.
mons show a marked degree OF deep
thought and sound judgment. During
The later years OF. his life, he was great
sufferer from infiammatory rheumatism
ana for some time had been seen but rare
ly outside his own dooryard. He left
wife and one daughter, Miss Julia A.
Lawn Tennis.
Through the efforts OF Charles N. Nc
Call, member OF the executive commit
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