Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-04-23
South Royalton Notes.
NJ. ]. SARGENT. Local Editor.

town last Wednesday.
MrFrank Bixby and wife have returne,
from visit in Chelsea.
Mrs. Edward Foster returned from Ex
ster, N. d., last Saturday.
Mrs. Jane Morse is convalescent and i
able to ride to the village.
Mrs. w. H. Martin 10 slowly improvin,
in health and is able, to ride out.
Cadet Leon Skinner OF the Norwich
university is at home this week.
S. NJ. Pike has moved into his recently
purchased residence on Windsor street.
The little daughter Of Mrs. Smith Is sici
and under the PHYSICIANS care.
Mrs. French OF Barre is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. VIM. Gallup,of this village.
Mrs. Cornelia Carter Page and son o.
Bethel visited at s. G. Drew's last week.
Cbas. o. Blessington and Will Reynolds
were at home from Quechee the first OF the
week.
Mrs. Garlic Smith of Tunbridge is as
sisting Mrs. Harry Whippie tor few
weeks.
Don Cowdery OF Saratoga, N. ", is here
on business and to visit friends for few
weeks.
Mrs. R. w. Blake was more comfortable
last week than she mas been for several
weeks.
George Leonard and wife OF st. Adams
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Henry MhiIcomb
this week.
Miss May Turner of Bethel is to assist
Miss Flora Shaw In the miliiner's store
this season.
Mrs. Will Bingham and child OF Lowell,
Mass, are visiting her parents, Mr.. ana
Mrs. d. Day.
Regular meeting OF Orville Bixby post
ana Relief corps will be held next Saiur-
Gay evening.
Mr.. Geo. w. Nye went to Canaan, Nh. !,
last week to LOOK after situation for nlm-
self ana wife this summer.a
Mr.. John F. Shepard, who was reported
seriously i'll last week, is not any better
and suffers a great deal OF pain most OF the
time.
Mr.. Hemenway, who has been spending
the fall and winter at Harry Wnipoie's,
has returned TO his home In New haven,
Conn.
Miss Alma Foster was taken quite seri
ously i'll last week with neuralgia OF the
stomach and is not yet able to be around
the house.
Mr.. George F.Mann OF Worcester, Mass !,
agent for the Masonic Protection associa
ton, was in town last Tuesday, securing
membership.
The item in the locals OF last week tell
ing OF the birth Of child to MIR. and Mrs.
James Riddall was not founded on tact,
altho' reported automatically.
The town Republican caucus, to elect
delegates to represent the town in the
state convention to be held at Montpelier
Wednesday, April %, and the state dele
gates -at.large to the national convention
at St. Louis June 16, is called for next SAT-
urday at 4 p. m.
The remains of Miss Lizzie Smith OF No.
Tunbridge arrived here last Thursday from
Boston, where she died in hospital at the
age OF "a years OF paralysis, resulting from
dipbtheria. Miss Smith was the daugh-
ter OF Mrs. Huldah Root Smith OF North
Tunbridge, W no is daughter Of Mr. .Steph-
en- Root, deceased, who was resident OF
this town for many years.
Mrs. Laura Benson Shuttleworth, who
was well known back in the thirties as the
daughter OF Lyman Benson, who Is SO
years OF age and resident OF this town,
visited at Elisha Osgood's recently and
while there Mrs. Osgood remarked that
should like to get REGARDED, as they were
quite badly tangled and broken up BY
handling. Mrs. Shuttleworth asked to
see them. After examining them she
said that IL she had the old spinning
wheel she could spin them as they were.
Mrs. Osgood told her that she had an old
spinning wheel in running order and
thereupon brought 1t out, and Mrs. Shut
tleworth at once went to work with the
activity OF an 18-year-old fifty years ago,
and soon had them spun into yarn suit
able for knitting.
Mrs. Ada Stoughton Willard, superin-
tendent OF the training school for male
nurses of Bellevue hospital, New York,
graduated class with public examination
last week Wednesday. Previous to her
appointment as superintendent, she had
been nurse in the hospital for several
years and had become so efficient and de- |
veloped so much skill and knowledge In
the care of patients that she was assigned
the position she now occupies. she mas
graduated large class from the schooi
during the past two years and was highly
complmented by the trustees OF the col
lege. The school is one of the largest IN |
New York and was founded by Mr.. D. NJ:
Mills. Mrs. Willard is the daughter OF
VIM. Stoughton, who for many years has
been aresident OF this place until the death
OF his wife few years ago, since which
time he has resided with his children.
The funeral OF Mr.. Charles Slack, whose
death last week was caused by an acci.
dent, was attended by large number OF
friends and acquaintance and members
Of Rising Sun lodge last Wednesday, who
were present to pay last tribute OF re-
spect to one whose life, but three days pc,
fore, was in the pride OF manhood ana iuii
iruition OF happiness and enjoyment, ana
to sympathize with the Dereaved and grief
stricken wife and daughter. Rev. ?. a.
Parker officiated, assisted by Rev. d. M.
Goddard. Mr.. Slack had lived in town,
near the South village, since CHILDHOOD
until two years ago, when he bougnt
residence in this village, where ne mao
since resided. He was born in Norwlcn,
Sept. l6, 1851, where his father, Mr.. Jonn
A. Slack, then lived, and at his death was
A years and months old. In 1870 ne mar
ried Miss Imogene Burnham, very estl-
mable lady residing with her sister, Mrs.
W. E. Parsons, in this village (her par
ents were not living), who survives nlm'
BY their union they had one child "a dangn.
ter, Mrs. Neff, who has been with them most
Of the time. Mr.Sack was a member OF tne
Masonic fraternity and OF the Universallst
society. He was buried in the cemetery
near this village. The floral tributes 9.
the funeral were beautiful and conslsteo
OF wreath from Mr.. and MIS-. W; d;
Smith; cross from Mr.. and Mrs. freu