Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-04-30

Great sale of cloaks, suits and skirts q
E. A. Thomas May Attn and 9Th.
BIcYoLEs.- Spaulding, Stearns, Ram
bler, Union, Fowler, Crawford, Th6mai
Relay, Eclipse, Pierce, Elm0fe, New Mi
Barnes, Envoy and Tsmplar. Call or SEM
for catalogues. M. ]. SARGENT q Son
Services are to be held at the Universe
list hall next Sunday at $3.50 p. m.
Perley Belknap has been sick and unde
.he physicians care the past week.
Henry Prindle has some peas, plante,
this spring, that are already above ground
Mr.. Frank Bixby has rented the Henri
Doubleday house, W here he will move soon
DR.. ABB. Bisbee OF Montpelier was in TIL
village last Thursday calling upon friends
George Dewey has contracts for masol
work at White River junction and Bethel
Regular meeting OF Camp "a, Sons O
Veterans, will be held Saturday evening
Mrs. A. P. Skinner goes to the Massa
chusetts General hospital in Boston fol
treatment this week.
Lucian Parkhurst arrived at an age las
Saturday where he can lay claim to tn,
righ OF way with his father.
S6VtIdl IuSlIUCIo VI 1CulDlc lOuk6, r. O
A. M, attended meeting of Rising Sur
lodge last Wednesday evening.
Mr.. John Woodward has invented ma
chine to hold window blinds in conven.
lent position while painting them.
Mrs. George Spaulding received tele
phone message that her brothers. wife
AIRS. Charles Brewster, died at Braintree
last Saturday, after short sickness.
enway, wi no spent the fall and winter here,
returning to his home in New Haven,
Conn.,, last week, will be sorry to learn
that he has not been SO we'll since leaving
here.
The monthly meeting OF White River
grange will be held in Grange hall, Roy :
alton, Saturday, May I'd. All members
are expected to be present as there ia a
class OF five to initiate, after which will be
served the harvest supper.
Mr.. James Reynolds, respected citizen
OF Royalton, died at his home near the
South village last Sunday, after several
years of sickness OF heart disease and
rheumatism, at the age of Is years. His
funeral was attended last Tuesday, Rev. r..
W. Sharpe officiating.
Gov. Woodbury. reminds the people of
Vermont by proclamation that IT should
be the duty OF citizens to set out shade
trees and has set apart Friday, May 1st, as
Arbor day, and has recommended that the
schools have half holiday to beaulify the
school grounds by setting shade trees.
Howard Carpenter Is to have charge of
the work team for working the highways
that was owned by the late Chas. Sleek,
who had fitted up for this purpose one OF
the best teams III The county anu Lad COM
menced to work the highways when he
received the injury which caused his death
Mr.. Abbott, liveryman at Hartford, let
team last Monday to 60 to Bethel and
return the same day. The team failed to
return and inquiry was made by telephone
at different points and it vas learned that
it had been left at the South Roya1toD
House stable. The driver had rot been
seen since leaving the team and no one
knew who he was.
The body OF Mr.. Lewis D. Talbert, who
was resident OF this village but who died
at the home OF his parents In Woodstock,
where his body was placed In the tomb at
the time OF his death, March IS, is to be
buried there today Thursday. with Ma
sonic honors by members Of Rising Sun
and Woodstock lodges.
Henry Dyke met with an accident last
Friday that did considerable damage to a
new carriage and he came near losing a
horse by drowning. He was turning his
team around in front OF his house near the
river, when the horse began to back and
went over an embankment into the river.
The horse worked itself near the shore and
was taken out.
The Boston daily papers OF last Saturday
gave an account OF an assault made upon
Arthur Faneuf and George Spaulding at
Lynn, Mass, by some Union laDorers em-
ployed in shoe factory. They were not
seriously injured, however. Mr.. Spauld
ing had recently gone to Lynn and Mr..
Faneuf left here year ago, and both were
employed in a non. union shoe factory
there, which was claimed as the cause OF
the assault.
and at her advanced age the prospect OF
her recovery is not very encouraging. Mrs.
Woodland has been in declining health Tor
the past few years, but not willing to lay
aside the duties of landlady at the South
Royalton House, where she has presided
over 40 years with only three or four years
intermission. She has taxed her strength
and health at times beyond endurance.
AT the caucus held at Royalton last Sat-
urday, to elect delegates to the state Re
publican convention and also to the I'd
Congressional District Republican con-
vention, both to be held at Montpelier the
10Th, Mr.. E. Winslow, VIM. Skinner and
NJ j. Sargent were elected to represent the
town in the state convention and Dr. Bur-
nett Norman Sewall, Geo. A. Laird and
Geo. Taggart to the district convention.
The Windsor Commandery Of Knights
Templars, military organization OF the
Masonic order, has kindly accepted an in
vitation from the Memorial day commit
tee to join the G. A. r. post and kindred
organizations in the exercises OF Memorial
day, which will be an interesting feature
OF this occasion and a favor which Will DC
appreciated by the veterans and citizens,
and an honored tribute to the honored
dead, whose deeds OF valor they will COM
memorate.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. v. Whipple were called
to West Fairlee last week to attend the ~
neral OF Mrs. Whipple's aunt, Mrs. Hattie
FarDham Comstock, wife OF Mr. George
Comstock Of Lynn, Mass. Mrs. Comstock
was the daughter OF Mr. Mason Farnham
and sister OF Mrs. Henry Hayward ana
Carlos Farnhan1 81 Tnnbridge and Mr:
Fred Farnham Of Copperheld. They had
been residents OF West Fairlee for several
years previous to going to Lynn two years
ago. Mr.. Comstock was proprietor OF tne
Wilson House in Bethel in 1873 and was
well known in adjoining towns.
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