Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-04-23

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Jerry O'Connen has gone TO Boston TO
seek employment
Mrs. Rufus ANGEL Is confined to the
house BY an attack Of the mnmps-
Miss Helen Toner OF Minneapolis Is the
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. W. g. LAmson.
Mrs. d. 7. Dyer has gone to Worcester,
Mass-. to take care of her sister during the
Iatter's illness.
Mrs- Charles Mann OF Clzremons, n. H.,
came last night to visit her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. j. A. Fowler
Miss Abbie PhiIbrick arrived q few days
since from Dorchester, Mass. where she
had been staying with her sister, Mrs.
Walsh.
Mrs.. e. T. Lille went Monday 10 Leha-
non, n. a.. and returned the following
day accompanied by her daughter Mrs j.
8. Presley.
Mrs. w. Fl. Morris, who had been spend
ing a couple OF weeks with her SON. B. +.
Sargent, left Tuesday for her home In
Mortified.
w. "A. Mcintosh Is helping the Abbott
mill force for few days on q particular
piece OF work. having obtained leave o!
absence from the mill in Lebanon.
Miss Ruth Crane. who now makes her
home In Mortified with Miss Alice shell
don. assist ing the Latter in her millinery
store, Is visitor at Mr.. William Bass.
The village street commissioner is ont
with the road machine and force OF men,
putting the highways within the corpora
ton limits in good shape for the summer
travel
Up to yesterday noon, Misses Eva Bates
and Mabel Preston. TWO of the eight
youn9 ladies who have been selling tickets
for the library lecture Friday night, re-
ported go 5 as the result Of their sales
Fern Rebekah Lodge. No. 81, requests
all its members 10 meet In the !. U. o. r.
hall Sunday. Al riI 18Th, al 30 O'Clock in
the afternoon, preparatory 10 attending
the anniversary exercises in the Christian
church at 2:3o p. N.
Some ambitious mortsls have already
begun 10 make their gardens, sewing peas
and lettuce in the fond delUsion that the
fruit OF their toll VIII bear close resen-
blance to the beautiful pictures that dec
crate the packages of seeds
Miss Blanche Sparhawk. who has been
studying vocal music in Boston through
the winter, intends 10 reach home about
the first OF next month, but previous 10
her coming she viii sing al musical 10
be given by her instructor.
The household goods OF Mrs. II. Fl.
Harper were sold at auction in the Square,
Monday forenoon. Mrs. Harper, who is
day to Portland, Me-, 10 live with her
daughter, Mrs. Allen ShedIey-
The clothing store OF VIM. III. Kenney.
in the Morton block. which has been
closed since Tuesday morning, was opened
again to-day by Mr.. J. 3. Eldredge, who
has purchased Mr.. Kenney's entire stock
OF goods and proposes TO sell the same
without reserve for the next 90 days.
The mumps seem to find easy victims
among the editorial brethren az Randolph.
The first victim was Publisher L. P. Thayer,
who succumbed to their sllurements lie
spider slipping down a tosd's throat.
and now Editor johnson Of the HERALD
gets il in the neck. 50 to speak.-North-
field Ners.
The annual Buffalo bug hunt has COM
menced rather early this season and prom.
ises to make the summer nncommonly
lively for anxious hOuseEeepers- Mrs. j.
w. Gabrielle, In the course OF careful
search, happened upon a collection OF 81
under one OF her carpets the other day.
and it seems TO be the general opinion that
eternal vigilance viii be absolutely neces-
sary through the long campaign. ge
The following letter was received from
DIR. /. II. Coe OF New Bedford .--sRev. q.
w. Morrow. Dear Sir. | listened to your
lecture, "Life Sketches delivered in the
Bonny street church November 18th. Al
low me to congratulate you on having pro-
duced a lecture combining SO many 81 the
qualities which make popular lecture for
all classes and all ages, instructing with
out tedio1sness, amusing without yuIgsri-
ty. In word, il is just such lecture A.
will pay the listener, old or young"
Ii is encouraging to note that during
the quarter ending March 3ist there was
the largest sale OF postage stamps and
other forms OF postage in the history OF
the United States postal service The
number Of stamps, envelopes and postal
cards was 1,lG2, 1e5, 965, and the value Txs
81 or, 613. These figures are regarded at
the postoffice department as an encoursg-
ing indication OF reyiying business sctiy
ity. The experience Of many years has
shown that the sales OF postage rise and
fa.l with the state Of trade. The issues Of
postal paper increase In prosperous years
much more rapidly than the increase In
population.
The Fairbanks Mitchell company pre-
sented THE Westernern to an apprecistire
audience, il not TO a crowded house, Mon
day night. The hall was about two-thirds
full, and at IS cents seat, 1t il not sur
missed that the bands share OF the pro-
ceeds will render the members OF that or
ganization independently wealthy. 1.-THE
Westerner" Is d bright little comedy, de-
iightfuIly amusing and founded on fresh,
original plot. II was played by this COM
pany Ia manner far superior TO anything
in the acting line that country people
often have a chance to see. Aside from
the fact that 1t was band benefit, and as
such was entitled to generous patronage,
the entertainment, on account OF its own
merits, should have attracted a sizea BILE
audience.
DR.. v. G. Goodrich received hasty sum-
mons to Brookfeld, Friday morning, to
dress the wound OF Leon Batchelder. who
works for II. Gaylord, and had attempted
the previous night 10 commit suicide by
cutting his throat. He was found Friday
morning lying on the floor wrapped in a
blanket, and with cash In his throat that
1t required six stitches 10 draw together.
He did not succeed in seyering the jugu-
lar vein and the dead faint, into which he
seems to have mediately fallen, pre-
vented his bleeding to death. The would
be suicide maintains profound reticence
with regard TO the reason OF his seeking
self-destrnction. AS he is young, only
70 years Of age, and unmarried, he Is held
by some embittered individuals a. entirely
unable to bring forward any justifiable
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