Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-02-27
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Miss Florence Soper is quite sick with
the mumps.
Mrs. 8. M. Flint is suffering from an at.
tack of the grip.
Leland Rising has returned to his work
in Providence, r. l.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Fits were down
from Roxbury, Tuesday.
Twenty five OF the young people take a
ride to Snowsville tonight.
Miss Cora Scott is back from sojourn
OF several weeks in Boston.
G. r. Dirty and family have vacated the
Tatro house on Maple street.
George Sparhawk of Boston has been in
Randolph recently on visit.
Miss Bertha Whitaker of Chester has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Pearl Bean.
Fifty-fiye attended the juvenile dancing
school in the Williams hall Tuesday night.
c. G. Dubois, cashier OF the Randolph
National bank, is in New York on BUSH
ness.
Herbert Hubbard has found employ
| ment in Bennington and will move there
| very soon.
The members Of the Rebekah lodge now
have very fine outfit OF regalia and para
phernalia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Gould OF Gaysvile
have been guests at Mr.. J. Moses within
few days.
| Mrs. l. ID. Williams attended the Good
Templars' Union in Sharon, Tuesday and
Wednesday.
The birthday party at the Cong'l vestries
| Friday evening proved to be a financial
and social success.
John Abbott, who has opened law of
flee in Boston, has been visiting friends
in Randolph lately.
| Abial Rising has returned from Law
renee, Mass, where he has been spending
the past four months with his daughter.
Mrs. A. F. Grover
U. $. Grant Post, g. A. R., has been so
| fortunate as to secure the services OF ex-
Governor Z. j. Ormsbee of Brandon for
Memorial day orator.
! The illustrated lecture, advertised to be
given in the Grange all Saturday even
ing by w. H. Tippet is, has been post
ponea until little later.
Frank Wood has moved his family to
the upper part Of Augustus Kings house
on South Pleasant street. Mr.. Wood has
rentedthis farm to Bethel party and him.
self goes on the road as a commercial trav-
| eler.
| Misses Eta and Nellie Harwood enter
tanned about twenty invited guests at
their home on Weston street Tuesday
evening. Games formed the principal d.
version, and elegant refreshments were
served.
| Miss Elsie Powers came Monday from
| the Emerson College of Oratory, where
\ she is taking the postgradua urse and
| at the same time acting as substitute
teacher and instructing private pupils in
elocution. Miss Powers is home on two
weeks vacation.
| Mrs. Hannah Smith, widow OF the late
| Chester Smith and daughter OF Jacob Day.
is, formerly Of North Randolph, is report
ed to be critically sick at her home IN
Hyde Park, Mass Her mind wanders,
and her friends fear that she will not re.
| cover. Her age is eighty-six years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Washburn start
Tomorrow on their long journey to Ko.
diak, Alaska, and will travel, by way OF
Albany to San Francisco, from which
port the steamer leaves for those northern
regions. The newly-elected Episcopal
bishop OF Alaska goes to his diocese at
this same time.
Mrs. Laura Salisbury Smith, who is
thought to be gradually falling, has been
moved from her old home on Park street
to G. j. Princes, where she will receive
proper care and attention, and be made
much more comfortable. Her son. Fl.
Porter Smith OF Boston, was here few
days ago to see her.
At the March meeting of the Wolr an's
club in st. Johnsbury, a report on the re-
suits OF kindergarten work in the public
unt.x .1la a,,l
such work into the st. Jonnsbury schools,
will be presented by Mrs. A. L. Hardy.
who has given considerable time and
thought to the preparation of the report.
The regular meeting OF the Kings
Daughters will be held with Mrs. e. o. |
Blanchard at 2:30 O'Clock Wednesday az,
ternoon, March 4th. Rev. V. M. Hardy
VIII address the ladies, who are expected
to be present in goodly numbers. A spe-
cial meeting Of the order il called for 80
O'Clock Friday afternoon OF this week, at
Mrs. Harriet McBride's.
Mrs. Harriet Forbush Randall, widow
OF the late J. j. R. Randall, an architect in |
Rutland, died last week at Washington.
ID. @ Of a generous affection. She was |
daughter of DIR. o. P. Forbush of Mont |
pelier and had spent the greater part Of |
her life in that city. She passed some
year OF her childhood with Mrs. Lavina |
Moulton, in the Moulton neighborhood. |
and was generally known in Randolph.
The body was taken to Rutland for burial. |
The screen mill will commence work
Monday with twenty hands. il the wa |
ter pipes had not been frozen SO that no I
water could be obtained for the boiler, the
sound OF the screen mill whistle would |
have gladdened our ears ere this. FL A. |
Wey OF Burlington, the salesman of the |
Porter screen company, stopped here I
Monday, on his way to Boston, New York |
and Philadelphia, to observe the progress
of events.
A. g. Burt, of the firm OF Burt Brothers,
manufacturers OF high grade furniture In 1
Philadelphia, was summoned home Sum
day night by the sudden death OF his
mother. The four brothers who compose
this firm, are natives OF Randolph, and
this one came on to inspect the screen mill l
with view to starting branch factory
IN This place. He was thinking OF utiliz-
ing the Abbott mill for the purpose, but
was compelled to leave the matUer unset
lied for the present IF IA undarctood Lo,, |