Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-02-13
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George s. Flint has been granted an in,
crease OF pension.
Charles Wood OF Concord, N. H., is il
town for few days.
The Rebekah lodge will meet at 7:3
o'clock Friday evening.
Miss Winifred Richmond spent Satur
4 day and Sunday in Royalton.
George Sanborn OF Northfeld wa
among the arrivals Wednesday.
The roll call at the Christian churcf
takes place tomorrow evening.
Mrs. Hannah Long OF Pittsfeld is visit.
ing her sister, Mrs. Henry Adams.
Miss Mary Tewksbury came home yes
terday from the Burlington college.
Mrs. Iona Chase is home from STAN.
fordville, N. Y, but returns o.morrow.
Miss Mabel Tilson has finished hel
school in Plainfield and is expected home
in few days.
Mrs. Mary Drury has been quite sick
with a bronchial trouble but is at present
slowly gaining.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Williams, who
have been at the Junction some little time
are again in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Wheeler from the
Junction are spending the week with their
son, j. ID. Wheeler.
! The ladies OF the Eastern Star will hold
a sociable this evening, February 18th, at
the Masonic anterooms.
Tho Y. p. s. G. e. OF the Cong'l church
is to have a Valentine party to- morrow
evening at the home of Miss Jessie Church.
j. B. Wells and his son, John, are both
4 i'll with the grip, but the former is re-
ported to have reached the convalescent
stage.
Rev. M. T. Morrill, of Woodstock will
occupy the pulpit at the Christian church
next Sunday morning in exchange with
Rev. Mr.. Morrow.
| The remains Of Mrs. PAMELA Powers,
VINO died yesterday Of pneumonia, in
Bethel Gilead, were taken this morning
to Middlesex for interment.
Rev. f. K. Graves, who has beer i'll so
! long, is able TO be about the house but
suffers from severe Inflammation of the
eyes. His wife, too, is now on the sick
list.
| Mrs. ROLAND Smith is suffering from a
sprained ankle, and her father, /. T. Lam
son, is Just able to be about after having
been kept close prisoner by the same
kind OF an affection.
J. B. Eldredge has just purchased new
$50 Hartford typewriter, having heavy
manifoiding arrangement. F.W .Sault ex
poets to have the state agency for this ma
chine, which Is considered one OF the best
in the market.
The work of repairing the Richmond
block will be commenced next week.
Mrs. Henry Cleveland, who occupied a
tenement in the upper part Of that build
ing, has moved to an upper tenement Ia
the Howard block.
Miss Grace Sanford went Tuesday to
White River junction for few days Wis
it. She met there her sister, Miss Sue San
ford, who had been passing couple OF
weeks with friends in Springfield and
Mount Holyoke, Mass.
Wednesday night of last week, an effort
was made, it is believed, to enter the How
ard block; for the lock to one of the doors
was found later to be in damaged condi-
ton and some slight disturbance was no.
ticed during the night.
We have snow enough now for good
sleighing and numbering and we will 90
wisely to make the best of it.; ior--as an
old gentleman who has seen the SHOWS OF
many winters says-two good moonlight
nights would take the snow all off.
Captain and Mrs. j. L. Eldredge, Mr..
and Mrs. George H. Hoyt and Mrs. Ed
ward Rising have been attending the G.
A. r. encampment and w. r. c. conven-
zion, held in Rutland this week. Mrs.
Rising was the delegate sent by this Re-
lief Corps.
There was a very quiet wedding at the
home OF Rev. Xenophon Udall, SATURDAY.
evening, when his daughter, Emma, was
united in marriage to Charles Reynolds of
Strafford. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. w. N. Roberts of Rochester in
the presence of only the relatives of the
bride and groom.
third child in the family OF Fred
Goodrich has fallen sick and exhibits
symptoms OF diphtberia, but it is hoped |
that in this case the further development
of the disease can be arrested. The house
is quarantined and every precaution is
being taken TO prevent the spread OF the |
The patients are treated by |
DR.. M. L.. Scott.
Tuesday evening, Mrs. Julius Mont
gomery started to 60 into the shed where
a pile OF kindling had been thrown. In |
attempting to skirt around the pile in the |
dark, she stumbled and fell, and sharp |
pointed stick, which stood upright, en- |
tered her chin, inflicting painful wound. |
Mrs. Montgomery is to be congratulated |
on narrow escape; for had the stick en-
Oereu Hlule lower down, II would have |
certainly passed through her neck.
DR.. H. II. Mcintyre has given the mem
bers of the Chautauqua Circle two very
tine talks lately on the subject OF Acety- |
lene and on Alaska. The first topic he H. I
Illustrated by exhibiting specimens OF car
bido, and by bringing 1t in contact with |
snow, when acetylene gas was formed and
lgnited by match. la speaking Of Alas
ka, he gave brief review of the history
OF the country and graphic sketch Of the
manners and customs Of the people. The
doctor told fish story that would have
choked even Greensboro or Highgate
camper. He said that they at one time
caught in seine between three and four
thousand salmon that weighed five pounds
, piece, and then further stated that such
4 catch was by no means an unusual oc-
lnrrence in Alaska. The Circle feels much
Indebted to the doctor for these splendid
alks, from which they derived both pleas.