Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-06-03
Brookheld.

Mark down dress goods and garment
sale. Il. A. THOMAS, Randolph.
George Mason, Jr., is at home for few
weeks vacation.
Mrs. Lucinda Lane of Cornwall was the
guest of Mrs. Helen abbott Memorial day.
Mrs Nye OF Berlin, with her infant son,
John Richard, is visiting her father, John
Green, this week.
Mrs. U. A. Clark and Mrs. Marcus Peck
attended the meeting of the Eastern Star
at Barton this week.
Cassius Peck of Burlington accompa-
MED Col. Powell here Saturday and was
in his old place in the company of veter-
ans at the memorial exercises.
DIR. L. &. Wakefield tested the cattle of
the following persons last week: III. l..
Wills, g. II. Kibbee, II. G. Kibbee, Henry
Kibbee, II. II. Parker, j. b. Perham and
II. II. Fullam. Not single animal was
condemned.
The infant daughter, Dorothy, six
months old, of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Cole,
died quite suddenly last Sunday morning
The funeral was at the residence on Mon
day, the Rev. +. W. Sturteyant Of Brain
tree officiating.
Among the arrivals this week, we note
that OF Win Schroeder at the Raymond
cottage on Monday. He was accompa.
MED by his friend, Charles Ii. MacCrae
of New York, who expects to spend sew
eral weeks with him.
George c. Crane has begun the work of
renovating the old house by the mill and
intends to fit it up for his own residence
The old building is to be raised and new
story put in beneath. The raising of the
building and the putting in Of the founda-
tion will be done by W. w. Tyler of Ran
dolph. The rest of the work Is in charge
of Christopher Hood of South Royalton.
The following persons attended the
county conference of Cong1 churches at
Thetford this week: Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Ladd, Miss Minnie Clark and Deacon w.
5. Graves, the three latter gong as dele
gates from the Second church, and also
the pastor, e. II. Morse. Mr.. Morse goes
from Thetford to st. Johnsbury to visit
his parents. He expects to occupy his
pulpit on Sunday as usual.
The spirit of improvement is astir In
town. The enterprise of George Crane in
renovating the mill house is noted else
where. This is in the village. To the
north of the village, II. II. Fullam Is
pushing the work of rebuilding the house
and barn on his farm. In the southern
border of the town James Parmenter,
with usual zeal and an eye TO improve
ment, has been moving and remodeling
his barns and grading his yard. Truly
the Mckinley administration is not in
vain!
There will be special service at the
Second church next Sunday evening, at
which the Rev. n. ii. Whittlesey, ID. ID /,
of New Haven, Conn.,, viii give an ad-
dress. DIR. Whlttlesey is secretary of the
National Councils Ministerial Relief
fund. He is a speaker of national reputa-
tion and is even said to equal DIR. Pudde-
foot. He is to speak in the morning at
Randolph and has been secured tor
Brookfield for the evening by special
arrangement. The pastor bespeaks a
large audience to hear him.
The memorial and decoration exercises
of Saturday passed off most pleasantly
and satisfactorily in spite of rain. The
interior of the church was appropri-
ately decorated. The singing by the COM
bination chorus was of high order and
much appreciated. The essay by Miss
Hattie Mason. and the recitations by the
school children were also well rendered,
The address of the day by Col. E. Henry
Powell was beautiful blending of liter
ary excellence, of reminiscence, OF pane.
gyric and of patriotic utterances. Altho'
an hour in length, it was listened TO by
the audience attentively and apprecia-
lively to the end.