Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-09-02
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Harry 5. Denny returned to Florida
Thursday evening.
F. L. Howe and wife of Mortified were
in town thursday.
The place on Weston street owned nv
Mrs. Hattie Mcbride is being repainted
Mrs. Jessup of New York city ana
Miss Alice Crook OF Bradford, N. H.. were
guests at Mari-Castle last week.
/ The Vermont State Christian confer
ence will meet at Shrewsbury Thursday.
Sept. 9Th, and hold over Sunday.
Rev. G. w. Morrow will arr i've Friday
or Saturday and will conduct services
next Sunday. Mrs. Morrow will remain
some weeks longer at UrbaDa, III.
Mrs. Charles Robbins and Miss Emma
Scheurer, who have been staying with Mr.
and Mrs. F. II. Ketchum for two weeks,
returned to Albany, n. Y, last Friday.
B. d. Chadwick made display of his
Green Mountain plows last week at the
Interstate fair and made a number of
sales. The Foundry Co. continues to do
good business. 1t received one order for
so plows recently.
Through J. Il. Eldredges agency the
following have received increase of pen
sions to S17 per month John Mcmahon,
Warren; Henry Freeman, Granville; Geo.
II. Martin, Gaysville; Samuel X. Ellis,
Mort ie &; original, IS, Harper HAGEN,
Hartford.
Clarence Booth of Mortified, a brake
man on the way freight, while coupling
cars Friday, stepped on some sharp OBJ
ject, thought to be either glass or silver
from a rail, and cut a bad cash in one
foot. He suffered another accident here
few months ago which laid him up for
some time.
w. B. Wall had last week an interest
ing souvenir in the form of Il Photographic
copy OF the first timetable ever issued by
the (then) Vermont Central Railroad COM
pany. 1t is dated Dec. 5, 1913, end gives
much information Of a curious and inter-
esting nature. Announcement is made
that regular passenger service Will begin
Dec 10, 1915, between Mortified and
Boston, connecting at White River june
ton with the Northern road. The time
required for the trip varied from nine to
eleven hours-W hereas It is now made in
less than seven hours. The northern ter
minus was then at Mortified and from
there stage lines extended to Montpelier,
Burlington and Montreal. The journey
from Montreal to Boston required 81
hours.
One Of the most enterprising, talented
and successful young ladies OF this Sec
ton is Miss Elsie, daughter OF Heman A.
Powers. She was graduated from the
Randolph High school in the class OF SS
and year later went to Bellevue, Idaho,
where she taught two years with marked
success. Returning to Randolph she
spent one year as teacher in the primary
department of our graded school. As
young girl she displayed no little ability
as reader. To develop this talent she
took a two years course at the Emerson
College of Oratory, Boston, and returned
for postgraduate course oil year, COM
pleting this, she began her regular work
as instructor in elocution at the Indiana
Normal school in Pennsylvania, meeting
With remarkable success. She has always
kept in close touch with her alma mater
and her ability and loyalty have just re-
ceived recognition by her election to
mem bership of the faculty of Emerson
College at a very high salary and an op-
portunity to do private tutor work. she
is receiving the congratulations OF her
Randolph and Braintree friends on her
marked attainments. This paper ex-
presses general desire felt in this COM
munity that before beginning her fall
duties Miss Powers will favor us with a
public recital.
For the second time since beginning
her musical studies Miss NJ. Blanche
SparhaWk has entertained the music-lov'
ing public OF Randolph by recent con-
cert in Du Bots a. Gays hall. This occa-
sion was perhaps the most successful OF
the several appearances OF our popular
Young prima- donna before the public OF
Randolph. The program was not only
varied but of a high class OF music and
was pronounced by able critics exception
ally meritorious. Miss Sparhawk, who
has a full, rich meZZo-soprano voice OF
rare sweetness and bell-Ike quality, Is al
so gifted with a pleasing manner. Her
tones are marked by precision and ease
OF production essentially natural, and her
rendering of the second numoer, scene
and PRAYER from Der Freischutz," showed
her power in the Interpretation of difh
cult classic solo. Miss Sparhawk was as
sisted by Miss Mary Phinney OF Montpe.
lier contralto; Miss Gertrude Sevey OF
BOSTON. yioIinist and Mr.W. t. Sparhaw
flutist. The playing OF Miss Sevey was
exquisite De Beriot's "Fantalsie," long
and difficult solo, was executed in a way
to reflect credit upon any performer on
that king of all instruments, the Wolff.
Roth solos were warmly applauded. MISS
Phinney w hose contralto tones are mar
nv a sympat hetic quality, was heard per
hans to the best advantage in the duets
with Miss Sparhawk, the two voices har-
monizing perfectly. The trlos oy MISS
Sevey, Miss Lamson and Mr.. SparhaWk
contributed not little also 10 the enjoy
ment of the evening and won their mer-
tied NEED OF praise. The skillful ana &C
CITRATE rendering OF difficult accompani-
ments by Misses Lamson and Farnsworth
added greatly to the success OF the musl-
Gale. Randolph has always been noted LOT
its musical people and may wei ps p.o9uu
70 count among its numbers one like Miss
Sparhawk, who certainly possesses rare
talent and gives promise of superior ability
as a public singer.
From Frisco TO the Yellowstone
Hume, ILL.,, Aug. "a, '97.
Mr.. EDITOR Returning from 1osem-
lite Valley on Saturday, we once mort
81 in the few days following, some places