Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-05-13

| The listers have their work about com :
pleted. They met at the Center yesterday
to hear grievances.
Communion Will be administered at The
Methodist church next Sunday by Pre-
siding Elder Beeman.
Clarence Cleveland caught is fine trout
Monday that weighed four pounds. They
made nice lot to look at.
Mrs. A. g. Wheeler and Mrs. Charles
Kilburn went TO Greensboro Monday for
stay of some time at camp.
home band is to be extemporized for
service Memorial day. Perhaps the boys
will be encouraged to continue.
The High school team went to Bethel
and beat a town team to II Saturday.
The score appears in the Bethel column.
Miss Josie Kennedy of Manchester, N.
H.. has been visiting Miss Ella Holman in
Braintree and at q. w. Drew's in Ran
doph.
Thomas Sinclair and A. u. Gould OF
White River Junction visited at Heber
Holman's and 5. G. Webster's, respective
ly, over Sunday.
The Van Doom failure, noted elsewhere
in our state news, involves brother OF
Joseph Tilson, who was associated with
Van Doom at Rutland.
The trustees serve notice that rubbish
must not be dumped within the limits OF
the village and hens must not longer be
permitted to run at large.
Rev. G. w. Morrow is in Stanfordville,
n. Y, this week attending the com
mencement exercises of the Christian
Biblical Institute, of which he is trustee.
DR.. Curtis, Lemuel Richmond and the
Salisbury brothers went to Greensboro
the first of the week on a fishing trip.
Fishing at Greensboro is reported first
class this season.
Hon. w. B. Wall went Wednesday to
join President e. {. Smith at the latter's
extensive fishing camp and preserve To-
Gated about 100 miles above Ottawa. MIR.
Wall will be absent about week.
Judge Rowell and Lawyers Boyden and
Denison were present at the opening of
the May term of supreme court at Mont
pelier Tuesday. @. M. Howard and j. p.
Cleveland were also in that city Tuesday.
Among pensions reported in Tuesdays
papers were: Restoration and reissue, AL
exander Jer6, deceased; reissue and in
crease, Johnson b. Sargent; original,
widows, ETC., Mary M. Jerd, all of Brain
tree.
Grass was badly winter killed, especial.
ly on lawns. The large amount of ice that
formed aided in the injurious work. Many
lawns present blotched appearance this
spring. little clover seed scratched in
with rake just DelOre sHOWSf VIII lenu
to mend matters considerably.
The trial of the case OF w. Il. Lamson
VS.. Mrs. Juliette Chadwick and Mrs. Alice
Trask before Justice Charles Granger at
Wilson's office last Thursday resulted in
Judgment against Mrs. Irask and the dis
charge OF Mrs. Chadwick. Wilson for
plaintiff and Boyden for defendants.
A challenge was made on the street
Tuesday in which bystanders were much
interested. Irwin Chase proposed that
Frank Mann drop phosphate for him,
Seth Flint follow with potato seed and he
would cover the same. The interesting
point was that Irwin agreed to make the
others sweat Just imagine it-if you
can.
S. NJ. Flint shipped 81 calves, ~ sheep
and hogs Monday. Prices are 1-2c. low /
er for calves and hogs. Illustrating the
narrow margins that are often realized by
drovers at present Mr.. Flint showed us
his returns for hogs last week. He bought 4
rs at pc. paying therefor s735.26. These /
brought, after deducting freight, s739.6S, /
leaving a net profit OF i42.
While driving between the Sargent and 1
Martin places south OF the village Sunday 4
afternoon, Clarence Mann and his moth
err, Mrs. Micah Mann, heard the report OF /
a gun some distance away and second 4
later bullet whizzed by most uncomfort- |
HDlN ClOsts SlhTChIt pbltNlS W I
being used as target and wishes the /
sportsman would be more careful in fu-
ture.
Mann x Allen report big trade Satur- |
day, directly attributable to their page ad. |
in last weeks paper. This live firm early |
discovered the fact that newspaper adyer-
Using, properly worked, paid, and have /
been very generous in their use of print
er's ink. The same can be said OF most of
the other firms in Randolph, which is one 4
reason why trade in this place is surpris-
ingly good.
A man and woman were driving in front /
of Tewksburys store Monday when the
kingbolt broke, allowing the wagon body /
to drop to the ground. The horse stopped
at once but the situation at that moment
was decidedly ludicrous to the onlookers.
The woman stood up with the reins in her
hands while the man coolly kept his seat
on the ground and held his umbrella aloft,
apparently in total ignorance OF the fact
that the "train had parted" ahead OF him.
That enterprising burg. Randolph, is
the matter OF putting in an
electric light plant. Like all progressive
Vermont towns, this town has concluded
that it cannot afford to be without this
up -to-date method of illumination, and II
won't be long before Randolph will"press
the button.n- Morrisville Nelus and Citi-
gen.
We hope not, but. Perhaps after
Chelsea and Rochester get
them, there will be some prospect for
Randolph.
At the annual meeting of the W. Z. T.
o. the following officers were elected:
President, Mrs. Susie Morrow; secretary,
Mrs W. w. Carpenter; treasurer, Ellen
Newton; auditor, Mrs. Mary Mann; LIST
vice president. Mrs. $. 5. Clark; 2nd vice,
A Taxr bel ID wire NJ
Miller; 4th vice, Mary A. Mann; superin-
.endents- flower mission and purity, Mrs.
Fanny Lewis; homes for homeless chill
iren and evangelistic work. Mrs. Irene
Dyer; Sunday school, Mrs. V. NJ. Hardy;
social work, Mrs. Mary Holbrook; tenn
Derance literature, Mrs. +. 7. Lille; legis.
alton and scientific temperance instruc-
ion, Mrs. n. NJ. Miller; systematic CIV
ng, Mrs. W. w. Carpenter; press work,
Mrs. Betsie Smith.