Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-07-29
Miss Frances Andrus is visiting Mrs.

Merrill.
Miss Annie Goss and W. S. Goss were
in Barre several days this week.
Fred Copeland of Randolph is visiting
his grandmother, Mrs. Copeland.
Some needed repairs have been made
upon the plank sidewalk on Main street
II. G. Moody's son still remains very i'll
with pneumonia at his home in Washing
ton.
w. r. Weston of Montpelier and F. j.
Pelkey of Boston were at the hotel Tues
day.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague OF East Brook
field is visiting her sister, Mrs. Maria b.
Medcalf.
Mrs c. j. Knights, who has been board
ing at II. A. Kingsbury's, has gone to
Washington and Montpelier to visit
friends.
Mrs. G. W. Taplin and Miss Laura Full
Ter left town yesterday for three weeks
visit in Lowell, Somerville and Boston.
Miss Jane Laird will keep house for Mr..
Taplin during their absence.
DR.. Helmer's latest patients from out of
town are Miss Harriet NJ. Chandler of
| Barre, Miss X. Ghika of Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Ralph Newton and r. II. L ing Of
Flushington, N. Y, at the hote
The local editor regrets the inconven-
/ fence she caused the teachers wishing to
attend the public examination by report
/ ing incorrect dates in last weeks issue,
and her only excuse is that the dates thus
/ given were copied directly from a postal
card written to Mrs. w. Il. Allen, SUPER
intendent Of schools, by Examiner Prich-
ard himself and were supposed TO be cor
rect.
| States Attorney Darling went to Wells
/ River Thursday and prosecuted Amos j..
I 4. Il. e.
| breaking into the store OF N. b. Tewks-
4 bury at Newbury Center, July 4th, in the
day time. After hearing before E. g..
/ Parker, Esq, the respondents were bound
up. Chamberlin's bail was set at $500
and Lindsey's at $500. The latter pro-
cured bail but Chamberlin's friends failed
to rally to his aid and he was brought
to jail Saturday morning by Officer John
son. Amos is not only a man OF sorrows,
but is acquainted with Frank Whitney,
having boarded with him before. He
says it seems quite like home to get back
again.
ID. r.. Tibbets OF Williamstown, who had
been in jail for about month for neglect
ing to pay the costs of the seizure and
condemnation of quantity of lntoxicat-
ing liquor belonging to him, was released
Saturday He has a wife and half dozen
children, and as soon as they were de-
prived of the head OF the family, 1t became
necessary for them to call on the town for
help. The selectmen concluded it would
be cheaper in the end to pay the costs and
get Tibbets out rat her than to let him
languish in Jail and have to support his
wife and children. Accordingly, the Sc
lectmen of Williamstown paid the costs,
amounting to S33 SO, and Tibbets was re-
stored to the bosom of his family.
There was a union service at the NJ Il.
church last Sunday morning and Rev. l..
II. Elliot OF Waterbury spoke in behalf of
the Vermont Bible society OF which he is
agent. In the afternoon he addressed the
church on the West II i'll and raised in all
about $40 for the WORK. At the morning
service he stated that in the canvass OF
Chelsea made last fall three families were
found without a Bible in the home. One
and one half per cent of the population
claimed to be Roman Catholic. OF the
Protestant people, including persons too
old or too young to go in families accus-
toned to attend, So per cent claimed to
attend church and 35 l per cent were in |
Sunday school. In the canvass of the en- |
tire state made during the last eight years |
1916 families were found without the |
Bible in the home, representing a popula-
tion larger than that of Orange county. |
OF this number 1850 were supplied, and a
Bibie sold in all other families. OF the
entire population 2l per cent claimed to
be Roman Catholic. OF the Protestant |
population 50 1-2 per cent claimed to at. |
tend church and % per cent we're in the
Sunday school. In the following towns |
ca Dvassed this year there were found in
Bradford twenty destitute families; in |
Newbury, 50; in Georgia, Al (; in st. Albans, |
Ill, and in the city of st. Albans, 1856, a
total OF $50 families. or this number Ill |
were supplied and by the other destitute
families the Bible was refused. This was
Mr.. Elliot's first visit to Chelsea within
eight years and his words made a deep |
impression upon many.