Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-03-11
!. /. penniman of Darlington visited

L. l.. Penniman of Burlington visited
here Monday and Tuesday
Walter R. Davis has moved from Pros
pect street to the Herrick house on Wes-
ton fiat.
Lorenzo Herrick is papering and paint
ing his house on School street occupied by
Alfred Eaton.
L. F. Farrar has moved from North
Randolph to the Albin farm, which he mas
taken for two years.
The Kings Daughters will meet with
Mrs. j. ID. Wheeler next Wednesday alter
noon at 2:30 O'Clock.
The Good Templars will give special
program at their meeting this evening,
which will be open to invited friends.
w. w. Whetmore and family, who have
been visiting at George p. Woods. started
for their home in Minneapolis Tuesday.
George S. Bradford has quit-claimed his
interest i'm the lot on Central street to his
son, Pearl b Bradford. This is the prop
erty now under attachment by }. ii. Lam
son.
| Less than 90 OF the much discussed
slong ballots" were cast at March meet
ing. For school director only 10 were
cast. The total vote OF the town Is nearly
| l 600, about half of it being IN the town
school district.
j. " AfdDflEllb GhIEltH a HuhGAAg ibA q
gold watch. The case bears his monogram
and instead of the usual characters TO des-
ignate the hours the letters spelling MIR.
Gabriele's name are used. The watch
was made by the Elgin company for Mr..
Gabrielle.
DIR. A. b. Gay tested log head of cattle
last week as follows: In Randolph, +. l..
Bass, q NJ. d. Church, 25 j. b. Adams,
36; in Brnintree, L. X. Fisher, 10; Thrown.
"a ~ 3. nd
condemned one at NJ. d. Church's and
one at j. b. Adams.
A special meeting OF the w. c. 4. Twill
be held with Mrs. Sarah Rogers Friday at
8 %. m. to see about packing a box TO send
TO Miss Lucy Hitchcock. A good attend
apce is hoped for. VIII any member who
cannot come please send her articles 10
the home OF Mrs. Rogers or Mrs. Morrow
The library trustees wish to give notice
fhat I books from the library happen 10
be in any family having measles, scarlet
fever or other infectious disease, parties
having such books are not to return them
to the library but should give notice TO
the Librarian ana measures Will be taken
to disiniect such before they are returned
for circulation.
TheJ. O. L. A. NJ. will give public en-
tertainment at Grange hall next Tuesday
evening The program will consist OF
farces and an 'eXpose' of the Grange init.
iatory ceremony. Some rare fun is prom
! ised The evening will conclude with
dancing, music by Manchester's orchestra,
which has been increased to nine pieces.
There is a still further postponement OF
the call for the electric light meeting. The
Bethel company is not quite in readiness
vet to draft definite proposition cover.
| ing all points, but expects to be very
shortly. II is thought best TO have the
| preliminaries carefully attended to before
Issuing the call SO that there will be no
hitch in the proceedings later.
About thirty members OF the G. +. soci
ely OF the Christian church enjoyed a
"fagotn party at Prof. n. j. Whitehill's
/ Tuesday evening so called because each
person brought fagot and placed il in
he fireplace, entertaining the company by
quotations or otherwise while il burned.
One party brought a grape vine about %
feet long but not caring 10 entertain the
company all night did not insist on hav-
ing 1t burned.
Thirty members OF the local lodge Of
Good iemplars enjoyed sleigh ride and
visit 20 Wide Awake Lodge, Braintree,
last evening. Quite an interesting pro-
gram, which consisted OF tableauX, farces
Rotations harmonica solos, etc, was cons
trihuted by the visitors, after which sugar
on snow and warm doughnuts were served
bN Nlue Awake Lodge Inc party re-
turned about midnight, having spent a
most enjoyable evening. II is hoped that
the visit will be returned in the near fu d.
ture
The Methodist society gave a "bonnet
sociableN al Mrs. J. ID. Williams Tuesday
evening. The ladies carried material for
hat trimming and the gentlemen donned
spectacles ana thimbles and sci TO work
to create triumphs OF millinery art. They
met with varying degrees Of success.
Suppressed Calculations were heard when
some unfortunate planted the needle in
his finger instead of the hat, or when a
refractory ribbon refused to "stay put.
On the whole though, the gentlemen ac-
quilted themselves so well that IL appeared
that If by some mischance the coming
generations should be limited to the male
persuasion millinery would not be an ab-
solutely lost art. o. b. Copeland won the
prize Ia work basket for the best trimmed
hat ana Dan Morse had the honor OF show
ing up the poorest specimen. A supper
was served. The gentlemen think that a
party at which the ladies shall furnish
arnugeftarat hk frfvfner nails u.puI1 "a hnut