Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-09-02
Mrs. H. p. Sanford is i'll.

The house of Mrs. e. l.. Soper is in the
hands of the painters.
Miss Bertha Manney returned Friday
from a visit to Hanover.
Mrs. F. Il. Gateslof Ware, Mass, is Wis
! iting her father, /. T. Lamson.
Mrs. Hattie Hathaway and daughter of
Nashua are guests at DR.. Curtis.
Miss Susie Holmes OF Highgate Springs
is visiting Miss Bessie ChadwicK.
George A. Packard of Dedham, Mass, is
visiting at Mountain View Home.
Mrs II. W. Tewksbury and daughter,
Mary, spent Saturday in Burlington.
Miss l.. A. Goodrich of Middebury is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Walter Carpenter.
Mrs. Monroe Bruce and children of
Brattleboro are visiting at IL. A. Powers :.
Mr.. and Mrs John Maloney of Frank.
lin, n. H., spent several days here last
week.
Miss Georgia White went to Bellows
Falls Saturday to begin work on the
Times
Daniel sheehan, an express messenger
Of st. Adams, visited at +. w. Sault's
Monday. s rs4-
p. j. Blanchard got emery in one eye at
the foundry Monday, causing him consld-
cradle trouble.
The Kings Daughters will meet with
Mrs. Alton Hubbard Friday afternoon,
Sept. Sd, at four O'Clock.
Misses Frankye and Mae Mulcahey Of
/ st. Adams visited their cousin, Mrs. L. w.
Sault, the latter part Of last week.
The Cong'l Sunday school finally select
ed a beautiful day for their picnic IN Mari.
Castle park Tuesday and enjoyed it ac-
cordingly.
A nine composed principally of South
! ROyaltOu players VIII make II decidedly
/ interesting for the Randolphs next Satuc
i day afternoon on the home grounds.
The gentlemen furnished the program
/ at the last Grange meeting and did it very
creditably. A large number OF candidates
| VIII take the first two degrees next week
Saturday evening.
! +. II. Chandler, Eugene Kimball and
| Charles Morse returned TO Brooklyn Mon
! day for the season; also Miss Maria Heth-
erton, a former employe at Montague
| Place, who had been spendinga few days
there.
Delhi. Mcintyre and family left Mon
day for Kirksville, Mo-, expecting to re-
main there for two years, excepting sum.
mers, while the son and daughter, Harry
and Marion, prepare themselves for the
practice of osteopathy at the college there.
The Abbott Sanford wedding takes
place at the Congn church this evening,
/ followed by a reception at the Sanford
home. pleasant dancing party vas
enjoyed in Dubois 4 Gays hall last even
/ ing, the friends OF the bridal party being
in attendance,
The funeral of Mrs Quad was held Fri
\ day and burial took place at East Ran
4 doiph. G. Z. Goodwin and wife OF Con-
cord and Mrs. Mccoy of Manchester, n
| H., the ladies being daughters of de-
ceased, were present. Mrs. Quad had
been for some time town charge.
II has been definitely decided that Ran
dOlpn will be written up for the October
issue Of the Vermohter. Rev. Homer
White is preparing the matter The arti-
Gle will be illustrated by about 30 views.
Nothing as complete and extensive has
yet been undertaken by the Permonter.
The case OF George Lane VS.. George
fly ger, to compel the latter To discharge a
mortgage on certain personal property,
was called for hearing before Justice
James Hutchinson Friday. The defend
ant gave judgment and took an appeal 70
county court. r. Plumley of Northfield
and NJ. NJ. Wilson for plaintiff n l..
Boyden for defendant.
DR.. and Mrs. +. O. Blanchard gave a
party to MIR. and Mrs. n. J. Whitehill,
ar. and Mrs. J. d. Wheeler and Mr.. and
Mrs. +. Il. DuRois-who are soon to leave
Randolph-and Others Saturday. Mrs.
Blanchard also gave tea party Tuesday
in honor OF Miss Winifred Badger, her
guest, to twelve young lady friends, at
which Miss Elsie Powers recited and Miss
NJ. Blanche Sparhawk sang. cI
Robert, son of Prof. A. L. Hardy, COW
cred himself with glory the other day az
Caspian Lake. A little four-year-old boy
of Prof. Wild's OF Williams college fell
from pier into the lake, when Robert,
who was near in boat, had presence OF
mind enough to seize hold OF the little /
"a " no he
lift him into the boat he held his head |
above water and shouted for help, which /
soon came.-St. Johnsbury Republican.
Extensive preparations are being made |.
for the Orange county veterans reunion /
to be held here next Tuesday and Wednes- |
day. Positive assurance has been received 4
that Gen. Stephen Thomas will be present /
aud Senator Morrill, is also expected. Ow- /
ing to the forced absence of Col. Kimball /
Henry W. Tewksbury will deliver the ad
dress of welcome. The committee of ar 4
rangements suggests the propriety of dec
Grating our homes and business places in |
honor of the visiting heroes.
Last Saturday evening quite a party OF /
friends from this place enjoyed a ride of 4
four miles to the pleasant home of Miss 1
Elsie S. Powers, where they participated I
in corn roast. Miss Powers entertained 4
the company by readings, followed by |
storytelling and chorus singing by mem [
bers oil the merry groups around the fires. /
Lemonade, coffee and fruit were served .
after all bad partaken OF the corn pre-
pared by the numerous expert roasters |
present. Before the guests departed three
rousing cheers for the hostess were given.
The same evening Fred Smith and Miss
Minnie invited number of friends to a
similar party at their former home in
Bethel Gilead now occupied by Calvin
Brewster.
Readers will testify that it is not our
habit to "blow our own horn" much. We
believe it is as bad taste to constantly re-
fer to our own merits in type as it is in
company. Perhaps, however, we may be
pardoned for calling attention to the ex-
tensive addition in reading matter that we
have lately made by increasing the paper
to ten pages. This week we give a very
full report of the national G. A. r. en-
campment, also of the county Sunday
school convention at STAFFORD, besides the
usual amount of local matter. We are set.
ting 80 to 80 columns of solid minion To-
Gals lately, which is not bad for the dull
season. We mean that our subscribers
shall have no reason to complain that they
do not get their dollars worth. A good