Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-12-23

A son was born last week Wednesday
to Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Salisbury and
son to Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A. Leonard
Friday.
Misses Elsie Powers and Ethelynd
Gould are at home from the Emerson Col
lege of Oratory, Boston, for the holiday
vacation.
Mrs. Georgia Sargent has moved to the
A. S. Adams place on Main street and
Warren Bruce to the McAllister place on
school street.
A special dispensation has been secured,
permitting the Rebekahs to hold their
meeting this evening TO elect officers in
stead of tomorrow evening.
H. l.. Booth of Newport N. H., who is
enroute to Hotel-del- Coronado, Coronado
Branch, California, is stopping with his
uncle, T.. L. Lille, for few days.
From our Windsor county court report
it will be no,ed that the Dufur shooting
case has been settl d and the grand jury
found no bill against DR.. Allen.
A neighborhood whist party OF five
tables net Saturday at A. b. Manchester's.
j. II. Bass and Mrs. T.. N. Godfrey showed
the best record OF the evening. The party
will meet Jan. 4th at the home OF b. N.
Godfrey.
There were "a tables at the whist party
at Grange hall Friday evening. h. A,
Eaton aud Miss Name Connolly won first
prize, scoring rs, and Roy Holman and
Miss Nora Il. Connolly with minus 2s cap
tured the OF her prize.
Mrs. Will Spear has rex begonia that
has &C leaves and is feet and inches in
circumference. The largest leaf measures
Ia inches in length, the plant also has
several other leaves that measure tea and
twelve inches in length.
J B. Eldredge's puppy INDUCED in a
ht Thursday in the course OF which he
made rather unceremonious call al DR..
a. &. Bailey's, chasing The ladies about the
house and soaring them badly. BY Mr..
Eldredge's direction the animal was shot.
The selectmen have appointed Rev. Hoo
mer White as trustee OF the public library
in place of Prot. n. J. Whitehill, resigned.
The library Will not be open next Satur-
day (Christmas) and books can be kept
until next Wednesday without fines being
imposed. over III books were exchanged
last Saturday, the largest number thus far
The following officers were chosen by
Excelsior Encampment, No 81 Friday
evening:-E. l.. Pope, chief patriarch, A.
N. Hayes high priest; f. A. Dunn, senior
warden; L. q Erskine, junior warden; A..
NJ. Hubbard, scribe; J. P. Cleveland, treas
urer. The EncamOmen has added l6
members the last year and now numbers
46.
The farmers institute under the auspices
OF the State Board of Agriculture began
its session at Grange hal last evening and
viii continue through today and tomor-
row. One important change has been
mace in the program, Prof HIS viii
have all OF tomorrow afternoon instead OF
a short time today. His theme will be
CARNATIONS in MIX Testing Farmers
should attend these meetings, which have
much practical benefit.
II is expected that next week viii see
the completion OF the main electric line
and the Installation OF the street lights.
The last few days have been spent in
trimming trees and attaching cross arms
and insuators. The stringiug OF wire Vas
begun Monday. Some little misuuder-
standings have arisen with few property
owners as 10 the trimming of trees. AFRO
l.. Adams is one OF the directors. Toe
trustees will meet him today and try TO
show him the propriety OF looping of
few limbs from the big elm ia his yard, so
bat the arc light there can be swung TO
advantage. One OF the trustees, learning
that a tree in his dooryard had been
trimmed without his consent attacked
his fellow trustees and threatened, in his
anger to shoot one Of them, but on the
latter Offering To loan him gun, he
cooled off a bit. Pearl Blodgett II di-
recting the work at the power station,
where the wheel is now being placed. In
side wiring is moving along. The Grange
ball, among other places, has been lifted
with % lights.