Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-12-15
Randolph Continued.

Mrs. Lucy Morse has gone TO Rochester
to spend the winter.
Miss Maud Chamberlin of Stockbridge
is visiting friends tere.
A son was born to Samuel DAVIS and
wife of Fish Hill Dec. 9Th.
Real winter Twenty five degrees be-
low zero yesterday morning
Miss Elsie s. Powers is at home from
Boston for the college vacation.
The W. G. T. U. will meet with Mrs. /.
ID. Williams Friday at 3 O'Clock.
A ten pound girl arrived at the home OF
J. B. Adams and wife yesterday.
s. @. Drew OF South Royalton was in
town yesterday to attend Q. M. Howard
funeral. 0a
The Kings Daughters will meet with
Miss Mary Moulton Wednesday alter
noon, Dec. q. snH
Mrs. Elliot Conyers of Boston and. Mrs.
Ella Tenney OF G8ysville visited Mrs.
Edna Fairbanks the first OF the week.
Theron Brooks is at home from the u.
V. NJ. for few days. Miss Belle Morse
also came last evening to spend the
Christmas vacation.
Mrs. George Wells, noble grand OF the
st Adams lodge, and Mrs. ID. A. Parker
were entertained by Mrs. Il. E. Fish while
here to attend the district meeting.
M. Frost fell eighteen feet from tree
at Montpelier last week, striking on the
sidewalk and wreDching one ankle. He
was in town Saturday, wearing cane.
The many Randolph friends OF Mr.. and
Mrs. v. / Spear are pleased to welcome
them back to town from Braiptree. They
will spend the winter at the home OF Mrs.
Geo. l.. Spear.
The Good Templars will hold a box
social in Edson's hall Friday evening of
this week at O'Clock. The ladies are TO
furnish boxes, which the gentlemen will
bid of at auction. All are cordially in
vl'ed.
r. Fl. Ketcham has been engaged as cleo
trican by the White River Electric COM
pany to succeed /. NJ. Frost. He will also
attend to the collections and manage this
end OF the system, Frank knows his
business and IL to be congratulated on Sc
curing good place.
The trustees oil the public library are
now preparing list of new books to be
added to the library and they will be glad
to have suggestions OF books desired from
citizens OF the town. Titles of books,
authors and publishers, when possible,
are requested and may be given In writ
ing, directed 70 the librarian OF Randolph
public library,
unler 3. Fish gave a recital at the
Shaker church, Enfield, N. H., Nov. S0th,
that is highly spoken OF by the Lebanon
Free Press, which says Mr.. Fish ''is an
ideal lmpersonator, possessing not only
pleasant personality, but the essential
voice OF agreeable quality and graduation
necessary for the rendering of dramatic
and humorous recitatious."
This evening West Randolph grange
furnishes the greater part OF the program
for the State grange now In session at
Bethel Tne third and fourth degrees will
be exemplifed and the Randolph orches-
tra,the grange choir and the sixteen MEM
bers OF The marching club will assist in the
work. large number from this place
are in attendance at today's meeting.
The following officers of the w. r. C.
have been elected for the ensuing year.
President, Mrs. Abbie Sargent; senior
vice president, Mrs. Almira Fisk; junior
vice president, Mrs. Sarah Eaton; treas
urer, Mrs Lucinda Cleveland; chaplain.
Mrs. Mary Holbrook; conductor, Mrs. Ell
Ia hamoerlain; guard, Mrs. Rebecca
webster; delegate to department conven-
ton, Mrs. Fannie Lewis; alternate, Mrs.
Martha Dupuis.
DR.. Lucius Carroll Herrick of Columbus.
Ohio, has recently presented to the Ran.
uoipn pubic library two volumes. edited
BY himself, which are valuable additions
to the library. ssThe Old Northwest
Genealogical Quarterly, 1882 and the
year Book of the Ohio Society OF the
sons OF the American RevoIutionn are the.
titles OF the books given. Or. Herrick, it
will be remembered, Is son OF Dow
Herrick, an old resident of the town,
whose home was at the present Manches-
ter Valley farm. DR.. Herrick has mani
tested much interest in the library ever
SINCE its organization and has before given
the library several books.
David Dyer doesn't look like an aero
naut, but his experience OF Monday en-
titles him to that title. While drawing
wood on the Rochester road. his loaded
team tipped partly over. To prevent q
complete capsize, Dave got a long pole.
put one end of It under the runner, got
block for fuicrum and seated himself on
the other end. Dawes 200 lbs. avoirdu-
pois made some impression on the outfit
until the horses started, when a greater
load fell on the pole and, obeying a we'll
known law Of physics, Dave hew up into
space some fifteen feet. The ascension
was much more agreeable than when be
alighted on Mother Earth again. He re-
celved bad shaking up and was laid up
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