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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-10-06

w. A. Williams is assisting in the Red
Lion market.
A daughter was born Sunday to Charles
III. Farr and wife.
Mrs. Laura j. Holden has gone to Rut-
land to spend the winter.
Miss Gertrude Putnam OF Barnard spent
Sunday at K. A. Thacher's.
w. A. Mcintosh came from Lebanon, N.
H., Saturday for q weeks stay.
Mrs. Arthur Hunter and Mrs. Ray Har-
low of Windsor are visiting friends here
this week.
j. b. Wells went to Cambridge Saturday
to visit his father, who will be SO years old
In November.
w. T. Morse OF Pompanoosuc and H. e.
Lovejoy OF Boston spent few hours In
town Thursday.
The electric light bills this month are
discounted one-f fourth for the week we
were without lights.
John Lynch and wife have been some
time with their son In Worcester, Mass,
where they expect to remain.
Miss Jennie Wheeler, who had been
visiting her sister, Mrs. f. N. Jerd, re-
turned Saturday to her home in New
York city.
Miss Neville, whose home is in the
Province OF Quebec, has formed class
here and Is teaching cutting and fitting at
the home OF F. E. Healey, Jr.
Mrs. J. F. Chadwick picked six quarts
OF ripe red raspberries this week. The
little items about handfuls of berries are
therefore ruled out for this month.
Mrs. j. A. French and Mrs. Mary Flagg
Of East Braintree, Mr.. and Mrs. w. A..
Noble of Brovkfield and Mrs. L. X.
Blanchard we're guests OF the latter's son,
P. j. Blanchard, Thursday. Mrs. Blanch-
ard returned home the same evening, &C.
companied by her granddaughter, Edith.
The lecture course is certainty, thanks
to the active work OF the canvassers and
the response of the people. Over 800
tickets are sold. About week prior to
the first entertainment, which comes the
latter part Of this month, Galen Fish will
deliver the season tickets and collect for
them. The auction sale of seats will be
duly advertised so that all who wish can
attend. Bids will be received for first
choice of seats, then for second choice and
so on until no further bids are received.
Purchasers will be limited in number to
five or six seats each in selecting. The
seats will be numbered at the sale as far
as sold. The chart will then be placed in
Bass store and the remaining seats can
be taken by those not attending the auc-
ton, under the rule "first come, first
served"
(Other locals on next page.)
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-10-06

Saving wood, working in MS garden,
walking three times day to and from his
place Of businexs-these form part Of the
daily routine Of Edwin R. Trip, Post
master Of Middlefield Centre, NY. He
Is past his SEVENTEEN birthday.
Nearly fifty years blacksmith thirty
two years Justice Of the Peace; three years
town clerk, then postmaster; forty-six years
a resident Of the town he now lives in
these are the bare outlines Of Useful Life.
Mr.. Trips career Is type. His story
will be read with heartfelt sympathy BY
thousands. His hearty endorsement Of Dr..
williAms' Pink Pills for Pale People will
be echoed by tens OF thousands
He saidi
an March, 1892, was attacked by
what afterwards learned was locomotor
ataxia.
1.-TWO skillful doctors did everything
they could for me. I steadily became
worse. Was unable to dress myself.
Later could not move even about the
room, but was carried In my chair.
II gave up hope The doctors gave me
no encouragement. ! did not expect to live
very long. l was more helpless than
baby. sank lower and lower.
In June the tide turned From the
lowest ebb, Il began to set toward health
and vigor.
@The turning point was a newspaper
article.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-10-06

Miss Clara Burnham went last week
to Concord, N. H., to learn the millinery
art, and Miss Gertrude Trerise has gone
| to Newport, N. H., to serve an apprentice
ship with Mrs. K. NJ. Bickford, former
milliner here.
The roll OF honor for faithful attend
ance upon the Sunday school OF the
Christian church for the past six months
contains 175 names. Three members
were absent In the army-Pearl Clough, +.
b. ChattertoD and Vernon Brown.
1t is said Niagara wastes ten million
horse power a second. Braintree branch,
which runs through Randolph, is largely
wasted, yet by simple system OF storage
enough power could be secured to run all
the shops in the town. Are we right
Ralph French, who, with his mother,
Mrs. Flora French, OF Everett, Mass.
spent month in Randolph the past sum-
mer, sent invitations to young friends
here last week to be present at q plrty in
honor Of his eighth birthday Friday.
Harry Chase has recovered from his Sc.
we're illness with typhoid fever and was
able to be out Saturday, receiving the
recovery. Unfortunately, his mother,
Mrs. w. E. Emerson. who cared for him,
contracted the fever andis now quite i'll.
A coaching party from Bread Loaf Inn
drove into town Friday, comprising the
following named ladies and gentlemen:-
Mrs. Spicer and Christine Spicer of New
York, Mrs. Cornwall and Ellsworth Corn
wall OF Princeton, N. j., accompanied by
their host, Hon. Joseph Battell. Jack
Mcmahon held the ribbons.
w. H. Brooks, private OF Co. F, who
enlisted from this place, returned Mon
day after visit in the northern part OF
the state. The members OF the company
here have received notice to hold them
seves in readiness to leave at a moments
notice for the Northield armory, where
they will be mustered out.
ssNick" Niebaum and sStub" Newton
captured IL skunks Wednesday evening
of last week while the latter were out for
a moonlight stroll, and no one has as yet
come forward to challenge their record.
We have not learned whether the pelts
will be converted into sealskin sacques or
muffs. VIM. Latham and Geo. E. Ryder
bagged seven skunks Thursday evening.
Monday, about dusk, as A. B. Fish was
coasting his wheel down Prospect street,
he lost control of 1t at the sharp Main
street turn and 1t shot straight across the
street. He jumped before il reached the
steep bank on the opposite side, but not
soon enough to save him from falling
over it quite distance onto the brush
and fence below. He was picked up un-
conscious, but seems to have sustained no
more serious injury than bad scratches
and bruises and a severe shock.
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Hayward, Justin Mouiton, Elliot Cush-
man, Frank Newton. w. F. Edison, Willis
Morton, Pearl Chatfield, Fred Smith, c.
K. White, Zeb Merchant, c. e. Pope. JUS
tin Holman, Henry Harper, Luther Spar
hawk, Chas. Granger, AFRO Cnshman, Rev.
G.. 0. Howe, e. Z. Fish, j. B. Drew, r. e.
Healey, Jr., z. J. Cole, II. A. Leonard, A.
q. Wheeler, X. e. VanOrman, ID. t. Dyer,
Rev. @. W. Morrow, DIR. q. l.. Stewart,
VIM. III. Kenney, A. L. Newton, L.C Drew,
Fred Bryant, Dave Grove, @. w. Drew, j.
Il. Eldredge, DIR. l.. A. Russlow. John
Mitchell, ]. w. Gabrielle, H. w. Tewks
bury, j. ID. Denison, Chas. e. Kilburn, J.
h. Fiske, Henry Booth, e. l.. Pope, o. X.
Greene. K. i. Sauit. A. y. King, Irwin
Chase, Increase Chamberlain, o. b. Cope
land, LaForrest Martin, Fred Dunn, James
Hutchinson, K. A. Hatch, X. Udall, VIII
lard Martin, Albert Beedle, DIR. Geo. Scott,
N. NJ. Draper, Rev. T. A. Howard, s. M.
Flint, Hszen Sanford. Lemuel Richmond,
e. e. Brooks, b. G. Chadwick, Moses
Spaulding, John Hatch, A. j. Kelley, A.
e. Bailey, L. Watson, B. I. Lombard, Geo.
Haraden, e. P. Libbey, j. A. Battise, F.
II. Ketcham, W. 8. Wood, Isaac Newton,
Julius Lamson, N. II. West, t. j. Adams,
Bradford Tewksbury, Martin Tewksbury,
A. ID. Olmstead, Andrew Curtis, f.. A.
Thomas, &. L. Holman, J. q. Coburn.
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REPATRIATION.

printed slips handed Monday to III Of the legal voters
in
question The
That
Nebaum Johnson and the marked ballots be
and desired
the poll
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An Old Mans
Last Hope.

Made helpless as a baby BY a dreadM nervous dis
ease he read Of like his ozs, and had enough
faifh to folloa0 tie example set him. Noz0 he is
himself an example to others uho are suffering from
disorders Of tie system.
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PROHIBITION OR LICENSE?

In
this
O preference OF Randolph
opposite
will
result weeks
will
IPROHIBITION-th present law.
!. HIGH LIcENsE,-with Local Option.
observation-disclosures question
Polls
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-02

from whom high order of work is always
expected Is Edmund Clarence Messer, and
his art is seen to good advantage in two
large canvases and a small misty morning
subject painted with great truth OF his
two large canvases the glimpse of a Maine
pasture on a threatening day is dark and
gloomy, and in spite of its many fine quail
ties, most visitors will prefer the more
cheerful subject from Loudoun county. To
borrow the expression which Bayard Tay-
ior used In reference to another landscape
painter, Mr.. Messer may be called the
artistic discoverer of Paxson, Virginia, and
the subtle evening effect which he exhibits
this year Is but one of number of interest
Ing motives by which his brother knights
OF the brush have become familiar with
the locality.
Returning again to portraiture, Alice Bar
neys's striking three-quarter-length figure
at once claims attention, and impresses the
observer with it's extraordinary force and
vigor. The figure, instinct with life and
vitality. seems almost ready to move, and
the sure, unhesitating brush strokes with
which 1t is painted argue thorough tech
nical knowledge. Mrs. Barney's work is
marked by a distinctive note of Individual
style, and the same is true to an even
greater degree in Alice Archer Sewalrs
portrait Of her father. 1t is painted in a
low key, and is so lacking in any positive
accent that it might easily be overlooked in
haSty survey of the exhibition and vet
1T Is one of the things most worth atten-
ton. 1t is a thoroughly good likeness. and
still the portrait is an expression of Miss
SeWalIs artistic temperament rather than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-02
THE JURY.

hibits, and 1t Is lifelike piece of por-
traiture. His painting of Christ on the
Cross, from the spirit of the season in
which 1t is shown, will arouse more than
the usual amount of interest. The bizarre
setting which he has given this picture
t. unfortunate, perhaps, as it Is a pretty
good rule that frame should not draw
attention from the picture by it's oddity,
especially If that be in an unaesthetic d.
rection.
e. F. Andrews sends some examples Of
work in his older manner. One is a pic
ture of little girl in a chair which is
drawn with great delicacy, and there is
also subject Of the sort made familiar
to us by Chialiva. Mr.. Andrews himself
locks down upon the visitor from the end
OF the room, where his portrait by Mrs.
Andrews is stationed. It is one which
may be said to fall into the class OF genre
portraits, and is likely to excite more
general interest than most of the mere
Hkenesses, as MIR. Andrews is pictured in
painting costume, in his blouse, with brush
in hand and the usual accessories Of his
work around him, while piece of tapestry
forming a portion of the background adds
to the richness of the color scheme.
Grace LIE Due makes a most decided adj
vance upon her last years contribution in
the soundly painted figure study which she
sends. The painting of flesh tints in
shadow is always a difficult problem, and
the transparency which she has given is
extremely good The interesting subject
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-02

single figures that excite much attention.
The exhibit has an abundance of figure
compositions on the order of those con-
tributed by J. G. Brown, and can boast
the usually large number of landscapes.
Some of the best works In the gallery are
landscapes or marines, and among the finest
of these are canvases by Edward Gay, Ar
thur Parton, Howard Russell Butler, and
the late William l.. Picknell. No WASH
ingtonians are represented, but many Will
be interested to learn that Miss Wooding
who was for some time superintendent OF
the Art League here contributes an at
tractive little marine. The academy this
year, taken through and through, is very
far below the exhibit of the Society of
American Artists, and it will probably re-
main So as long as the magic letters IN.
A." act as an open sesame for many
large canvasses that are commonplace and
ireffcctual and for some that can lay no
claim to art whatsoever.
X X
Those who were fortunate enough to see
the water colors of Mrs. Rhoda Holmes
Nichols, which were displayed in a semi
private exhibition at the residence of Mr..
Andrews early this week. carried away a
rost delightful impression. Mrs. Nichols
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-02

puts into his pictures a strong personal
note that lifts them above the more close
ly initiative work.
Hobart Nichols Is another artist from
whom we always expect excellent land
seape work, and he seldom disappoints u.s.
BY far the best thing which he shows this
year is his Woodland Study, painted in
early spring, with the warm tinted brown
leaves covering thes ground and the trees
bare and sharply defined. single tree
near at hand stands out with dramatic dis
tinctness against the background of tree
trunks, stretching away into the distance
until all form is lost in the blush depths
of the wood. The picture was painted
locking toward the sun, and the effect of
sunlight is remarkably brilliant and true:
indeed the observer can very easily i'm
agine that this is no counterfeit of nature,
but nature itself. The coloring has the
agreeable qualities usually found in Mr..
Nichols work. and the cool, gray rocks
contrast pleasantly here and there with
the tawny yellows and reddish hues in the
fallen leaves.
Howard Helmick is another artist not
represented in the most adequate way, for
surely he has done better things than the
portrait which he exhibits. The pose Is q
trifie stiff, and the light background nat
urally does not set Off the Whitehead fig
ure very effectively, but the flesh tints are
excellent, and the face Is full of vivacity
and expression. The light key Of the sur
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work in the first annual exhibit held by
the 8. W. A. in its new home. The collec-
QOn of pictures is not merely good for
Washington, but is very creditable when
considered beside those Of other cities, as
for example. the National Academy of De-
sign in New York 1t would be folly to
maintain that our best pictures are superb
actual fact that more uniform standard
OF merit is maintained here. There are
great many works of the most unques-
toned merit at this years Academy, mas
terpieces, which We can in no way match
here in Washington, but all who have seen
the display this spring know with what
dreary waste of inferior pictures these
gems are surrounded. In our local show
nc one is exempt from the authority of the
the pictures for the entire exhibition with
a more discriminating and critical judg-
ment- There are some very Indifferent pic
lures hung mere on account of personal
considerations, but honor is due to the
members of the jury who have the courage
OF their convictions and are endeavoring to
make merit the sole standard.
The arrangement of the pictures on the
walls is in general very pleasing and the
hanging has been done in very satisfactory
manner At least those who are on the line
think SO, while those who are placed higher
up naturally do not consider it a very sue
eessful piece OF work. ANY one familiar
with the matter can have no conception of
the obstacles which strew the path of the
hanging committee, and the question of the
acceptance or rejection of a picture is ex-
uemely simple when compared with the
more complex one of where to hang it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-02

The eighth annual exhibition of the So
ciety of Washington Artists, which is dis
played at the new gallery on Connecticut
avenue. was viewed today by an apprecia-
tive gathering composed of members, e&-
hibitors and such others were fortunate
enough to secure vanishing day cards, and
the attendance tonight will probably be
even larger. At these evening receptions
the pictures are, as rule. sadly neglected
and serve only as an interesting back
ground for an affair almost entirely social.
The atmosphere is always highly artistic,
very much in evidence, discoursing on art
In studio terms that are Greek to the I'M
initiated. The exhibition will be opened to
the general public on Monday and will con-
tinue to April 30, the gallery to be open
daily, except Sundays, from 9 a. m. to 6
p. M, and in the evening from to II. On
next Monday evening special view of the
collection will be given to the members of
the Cosmos Club. a well-conceived act Of
courtesy. as the artists owe the club a
heavy debt of gratitude. The club men,
bers will be admitted by card but others
VIII also be admitted on the same evening
on the presentation of the regular ticket
The artists are almost unanimous in
thinking this years display far ahead Of
all previous exhibitions, and though this
steady advance is no more than the public
has right to expect. it is nevertheless
gratifying to find such a high grade Of
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haven In in many respects the most note
worthy. It was made for an illustration.
and in the disposition Of the masses of light
and dark. as well as in the grouping and
action Of the figures, it is remarkably good
1t is in it's light and shade that 1t is most
telling, and in color 1t is not as pleasing
as his mysterious pastel called the "Phan-
tom Ship" Mr.. Gibbs also exhibits the
figure of a cavalier executed in pastel. and
he enters into his subject with a good deal
Of SPIRIT but the study might have been
carried further with good results.
Frank Moss also shows a cavalier figure
studied from the came model, but with a
different disposition Of the accessories.
Neither of these two cavalier figures Is
worked out with sufficient precision to be
entirely satisfying, as the spectator is
haunted all the while by the memory of
similar subjects. executed with marvellous
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-02

As some humorist has suggested the only
way to obvlate all the difficulties of the
question and to satisfy all concerned is to
allow each artist to hang his own pictures
The exhibition depends this year for in
terest more upon the excellence of a large
number of canvases. rather than upon a
few very notable works, but there are
nevertheless a number of pictures which
forcibiy arrest the attention when the Wis
itor first enters the main gallery. Juliet
Thompson's portrait is one of these. and
her contribution is remarkable not only rs
being far ahead Of all her previous sue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-02
A RI AND ARTS T S

At the exhibition of the National Acad-
envy OF Design, which opened in New York
on Monday, prizes were AWARDED to tie
following artists: The Clarke prize of $780,
to Abbott Thayer; the Dodge prize of $500
to Letitia B. Hart, and the three Hallgarten
prizes Of $500, 500 and $780, to Robert
Reid, Harry Rose!and and Walter C. Hart
son, respectively. The award of prizes does
not by any means single out those cam
vases at the best in the exhibition, as the
academicians never compete, and many of
the strongest outside contributors are
barred on account of having taken prizes
In previous years. There are very few
notable portraits on the walls, and aside
from such work that shown by Walter
Shirlaw and Douglas Volk there are few
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-02

veracious study of nature "a otbar, 90.
1t. The figure is painted in a mysterions
nall light: and she has given a noticeablv
good quality Of depth to the picture and
sense OF air surrounding and envelopine
the ngure The artists point of view is en-.
tirely original. and the work will not an
Zeal to every one. but promises to have
opponents no less earnest than its cham
or the figure compositions which have
story to tell there are no great
number. and George Gibbs large oil
called John Paul Jones at White.
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accuracy be it in the minute manner of
Meissonier or the broader and no less mas
terly style of Roybet. In his figure of a
monk at prayer Mr. Moss strikes more
serious vein. and his work reveals mark
ed gain in force. There is an agreeable
serge of solemnity in the bowed figure and
the picture tells its story directly and well.
George SeEseney contributes one Of the
most important figure compositions in the
gallery. and the conscientious study and
close observation which it displays might
well put some older artists to the blush.
It is called 1.-The OLD Flag" but the picture
speaks for itself, and it is not necessary to
look at the title to learn its meaning. Tie
and the careful draughtsmanship, supple
mented by a fine sense of color. will I'M
doubtedly attract widespread attention dur
ing the course Of the exhibition.
Edward Siebert is the author of another
interesting composition, large oil, show
ing the interior of an old coffee house in
New York, with number of men seated at
or standing around the tables. The work
has not been carried very far, but the fig
ures are vigorously brushed in and the
faces are full of character. 1t is interest
ing to notice the different types that Mr..
Siebert has introduced among the patrons
Of the cafe. A good example of the artists
broad and forcible handling is seen in the
study head which he contributes.
For a sympathetic expression of the
poetry of nature and a fine rendering of
tie sentiment of quiet sunset, James
Henry Moser can always be counted upon,
and his three evening motives are truly
gems in artistic feeling. In his largest
CO nvas there is a noticeable delicacy of
tcnal graduation, and the luminosity Of the
sky is worthy of mention. An equal re-
firement and charm of color Is found In
the June study, wlich also comes from his
hand. While Mr.. Moser never departs
from the fundamental truths of nature, he