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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-08-11
West Brookheld.

Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Boyce are visiting
In Wolcott.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mudgett visited in
Pomfret last week.
Z. II. Chad wick and family visited In
Peth Wednesday OF last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rogers of Barre
called on friends in town Wednesday.
Miss Name Connolly and friend OF
Randolph spent Sunday at w. A. Hutch
inson's.
Mr.. VIM. Tracy OF st. Adams and Miss
Alice Hobart OF Randolph visited Miss
Lora Hutchinson Monday.
The young people 10 the number of
twenty-fiv enjoyed very pleasant lawn
party at the home OF Miss Lora Hutchin-
son last Saturday evening.
Robert Ranney had quite an experience
Sunday. HIS horse ran from little below
Byron Wakefeld's to the Meadow running
into the ratings and tearing off some OF
the rails, Robert was not thrown out or
hurt.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-08-11
Resolutions.

WHEREAS; Our Heavenly Father has In
his own good pleasure deemed it best to
sffiict Brookfield grange by the removal
by death OF our beloved sister, Jennie
Blodgett,
RESOLVED, That as we bow in submission
to the will OF divine Master, we remem-
her with sadness the great loss sustained
by her husband aud family and that we
tender them our sympathy.
RESOLVED, That copy OF these reso-
buttons be placed upon the records OF our
grange, a copy sent 10 the bereaved hus-
band and one to the HERALD AND NEWS
for publication.
SOPHIA E. FotLANsBEE.
LYDIA KIBBEE.
LILLIAN s. BUCK.
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Granville.

E. G. Ford OF Ludlow is in town.
Mrs. Frank Amey is in Randolph visit
ing her sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adds Hill were in RAN
doiph day last week.
Eleazer Hubbard Is attending camp
meeting at Queen City Park.
Mrs Geo. Parish and children are vis-
fting at her home In Canaan.
A. Il. Ford recently cut bis leg quite
badly with an axe while chopping.
Mrs. H. P. Hsses aud Bernice Simpson
were In Ripton two days last week.
Mrs. Denny and children have re-
turned to their home in Burlington.
About seventy-six attended the Sunday
school picnic at Moss Glen Fails last
Wednesday.
The baseball game here Friday between
the Roxbury and home teams resulted in
q score of 81 to in favor OF the Granville
nine
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-08-11

Miss Eva Pember is at work for Mrs.
Forrest Southland OF Royalton.
AFRO Bowen lately bought five COWS in
the west part OF the town and added TO
his dairy.
Geo. Willis, Frank Wight, Ed Kent and
A. A. Storrs were camping at the White
mountains last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Buck brought
their baby here from Hartford last
Thursday morning for burial.
Died, in Dixon, ILL.,, Aug. I'd, OF cancer
OF the bowels, Theron Cumins, aged 70
years. He was born in Tunbridge, but
came to East Bethel In early childhood,
where he lived till he was about IL years
old, wben he went with his fathers fami-
ly to Ohio. Afterward he went to Illi-
nois, W here, in his maturer years, he be-
came the head OF the Grand Detour pillow
works, located at Dixon. He acquired
honor and wealth and was, emphatically,
a self made man.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-08-11
East Brookheld.

Mrs. j. A. Peabody and Miss Eva Jack.
son are visiting in Worcester, Mass.
Mrs. L. d. French and son OF Everett,
Mass, are guests az d. M. Engiish's.
Mr.. Goodwin and Miss Hattie Smith Of
Boston were guests at w. Fl. Sprague's
last Saturday.
Richard, Ben, Leonard, Grace, Gustin
and Nora Bacon OF Chelsea visited at j. H.
Sprague's last week.
Chas. Bixby reformed to bis home in
Bridgewater. Mass, via the White
Mountains by wheel.
Dr. T. H. Whsatiey OF Brooklyn, n. Y,
Is spending the month of August with
his parents, Nathan l. Wheatley and wife.
Nathan Clark has finished work for d.
B. Buck and is now working for j. II.
Sprague, having moved his family to
Sprague's gulf farm.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-08-11

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case OF catarrh that cannot be
cured By Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
Transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligation made By their firm.
West & Truax, wholesale druggists, Tule-
10, o. WaidiDg, Kinnan 4 Marvin,
wholesale druggists. Toledo, o.
Halls Cstarrh Cure il taken internally,
acting directly upon the mucous surfaces
OF the system. Price sc. per bottle. Sold
b. all druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls family pills are the best.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-08-11
From the Boys in ssBlues.-
First Vermont Regiment, Co. F.

Lyle, Ca, Aug. 6, 1895.
Mr.. EDIToR:-We promised in our last
letter to furnish our friends with news
from camp every week, but as 1t happened
we could not get a letter there to be pub
hshed in last weeks issue but will try to
do better now.
Since our last letter we have heard that
our regiment has been ordered to the front
and ON receipt of the news the spirits Of
the bows ran high for awhile; but since
then there have been circulated through
camp stories of different nature and we
are at loss to know what to believe We
are all anxious to go to the front il needed,
il there is any "scrappingD to
be done. but we do not care to be sent to
some foreign place to do garrison duty as
camp life is too monotonous here in the
park. But II It Is a case of fight the LIST
Vermont regiment stands ready and eager
to 60 at a moments warning. The heath
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-08-11

Mrs. Jones Ferris is quite III. :,
Five couples enjoyed a ride to- Berlin
pond Saturday.
F. c. Bennett has moved his family in.
to the Eaton house.
@. ID. Spaulding was In Montpelier
Wednesday and Woodbury. Friday.
Ed Stimpston has taken the contract ia
repair the schoolhouse on the Warren
road.
Mrs. G. W. wetmore and Miss Ethel
Richardson visited in Williamstown last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. z. s. Stanton and daugh-
ter, Jessie, are spending few days in
Boston,.
Misses Idella and Irene Kibbee of Som
erville, Mass, are spending a few weeks
with their grandmother, Mrs.J. Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Dodge OF Barre Wis
tied at Walter Dunsmore's Wednesday
and Misses Blanche and Lefie Dunsmore
and Edith Chase returned home with
them for few days.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-08-11

OF our company is very fair, considering
the great change in climate. Earle Wilson
is again with us. He expects to go to
Lookout Mountain on ten days leave OF
absence to recuperate. Robert Soper is at
the division hospital but we expect him
back in few days. Frank Weston is
little under the weather but is on half du-
ty. Today Saturday Comrade Wallace
is on guard duty and the boys all know
that all trespassers will have to keep clear
OF his post or they know what would hap
pen unless they have a cigarette.)
Atkins wishes he was ut home as the COM
pany drill little too fast for him, which
tires him out. Mason is the same rugged
boy be was when he came down here. He
looks the picture of health.
We have all kinds OF sport here during
the day, but not during drill hours. Every
Sunday evening at 1880 the companies are
marched up in front OF the chaplain's tent
and for few minutes listen to remarks
made by our esteemed chaplain, Day.
There is one thing the Bethel boys re-
gret-tbat is that we did not persuade our
friend 'Chad, !" the cop, to enlist, as most
OF as can imagine how be would look
down here in Georgia In the boiling sun
with rifle on his shoulder. Good thing
you didn't, "Chad." As Ii is nearly time
for "messn will close for this time. With
best wishes to all at home, we are still
BETHEL Boys IN CAMP.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-08-11
The Wiser Way.

"How fresh aud rosy you look, Nora, -
exclaimed Isabel, who had Just returned
from the beach and was greeting her
friend.
"Yes, dear" replied Nora, 81 am feeling
splendidly, and mamma says I have an
alarming appetite"
"Whers in the world have you been
since l saw you ~
81 have remained at home,n replied
Nora, s'and have worked hard every day.
But / have been taking that wonderful
medicine, Hoods Sarsaparilla, and it has
done me. oh, so much good. You see
always ike to feel we'll when 20 away,
and leave for the mountains next week.
an arasgl..s sen Dr.. MEss. Nerve Plaster
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bethel Gilead.

Mrs. Lizzie Griffith OF Utica, N. V, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Jane Bowen.
Mrs. Myron Edison is at home after
caring for Mrs. Ben Gage at Randolph.
Mr.. and Mrs. Waldo Flagg accompanied
by Mrs. Melissa Neff have gone to Miller,
Neb., to live.
Mrs. Lorenzo Ellis and son, Maurice,
visited Mrs. Frank Markham in East
Bethel recently.
Mrs. Samuel Wilson Is visiting her
daughters, Mrs. Delbert Hsrridan and
Mrs. Frank Tucker and Florry Tucker Is
with her aunt, Alma Wilson.
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$500.

DIR. f. Detchon's Anti Diuretic
May be worth to you more than 800 IL
you have a child who soils bedding from
incontinence Of water during sleep. Cures
old and young alike. 1t arrests the trou-
BILE at once. 81. Sold by Richard G.Mor-
ton, druggist, Main St., Randolph, VT.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-08-11

shiioh's Consumption Cure cures where others
fail. 1t is the leading Cough Cure, and home
should be without IL. Pleasant to take and goes
right to the spot Sold by c. E. Black, south Roy
alton; Drew 4 Leonard Randolph.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-08-11

Dyspepsia Cured. shioh's vitaiizer Immediately
relieves sour stomach, coming OF food distress,
and is the great kidney and liver remedy. sold by
c. e. Black a Co south Royaiton; Drew Leon
a I'd Randolph
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-25
THE FLooD-swEPT WEST.
Hucb Loss of Life In Ohio-RniIroad
sifuntion Improving.

CINCINNATI. March 2i.-At 10 O'Clock
tonight the Ohio river at Cincinnati
registered 81 feet 51-2 inches, and was
rising an inch an hour. Reports from
northwest. at the sources Of the Monon-
gahela, give notice of rapid rise along
| that river.
The interior towns on the Ohio that
have suffered inundation have expert
enced relief from the recession OF the
waters
Loss Of life is reported at Hamilton, o.,
where the great Miami swept away two
cottages and drowned six inmates
namely. Mrs. Charles Whitman and her
three small children and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Springman.
GAINESVILLE reports the drowning Of an
infant son OF Mrs. Charles T.. West and
of a man known as Deacon Jones; also,
Of the drowning. by the upsetting of a
skin, Of Mrs. james Brennan and child
and John Leach, and the drowning OF
Mrs. Mary Church and Timothy Jones.
The railroad situation in the interior
of Ohio is improving.
DANGER AT PITTSBURG OVER.
PITTSBURG, PA, March 2i--At mid
night the waters have receded to an
ordinarily high-water mark, 235 feet, and
no further damage is looked for. While
the loss will reach many thousands of
dollars, the property damage will not
be as heavy as was at first expected,
because manufacturers and householde-s
had taken extra and early precautlon to
remove their machinery and goods TO
safe ground
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-25
ANGLO-AMERICAN FELLOWSHIP.
United States Soldiers Pay Tribute
10 British Dead.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA, March PA
special to the Times Union and Citizen
from st. Augustine. Fla, says: United
States soldiers Joined the men Of II. NJ.
S. Cordelia this afternoon in the cere-
monies attending the funeral of J. Nc
Cormac a seaman, who died aboard the
ship yesterday morning. Such an occa-
sion is rare and the tribute paid TO the
memory of the dead marine of her
MaJesty's service created favorable i'm
preston among the many who witnessed
the interment. When the death of Nc
Cormac was made known to Colonel
Rawles, in command of st. Francis bar
racks, he Immediately sent word to Cap
tain Bourke, Of the Cordelia, that a
grave would be set aside for the inter-
ment in the National Cemetery, and that
he would be pleased to detail the First
United States Artillery Band and a
squad of Company b. Fifth United States
Infantry, TO attend the funeral as a mark
of respect. The offer was graciously ac-
cepted by Captain Bourke. and the cere-
monies were carried out on that line"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-25
PILOTS TENDER THEIR SERVICES.
Men of Cape Fear Wish to Aid the
Government If War Comes,

( WILMINGTON. n. C., March 24-At a
special meeting of the Cape Fear Pilots
Association, held at Southport with Cap
tain l.. a. Grissom presiding and Cap
tain J. X Atkins as secretary, the fol-
lowing preamble and resolution were
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, IL appears to this body hat
war is very probable between the
United States and Spain. and that men
OF our calling can be OF valuable service
10 the country: therefore, be it
Resolved by this association, That we
tender our services as & body and our
pilot plant 70 the President of the United
States and the Secretary of the Navy in
case OF war with Spain.
I'VE also assure the Secretary of the
Navy that we stand ready to tender TO
the navy OF the United States such aid
and assistance az our knowledge of the
coast from New York to Key West, and
of the ports Of the Gulf of Mexico also
OF the inland route from New York TO
Savannah, makes possible. We recall
With pride the great service rendered by
our pilots to the Confederate States du-
ring the civil war"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-25
Tommy howled, Il didn't. didn't !;

Tommy howled, II didn't. didn't
grandma; I never touched II since sai'
Sunday morning came and grandms
| meant TO go to church. She went TO th'
| bandbox 10 get her best bonnet. Bcint
| an old lady, she did not wear himsy Di'
OF wire and lace on the top OF her head
Her bonnet had shape and size, ana l..
the bonnet lay on It's back, so 10 speak,
and that crown was full OF sugar, the
very Kind she used on the table.
Grandma threw up her hands ana sa i., !,
relief: "Of course, this isn't Tommy :
work. He'd have eaten 1t, bless his
heart. But who did it2'
She threw away the sugar. Being a
dainty old lady, she could not use wnat
had been stored I'm a bonnet crown;
Then she brushed out the bonnet and
went to church.
When Monday came she said: ''lr
don't do another thing, I'll watch tnat
sugar bowl" and she sat down outside
the door, opened Just q crack. BY good
luck she didn't have long TO wait. n
cunning little monkey belonged at the
next house, and the first sight her Watcn-
ing brought was his wizened face peeping
in at the open window. He twisted this
way and that 10 see IL the coast was
clear. Then he crept down from the
window sill, across the room, up cnaiT-
back on to the table, lifted the cover on
window, round to the hall door, which
was open, up the front stairs, grandma
followed silently. She saw him enter the
room, open her handbook, tip the bonnet
the other side up, and pour the sugar in.
Then she caught the little creature i'll
her arms.
Laying up a store of sweetness, are
you? Tommy, Tommy she called. Here
is the thief. I'm sorry l laid It to you,
Tommy" Grandma was a noble woman,
and not above owning up when she was
at fault.
ITS too funny for anything" She
laughed and laughed again. Tommy look
ed pretty grave. A question puzzled him.
Grandma" he said, when twas me you
cried and scOlded; now the monkey does
Just the same, only he takes lots more'n
| did; faint his grandma's. either, and
you laugh and say it's funny"
Bless your heart, dearie, don't you |
know" Grandma's face twitched; that |
hint about the monkeys grandma was a |
little too much. But she did not really |
laugh
ut is this way, Tommy-you know bet |
ter and IT is wrong for you. The monkey |
)nly followed his instincts. I'm sure you |
would much rather be boy and know
better, than TO be a monkey and steal
sugar"
Tommy thought that he would
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-25
Fon oUr-oF-rowx suBsonrnEe,
The Picture Maine VIII kc Sen, ..
Our Patrons Out OF Town

Yielding to the urgent requests O, o.,
subscribers In various parts Of the STAT.
we have concluded to send the hano
some souvenir picture of tho ill-fa,sa
battleship Maine by mail, upon the 70.
eeipt OF one coupon and 8 cents.
1t is a colored picture, ef-4x15, ciev.riv
executed in every detail, and taken fro,,
an oil-painting done by +. N. Atwood T.,
1896, and owned by Brigadler-General IT
A. Wheeler. IL will be found admlrablv
suited for framing.
In order to obtain the picture, cut A.,
coupon, which will be found at tho no,
tom Of the last column Of the eighth nae,
of the DISPATCH, and bring or send n
to the Dispatch with cents.
Persons desiring the picture by m,p
should be careful to write their name,
and addresses plainly. Address PIC,TI,Pp
the Dispatch, Rich.
mond, Va.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-25
TeIegrams Briefed.

Washington.-The President nominated
Judson w. Lyons. of Georgia, to be Reg
lister of the Treasury.
Empire. CA. w. Parks of Frazier.
was killed by John Watts, about a mile
and a half from Frazier, while the two
were riding together in a buggy. After
shooting Parks, Watts shot negro
whom he met
Wadley, Ga.-John Overstreet. a prorni-
nent young man. accidentally killed him.
self while returning from q turkey-hunt.
His gun was discharged while he was
climbing fence, the load entering his
left breast. He died Immediately.
Columbus, Ga.--Charles Field shot and
killed his son, Richard. The shooting
took place at Fields residence. and was
done with a 3S-callbre pistol. Field is e5
years of age, and claims that he did the
shooting in self-defence. After doing the
unnatural deed he threw the body out
in the yard and left IL there while he
went to give himself up 10 the Sheriff.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-25
BIRD-SONGS.
To Hear Them Truly Requires an
Ear Particularly Attuned.

John Burroughs writes for the March
Century an article on the Songs of
American Birds" Mr. Burroughs says:
1 suspect it requires a special gift of
grace to enable one to hear the bird
songs; some new power must be added
TO the ear, or some obstruction removed
There are not only scales upon our eyes
so~that We do not see; there are scales
| upon our ears so that we do not hear. A
city woman, who had spent much OF her
time in the country, once asked a we'll
| known ornithologisi to take her Where
| she could hear the bluebird. "What.
never heard the blgebirdY' said he. 81
have not" said the woman. "Then you
will never hear it," said the bire-lover.
That is, never hear It with that inward
ear that gives beauty and meaning TO the
note He could probably have taken her
In few minutes where she could have
heard the call or MARBLE of the bluebird.
but it would have fallen upon unrespon-
sive ears-upon ears that We're not sensi-
tizeo by love for the birds or associations
with them.
Bird-songs are not music, properlv
speaking, but only suggestions of music
great many people whose attention
would be quickly arrested by the Same
volume of sound made by musical in
strument or by any artificial means.
never heard them at all. The sound of a
boys penny whistle there in the grove or
the meadow would separate itself more
from the background OF nature, and be a
greater challenge to the ear, than is the
strain of the thrush or the song OF The
sparrow. There is something elusive, IN
definite. neutral, about bird-songs that
IN ell la ~
upon the ear: and we are very ant N |
miss them. They are a part OF natura |
and nature lies about US. entirely occu- |
pied with her own affairs, and quite re- |
CARELESS of our presence. Hence IL is with
bird-songs as IL is with so many other
things in nature-they are what we make
them; the ear that hears them must be
half creative.
l am always disturbed when no,so,,
not especially observant of birds asi, -
to take them where they can hear eo, ~,
bird, the song OF which
they have become interested IN
through description Of II IN
some book As listen with them
feel Ike apologizing for the bird
L has bad cold or has Just heard SOM
depressing news; 1t will not let itself out.
The song seems so casual and minor when
you make n dead set at II. haya
aiken persons to hear the hermit-thrush
md I have fancied that they were All
he time saying 10 themselves Us thar
lll?'' But when one hears the bird In his
walk. when the mind Is attuned to sirnnIe
hings and is open and receptive. when
expectation Is not aroused and the song
omes as a surprise out Of the dusky
ience of the woods. one feels that Il
merits all the fine things that can be
aid of IL.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-25
Monkey Thiers sugar-Box.
lNew York Obaerver !

Tommy was little boy who lived with
his grandmother in Virginia. Like MANI
another boy and some girls. Tommy wa
fond OF sweet things. and Sometimes he
visited his grandmother's sugar howl
when she was not looking. His grand
rated him roundly.
1T is little better than stealing. What
a disgrace II your grandfather's grand
son should grow up a thief"
Tommy was very much awed by the
words. and said he never, never would
Somehow he had thought before that
what was grandma's was his own.
For few days all went we'll then the
sugar began TO go OF faster than ever
bowlful. ~ '"e
You naughty. naughty boy" grandma
said; TO be a thief, and break your
word beside" In secret she Thought.
Whatever shall DO with the howl
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-25
sTATION-HOUsE DOG.
Chose That Place for His Home and
Stuck to 1t.
philadelphia Record)

philadelphia Record)
Ginger" is dead, and there is mourn
ing among the men of the Second Police
District. There are many little boys and
girls. too, living in the vicinity of the sta
ton, at Second and Christian streets, who
will miss good-natured playmate. Gin
ger" was the "station-house hummer"
one night about four years ago a little
homeless pup made friendly overtures to
Patrolman Paddy" Kirby when the lat
ter was patrolling lonely night beat, and
followed him to the station when Kirby
went off duty. After that the dog made
the station his home and received the
name of Ginger" principally on account
of his color. Ginger became great pet
with the men, and for several Christ
masses past a tree has been erected in the
station for Ginger's benefit. For two or
three days past Ginger had been sick, and
yesterday morning he died quite sudden
ly. A neat box was obtained, and the re-
mains OF the little police dog were laid in
II. grave I'm the grass plot at the side
OF the station was dug. Sergeant Woods
then held a short service over his late
friend, and there was many q wet eye
that took last look at Ginger, cold in
death. No more will the joyful yelp OF
Ginger be heard IN the house as the men
come In from the street for every dog
has his day, and Gingcrs day Is done.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-25

Commission of the United States NJ
America to the international ExposI-
tion, Brussels, 1897,
Columbian University.
Washington, ID. c., December 1, 1897.
The Sterling Cycle Company:
Dear Sirs,-I am pleased 10 inform Won
that at the International Exposition OF
Brussels, Belgium, the jury awarded n
your bicycle the Grand Prize" You will
realize how great a distinction this Is
when 1 tell you that this award Is TWO
GRADES HIGHER THAN THE GOLD
MEDAL, and is intended only for thosa
exhibits which show. the most marked
excellence-in fact, it may be regarded
as the VERDICT PERFECTION"
The number Of Grand Prizes is limited
and on this occasion no other individual
wheel received an award of equal merit
Very truly yours, ]. II. GORE.
Commissioner
T.. w. Tignor's Sons are the agents
for the Sterling.