Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-05-05
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Mrs. Jesse Carter is able to be about
once more. ttztk
Robert Morton was at home from the
U. ", M. over Sunday. ozs.
Mrs. e. W.. SAINT is spending the day
with friends in Bethel.
VIII. Dubois and James Hutchinson
are in Montpelier today.
Asa B. Hebafd OF White River Junction
was here to spend Sunday.
The Informsls meet next Monday even
ing with Mrs.J. W. Rowell.
Frank Campbell is sick with the rheu-
matte fever ut w Whitehall, N. Y.
z. e. Merchant returned Tuesday from
a several days. visit to Quechee and
Woodstock.
A. g. Wheeler is at Greensboro. Mrs.
Wheeler goes this week to join him for
the summer.
Nelson Leonard has exchanged his
brown PAGER for nice bay colt belonging
to j. b. Wells.
to visit at T. j. Adams. Her husband Is
expected Saturday.
Charles Hoisington, who was visiting
at his home In Rochester Hollow, cut his
foot badly yesterday.
A derailed car at the Emerson mill side
track Friday caused considerable trouble
before it could be replaced. 9s.e -
Mrs. Milo English OF Brook field Is
spending some time here at the home OF
her daughter, Mrs. Hattie Lamson.
The ladies of the Cong'l church are in
vited to meet with Mrs oldsbury Thurs
day, May II, from 2;30 to 1880 p. m.
]. NJ. Atwood, lodge deputy, instituted
an |. q. q. T. lodge at Washington Tues
day evening with "a charter members.
Rev. G. o. Howe is making quite extern
sive repairs on the interior of bis house,
and large window is being put in on the
front side.
.'New England Home" as presented by
Harry LaMarr's company attracted a fair
sized audience Monday evening. The
play was not highly regarded.
The musical festival at White River
junction this week will probably attract
a number from this place who plan to at
Beedle, Mrs. A. M. Hubbard, Miss Wini-
fred Richmond and Mrs. Hattie Mcbride
are members of the chorus there.
Twenty recruits for the Northfield mill
tia company went to Mortified Monday
to undergo physical examination. Seven
teen OF them passed, the rejected ones be-
ing w. II. Kenney, Harold Thompson and
John Pratt. The boys go to Northfeld
today at y. NJ. and will go tomorrow to
rendezvous and drill a short time before
going to the front.
Following the suggestion made last
week, an effort has been made toward
raising an independent military company
here. Without any difficulty over 30
names have been secured, which number
could be doubled were sufficient arms and
equipments obtainsble. AS to these, Quar-
termaster General Gilmore has agreed to
provide them IL possible and II will be
known shortly II they can be had. As
soon as this Is determined the company
will be organized.
The annual parish meeting of st. johns
church occurred Monday evening, May.
The following were elected vestrymen |
l.. P. Thayer, J. ID. Denison, J. +. Parsons, |
j. w. Burt, j. w. Gabrielle, M. l.. Scott, |
J. F. Hobart, J. W. Hale. W. Z. Martin,
E a, Griswold, J. B Putnam. AZ the
sucseeded, J. ID. Denison was appointed |
senior warden; J F. Parsons, junior war
den; j. B. Putnam, secretary; ]. W.
Gabrielle, treasurer. l.. p. Thayer ard j. |
w. Gabrielle were chosen delegates to the |
next convention and j. z. Parsons and +.
A. Griswold substitutes.
The only matters OF interest to come up |
at the village meeting next Monday even
ing are In regard to electric lighting. |
Some parties living quite distance from |
the main portion of the village, though |
within the corporation limits, want |
lights nearer their homes, o hers want |
the street lights to run all night every |
night in the year instead OF until 2 80 9. m.
on nights when the moon does not shine. |
The Electric company offers to light all |
night for only the additional cost OF |
lamps and carbons that would be used
about 200 more per year. It is likely,
though, that majority OF the voters are
with present schedule and that
no change will be made.
The fishing season opened very quietly |
this year. 1t has been too cold lately to
encourage the sport. George Ryder
caught nice string Tuesday in the mill
pond, including one weighing pound
and half. George presented them to rye
editor" who returned thanks and prom
ised to write an obituary that would please
George IL i'll luck befalls him in Cuba.
The incest lot OF trout we ever saw were
six taken from the millpond yesterday by
Joe Brown, weighing together over nine
pounds, one tipping the scales at 2 lbs.
OF. A. e. Dean captured s'pound and
1 halter" and Frank Griswold another
good one, all from the millpond. Yester-
lay afternoon there wasn't standing room
IN the edge of the pond. Ed Whitney got
IS good eating ones In East Roxbury Tues
lay and Tim Blanchard of that place
brought In II trout that weighed 10 lbs.
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