Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-09-14

Edmund Nixon, clerk In A.. Il. Bass
store, is visiting in Windsor this week.
An Odd Fellow and Rebekah picnic is
being held today at Fred Kent's on the r.
p. Mann place.
"Nick" Niebaum, having postponed his
Pl~attsburgh trip, gave some OF the boys a
ride on the launch that runs on the Blue
! Hill pond al Bethel Friday.
The droyers have appealed to the rail-
road commissioners for relief from what
they deem the unjust shipping charges
recently imposed Jy the c. V. II. n. Co.
L. A. shattuck came very near violating
at a single shot Tuesday the law which
forbids killing more than five p~artridges a
day. While riding with his wife, he
blaxed away and killed three birds at once.
Mrs. 5. verifies the tale and the horse
doesn't deny it,
Miss Train and party, who a been
spending the summer at the Burt place.
left Tuesday. Miss Trains home Is in
Fair Haven, Mass, but she spends the
winters in Washington, ID. 4. She is
much pleased with Randolph and may re-
turn next summer.
Mrs. VIM. n. Roberts and two sons ar
rived at Randolph the 18th Tor a visit
among friends and are staying with Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Morse. Mr.. Roberts
J NlhTtGU III hut thUlt llWN IOI tue ntNA "
visit bis brother. Frank Roberts, and will
be absent until Oct. y.
The Perry-Badger wedding occurs at
the Christian church this evening. Inas-
much as invitations have been so general
ly extended that the seating capacity OF
the church will be fully required for the
recipients, u Is not expected that any
not holding invitations will attend.
Several young men from this place have
lately enlisted In Co. +, Vermont National
Guard, and nine went to Mortified Sat
urday evening TO drill. They were Harry
Chase, George Bruce, Frank Burridge,
Arthur Bass, Orrin Mann, viii Tobey,
Henry Jacobs, Clinton e. Dickerman and
Elmer Bean.
The village trustees have just put in
AZ rods OF permanent stone road on what
is called the Maun fiat. IL was very mud
dy in spring and II will be appreciated by
B~raintree people. The work was super
intended by j. B. wells, who did a very
nice job for the money expended, which
was the villages share OF the state high
way fund.
Judge Nichols went hunting partridges
the other day, taking his dog along. Last
year the latter met and bad a disagreeable
experience with a hedgehog, filling his
mouth with quilts. This time IL seems
that he met 3 second member OF the spe-
cies, and, being gifted with a good mem
DRY, was at a loss just how to tackle 1t
with safety. All the evidence in the case,
when he returned to the Judge, was dis
tinctly in favor OF the theory that he sat
down on Mr.. Hedgehog.
This is getting to be quite a point for
cattle shipment. Waldo Flsgg of Miller,
Neb., who has been visiting his brother,
George, in Braintree, purchased a carload
OF about 35 y%earlings and two-year olds
in Rochester and Granville and shipped
them to his western home, accompanying
them himself. IL is a peculiar condition
when stock can be bought here and
freighted to Nebraska cheaper than 1t can
be bought there, but such is the case at
present. NJ. G. Rowell started a carload
OF cows to Connecticut Monday also.
Last Saturday afternoon, Irwin Chad
wick and wife boarded the local train at
Milton, intending to spend Sunday with
his parents here. MIR. Chadwick is sta
tion agent at Milton and on the same train
came a new telegraph operator to succeed
one at Milton, who had been fired
Irwin was obliged to give up his visit and
remain to instruct the new conner, his
wife coming here alone. 1t seems that
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