Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-12-21
NEWS I'm TOWNS ABOUT.
Barnard.

kage day last week.
Mrs. P. F. Riley is with her daughter il
Quechee for few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Badger spent Sstur'
day and Sunday with their parents.
Miss Margaret Reagan is spending the
Christmas vacation with her parents.
Miss Laura Paige has a position az
teacher IN the graded school at Calais.
Miss Nettie Cootey is staying at her
uncle's, o. c. Smiths, for short time.
BY the death OF a grandmother, Mrs.
Chss. Dean was recently called to RoX-
bury.
A. W. Eastman and family have moved
to l.. A. Richmond's where they will
spend the winter.
Miss Cora Atwood OF Pomfret was in
town last week 10 attend the funeral Of
Mrs. A. T.. Cootey.
There will be a Christmas tree with APP
pTopriate exercises at the Universallst
church Monday evening.
Arthur Maynes, wife and child OF
Woodstock are stopping with his parents,
A. Maynes and wife, for time.
Mrs. c. A. Burke and two children re-
turned to their home in West Falmouth,
Mass, the early part OF the week.
Lucian Blackmer, who has been guest
at A. A. stewart's since early in the sum
mer, has returned to his winter home In
81. Louis,
The dance Friday evening under the
management Of Messrs. Wheelock and
Brownell was attended by about thirty
couples.
Seth B. Aikens moves to the Mrs. Ruth
Day place, wi here he will be near his shop,
ready TO balance and sharpen the PAGERS
and trOtters.
Hsrmon aud Mara Cootey, who were
NV..AE T.. IL \
Of their mother, arrived on Monday last /
returning Friday.
One week ago we thought the ice ready /
for driving, but the tha@ ruined iJ before F..
any horse was out, Now it looks uniavOr-
able for this week.
Pigs are dressing well this season.
James Hatch brags OF one that tipped the
scales at 4Sg ~ pounds, but e. A. Tucker
can beat that, his weighing 525 pounds.
The entertainment at South Barnard
Saturday evening is worthy OF mention.
The house was filled to overlooking and
all admit they were highly entertained.
Those who attended the kaleidoscope en-
tertainment at East Barnard Friday even
ing report a narrow escape from what
might have been serious explosion OF
chemicals.
The Christmas topic for consideration
at the Y. p. Z. U. service is allow shall
we ing the Christmas anthem ?" Luke
2:13, ID. Miss A. Il. French will conduct
the meeting. :
There is another social at the hall this,
Friday, evening with Mrs. S. b. Aikens {
and Miss Lena AikeDs as managers OF the :
literary program. One of the leading >
features promised Is cake wslk. There
will be marching as usual.
Public opinion does not favor the style
OF Knot tied by NV. M. II. Smith II the
one which fastened bis horse to l.. ID. P
Reagan's buggy last Friday morning Is a I
fair sample. Nor would we forget to mem T.
ton the keenness on the part OF Mr.. Rea-
gan in detecting the absence OF the horse 81
from the halter py which he was leading s.
him. il
Pearl N. Chamberlin has recently p
bought the well'known Marshall Town.
send place, No Church Court, in Barn. p
ard village. This Is a desirable residence, In
good buildings, two acres of fine land ana n
70 trees Of choice fruit. Mrs. Chamber In
lin, who has been on an extended visit m
with ner mother in South Royalton, will fr
soon return and the hsppy couple are TO Il
take up Their abode at TINS new purchase. Ill
As Mrs. Frank Fairbanks and her son, "
Fred, were nearing the schoolhouse in tue
morgan district one morning last week,
the morse became frightened at a snow d.
man the children had made beside the VI
road, and gave a sudden turn, dashing in I'll
to board fence at the right and from o.
there TO the stone wall on the opposite bu
side, throwing the occupants OF the bog. sa
gy To the ground. Mrs. Fairbanks was
quite badly bruised and the buggy was
well demolished
PAGERS AND TRoTrERs. VII
Horse papers are nearly all OF ono opin.
ION now-that the PAGER is at the present Sa
time this most fashionable roadster TO
sleigh and the cream OF city speedWays bu
are side"w heelers, 30 II Is rare thing that q
breeder finds any fault with his colt ifit IN,
ineiines To the lateral gait. IL is com. 81
mon expression when breeding to say, "I -
hope my colt will be pac There will l
always DC slow goels enough for driving ~
20 church aud mill, but the great change Tn
IN our cities and large towns TO electrical he
rapid transit has left the common horse
on the 5-cent counter, while the flyer thai tn
can go 10 the front under the wire or lead gu
the road brigade down the boulevard Co
Commands better price today than ever vt
before IN the history Of the light. harness
horse 80
Still we hear that dismal, familiar CRY. saa
'DJnt breed for speed, for YOU NAV moi ma
get u. why don't they tell the P1mfret r-l
Jersey farmers not to breed for great ha
mixers, Tor they might get a bul2 This ~
cry gross more iaiut every year and the
Time IL soon coming when a horse that
doesn't sire speed will not be patronized sa,
At all. ~
RIAL ESTATE CHANGES AND CADY PARK X
Charles +. Cady has bought Of Nelsor u.
]. Chamberlin bis hill farm, consisting OF I'll
lOJ acres Of land, with good buildings la
nne pure running spring water at house ca
'nd barn, 80 acres Of smooth M owing land
10 one lot, cuts . tons OF hsy, plenty Of
WOOD and timber and a large pasture in
light % the house. This, added 10 his 20
)ther purchase Of Mr.. r. A. Tucker. makes sin
him farm Of i55 acres In one body. an kn
Within stones throw Of a schoolbouse pie
mo one mile TO steam mill ms
Chester Csdy and his two sons now own SIC
'ver 500 acres of Mount Hunger land in XII
me tract, with four dwelling houses and IL
cemetery 10 the centre. These premises a
VI JOIN anu extend from Locust creek 10 Is
he foot hills Of Mahomet, the highest "H
'esE OF tue mountains no Barnard. Th
Near the middle OF this land Is the Gel. 90
.brated Nye swamp, where choice wills bel
ioSers have h1urished hundreds Of wears
pecimens OF which nov adorn many
Ireen houses IN tue surrounding country
Charles ts hustler 10 real estate ana Or
nay have bought this last farm on spern. Ch
alton, bot II he concludes to Keen n for a It's