Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-01-26
South ROyaIton Notes.
N. ]. sARoENT. Local Editor.

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d. c. Jones is quite i'll with the grip.
Ala Day returned from Bethel Saturday
George Little has returned here for
time.
win Perkins returned to Hartford Sat.
urday.
John MeCoso is visiting at Sylvester
Russell's.
Ernest White returned to Brookline last
Thursday.
Miss Ida Brownell is assisting Mrs. r
H. Mather.
Mrs. John Mudgett is reported some.
what better.
John Hurtle and son have been quite i'll
with the grip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Eaton have a son,
born the 18th.
Mary Phelps visited friends at Hart
ford Saturday.
Chas. Farnham OF Providence, X. l., was
10 town Saturday.
Chas. Danforth is convalescing and able
to be on the street.
Mrs. George Davis is better and able to
be about the house.
Will Campbell OF st. Adams is at Will
bur Thurston's this week.
Mrs. Reuben Spaulding Of Bethel is Wis.,
iting her son, Ira Spaulding.
George Nye is having serious trouble,
resulting from frozen fingers.
Mrs. 5. c. Drew visited her niece, Mrs.
Henry Page, at Bethel last week.
Mrs. S. A. Dean of Tunbridge was the
guest OF Mrs. E. j. Fish Saturday.
Mrs. Kate Bryant Allen of East Barnard
visited Mrs. Henry Whitcomb last week.
Miss Ada Burroughs OF Randolph was
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Mudgett last
week.
j. M. Thompson has closed his engage
ment with Henry Manchester and goes to
Waitsheld.
George Thurston has received an in.
crease OF pension and back pay to the
amount OF $500.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Morse went to
Springfield, Mass, yesterday TO visit
friends for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Kent entertained a
party Of Is OF the young people OF the viii
lage al their home Tuesday evening.
The ladies Of the Universalst parish
will hold a pop corn social Wednesday
evening, Feb. 1, at the home OF Mrs. w. p. |
Hubbard. All are cordially invited.
The primary school attendance is con-
siderably decreased on account OF the pu-
pills having German measles and other |
ailments caused by the unhealthy weather. |
Arthur Lewis was In Burlington Mon
day to take an examination for a license /
70 manage a creamery, which he received |
having passed all the requirements OF the
law.
Truman FELTON,, an OLD resident OF Tun-
bridge, was taken to the Rutland work
house last week, having been tried and |
sdindged tramp. He was arrested in
Sharon.
The vi. Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of
Montpelier has settled the loss by fire sus-
tanned by A. A. Allen recently, paying
through their agents, Tarbell Il Whitman,
1,720.
NJ. ID. Rowell OF Tunbridge has sold to
Forrest Southard for New York parties
500 fieeces Of nice Interchangeable wool, for
which be received Ss21.59. He has also
sold the past fall s265 worth of sheep and
cattle from his farm and has good -sized
stock in winter quarters.
C. f. Smith, a resident OF Fair Haven
who is a volunteer in the navy, was guest
At Rrightwood last week. He claimed to
be one OF the sailors on the Dupont dur
ing the war with Spain and stationed with
he feet at Santiago. He gave brief ac-
count ofthe naval battle at Santiago which
be witnessed.
DR.. w. L. Paine OF Royalton will give a
ecture in Trinity NJ. E.church next Mon.
lay evening, Jan. 30, on "City Life and
COUNTRY Life DR.. Paine is widely known
nd considered popular lecturer. His ,
ecture VIII be appropriate for the times ]
nd Il is hoped that our citizens, especial
Y the business men ia the town, will give :
Tim a hearing. 4
Harrison Dewey passed away Tuesday Q
morning at his home in this village at
he age Of 80 years., months and days.
fr. Dewey was respected citizen OF Roy
ton. He had always lived in town aud
7as born az the Dewey homestead on
lewey Hin in 1905. He was a son OF Eben I
nd Jerusha KimhaIl Dewey, who moved /,
rom Lebanon, Mass, to this town in
$40, and was one OF eleven children, be-
az the tenth and last. Mr.. Dewey mar %
led Mrs. Msrilda Gerry for his first wife
nd they had six children, OF which only
ne is living, Miss Martha Dewey, Of y
Worcester. Mass. His second wife was o
uiia Barney and they have reared four n
hildren, George, Gertrude, Walter and
label, all residents of this town. Mr..
ewey served in the war OF ri, existing 81
Co. r, % VT. Vols, in 1861 as orderly n
irgeant. He was promoted to the rank A
I'd lieutenant, Jan. IL, 62. He was in
le hattie of Bull Run, at which time he
as taken prisoner and paroled. He was Il
Oct. a. 49, for disabilities. He
I'd been a member OF the Masonic order !,
nee 1851 and was a member of Whitney
lapter. His funeral will be held today al
the NJ. T.. church at ? p. m. with Ma Il
mic honors, Rev. r. w Sharp officiating. !,
e will be buried on Dewey Hill near the :.
ace OF his birth. 81
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