Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-04-13

There seems to be a demand for horses
as several have been sold IL this place he
4 last few days. Among them were Fred
4 hayRard's colt for $50; o. NJ Rice's colt
\ for 200; Ellis Bohonon's PAGER for siIO:
Adams < Lewis horse, Fox, for 500, and
I =. ID. Barnes pair OF blacks for about s325.
/ Good Vermont horses are always in de-
mand II there is call for horses any
/ where.
z. IA. Beckwith has group Of four hens
4 mat have been attending TO business pret-
I ty well since eggs dropped in price sever
ai weeks ago, but when they heard that
| eggs we're down TO 12c. per dozen they re-.
I doubled their Efforts 10 make a good
showing and one day last week some one
/ OF be four laid two eggs the same Gay.
\ Mr.. Beckwith knows this 10 be so for
there were only four hens and be got five
eggs that day. The market hiss dropped
another notch this week.
| Are We going TO have an electric road2l
Well.Re would not want to 20 in ana bet
there was not going TO, since on good au i.
thoritY it hss been found out that at least
three good live electric road concerns are
coming here as soon as the snow gets off
| or It ever does to look over the route, es-
| innate the cost etc, etc. We will let you
know all about il just ss fast as we can
lind IL out. II is something to know that
AtAAA1 Altlh IAAlAEH ART iiAltIUnNCu enough To
say they viii come and look 1t over.
Died in Chelsea April g, Mrs. Chasfiua
I Richardson Titus, widow of the late Ed
son Titus, AGED II years. Mrs. Titus re-
sided with her son, William, on the farm
where she had lived so many wears She
mad been an invalid and a great sufferer
for the past two years. She left four chill
dren. Mrs. Oliver MetcaH, Will II Titus
and Frank J. Tifus Of this town and Ed
A. Titus ~ Athol Mass They were all
present az the funeral Saturday after
noon which was attended BY Rev. W. l..
Allen. Tue fnterment WIS in Highland
cemetery.
We clip the following from the Journal
o. Friday Application has been made
for insurance OF s500O0 on the famous
young Jersey bull, Merry Maiden's son,
owned at Hood farm, Lowell, Mass. This
Is he highest amount OF insurance ever
asked FOR on a bull or COW Merry Mai.
dens Son Is believed to be the most ia
nous Jersey bull living, as he is the son
Of Merry Maiden, the champion sweep
stakes COW In an three tests combined at
the Worlds Fair. Thus Merry Maiden's
Son uni.es the blood OF these two famous
cows, and great results are expected from
his progeny"
Laura A. Wiley, wife OF Smith Taylor.
died az her home A rl 5th, aged 90 years,
months, days. she had paralNtic
shock a few days previous, from which
she never rallied. She had been an inVa
lid and confined TO the house since last
October and had not been well since the
first shock about one wear ago. Mrs,Tay-
Tor was born in Roxbury and was married
in 1855. They moved TO the hor where
she died on the East Hin from Washing
ton p years ago She leaves a husband
and two daughters, Mrs. Il. G.. Reed and
Mrs. Emma Griffin. The funeral was Fri.
day at her late home, Rev. w. f. Allen
officiating.
The semiannual election OF officers took
place in the q. +. meeting last Thursday
evening, resulting as follows: President,
Richard IA. Bacon; vice president, Mar
shall A. Carpenter; recording secretary
and treasurer, Alice l.. Corwin; lookout
committee. Lena Z Spalding, Norman e.
Burbank, Jonn b. Hatch; prayer meeting
committee, Annie r. Goss, Henry w Bur-
bank, Efiie NJ. Coburn; social committee,
Sadie NJ Eastman, Maud 5. Merrill, Har-
old ID. Comstock; missionary committee,
Mrs. II. J Eastman, Mrs. j. NJ. Comstock,
Almena II. Coburn; flower committee,
Mrs. W. $. Hatch, Mrs. Densmore, Emma
w. Hatch; corlesp-n ding secretary, per-
manent office, Hattie II Dearborn.