Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-09


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TUE POLAR OIL Co., Cleveland, ..
I The Ten Pin club met with Mrs. Guy
Wilson Tuesday afternoon.
Jeffers Richardson was home fsDfn Nor
wich university over Sunday.
Mrs. John Foley of Rochester IN at the
home OF her sather- Henry Rice.
Mrs. A. Lee Cady entertained her friends
at a whist party Wednesday evening.
Will II. Topper has bought the we'll
known Richardson farm IN Rochester.
L. S. Bird has been clerkiDg for Abbott
q Cady on account of the illness OF Mr..
Abbott.
Mrs. A. c. Blake was called to Conccrd,
N. H., last Thursday by the ILLNESS OF her
IA. q. Gilbert of Randolph was IN town
several DAYS last week, staying at Mrs. G.
q. Stearns'.
Mrs. Lucy Richmond has been very low
with pneumonia at the home Of Mrs. Ly~
man Child.
There are unclaimed letters at the Beth
Z. NJ. Ranney.
Mrs. w. II. Dreamer. went to New York
the first of the week to spend few weeks
/ with her husband.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. d.. Strong 81 James,
town, n. d., have Ueen spending several
days with A. A. Brooks,
/ Mrs. Elizabeth Allen went 30 White
River Junction last Saturday bo'spend two
weeks with her children.
4 q. w. Fem OF Bristol, K. L., aad +. B.
4 Newton OF PlaiDville, Conn.,, ara in town
/ this week looking for horses.
Mrs. Mary HodgkiDs. has returned from
/ Manchester, n. IL, and is now in Ran
! dolph, guest of Mrs. LIP. Tha5sr.
I f. G. Cox was at home over Sunday. He
Z Is now on the road representing. the firm
OF Moore a. Sinnott OF Rosemont, Pa.
\ Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Graham were called
I to Cornish, N. H., last week to attend the
/ funeral OF Norman Demming, grandfather
of Mrs. Graham.
Mys. Laura Sparhawlsd died yesterday al
| the home of her daughter, Mrs. a. Il. Ora
/ ham. A more extended notice will be CIV
en- In our next issue
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Garland nave bot
/ been quite sick Thsir daughter, Miss
| BeAe Garland, las been called home from
/ Boston to attend them.
Frank and Will Horton OF Chicago were
in town saturday, accompanying The re-
mains OF their mother, Mrs l.. ID. Horton,
which were brought here for intermeDt.
Ell. Martin, j. O. Burnett and s. NJ.
Washburn, town auditors, have issOed
notice that they will meet at the pnblic
| library rooms in the town hail Tuesday
| and Wednesday, Feb. 14th and 18th.
1 The new water wheel for the Blue Hill
plant OF the Bethel Electric Light ana
I Power company arrived last week as1 =.
r. johnson OF Newbury is placing the
same in position this week. When Il is in
I position the vilagofof Bethel will gSt its
! light from the Blue Hill station.
/ Miss Anna d. Topper, daughter Of Dean
b. Upper, OF TINS town, was married To
\ DR.. William Emerson Tucker of Ipswich
Saturday evening, Jan. 2lst. The cere-
mOny was psrfcTsaed by Rev. Il. +.
| Waters, OF whose CHURCH choir Miss Tup-
per had been a value0 member for many
/ years. DIR. Tucker is one OF the leading
| physicians OF Ipswich and also has good
| reputation for professional skill through
out the county. The wedding was quiet
affair, only few OF the y ar friends being
present. The bride, who is snail and
daiuty in figare, looked like a pretty
brown bird In ner travelling dress Of
brown and BROWN hat DR.. and Mrs
Tucker will be at home at theig residence
Tucker has great maay trieu Es Ia Beth
el and vicinity, who extend their best
wishes to her.
Among the cases heard at Montpelier
last week before tho supreme court was
that OF W. II. Carter rs. the Central YER
mont railroad. w. z. Staffogd, the bright
young lawyer from st. JohDsbury, APP
peared for the plai3tiff, while the railroad
was represented by Alex. Dunnett and w.
b. e. Stiekney. This case 5 known as the
clock and listen Case" and this is the
third time it has been argued in the SUI
preme court. Dee. is, 1895, MIR. Carter,
who is peddler, while driving his two
horse cart across the railroad track at
! Finley's crossing two miles north of the
+. village, was struck by a freight train and
!, seriously injured. He sued the railroad
: for damages, claiming that he exercised
: due diligence and that the engineer of the
: train had not whistled on approaching the
crossing. The case gets its peculiar name
from the fact that the plaintiff testified on
trial in the county court that before he
came to the crossing he "looked, listened
4 and chewed tobacco The court took
q the case from the jury and ordered a yer.
dict for the railroad in the county court
: on the ground that the plaintiff had not
II exercised due diligence and the case Is
i now before the supreme court on the
question as to whether the case should
not have been submitted to the jury.
The St. Adams Messenger has the fol-
y lowing good word TO say about a bethe
D, boy, who has many friends and relatives
z in town who will be please to learn OF hi.
promotion Congratulations many anc
hearty will wait upon General Manager
g Edison j. Chamberlin OF the Canada At
d. lantic railway upon his appointment 4
:, ana acceptance OF the general manager
- ship ~ the reorganiged lines of the Oy
s. densburg and Lake Chsmplsin and Rat
~ land railroads. Although not native o
St Albans, Mr.. Chamberlin began nj
railroad career in the employ of the Cen
D tral Vermont Railroad company in whicl
IL employment he rose step By step until hi
e. marked abilities as q railroad man al
= trscted the attention OF the directorate Q
: the Canada Atlantic road over which b
u was appointed general manager, q posi-
,e, ton be still holds TO the satisfaction G
his superiors and the acceptance OF th
public. During his management OF tba
oe road it has been extended from Ottawa {
u Parry Sound which, with its eastern ex
tension, has given the Canada Atlantic
=, commanding position in the railroa
~ Of Canada and its eastern nutfa