Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-02-15

C.H. Tewksbury Of Boston was in town
I this forenoon.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Wagner have invited
I the Ladies' Aid society OF Braintree branch
/ 20 hold their next entertainment az their
large and commodious house near Brain
/ tree depot, where they have recently
moved. Tomorrow evening a box social
will be held st that place 70 which every
one is cordially invited, and each lady is
/ to bring lunch for two. A pleasing enter
/ tainment is IN preparation, Ia which Sioux
| indians from the lone STAR reservation
are expected to participate.
There will be an entertainment at West
BraintFee hall, Wednesday evening, Feb,
p, TOR the benefit OF Dana Battles, who Is
almost totally blind and is at present at
the Mary Fletcher hospital, Burlington,
for treatment. The entertainment Will
consist OF short dramas, selections and
music. A small admission will be
charged. The ladies are requested to bring
a box Of lunch for two, which will be
sold at auction. Coffee by the cup will be
served, after which will come a social hour
for supper. All interested should be pres.
ent,
The military company has elected the
following civil Office: Julian Grow, pres, (;
webb Vinton, vice pres; John Connolly,
sec. and treas. ;also the following military
officers Harry Chase, capt Frank
Burridge, LIST lieut.; Il. n. Bean, I'd lieut.. I;
0rrin Mann, O. NJ. serg.; Clinton Dun
ham, LIST serg. Vernon Brown, I'd serg /;
Arthur Bass, LIST corp; Julian Grow, I'd
corp; Otis Dumas, musician. Capt. Ray
Dole OF Co. r Mortified, who chsnced to
be in town Tuesday evening, drilled the
boys. Their next drill is week from
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. f. +. Dubois entertained the
ladies OF the Randolph Book club Satur-
day afternoon, Feb. TO- The program was
very interesting one, consisting OF
paper on Hawaii" read by Mrs. l.. P.
Thayer, one on "The Kqmehsmehan Dy-
nasty" by Mrs, +. O. Blanchard and one
on Winston Churchill by Mrs. Z. l.. Mer-
chant. An article on Amanda M. Doug
las was read by Mrs. A. Il. Bass, also
letter from Miss Douglas written to Mrs.
A. j. Curtis. Two songs were very pleas
antlv rendered by Miss Grace Lamson.
The social hour followed, during which
refreshments we're served.
Randolph suffered less from the rain,
thaw, flood and wind OF Tuesday than
most places. The extinguishment OF our
electric lights for time, as reported in
our Bethel news is perhaps the worst
general loss. The big wind OF Tuesday
night blew down telephone poles, signs,
ETC., ana broke windows. At various
points along the line the damage was con-
siderable. Below Montpelier, the ice in
the Winooski ismmed, setting the water
back so that II flooded the central portion
oftbe city, filling the Easements on State,
Main, Elm and Berlin streets and doing
an immense damage to the merchants.
Boats were used in the streets. Hotel
dining rooms were flooded and meals
were served guests up stairs. At Barre
be water was very high also. Railroad
traffic in that vicinity is interrupted. On
thee. V. line, little actual damage resulted.
DR.. and Mrs. Il. o. Blanchard will take
a European trip this wear and have ar
RAGGED TO leave New York JULY Sd on the
North German Lloyd line steamer, Sasle.
They plan to first visit London and attend
the international Christian Endeavor
convention. After short tour in Scot
land and ireland, they will go to Paris to
spend some time at the great exposition.
Their route will then take them to Ant.
werp, Brussels, The Hague, Amsterdam,
Cologne and down the iRhine. After a
brief stay at Munich, they will 90 to
Oberammergau to witness the great
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