Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-09-26
Randolph Continued

Miss Alice T. Clark, VINO has been with
her brothers family at the Thayer home
this summer. returned Tuesday TO New
Haven, CT. Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Clark
leave tomorrow.
The Grand Lodge Of Good Templars
holds its annual session here Oct. Sill.
About 1850 delegates and many members
are expected The Red Lion Inn will ac-
commodate the visitors.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. johnson and Miss
Florence Soper were in Mortified Tuesday
evening TO attend the wedding OF Mr..
Willard Allen OF st. Adams and Miss
Helen NJ. Kenyon OF Mortified.
Mrs. c. Z. 4 bbott went to Montreal last
week Wednesday, returning the following
Saturday. While in the Canadian city
Mrs. Abbott had the pleasure of seeing the
Duke and Duchess Of Cornwall and York
and other English nobility.
The Main street improvement is show
ing progress. About 200 feet of roadway
is now done and much more almost COM
pleted. Material comes almost every day
now. II. w. Mcintyre was in Barre
Monday to prod the railroad people.
Harry Brown Of the 2lst infantry is now
on special duty in Manila. He writes
that he does not expect to reach home be-
fore June next. His term OF enlistment
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wait until warm weather before he braves
this climate.
The railway service has been something
wierd of late For three weeks, scarcely a
train, with the exception Of the morning
local occasionally, has been on time, and
hours behind is not at all unusual. III
luck is given as the cause. A great many
accidents and delays have occurred lately.
The prospectus for the winters lecture
course are out and will be circulated this
week. A. II. Beedle viii make the can
vass for season tickets next week. If
enough are sold to warrant the course, the
auction sale of seats will take place at
Dubois 4 Gays hall Monday evening,
Oct. 18th.
Leighton Abbott, who has been at the
Kearsage House, North Conway, n. H.,
during the summer months, has finished
work there and viii return to his home
here the first of next week for stay OF
day or two previous to returning TO the Y.
V. NJ. at Burlington. He stays in Han
over over Sunday.
Fraser Metzger, who has supplied the
Christian pulpit most OF the summer, left
Monday to resume his studies at Union
College, Schenectady, n. Y. He has been
engaged for this charge, after his gradua-
ton next June, as regular pastor. The
place will be supplied for the present by
Rev. g. o. Howe OF this place.
Randolph was depopulated yesterday by
the Mortified fair. About 100 tickets
were sold and great many went by team.
The Souto and Emerson mills were shut
down. Six or seven thousand people were
on the grounds-the biggest crowd on
record. The show was Disappointing
trotting and exhibits being below the
standard.
Among those who went to Hanover to
attend the Webster centennial Tuesday
were Prof f. +. Prichard, Il. W. TewSs-
bury, DIR. j. p. Clifford, Sherman and Hor-
ace Moulton and Harry Clark. George
Sparhawk of Wissahickon, Pa, who ar
rived this week to visit his family at his
fathers, l.. L. Sparhawk's. also went down
for the day.
The other night a team owned by Oliver
Hood collided with John Pratts and the
shaft Of the former penetrated the top. OF
the latter's buggy. 1t was agreed that
Hood should settle the damage. Pratt got
a new top put ON and Hood objected to
paying the whole bill. The parties agreed
on A. B. Gay and c. l.. Holman as arbi-
traitors, and they decided that each should
pay half the cost of the new top.