Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-05-09

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He went to Royalton Monday on his way
to Boston where he is taking a course OF
hospital study.
Thursday afternoon, May 10th, the
ladies of the Eastern Star are to meet IN
the Masonic ante-rooms to hem the new
tablecloths lately purchased. Supper viii
be served at $3.50.
Sunday at the home of w. W. Bean
Rev. w. II. Chidley officiated at a quiet
wedding, the contracting parties being
Frank w. Spaulding and Miss ETA G.
Hardy, both OF Tunbridge.
| Mr. and Mrs. Avery G. Wheeler have
left w. r. Junction for their usual sea-
sons outing at Camp Caspian in Green's
boro. Mrs. l.. NJ. Kilburn went TO the
Junction Friday to accompany them.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Y. Wemple OF New
York city returned Tuesday, after week
spent at their new purchase, the Moulton
| homestead. They will come with the
family for the summer about May Goth.
Mrs. E. d. Strong returned to James
town, n. Oak, yesterday, where she VIII
remain until her late husbands business
affairs are settled up, and until her new
home here is ready for occupancy. Work
on it has been resumed.
DIR. W. NJ. Kelly was invited to partici-
pate as soloist in the May music festival at
w. r. Junction Memorial day and also
take leading part in the opera, Lucia,
| but efused because of a previous engage
ment with U. S. Grant post for the same
day.
Mrs. c. E. Lazelle, Mrs. Florence Clark
and Miss Mary Waldo were among those
who went to Burlington Monday to testi-
fy in the divorce case OF Mrs. Fred West
VS.. Fred West. Mr.. West made an I'M
successful attempt to secure divorce
some months ago.
The High school nine went to Roehes-
ter Saturday and defeated the team there
by score Of II to 10. This was the first
defeat suffered by the Rochester boys in
three years, consequently il is expected
that the return game at Mccall park Sat
urday afternoon will be an interesting
one.
At the grange meeting Saturday even
ing L. p Booth will act as lecturer. The
program arranged will include music by
the grange band and choir, the Grange
Echo by Mrs. II. T. Holman, debate on
the prohibition question by Alonzo Emery
and John Connolly, bones, tambourine
and clarinet music, solos, talk, reading,
essay, etc.
/ DR.. Joe Bowman, prominent citizen OF
Minneapolis, has been visiting old asso-
Citations here this week. He is native OF
/ Barnard and went to school with A. Ii.
Beedle, whom he had not seen for % years.
The doctor has a fourishing look, and
Homer Vail says they inveigled him onto
the scales at the Sugar Market and found
him "not wanting
Eva. the seven ear-old daughter of n.
lC. Greene. is in with scarlatina and the
house was uuarantined Saturday. This is
the first case that has developed in the
village since about a year ago, when there
were several Mrs. Edna Banister OF
Tunbridge, who was taken seriously i'll at
Mr.. Greene's last week, is better. z. G..
Ordway Of Tunbridge was here lately TO
see her.
The Sunday school Of the Christian
church has contributed s. to be sent TO the
New England Home for Little Wanderers
at Boston. Before returning there last
week Rev. +. G. Winslow found home
for the rest OF the little ones of his party
OF fifteen. George Hatch and wife OF
Bethel have the remaining little girl,
Il while Mr. and Mrs. Burton Flint and MT
and Mrs. G. T. Burridge have taken the
two boys.
w. c. Emerson returned from Buffalo
Monday, where he had been TO set up the
booth of the Maple Sugar Makers assocla-
ton at the PAN American exposition. lie
describes the situation at the grounds as
little short OF chaos itself. But one other
, booth is in place in the Agricultural
building, and this is a fair sample OF all
the departments. The buildings them
selves are far from completed yet ana the
grounds present a very unfinished state
Mr.. Emerson thinks it will take SIX
weeks to right matters.
At noon Monday there was quiet we'd
ding at the home OF p. ]. Blanchard when
Mrs. Winnifred Blanchard, who had been
visiting there for several weeks, was mar
ried to Arthur G. Parks Of Charleston, n.
II. Rev. F. G. Rainey performed the cere-
mony. Clyde Blanchard acted as best
bridesmaid Edward McKutcheon, a
brother OF the bride, was among the guests
present After a dinner in honor OF the
happy couple they left, amid shower OF
rice, on the afternoon express for Ber-
! nardstown, Mass, where they will make
their home. Mr.. Mckutcheon accompa-
MED them.
The listers have completed the taking OF
! inventories and will hear persons ag-
|. grieved at the town clerks office next
Saturday. II is likely the towns grand
list will be increased a little, but no ma
terial change. In the matter of setting TO
the depositors the sums placed on deposit
with the defunct Savings bank, the listers
were advised by good legal authority that
ii was their duty 10 do so, and that they
would be remiss IL they failed. The view
was that when the bank failed il was a
bank no longer. The state had no claim
against it for state taxes. The depositors
were creditors OF an insolvent concern,
and their claims should be taxed to them
at fair valuation.
There were more than thirty ladies at
the meeting OF the Book club Saturday at
the home OF Mrs. f. f. Prichard. The
program of the afternoon opened with a
roll-call of members, responded to with
quotations. Mrs. w. w. Morton gave the
current events, followed by piano duet
by Misses Bessie and Alice Woodward.
Mrs. 4. O. Blanchard read an interesting
vacation paper prepared by Mrs. Franklin
shaw OF New Bedford, Mass, describing a
Journey through Spain. "Home, sweet
Home,h with variations was played ~
Miss Annie Walsh. A paper, "Child
Study" was read by Mrs. Homer White.
Music by the Misses Woodward followed,
after which refreshments were served.
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