Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-07-18
ST1cKKEY, Pres, A. A. BROOKS. NcePres, Ed DAVIS Cash

/ DR.. Q. H. Shinn, missionary in the
| Southwest for the Universalist church,
preached at the Uniyersalist church here
| last Sunday. DR.. Shinn was classmate
of Rev. +. A. Read at Canton University
| thirty-one years ago.
/ Mrs. John T. Reed, with her daughter,
/ Miss Josie, left on the paper train Sunday
| for a visit to relatives at st. Adams. They
will then go to Knowlton, p. O., to visit a
| brother of Mrs. Reeds whom she has not
seen for IS years. Mr. Reed has gone also.
| Senator Spooner OF Wisconsin. was in
town last week accompanied by his wife.
Mrs. Spooner is a descendant of the Smith
family, who formerly lived in Rochester
on the farm now owned By Henry Clifford,
and she drove to Rochester to look up the
ancestral farm.
Wm. NJ. Thompson, who works for W
G. Baker on Christian Hill, found a hand
some deer with the cows when he went
out to milk at 1870 Saturday morning.
His deership did not seem much alarmed
but took look around him, yaulted over
the fence and capered away.
Our attention has been called to an I'M
intentional omission in the list OF the
features of the July 9TH parade. The pro-
cession was led by boy with prodiglous
growth of hair, riding a donkey. This
advertised Mo Hair. the new preparation
of DR.. Il. NJ. Chase's. which is meeting
with considerable success. The doctor is
receiving orders from all over the country.
At the annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the Bethel Electric Light and
Power Co. Wednesday evening of last
week, the following directors were chosen:
S. NJ. Washburn, L. NJ. Heath, Geo. W.
Holden, X. NJ. Chase, G. ID. Cushing, Roll
lin ellison and w. II. Dreamer, The stock
holders have elected RIM. Chase president,
G. d. Gushing secretary and 5. M, Wash
burn treasurer
The rain fell in torrents in some places
early yesterday morning and White river
was much swollen. A cloud seemed to
have burst above Gaysyille village about
halfway to the house of r. Eugene Will
son, as travellers in the morning found
gulley in the road that was estimated to be
25 fl. deep Dy 40 TT. long. The bridge on
the W. K. Y. X. Il. just below here was
washed out and the track twisted up in
great manner. There was supposed to be
solid bridge. as it had solid abutments
laid with stone and cement. Ii is also re-
ported that between stockbridge and
Rochester short highway bridges were
washed away.
Last Friday witnessed two quite lively
runaways. The horse Of Hon. ". e. DAN
forth Of Barnard in some unknown man
ner became unmoored from its fastening
10 the telephone pole near Bethel Mills
and took a lively sprint down the side
walk of MBin St., bowling over very un- /
tremendously man in front of the pas
senger depot. The covered carriage to
which ii was attached was left sad wreck (
in front OF the Brooks & Washburn store. |
Misses Nellie and Katie Davis, daughters
Of Chas. NJ. Davis, were driving on Camp /
Brook when they met Lloyd Johnson in |
narrow place and in turning out their
wagon was overturned and they were
thrown out The young ladies were not I
thought to have been seriously hurt but 4
their wagon also was complete wreck.
The school in the Waldo district on /
Royalton hill taught by Mrs. Anna Hatch /
Blackmer, closed with a picnic in the I
Williamson grove and Rotations by /
the children as follows THE Dor 1
chester Giant" Ida Blossom: "a Curious I
Way, kittie Allen; "Ssy So Albert 1
White; "A Bunch of Golden KEYS, Lilly 4
King; "Over the Schoolhouse.n Willo +
Blossom; Our Flag, Walter Blossom;
allow They Caught the Panther Nellie /
Allen; Legend 81 Bregenz." Agnes and
Ida Blossom in concert: "Oration for a
Boy, VIM. Rhoads; .sBabble of Babel.
Agnes Blossom; Little Mary's Declsma-
tion,' Mary King; .The Pauper's Re-
yenge, Mrs. W. Blossom; ..The Glorious
FOURTH John Allen; "Put No Flowers
On Ny Papa,s Grave, Ida Blossom; "The 4
Inventors Wife, Blossom sisters; ssVal-
edictory," frankie White. Ice cream and I
cake were served TO the children, parents
and friends Of the school. 30 in all Those
having the highest number OF headmarks
in their respective classes were Albert
White, frankie White and Kittie Allen.