Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-08-15
Randolph Continued.


The house of Herbert Abbey, near the
Rochester Hollow Four Corners, was
+ burned Tuesday. The Abbeys were away
at work. ID. L. Dyer and his men saw
I the flames from distance and, Fastening
! TO the scene. succeeded in saving most OF
/ the furniture downstairs and the barn,
/ The fire caught around the chimney The
house had been standing 100 years. There
was slight insurance.
/ Those who attend muster with Co. +,
/ going tomorrow for a weeks encamp-
ment at Fort Ethan Allen, are +. \. Bean,
Clinton Durham, Harry Chase, c. Hutch
inson, Carl Huntington, 0rrin Mann,
| ynn Young, Frank Burridge, Tom Con-
molly Arthur Wilson, John Byrd and
Willard Holman. Serg. Bean has COM
mand of the advance detachment that
pitches the company tents.
Randolph observed Old Home Week to
| the extent of hanging out the big cam
paign flag only so that it might be seen
by the trainlosd of returning Vermonters
VINO passed though here Tuesday after
noon on their way from Boston to Mont
pelier, Burlington and Lake Champlain.
where they were received and entertained
Tuesday and Wednesday. There were
about POD visitors in all. They came back
in style and were received in kind.
Saturday evening at the grange the pro-
gram was in charge of III. Nj. Totman. The
grange band and grange choir were at
| their best. A dumb-bell drill by young men
led by Mr.. Totman and piano solos by
Miss Maud Lamson and Master Ralph
French were also well received. Miss Nora
| Connolly has charge of the lecturers hour
for the next meeting when the four-act
drama, Josh Winchester; or Between
Love and Duty" will be presented.
| A party of five arrived from Gilmanton,
| Wis. Thursday to visit in this vicinity.
}, NJ. Hutchinson, who had not been here
/ before for 81 years, and his wife will visit
here and in Braintree, Brookfeld and
Roxbury, their former home. Mr.. and
/ Mrs. Henry Amidon Will be guests OF
| Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mann and other
relatives. and Mrs. Atilda Litehtield, whose
| home is IN Mondovi, Wis, will visit at the
home Of Allen Flint and with other
| relatives.
Mrs. sarah Moulton Wheeler and Miss
| Alice Wheeler OF Keene, n. H., and Miss
lCarrie Moulton OF Burlington are guests
/ of Mr.. and Mrs. W. n. Dubois for the bal
ance Of Old Home Week and TO attend the
special service at the "Old Church" on
| the Bethel road Sunday morning next.
/ Mrs Wheeler and Miss Moulton are
daughters Of Stillman Moalton, who for
metly lived on the Mouton road, on the
/ farm now owned by Robert Chamberlin
and there they were born.
The ladies Of the Book club were enter
| tained by Mrs. w. B. Wall at her home
Saturday, Aug. no. The roll call was re-
| sponded to bv quotations. Current events
by Mrs. w. w. Morton were followed by a
reading by Mrs. Mary +. Holmes, THE
Origin Of Robin Adair, by William Pink
erton The poem was written by Lady
| Caroline Keppel. daughter of the Earl Of
| Albermarle and Lady Anne Ienox. She
afterward became the wife of Robin Adair
A reading by Mrs. WE. Lamson, "Geol-
ogy's Witness to the Flood, by Prof. DR..
| G., Frederick Wright, completed the pro-
gram. following which refreshments were
served and social half-hour enjoyed.
The village trustees, acting under adj
vice OF the fire department engineers and
IN accordance with their own judgment
in the matter. have voted to change the
system OF practice meetings OF the hose
company. so that there shall be six meet
ings each season instead of twelve, and the
men shall be paid SOC. instead OF Poe. for
each meeting they attend. The purpose
is TO make the pay of the firemen adequate
! 90 their labor. IN the hone that the COM
uany, which has languished at times. shall
pe strengthened and made more efficient.
| Its thought that six well-attended meet
incs will do more good than twice as many
Shiny attended. The next practice meet
ing will be a week from next Monday
evening, the 26th.
A settlement Of the case of Herbert
Clark V. William Iarock for alternating the
affections of Clark's wife has been effected
and Iarock was released from Chelsea jail
Monday, coming here at once. Mr.. and
Mrs. Clark visited Larock twice in jail
before terms were agreed on. The settle
ment is private, but probably considera bly,
ess than the $4,000 sued form fact, it is
hinted that the consideration is largely
made up OF promises of future good
behavior. II transpires that instead OF
being intoxicated when he was placed IN
Jail, Iarock was suffering from an over
dose OF morphine. DIR. Godfrey was
called and. with the aid of stomach
pump and restoratives, reclaimed him to
this world of pain. He was under medical
care during his entire sojourn in jail.
There was a meeting yesterday Of the
State Board of Agriculture combined with
the Central Vermont Pomona Grange at
the Grange hall. AT the forenoon session.
d. 4. Morse. master of the Pomona Grange,
gave the opening address of welcome.
c. j. Bell. master of State Grange and
secretary OF the State Board of Agriculture,
gave a nice address on "Nermont. The
subject, FOOD for the Dairy Cow to buy
and raise was handled very nicely by
Ernest Hitchcock of Pittsford. The chief
feature OF lUt diAtEhoOh ctNoAoh was -
address by Aaron Jones, master of the
National Grange, on National Agriculture.
He gave a very interesting talk on the
subject and brought into his speech his
Jokes in a very entertaining manner.
Music was furnished by West Randolph
Grange choir and orchestra. The attend
ance was not large.
DIR. II. II. Mcintyre has practically com
pleted his new office building. located on
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half structure. with basement. The base
lnent contains three apartments-one a
tool and work room, one to be used for
laboratory purposes, tests, analyses, etc,
and one for the heating apparatus, which
is Quincy hot water heater. On the
main floor there is in front hall entrance
and large consultation room, and in rear
OF these are two treatment rooms. lifted
with the appliances that osteopathy en-
plovs; also a toilet room. The rooms are
al nicely finished and furnished. In
front is a wide and pleasant piazza. DR..