Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-10-24

Rev. G. NJ. Charlton, pastor of the Nj. z.
church. returned from New York last week,
having successfully passed his examination
for chaplaincy in the U. 5. navy. Mr
Charlton has been assigned for duty on
the Brooklyn, now in Asiatic waters, and
expects to leave at once for his station.
II is recommended that all persons, es-
pecially children who have not been vacci-
mated, should be at once. Drs. l.. M. and
! O. d. Greene have been vaccinating large
number OF the pupils Of the Whitcomb
] High school the past week. Smallpox is
4 quite prevalent in this state now and the
| prevention of the disease is simple.
The members of the Crescent club enter
| tanned their lady friends in Cushing hall
! Thursday evening of last week. The pro-
gram included card playing, musical Sc
lections by Mrs. r. Nj. Chase and DIR. Jor-
dan and harvest supper. Some corn was
husked. The singing OF Mrs. Chase and
DIR. Jordan was much enjoyed. He was
formerly member of the famous Ruggles
st. quartet of Boston.
f. L. Hopkins and c. +. Noyes of Frank
lin have bought the stock of goods of q.
w. Brigham a. Son of Pittstield and will
conduct the business in the same location
under the firm name of G. Z. Noyes q Co.
The business viii be personally managed
by Mr.. Noyes, who has bought the G. A.
Brigham house. Mr.. Hopkins, who is
father Of Mrs. Noyes, is engaged in the
mercantile business at Franklin and will
remain there.
The next regular meeting of White
River Pomona grange will be held Satur-
day of this week, Oct. 26, with Rising Star
grange OF this town. The local grange
will furnish coffee and its members are
asked BY the committee to bring brown
bread and beans, vinegar and milk.
Routine business will be transacted at the
morning session beginning at 10 a. m.
The afternoon session will be open to the
public and all are cordially invited TO at
tend.
G. R. Noble reports that he is not able to
procure in this vicinity enough spruce
boughs to fiji his orders and will be COM
PEELED to buy them elsewhere. This seems
strange for many farms are covered with
the pasture spruce, which is considered a
nuisance, and il is said that a man can
make good pay cutting the boughs for the
market. Hugh Whitaker and Will Dart |
for many successive days put up thirty |
bales per day for which they received 121c. |
per bale, in addition to doing their chores. |
Early Saturday morning a stranger came
into the White River National bank and |
asked to have somes mall coin changed for /
bills. Cashier Davis thought he seemed to |
act rather strangely and tried to ascertain |
how he came by the small change, but the |
man seemed to claim that he was foreign
er and did not understand. He produced /
nearly twenty dollars in small change and |
took the equivalent in bills and departed.
The more Cashier Davis thought of it the
more he thought the man might be con-
cerned in some of the small local burglaries
lately and an effort was made to find him
and make a more thorough examination,
but the fellow had disappeared. He is de-
scrbed as being about forty years old and
carried his left hand in his pocket as II the
same had been injured.
The annual meeting of the Bethel Free
Library association was held in the library
rooms last Saturday. The following Off
GERS were elected President, J w. Miller;
LIST vice president, Mrs. c. c. Stearns; End
vice president, Mrs. w. l.. Fish; Sd vice
president, +. Nj. Weston; secretary, Miss
N. NJ. Adams; treasurer, Guy Wilson; liz
brarian, Mrs. Minnie ID. Marsh; assistant
librarian, Miss n. NJ. Adams; J.W. Miller,
member of executive committee for three
years; Mrs. w. b. C.. Sticlney, member of
book committee for three years; Mrs. Guy
Wilson, Mrs. Il. l.. Messer and Miss Mary
entertainment committee. The
report OF the librarian showed that an av-
erage of 90 books had been taken out the
past year; there are 97S volumes in the Ii
brary, exclusive of paper-covered books.
There is now about $40 in the treasury.
No books have been bought the past year.