Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-01-30

pleasantly entertained at the social at Il. j.
Adams arranged by the ladies' Ways and
Means society of the Cong1 church. Re
freshments were served and games and
social hour enjoyed.
There was prospect that meat would be
higher In Jerd's market this morning,
when. owing to an overdose of fuel adj
ministered to the hotel steam boiler looat-
ed Immediately underneath, the pressure
rose from a normal Of less than pound 10
about 25 pounds. Things hummed for
time,
Mrs Sarah j Bowen has been granted a
widow pension Of s12, being one Of the
first under the act of Mar. 3, 1901, by which
women who were wives Of soldiers during
their service, though since remarked, are
entitled TO a pension. Mrs. Bowen wa
the wife Of Charles Morse, jr., soldier,
In compliance with the request Of the
late s. H. Brooks, his remains were Gre
mated. T.. h. Brooks and Mrs. Dewitt G.
Webb, his children, accompanied the
casket to Boston on the Sunday night
train. Monday at the crematory In
Forest Hill cemetery, the process of ere
nation was quickly performed. The
ashes were left there for the present.
Later, they will be buried in the cemetery
at East Bethel. Il. +. Brooks returned
Monday night, Mrs. Webb remaining at
her home in Medford.
Frank Iashaway did a Wild West per-
Torrance at a dance held at Williams hall
Friday evening and Officer Ketchum, after
a series of exciting scufiies, landed him in
the lookup, where he stayed over night.
Saturday, before Justice Fowler, he pleaded
guilty to a charge of intoXication and was
fined . and costs of s611. The latter were
paid and the fine suspended. Lashaway
Il a 4 L. ~.
procured at White River Junction, and
peppermint essence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert J. Kimbal, Misses
Clara and Annie Kimball sail from New
York today on the Columbia for a trip
abroad. They will 90 direct TO Egypt,
and on their return TO the continent will
visit all the principal cities OF Italy, Ger
many and Holland, and through Switzer-
land, to Paris, thence to Scotland and
England, where they intend to spend the
month OF June. Early in July they will
return to America to spend the summer at
their Vermont home at Randolph.
Last Thursday evening the officers Of
Beulah chapter, o. +. s., were installed by
w Worthy Patron Lucius Webb, assisted by
Mrs. l.. A. Shattuck, as follows:- Worthy
matron, Miss Almira Fisk worthy patron,
Lucius Webb; associate matron, Mrs.
Beulah Parker; treasurer Mrs. Laura NJ
Clark; secretary, Mrs. Drusilla Newton;
pianist, Mrs. Gertrude Booth; Adah, Mrs.
5. 5. Whitcomb; Ruth, Mrs. II. II. Good
win; Esther, Mrs, Il. A. Shattuck:
Martha, Mrs. Irene c. Rumrili; Electa,
Mrs. Josephine X. Spicer; warder Mrs.
Martha Dupuis; sentinel, II. +. Parker.
A fine oyster supper followed.
Those who stayed away from Alton
packards entertainment i'm the course
Monday evening thinking sit wouldn't be
much missed a really good thing. Mr..
Packard kept the audience wideawake
every minute. His subject was "Iypes of
Uncle Sans People, illustrated by his
own sketch work. This work he did be-
fore the audience by chalk and crayon on
large sheets OF paper, with marvellous
quickness and skill, accompanying 1t with
a rapid-fire of amusing comment, laugh
able anecdote and an occasional persona
ton and song. As caricaturist, Mr..
Packard must have few equals. The en-
tertainment receives much praise.
Eugene Greene was the victim of a seri-
Gus accident Tuesday afternoon. With
his son. he was engaged in loading logs
onto his sled at the Mark Goodell place
when his canthook slipped and a log ~
feet long by - feet in diameter started
toward him. He saw his danger, but
could not get out of the way before il
overlook him, passing over his head, /
which was doubled down toward the 1
body, then over the body, stopping half /
way down. His son rolled the log off and 1
succeeded in getting Mr.. Greene onto the 4
sled and then drove him rapidly to his I
home on Forest street. DR.. Stewart was
called and found the right shoulder in
iured, three ribs fractured and the patient /
suffering severely from pain in the region 4
OF the bowels. There was large swelling I
under the chin, which soon subsidized 4
Mr.. Greene bled some from the mouth and I
may be injured internally, so that the re- I
suit of the accident is yet uncertain. Mr.. I
Greene is a hard working man with a
large family depending on him and is 4
worthy Of any aid that may be extended.