Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-12-25

recovered from her recent attack of pneu-
monia sufficiently to be out. Mr.. Wall
was here over Sunday.
Mrs. Joseph Batiste, who had been at
the Mary Fletcher hospital in Burlington
for treatment and came from there to see
her mother, Mrs. Charles Columbe, who is
slowly gaining from a critical sickness, re-
| turned to Bellows Falls Friday, taxing her
little daughter with her.
Papers have been filed at Montpelier
with County Clerk NJ Il. Smile in the
suit brought by Henry NJ Miller of this
place against the Central Vermont Railway
company to recover for injuries received
in collision at White River Junction,
Oct. 5, 1901. The ad damnum is $4,000,
and the case is returnable at the next
March term of Washington county court.
Misses Fannie and Carrie Draper and
Alice Woodward are at their respective
homes for three weeks vacation from their
| duties as teachers in the Barre schools.
Fuel for school buildings seems to be an
educational problem everywhere, and
school directors appear to be of the opinion
that something beside genius must burn to
keep Vermont schools running in winter.
The north bound mail train, which
reaches here at SIP, waited at this point
Friday until after the morning mail south
went down at 10.17, not being able in the
meantime to get up steam enough to travel
with the cobble-stones painted black that
were being used for fuel. A ton OF coal
nowadays contains a lot of precious big
stones besides diamonds in the rough, and
/ yet people complain at modest price like
| $3.50 or 80.
The graded school closed Friday for a
| vacation of three weeks, instead OF two,
the additional week being due to the gem
eral scarcity of fuel. The children OF the
Primary building enjoyed the pleasures Of
a Christmas tree, and the painstaking
teachers in all the grades were found to be
down on Santa Claus roll book for special
remembrance. The following teachers
have gone to their respective homes for the
holiday recess Miss Neva Lockwood to
st. Johnsbury, Miss Elya Park hurst to
North Troy, Miss Blanche Adams to South
Royalton and Miss Emily johnson to
Waitsfield.
V. /. Spear Of the state cattle commits
sion reports that applications for the tu-
berculin test are coming in freely and that
the board has enough work laid out al
ready to keep it busy during January.
The board will have to tackle the trouble
some foot and mouth disease Immediately.
DR.. Rich, acting under the federal govern
lnent, is putting in his whole time in
Chester and vicinity trying TO keep the
disease within the quarantined area-thus
far with success. Affected or exposed cat
tie are being killed IN large numbers and
the carcasses burned. DR., Rich viii re-
main on the ground until all danger Is
ever, which Will leave only one veterinary,
DIR. Stephens, to attend the calls for tuber-
culosis testing for the entire state until
Dr. Rich can join him.
1t is expected that within few weeks
the Randolph Telephone Exchange will be
established for the village and adjacent
territory on the CO. operative plan at low
cost, each subscriber paying an equal share
towards its installation and maintenance.
1t is hoped that the Exchange office will
be used also by the Orange County (Peo-
ple's) Telephone company, recently char
tered by the legislature. Twenty or thirty
subscribers are already pledged to its es-
Enlistment, and il is believed it can be
made so universal and useful that none
can afford to be without it. Lemuel Rich
mond, III. II. Mcintyre and Heber I. Hol-
man were appointed by the informal
meeting Of citizens to solicit subscribers
and confer with the Peoples line in re-
gard to a central office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hobart Peck were upex-
pectedly called upon Friday evening to
entertain a party Of p neighbors and
friends, who wished to express their regret
at the removal of the host and hostess
from this village after a long residence
here, and to enjoy a farewell visit with
them. DIR. A. &. Bailey, in behalf OF those
assem- bled, presented some valuable gifts,
including a handsome china teaset, fancy
china plates, dozen silver teaspoons and
tablespoons of different patterns. A doz-
en- silver knives and forks were the gift OF
their son, Hobart Peck, Jr., OF Boston.
For the last % years Mr.. and Mrs. Peck
have lived in the house, which they built
on South Pleasant street, and have been
counted among our best citizens. The
first OF January they will go to East Ran
dolph to spend the winter with Mrs.
Peck's relatives, and in the spring intend
to purchase farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T.. Kendrick and their
daughter, Miss May, have gone to North
field to spend part of the winter at the
Northfield House with Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. f.
Warrington, leaving Monday. Mr.. Ken
drick, after seventeen years OF continuous
service as travelling salesman for the Will
lard Manufacturing company OF st. Al
bans, has severed his pleasant business re-
lations with that firm and about the first Of
January will begin to travel for the Hooker,
Corser. Mitchell Co. OF Brattleboro, over
the same route he has had heretofore. The
Willard company is now manufacturing
goods especially designed for the trade in
the West and South, while the lines of the
Brattleboro concern are particularly
adapted TO New England demands, and
MI. hCDQrtck. 10 the fekrcl OF ms otu nTitls
decided to accept the better business pos |
sibilities offered in a connection with the
Hooker, Corser, Mitchell company.
DIR. j. p. Clifford was the fortunate recip- |
lent OF an invitation from the board of
managers OF the Children's hospital, Bos-
ton, to meet DIR. Adolf Lorenz Of Vienna
at a luncheon at the Algonquin club, Bos-
ton. Tuesday; also to attend a clinical
demonstration by DIR. Lorenz at the out
patient department OF the hospital the
same day. DIR. Lorenz is the noted Aus
TRAN physician and surgeon who came TO
this country especially to perform an OPP
Grafton on a daughter Of p. ID. Armour OF
Chicago, for congenital dislocation Of she
hip. II was successful, and Dr. Lorenz re-
ceived princely fee. Sinee then he has
been giving demonstrations Of his method
OF treating congenital hip dislocation.
club foot and similar determinations, in the
large cities, to the intense interest OF the