Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-10-16

cattle TO Mortified for the butchers there.
During the month OF September-the
| first month of the Rural Free Delivery
service-W. Z. Rand OF route No. ! deliv-
cred 1748 packages, including letters,
postals, registered matter and papers, and
collected 5o2, the value OF stamps cancelled
being S10.36. Z. L. Montgomery OF route
No. delivered 2144 packages and collected
722, cancelling 1927 worth OF stamps.
Sixty-nine tickets for the ten days ex-
cursion to Boston were sold at this station
Tuesday. Among those going were Mr..
and Mrs. N. {. Greene, and daughter, b.
G. Drake, Densmore Battles, Mrs. John l..
Hutchinson and child, Mrs. Ida Drake,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Temple, e. Il. Brooks,
Mr.. and Mrs. f. G. Allis and daughter, /.
ID. Williams, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. L. Chad
wick, Mrs c. NJ. Howard, Mr.. and Mrs.
ID. l.. Lewis, NJ. A. Tewksbury, Allen
Flint, Alfred Eaton, Mr.. and Mrs. A. E.
Bass.
At the meeting OF the Chautauqua Circle
Monday evening with Mrs. j. W. Rowell,
an organization was effected by the cleo
tion OF Miss Maria Merrill as president;
Mrs. j. ID. Mitchell, first vice president;
Mrs. Flora Flint, second vice president,
and Mrs. Susa Bass, secretary and treas
urer. English and Russian literature will
be taken up this season. The Circle is
Rowell Oct. Is, when quotations from
Wordsworth viii be given in response to
the roll call.
About 200 were present at the grange
meeting Saturday evening and gave close
attention to an interesting and instructive
paper on tuberculosis by DIR. j. p. Clifford.
Whether or no it is a waste to cut trees
was the subject OF debate between E. l..
Bass for the negative and 4. b. Manches-
NI.aa oh
arguments prevented the rendering OF a
decision. A graphophone, operated by
Herbert Snow, also furnished entertain
ment. The program for the next meeting
will be in charge OF the lecturer, Mrs. L..
p. Thayer.
sMiss Myrtle Rowell," SAYS the Deerfield
Valley Times under the head Of Readsboro
items, "has been appointed principal and
the graded system has been instituted in
the village school. There are two grades
in room and four rooms, making eight
grades. The ninth grade win be added
when the pupils in the eighth are sufii-
GENTLY advanced TO call for this extra
grade and a High school viii be main
tanned also il there is a call for it." Miss
Rowell went to Readsboro this fall to
teach the grammar school, and her adj
vance to the principalship is a gratifying
promotion.
Theannua auction sale of choice of seats
for the Randolph entertainment course
viii take place in Dubois & Gays hall
tomorrow evening, the nth, at 1880 sharp.
Course tickets at s1.50 can be procured Of
a. II. Beedle at the hall, and at the close
OF the auction sale, course tickets-with
reserved seats-can be secured from the
seats remaining unsold, without extra
charge. All who have purchased or in
tend TO purchase season tickets should at
faft Ia ff.r In ardar 10 "a N ~
seat in desirable location. The course
OF entertainments consists OF seven star
attractions, carefully chosen with view
of adding the spice OF variety to a first
class course.
j. g. Bass, a Braintree boy, born Sep
TENDER u, 1923, but for the last 81 years
resident of Minnesota, writes from his
home at Rose Farm, Ramsey county, as
follows:--"I see by the Herald there were
5000 people Wednesday at the Northfield
fair. On Wednesday, September 3, 5000
went through the turn stiles at our state
fair, midway between the twin cities, and
the executive board, after paying all ex-
penses, had a surplus of $4,000 on hand.
Our fair lasted six days. have an ear of
sweet corn that / saved for seed, which
has 20 rows with fifty kernels in a row.
The Mortified fair was a comfortable sue
cess but the members of the executive
board had no $4,000 surplus to bother
them, and 1000 kerneled ears OF corn, after
the wet cold summer, were not numerous.
Along with government ownership of
coal mines and railroads, it seems 10 some
advocates OF reform that the Spartan idea
of municipal control and training of the
rising generation might be probably
adopted. Failing this, il is suggested that
a truant officer patrol the village during
the day on the keen lookout for enter
prising youths who are planning to dodge
a geography lesson or cut the whole thing
If possible for a days hunting in some
bodys pasture full of Jersey cattle you
can't tell from antlered deer with your
eyes shut. If the truant officer has faithfully
performed his rather disagreeable duty,
six hours of peace have been secured for
parents and fidgety grown-ups and six
hours Of enforced application for restless
between the ages of five and
fifteen. The latter have also been obliged
to learn something in spite OF themselves
and, in addition, have been given extra
mental stimulus in trying to think OF
some pleasant way in which to express
their sense of obligation to their watchful
attendant. As soon as school is out, the
truant officer can retire to repair his shat |
tered system, and extra police viii APP
pear on the streets to hover like guardian i
angels around these youthful charges and |
see them through the evening TO an hour,
when il ought to be possible for the par |
ents. with the aid of Tommy Winker and
the Sandman, to keep them safely till the
truant officer assumes the duties of an
other day,