Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-29

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Miss Nellie Dickerman returned today
from a visit to her brother at White Rivel
Junction.
Mrs. A. j. Foster is visiting her daugh-
| ter in Montpelier for two weeks, going
yesterday.
John \. Taggart Of this place has gone
| to Albany to attend the business college
/ of that city.
Mrs. Clinton Durham, who has been Sc
| riously i'll since the birth of her child, is
now recovering.
Chas, Blaisdell held an auction Of goods
Monday and goes in a few days to Hart
ford to live with his daughter.
A standpipe is being put up at the by
drant near the engine house that viii be
used in filling the street sprinkler.
DR.. J. p. Clifford has added a fine
ophthalmometer, or instrument for eX-
aiming the eyes, to his apparatus.
All members Of the Ladies' union are re-
quested TO meet at Peth schoolhouse on
Saturday, May 3lst, at o'clock, p. m.
H. Y. Wemple and H. Y. wemple, Jr.,
are at their farm for the summer. The la
dies will come the latter part Of next
week.
Mrs. Ernest Fish returned from Mary
Fletcher hospital Tuesday, very much inn
proved as the result Of her operation and
treatment.
The Brigham creamery is being re-
painted, inside and outside, by Wyman's
men. F. A, Phillips is repainting j. ID.
Wheeler's house.
\. c. Sleeper had both bones of his right
leg below the knee broken yesterday after
M hNru hal hnt hg Vrsoa
ing him against a fence.
Louis A. Atwood draped his show
window Monday in honor Of the old sol
diers. The design is novel, being monu-
ment constructed of cartons.
NJ L. Washburn is about to leave San
Francisco for a trip up the Yukon to Daw-
son. AS usual, he is watching Vermont
politics with interest, and expresses the {
hope that Proctor will win.
Nelson Z. LaFrancis and Annette La
Francis have sold TO Walter A. Clifford 4
about "a acres from their farm between 4
Center and South Randolph. I
known as the Priest farm, for si0S.
IN spite of the various attractions of last 4
week, about 70 people attended a very
pleasant social at O. B. Copeland's on
and partook Of an excellent /
menu Of sandwiches, Saratoga chips, olives,
l'ANkAANas AahAN anu AbAANNs
Rev. " NJ. Hardy Of Foxcroft, Me-,
who is to deliver the Memorial day adj
dress in Randolph tomorrow, came YES
Ierday. The exercises are to be held at
East Randolph. Most of the business
places here viii be closed during part OF,
or all, day.
Mrs, W II. Kenney attended the Grand
Lodge session at Ludlow last week as rep
'esentatiye OF Fern RebeSah lodge. and
vas elected district deputy of the eighth
district. The Randolph lodges, /. o. o. f.,
nave been transferred from the seventh
Montpelier) district, to the eighth
Windsor) district.
The program at the grange meeting
saturday evening under the direction of
leo. II. Slack consisted Of music by the
orchestra; Rotations, Alfred Knights and J
Hiss Josephine Hodges; grafton. Thaddeus
3arttro; readings, Mrs. LIP. Thayer: song,
.uartette; negro sermon, Geo. II. Slack;
arce in two acts, "Hans Won Smash ,
Mary A. Corey wife of George c. l
latch. died early Wednesday morning OF {
neumonia, aged IS years. She had been s
eriously i'll for ten days, but was thought I
o be past the crisis when the collapse
anne. Mrs. Hatch was the daughter Of
henry y. and Alzina A. Corey Her par
nts, husband, one sister, Ella, OF So.
cton, Mass, are the surviving relatives {
here Is an adopted daughter Mr. and y
lrs. Hatch had been married "a years. 5
wing near Beanviile p years. The funer- {
/ IS to be held Saturday at p. M, Rev. F. y
!. Rainey attending. All friends and v
eighbors invited.
Adjusters Branerd OF the Vermont NIu- v
lal and Denny Of the Union Mutual Fire :
companies, Montpelier, were in q
)wn Monday to appraise the damage to Z
be buildings caused by the fire at the mill Z
{ B. Souto a Co. They looked over the 2
remises and made some propositions. but Il
be matter was left open for adjustment in
be near future. The loss of B. souto & y
o. has not yet been appraised. As soon Z
5 the losses are settled. Manager Thomp- e
ln will be able to say on what terms the a
oncern viii locate here permanently, and u
inducements are required il is hoped v
lr people will respond as cordially as the
Use may seem to warrant.
At Dubois a Gays hall Tuesday even !.
*, c. J. Ferguson Of Burlington spoke in =
lswer to the high license arguments adj
inced by p. w. Clement last Thursday b
ight. It rained very hard all day and y
'ening. but there was a good attendance -
people interested in this great question. :,
II. Ferguson Is pleasing speaker, had !,
IS subject fully under control and held y
he close attention Of his auditors. He 7.
ok up Mr.. Clements statements, one bv :,
ne. and disputed OF explained them. He -
Undated the logic Of the license cham -
on, and set forth the cause Of prohibit 4,
on. defending the present law and its :,
neral execution. He repelled the accu- :"
tions Of Mr.. Clement against Mr.. Nor n
W. ana the Anti-Saloon League. He :;
resented figures showing how license 4.
orss in other states and claimed that its -
strictions were not commonly enforced :.
he address was very satisfactory to be- -
svers in prohibition. J. ID. Denison in -
oduced the speaker. DR.. ". NJ. Kelly y
ID Miss NJ. Blanche Spsrhawk sang. "0