Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-02-19
RANDOLPH CENTER.

Alfred Wells has been vaccinated and
confined to the house for week
Miss lena Rhodes Of Randolph has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. +. O. Boyden.
If possible. plan to attend the Kimball
Library dedication exercises next Tuesday.
A seven-and- -one- half pound boy was
born TO Ransom Il. Slack and wife satur-
day night.
Mr.. and Mrs. FideId of Pittsfield, par
ents OF Mrs Foster Parmenter, visited
their daughter last week.
The subject of the sermon at the NJ. +.
church next Sunday will be "NermoBt IN
Captivity and the Way Out.
J. w. Fargo has been at Randolph seye-
raj DAYS the past week assisting IN audit
ing the accounts of the town officers.
}. Munroe Pember was thrown from a
horse last week and injured his side. No
bones were broken, but he is quite lame
John Rivers and wife have moved tenn
porarily 10 Braintree. This is done that
Mrs Rivers may care for her son Johns,
children.
Lincoln Morse is improving slowly. His
trouble is Bright's disease. but 1t is be-
lieved that in time he will recover. Ut.
Ellis Of Brookiield attends him now.
Mrs. Allen OF Barre has been al her sis
ter's. Mrs. W. L. Hebard's, a few DAYS.
She returned home Tuesday Mrs. Hebard's g
daughter, Frances, accompanying her.
W. II. Masterson and wife were made
happy Yesterday by the birth ofa l2-pound
boy. Mrs Masterson is a sister Of II. y.
Flint, who has been stopping there TINS
winter.
Rev G. W Patterson's sermon last sum
day 81 the Gong'l church was on the sub
I Na .arnG 81 4 III for L.
dren and Youth. His subject next sun
day viii be "Religion for Mature Minds"
The announcement Of the nomination Of
several town officers has been made on the
Z people's Telephone line, which is very
public. and it was said that the selections
were made by members Of the grange. A
great many good nominations are being
made.
Willie c. parmenter and Clara +. b.
Kinsman, late Of Rochester, were united
1 III marriage yesterday at the Methodist
parsonage by Rev. l.. n. Moody. The
couple went to Mortified for a short
! bridal trip and will work for \. l.. Boy
den on their return.
Prin. {. H. Morrill, OF Bakersfield acad-
| emv, the newly elected principal Of the
Randolph Normal school, was here last
I Friday and Saturday looking over the
work OF the school and making plans for
/ the work Of the coming term. lie VIII
close his labors at Bakersfield the 9Th OF
this month, and will assume his new
duties here al the beginning OF the spring
term, March 9th. While here he was the
guest OF Hon. n. L. Boyden.
The villagers here were startled last
/ Tuesday morning by notice that the
/ Maplewood was on fire. People that had
fire extinguishers started with them but
when they reached there Mr.. Stone had
mt ont the fire with his extinguisher. The
! fire had caught near the furnace and was
quite a blaze when discovered and, but iol
the timely aid Of the extinguisher, there
Il would probably have been serious con-
! fiagration. Three or four serious tre'
have been averted here by aid OF extln-
guishers.
As Geo. III. Slack, Jr., and Nelson Pray
were cutting down large, hollow, bass
wood tree last Saturday in 5. B. Day
woods, they noticed that some live animal
was looking out of a hole near the top OF
the tree. They felled the tree and then
stopped up the holes and sawed on one log
and out came two coOns that they caught
alive, and the two weighed 81 pounds. II
was evident that the tree was fitted for th'
home of the coons, and they had made q
soft. warm nest for their winter quarters
I Mfr. Slack had one tame coon and with th'
addition of the newly found pair, Il may
be expected that Slack.and Pray VIII star
a new industry here.