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

with her parents, Deacon and Mrs, W. F..
! Howard.
A new organ, procured in Windsor, has
/ been placed IN the Roman Catholic church
and war used al the service last Sunday for
\ the first time. Miss Lura Montgomery IS
4 the Organist.
E.T. Lille, whose illness has developed
4 into bronchial pneumonia, is very sick at
I ia homo on School street. His niece.
/ Mrs. George Webster OF East Randolph, is
helping care for him.
/ In spite Of poor success with smallpox,
4 this village is proving that It can cultivate
/ the grip without any effort whatever, and
the number Of victims is altogether too
mum erous TO mention.
! Norwich University at Mortified closed
/ Tuesday morning for two weeks ON ac-
count of an epidemic Of grip. Cadets Le-
/ Roy Rumrill and Homer Rainey are at
home sick with the disease
Mrs. Marion s. Beecher came Monday
to visit for a few days with relatives IN
Randolph before removing from White
| River Junction TO Springfield, Mass, with
her daughter and husband, Mr.. and Mrs.
Parke Bagley.
Mrs. Emily Hastings received news last
Friday Of the death OF Miss Eta M. Morse,
who will be well remembered here as the
milliner for several seasons with Mrs. j.
| ID. Mitchell. She died after long illness
at her home in Merrimac, Mass.
Sherman r.. Moulton, who has been in
Rutland for the past year or two, went
Monday TO New York to enter the law
Office OF Townshend a. Avery. His
mother, Mrs. c. F. Moul.on, spent FRI
day and Saturday in Rutland with him.
| There has Just been received at the Ii
brary rooms from New York a rare history
Of Vermont by w. II. Carpenter, publish
/ ed i'm Philadelphia in 1858. The trustees
are glad to get such books and in fact
! every book possible about our state or
| published in the state
The forward march Of spring was inter
rupted Tuesday by blizzard that obliter-
ated laboriously shOveled paths and sent
the mercury down to 20 degrees below zero
| yesterday morning. This morning the
weather had moderated considerably
though stitl comfortably cool at 6 below.
The Grange Dramatic club win give
an entertainment this spring to raise
money for the awnings necessary at the
front and south end of the Kimball
library building. This is a commendable
act OF the young people and their enter
tainment will surely be literally patron
lied.
School in the Burridge district, taught
| UN AdTIlt IdAOlls Nlu5tu IEAuhNs Itus U
Number of pupils enrolled, is. Charles,
Annie and Mildred Howard were each alb
sent one-half day; Mary Burridge and
Ruth Wheeler one day each, which was
the only absent mark they had during the
year. Lee Caswell had no absent marks
after entering school.
Joseph Savage, employed by Levi II.
Needham in his barber shop, disappeared
Monday night, and simultaneously sum
- a
the pocketbook of Mrs Needham, which
was in her bedroom. Savage boarded
with them. He had previously made way
with about $50 miles of mileage belonging
/ to Mr.. Needham. His home is in Mon
| treal.
Beulah chapter, o. +. s., was invited
/ TO attend Tuesday evening the first annual
sociable OF Menona Chapter of White
| River Junction, TO be held in the Gates
opera house in that place, with music,
dancing and games for entertainment.
About 70 members Of the local chapter
| planned to take in this festivity but the
I evening train was over an hour late and
the trip was given up.
Floyd n. Bruce ana Miss Fannie Maud,
second daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
II. Whitney, were married last Thursday
evening at the home OF the officiating
clergyman, Rev. +. G.. Rainey, pastor OF
the Methodist church. They were attend
ed by Harley Pierce and a sister OF the
bride, Miss Georgia Whitney. After the
ceremony the young couple received their
relatives and friends at the home of the
brides parents in the Brooks block, and
cake and coffee were served for refresh
ments. Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce will stay for
the present with the groom's mother, Mrs.
Alice Bruce, on School street.
All hope Of having case Of smallpox in
Randolph has at last been abandoned, no
one having grace enough TO scare up a
sickness that could pass for as much as a
case of variolOid. Even ID. T. Dyer, who
was thought to have had a little the best
chance to contract the disease, has disap-
pointed the expectations of his nervous
friends by obstinately remaining in a state
of vigorous health and is now out OF quar-
antine. However. the commotion served
the purpose of an excellent practice drill,
and we shall know just what to do if at
any future time we should ever be favored
with anything more serious than severe
/ fright.
Mrs. Frances (washburn), widow Of
the late Jesse Carter Of the Center, died at
3 O'Clock yesterday morning at her home
on Park street from the effects of a shock.
/ which she suffered late in the afternoon OF
the day before. She was sitting before the
fire at about 5 O'Clock in the afternoon and
spoke quickly to her brother, William
, Mashburn, Who turned in time to see her
, swaying sideways in her chair. He helped
her to reach the sofa and summoned as
sistance, and as soon as possible she was
taken to her room. At first she showed
no signs Of being paralyzed and was able
10 move but soon lapsed into a state of
uuconsciousness. from which she never
rallied. Mrs. Carter, who was y years of
, age, left one brother, William Mashburn,
with " hom she made her home; a sister,
l. Mrs. Ira NJ. Jones of this place, and two
; stepdaughters, Mrs. jessie Seymour OF
) Derby, Conn. and Mrs. Henry Page Of
! the Gray farm. The deceased was wom-