Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-05-07

ter. Mrs Henry Bannister. Mr.. Travers
! is now employed as painter in the Bean
carriage shop, and they expect to locate
here again after four years residence IN
/ Merrimac.
There was very pleasant little dance in
/ the nature Of German al Grange hall last
| evening with an attendance of about tif-
I teen couples. II was an invited party
with dancing from 9 to II to excellent mus
sic furnished by Mrs. + w. Wood pianist
and George Chatfeld violinist.
Wallace Luce. not feeling very well,
came Monday of last week from New
/ London, Conn. where he had been work
ing on the railroad, and his case has de-
veloped into typhoid fever. from which
he is seriously III at his home in the house
of ]. ID. Williams on Weston street.
V. l. Spear Of the State Board of cattle
commissioners says that the tubercuhn
test is being extensively applied in various
sections Of the state, seven different vet
erinaries being employed by the board as
occasion demands. About a hundred
cattle day are being tested on an aver
age.
The a. b. Cushman Real Estate agency
has sold for Mrs. Jefferson Flint her house
on Park street TO w. p. Flint who viii
repair it for rental. The agency has also
sold for Thomas Carrigan of Worcester,
street 10 John X. Williams. Both places
were purchased for investment.
A press despatch in the daily papers an
nounces that when l.. NJ. Heath opened
his second class liquor store in Bethel
Friday, only one case Of intoxication was
noticed and that was a Randolph man.
The town grand juror was away fishing
and no notice was taken OF the infraction
OF the law. However, &. ID. Cushing, the
safa . la... -.
the letter.
Ellis Curtis, who is 81 years OF age and
lives with his son, A. j. Curtis, on school
street, started Sunday afternoon to go TO
the house of his son, w. Ii. Curtis, on
Highland avenue for little while. The
long walk against the stiff wind COM
pletely exhausted him and when opposite
J. f. Hobart's on Prospect avenue he fell
face down ON the gravel walk, bruising
the left side OF his face and badly lacerat-
ing the back of his left hand.
Mrs. Hattie Mcbride and her mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Allen. were in West
Lebanon, n. H., Saturday to attend the
18th wedding anniversary OF Mr.. and
Mrs. George Edison, with whom they
remained over Sunday. There was a
small family gathering Saturday evening,
Mrs. Edison, who is a daughter of Mrs.
Allen, being inl feeble health, and UNI
equal to much exertion, and the couple
were the recipients of many pretty
anniversary gifts.
1t will be Sisters night at the orange
Saturday evening, when Mrs. j. Harris
Bass will discharge the duties of worthy
master. Mrs. II. T. Holman of worthy
overseer, Mrs. A. b. Manchester of chap
lain, Mrs. l.. p. Thayer OF lecturer, Miss
Nora Connolly Of steward, Mrs. Clarence
Booth OF assistant steward, and Mrs. Fred
Terry of gatekeeper. Miss Lula Allen will
have paper on s'Woman's Sphere" and
Mrs. George Ford of Braintree Branch " i'll
discuss the advisability OF unmarried la
dies or unmarried gentlemen engaging in
farming.
There was a hearing at the Red Lion
Inn Monday afternoon before Judge
James Nj. Tyler on the question OF tempo
rary alimony IN the divorce case OF Ida E.
Fuller vs.. Hosea w. Fuller of North Ram
dolph. After hearing the testimony the
court ordered the petitionee TO paw sos in
lnstallments between now and the June
term OF county court, when the case is to
be tried. Hale X. Darling OF Chelsea rep
resented the petitioner and NJ. NJ. Wilson
the petitionee. The grounds alleged in
this case are intolerable severity and re-
fusal to support.
Rev. Brown r. Smith read his resigna-
ton last Sunday morning as pastor Of the
Baptist church in this village, Of which
he has been in charge since the first of
at New Bedford. Mass. A meeting of the
parish was held last night 10 take action
on the matter and it was voted to accent
the resignation TO take effect the first of
August. Two new trustees were elected.
Col. X. J. kimball and Alfred Webster.
the third member OF the board being +. n.
Rising. The meeting was adjourned one
week for the ion Of
ness.
There was general exodus of rubber
boots and fishing tackle from the village
streets shortly after dawn the first of Nav. 4
but either the knights of the rod arr su ffer-
ing from impaired imaginations or have
held onto their New Years resolutions
longer than usual for the reports Of the
days sport were too tamely matter of fact
to be worthy the name of fish stories. q.
A. Pearson pulled trout weighing a
pound and seven ounces out of the river
and alleges that bigger one got away. /.
A. Rice, also, caught half a dozen nice
ones in the river. but the biggest catch
vas made by William Tracy and ]. r.
Eldreuge, who tshed above Lucius Webb's
in East Granville and brought home
twenty pounds Of good-sized trout.
DIR. A. B. Gay tested 10 cattle for
tuberculosis last week at J. NJ Holman's
farm in Brsintree and condemned two
Of them. In Braintree also, ". A. Fletch-
er bad ~ head tested, II. j. Farnsworth
=. and g. y. Mudgett Is. and all three
herds were found 20 be free from the
disease. In Brookheld the q cattle 81
Wallace Blanchard and the seven Of w. &
+. Hutchinson were pronounced al
right. MAY I DR. GAY tested 2S head for
]. e. Greene Of South Randolph without
finding any tuberculosis, and % head
for III F Nifnra who haH tseo o1,,
dEmned. Monday ID head belonging Is
George 4. smith % Brookheld we're
tested. none 81 The herd being diseased.