Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-12-31

After eight years Of protection,
| Quaking bachelors in fear
| Bee an open season coming
| With the dawning OF the year.
l Ana ITS hardly reassuring,
In their palpitating fright,
| That upon unlueky Friday
| Nineteen-four should first see light
| Each of course ts very certain
All the darts will come his way,
And 70 dodge the fair sharpshooters
/ Hesitates 10 run stay.
That he's yenison, thsnnest
All, be thinks, must surely feel,
Unaware Dianais wondering,
II he mightnt turn out veal.
Prof r. A. Hamilton OF Montpelier
seminary was in town Monday on bust
ness.
Erwin Whitcomb went back to Brandon
Monday after brief vacation for the
holiday.
Mrs. c. e. Abbott was taken seriously
i'll Tuesday with a recurrence OF an old
trouble.
Miss Mary Pratt of Montpelier was with
her sister, Mrs. o. S. Cham berlain, Friday
for the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pearl Rumrill OF Concord,
n. H., are here for week, arriving Sun
day morning.
j. M. Booth of South Natick, Mass,
is staying for few weeks with his broth
er, H. S. Booth.
DR.. II. Ii. Mcintyre has been suffering
from lameness caused by fall on the icy
walks week ago.
Mrs. Eliza Bagley sell on the slippery
walk on Highland avenue Friday and
broke her right wrist.
Miss Eta S. Chamberlain is takiBg a
two weeks vacation from teaching in the
Union school at Montpelier.
Peter O'Connell fell at his home last
Thurgday and iufurQd his Iau go that
he has been somewhat crippled ever since.
There will be a regular meeting OF the
Order OF the Eastern Star, with installa-
tion oil officers Thursday evening, January
Miss Clara Burnham, who arrived
Saturday from Concord, N. H., is with
her mother, Mrs. John Burnham, for a
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mann OF SPRING
field came Saturday to stay until after
New Years with friends and relatives IN
Randolph.
Harry Newcity OF Bristol, Conn, paid a
short visit to his father and sister; J. f..
and Miss Elida Newcity, last week, leav-
ing saturday
Mns. /. NJ. Caldon, whose home has been
in Campton, n. H., has come to Randolph
to spend the winter with her sister, Mrs.
w. {. Emerson.
B. +. Kicker shipped Monday so hogs,
so calves, 30 sheep and lambs and II cattle.
From this station went Il hogs De- and
calves (3c. to 5lc.)
Miss Carrie Draper has been deyoting
the last Of her three weeks vacation from
teaching in the Barre city schools TO an
attack OF the humps.
Mrs. Mary Mann, who had been stay
ing an ST. Adams since Thanksgiving,
returned Saturday, accompanied by her
nephew, A. c. Holman.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Atwood came back
Saturday from White River Junction,
where they spent Christmas with Mr..
and Mrs. G. r. Lazelle.
Mr.. and Mrs. :. II. Mccullough of
White River Junction we're with Mrs.
McCullough's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
+. Kendrick, over Sunday.
In the official divan issued by the poten-
tate OF Mount Sinai Temple, Mobiles OF the
Mystic Shrine, j. w. Gabrielle OF Ran
dolph is named as purveyor.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. f. Kicker were in Gro
ton Sunday to attend the funeral of Mr..
Rickeris grandmother, Mrs. Lydia Kicker,
who had reached the age OF ~ years.
Mrs. Jessie Remington and her mother,
Mrs. Henry Allen, and Miss Florence
Yardley, who had been visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. George Pinney, left Tuesday for
their home in Bellows Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. c. Emerson gave a very
enjoyable whist party at their home on
South Main street Monday evening. There
were four tables and the best scorers were
Mrs. X. A. Smith and +. b. Wood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Archambault and
children OF Lynn, Mass, who had been
visiting relatives in Enosburg Falls,
reached here Saturday and remained over
Sunday with Mrs. Archambault's sister,
Mrs. G. w. Danyou.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. r. Thayer came
from Middlebury Friday TO be with
their son and daughter, Harrison and
Maurine Thayer, Christmas, and Mrs.
rhayer is passing week IN town as the
guest of her mother, Mrs. A. A. Smith.
l.. ID. Litchfeld Of Springfield, who was
struck by train on the railroad bridge
between Lebanon and White River june
tion last summer and very seriously in
jured was here Christmas for the first
time since the accident and went away
Monday.
Mrs. Mary Saxton and her daughter,
Miss Lucina, who had been at A. III.
Beedles for few days, left again Mon
day for Springfield, Mass, where they
are living this winter in order that Miss
Lucina may pursue special course OF
study in library work.
w. w. Sprague has severed his connec-
ton as agent for the Stoddard ManufaC-
turing company OF Rutland to take, the
first OF January, more lucrative position
with the Sharples Separator company OF
West Chester. Penn. He is to have Mas
sachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and
a small part Of New y ork as his territory
for the appointment OF local agents and
his headquarters will be at Springfield,
Mass. which, however, Will not necessl-
tate his removal from Randolph. as he viii
be able to reach home frequently, II not so
often as heretofore.
Mrs. Fraser Metzger entertained the
Noman's Literary club at the Christian
parsonage Saturday afternoon, when there
were present twenty-five members aud
nine invited guests. The subject OF the
meeting was sChrstmas in Art" and the
quotations in response to the roll call