Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-02-26

| Miss Alice Knight gave party TO about
/ 20 OF her little friends and schoolmates
| st. Valentines Day from 2 until o'clock.
| Refreshments were served and all had a
/ pleasant time.
The Kimbau Public library building
will be open town meeting day from un-
| iii 30 in the afternoon to give the people
better opportunity to inspect II than was
afforded Dedication day.
A.G. Wheeler OF White River Junction
has been in town this week, coming Mon
day. He reports that his son, DIR. J. d.
Wheeler OF Boston, is improving slowly
from the shock which he suffered several
weeks ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Eugene Kimball,
who have been i'm California some months
for Che benefit Of Mr.. Kimballs health,
had reached Chicago Tuesday on the re
turn trip and are expected to arrive In
New York the last of this week.
Carroll Flint, who has been detained
here for some time by rheumatic trouble
has recovered sufficiently To resume duty
as travelling salesman. He now represents
Slater Bros tobacco house OF Louisville,
KY, aud has New England for his terrific
ry.
Rev. A. l.. Cooper was in Swanton Sun
day to attend the funeral of a retired
Methodist clergyman, Rev. David Marvin
OF Alburg, who died at the age Of 80 years
at the home Of his daughter, Mrs. f. J.
Ranslow, with whom he had been passing
the winter
Fern Rebekah Lodge viii hold a box
sociable at ]. @. O. L. hall Friday evening,
February "a, in which all Odd Fellows and
families and invited friends are cordially
invited to participate. Ping-pong and
other games will be features OF the even
lng's amusement
A whist club that used TO be in opera
tion but had lapsed into innocuous desue-
tude, was revived Monday evening, and
seven tables OF its members played the
progressive form of the game IN Edson's
hall with so much enjoyment that another
meeting will be held next Monday even
ing.
Segel, Levin & Segel Of the Union Cloth
ing company, who are running the Col
burn Clothing store in this village, were
burned out Saturday in Barre, where they
had a store in one Of the two blocks which
was DESTROYED in that city. Their stock
was valued at 5000 with insurance of
81 600.
Mrs. Emily Lazelle was brought home
yesterday from Plainfield BY her son and
his wife Mr.. and Mrs. Z. Il. Lazelle Of
White River Junction and DIR. l.. II. Rum
rill She had been there two or three
weeks for the benefit Of her health, stay
ing with her brother-in-law, DR.. Bazelle,
but the change did not seem to agree with
her.
Hon. John p. Deliver, United States
Senator from Iowa, will give the final
lecture in the course next week Friday
evening on a national topic. He is, OF
course. a brainy man and eloquent speaker.
Effort is still being made to secure Marc,
the elusive magician, but he cannot be
4. Ia tr,F ~ Of nd
some other number may have TO be sub
stituted.
Can't. J. e. EIdredge, G. w. Flagg and
B. F. Bowman went TO Rutland Tuesday
to attend the annual encampment Of the
Vermont department, G. A. r., to be held
in that city yesterday and today. Mrs.
Fannie Lewis, Mrs. j. p. Cleveland, Mrs.
+. n. Rising and Mrs. +. G. Terry repre-
sent the local Relief Corps at the W. X. &.
convention in session at the same time
and place.
Frank Tucker, who had been in the
Massachusetts, General hospital since the
I'D OF October, being treated first for
diphtheria, then for paralysis OF the limbs
and later for scarlet fever, was discharged
Tuesday and arrived yesterday morning at
his grandfather's, j. ID. Williams, where
his mother, Mrs. o. II. Tucker. and three
other children have been staying for the
past three weeks.
Our townsman. A. +. Bass, has presented
Benson j. Lossing's pictorial History of
the Civil War; in three volumes to the
trustees for the library, and the 20 volumes
before mentioned. as coming from Mrs.
Lizzie Hobart Curtis OF Portland, Oregon,
have arrived, The architects OF the build
ing, II. NJ. Francis q Sons, and Wiley &
Foss, the contractors, have notified the
trustees that they will present a set of
and irons for the fireplace.
The joyful uncertainties OF railroad
travel. especially from a way station,
were illustrated last Thursday in the
case Of Lieut.. Gov. Z. 5. stanton. who ran
down TO Northfie on the morning local,
thinking to return TO Roxbury on the
forenoon mail. He was Just a minute or
two late and o boarded the noon express.
trusting that it might stop at RoX bury
and II not he could ride through to RAN
dolph and return on the afternoon mail.
AS IN luck had it, the express was several
hours late and the mail passed it without
stopping for transfers north OF this
station. Led wandered around the
streets here until the 5 o'clock express,
which again whizzed through R5Nburv
flying aud be had to 90 10 Mortified and
catch the evening local, which, was an
hour and half late. By travelling back
and forth distance Of over 50 miles aud
making a day Of Il Mr.. stanton finally
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