Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-10-01

Wednesday to attend the district meeting
OF the w. r. c., Mrs. Rising beng inspect.
or. All had very pleasant time.
X. S. Spear went Friday to BrattleborC
to visit his brother, G. l.. Spear, aftel
spending about two weeks here with his
sister, Mrs. b. F.. Herrick. From Brattle-
boro he will return to his home in Boston
His niece, Miss Alice Herrick, accompan-
led him and remained until the first of the
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Abbott and children
went Monday to their home in Winches-
ter, Mass. They were accompanied by
| Mrs. Z. G.. Dubois, who VIII spend q
week or ten days with them before return
ing to her home in Chicago, and the San
ford cottage on Fish hill is now closed for
/ the winter.
Col. r. ]. Kimball and family leave
| tomorrow for Brooklyn. after their sum
mer's stay at Montague Place, which will
be closed for the winter. VIM. Ryan, the
coachman, went yesterday with the
| ColonePs three horses and two purchased
for Long Island parties, one of the Moul-
tons and one Of. Allen Flint.
| b. f. Ricker's stock shipment from this
place Monday included 80 hogs al to sc. J
and 10 calves q to Be- His entire ship
ment along the line consisted of 100 cattle,
$50 sheep and 200 calves. G. c. Hatch
snlpptu 10 Hllcn COWS. j. ii. Galpln
| shipped Tuesday two carloads of milch
cows, one from here and the other from
South Royalton.
Mrs. A. A. Smith, Walter Smith, Mrs.
L. p. Thayer and Harrison went Saturday
to White River Junction to visit at Leon
ard Wheeler's, Mrs. Thayer and Harrison
returning Monday. Mrs. Smith will spend
the remainder OF the week there and her
son, Walter, leaves Friday for New York,
going from there to his home in Orlando,
| Fla, after spending a months vacation in
tins vicinity.
j. NJ. Holland, who has lately interested
himself largely in the enterprise OF fur
nishing water to the village OF Mortified
for domestic, fire protection and power
purposes, was in town Monday making an
examination of the Randolph system, with
which he was greatly pleased. Mr.. Hol-
land plans to install an extensive system
at Mortified as a private enterprise
There is no village system in that place
now.
| Pensions granted recently through the
Eldredge agency Mrs. Gratia A. Lilly,
Orwell, act June q, go, IS per month;
Caleb Haynes, So. Royalton, increase ga
| to $50; Lucien White, Middlesex, increase
from s14 to 81; NJ. l.. Faulkner, Castleton,
increase 80 to s12; Harrison Bean, Plain
field, increase 81 to S72; II. W. George,
9OslDus FORMERLY Oh iAhuuOlpns 20 TO rlGS
| Nathan S. Mann, Soldiers Home. original,
so; S. c. Clark, Randolph, increase 81 to
| ga.
The time for saving the discount on tax
es expired yesterday About the usual
amount had been paid in to Collectors
Granger and Barnes. The tax rates this
year are as follows: Within village, 81. %
on the dollar, made up Of town tax 3sc,
highway 20c.. village Doc, and school 45c.;
outside village, town Csc, highway zoe,
school 60c, total Of S1.1s. Last year the
total tax inside the village was Sl.45 and
outside csc. The decrease in the former
this year is due to the clearing Of the Main
street improvement debt, and the increase
5000 was appropriated and a special tax Of
25c. raised.