Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-03-05
South Royalton Notes.
NJ J. SARGENT. Local Editor.
Mrs. James Smith is ill with grip.

Mrs. James Smith is i'll with grip.
Rev. w. NJ. Newton is in Boston this
week.
Henry Waleott moved to Randolph last
week.
Mrs. silas Sweet visited friends in town
last week.
Mrs. l. A. Fay of Sharon is visiting Mrs.
d. w. Blake.
Master Chase Rand is i'll and unable to
attend school.
Rev. Charles Flint and family are in
town this week.
Mrs. Walter Webster spent few days
in Bethel recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Blake visited friends
in Sharon last week.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Rogers last week.
Mrs. w. H. Luckett and son returned
home from Boston Saturday.
f. W. Wight of East Bethel has located
here and is boarding with Frank Tenney.
Mrs. j. G. Ashley pleasantly entertained
twelve ladies at an Afternoon whist party
last Friday.
Mrs. Adeline Clifford is very low and
failing. Her death may occur at any not
remote time.
Mrs. w. p. Hubbard, president of the
w. X. c., attended the encampment at
Rutland last week.
Regular meeting OF Bixby Post next
Saturday afternoon at 2 O'Clock; w. X. C..
meeting the evening Of the 9TH.
Miss Amy Kibby, teacher in the Eng
fish course of the High school, is ill with
the grip. Mr.. Seymour is conducting the
studies.
Miss Gertrude Goodale, accompanied by
Master Dwight Thompson OF Someryille,
Mass, is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
o. III. GoodaIe.
Miss Mabel Doubleday OF West Hart
ford, a student of the senior class, '03, of
the High school, is quite ill at her home
and her family are much alarmed by her
condition.
Mr.. George Davis, a prominent citizen
and farmer of South Royalton, died last
week Wednesday, after a short illness Of
bronchial pneumonia. Mr.. Davis was one
OF the highly respected citizens of the
town. He was the son OF Thomas and
Clarissa Foster Davis, early residents of
the town, and although he was always in
poor health yet he lived to be 81 years OF
age and probably never saw a well day.
He was married to Miss Carrie g. Rowland
in 1873.
The ice jam caused by the breaking up
in the river above here and damming the
river a mile below Saturday evening, re-
suited in great damage. The water at the
bridge was the highest anyone living here
ever saw II. The banks were filled to the
planks OF the bridge and at 1880 p. m. it
looked as though the bridge would be car
ried away by the ice, which could not
escape underneath. Shortly after, it was
noticed that the water was not rising,
neither was it receding, and the ice jam
was not giving way. IL remained so for
long time and then began to recede. II
was found later that the ice had lifted the
foot OF the arches on each end OF the
bridge and broke them from the abut-
ments, leaving them useless for support.
much greater damage was wrought
below. AT the point where the ice
damned, Il had turned the water onto the
fine meadows OF Irving Barrows' and
George buttons farms and on Mr.. Bar
rows il had cut a wide and deep channel
the entire width OF the meadow and on
the other farm portion of it. The dam
age is not extensive, but it will be serious,
cutting his meadow apart, leaving wide,
deep channel to cross. An inspection OF
the bridge was made by Norman Nichols
OF Randolph Monday. IL was found to be
badly weakened and he advised supports
to be placed a. soon as possible, which will
be done by placing trestles or "horsesp
The ice in the highway west
on the north side OF the river makes 1t
impossible.