Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-02-12

Beneath be scrawled:-
"Had you not bawled
shouldn't have endured
To sit 20 near
such hair, my dear
For was not nsured.n
Miss Eta Chamberlin was home Satur-
day from Montpelier.
Mrs. Roswell Holbrook has been grant
ed widows pension of IS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon c. Drew and baby
went 10 Warren Saturday for few days.
Miss Laura NJ. Carr Of Providence, X. l.,
who had been visiting at the Valley farm
for two weeks, went away Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. NJ. Morse and daughter
OF Barre were the guests OF Mrs. Morse's
mother, Mrs. Ellen Young, over Sunday.
Miss Bessie Lazelle Of Plainfeld came
Friday TO visit her aunt, Mrs. Emily La
zelle, and Saturday went on 10 White Riv-
err Junction.
Mrs. II. A. Harper and younger son, Al
dis, went to Hartford, Conn, Sa urday TO
spend two weeks with Mrs. Harperis sis
ter, Mrs. Ed. Francis.
Miss Jennie Blair and Miss Belle Kew,
who were called here, the former BY the
sickness and the latter by the death Of the
sister and half-sister, Mrs. Anna Blair
Flint, returned Saturday 70 st. Adams and
Northtield, respectively.
Mrs. j. r. Chadwick and Mrs. " A.
Grant have been visiting their brother,
W. II. Gladdng, in Barre, in company
with another brother, George II. Gladding,
Of laconia, n. II. They are the only sur
viying members Of the Gladding family
and with their nephews and Hieces held
family reunion ina Barre Monday.
Rev. Geo o. Howe has been appointed
pastor OF Saint paul's NJ. +. church.
Manchester, y. H., for the remainder Of
the conference year by the presiding
elder OF Manchester district, New Hamp-
shire conference. This church has a mem-
bership OF over 500. The action was taken
at the request Of the officials OF the church.
Benjamin G. Chatfield, aged Is years and
FIVE months, died in Dunstable, Mass,
Saturday. Jan. "a. Mr.. Chatfield was born
in Roxbury Of this state but was a resident
of Randolph for nearly 20 years, moving
In 1875 70 Lowell, Mass, where he resided
until 1895 and then went TO Dunstable.
He left a widow and three sons-L. l..
Chatfield, who lives in Wheeling, W. Va.
Frank b. Of Lowell and A. 5. OF Lexington,
Mass.
The I.yndonville Journal claims for
the town OF Lyndon the honor OF being the
banner town in the United States because
il has ten churches 10 a population OF less
than 5000. Randolph has a population Of
3142 with eleven churches and one
Christian Science chapel. Six OF the
churches and the chapel are in this vii
lage, three at the Center and two in East
Randolph. II we can't have the banner,
we would like medal OF some kind.
Martin l.. washburn received last week
from Alaska box containing an unusual
IN complete specimen OF the tusk that
adorned the upper jaw of some prehistoric
mammoth, gone to his repose long ages
ago. The tusk was eNhumed by gold
miners IN the Yukon valley, within the
Arctic circle az a depth OF about . feet
from the surface and reposed in bed OF
blue clay. II measures six and one-half
feet i'm length from the base, which Joined
the skull, to its tip, which is a dull point.
Its shape Is a graceful compound curve,
or twisted letter :. The specimen is re-
markably well preserved, both in form
and substance. II is to be mounted in a
suitable frame and will be presented TO the
Kimball Library by Mr.. Nashburn, who
secured Il during she past season. IL is
said to be one Of the best specimens OF the
mammoth tusk in existence, even superior
to those in the Smithsonian Institution at
Washington.
The last number Of the Vermonter con-
tains an article by Rev. NJ. T. Morrill, OF
Woodstock on ssfhe Christians embel-
lished with pictures OF Mr.. Morrill,, Rev.
Fraser Metzger, Rev q. w. Morrow and
the Christian churches at Randolph and
Woodstock. According to the article, the
Christians az present have churches at
Belvidere, Calais, Lincoln, Randolph,
North Shrewsbury and Woodstock and
number in all between five and six hun
bred members. Abner Jones, practising
physician OF Lyndon, left the Baptist de-
in 1921, called himself "Chris-
tiann and began TO preach in 1901, organ
izing the first Christian church in New
England at Lyndon. The movement
spread until there were 50 churches and
more than % ministers in Vermont. Soon
ference records suggest the following
causes for the Christians decline IN this
state:-The Millerite furore. which swept
away churches and ministers, the civil
war. q lack OF ministers, at times, failure
OF churches adequately to support pastors
Of certain districts and gen
eral decline in religious fervor." The
Christian church in Randolph was organ
lied Jan. 4, 1877, by Rev. Benjamin Put
nam and in 1S2s the "Brick church. was
erected as a union meeting house and some
81 years later passed entirely into the
hands OF the Christian society. The first
settled pastor in Randolph was Rev. JOSH
all Knight, who remained II years and has
been followed by Is others, including the
nra1auf furuua bCnf Rev Fraser MetgRcr.