Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-03-12

gaining. Her daughter, Mrs Elmer Bean
/ has also been on the sick list, suffering
/ from the prevailing distemper.
! Mrs. o. II. Tucker, who had been stay
/ ing for several weeks at the home of her
[ father, l. ID. Williams, went back to
I Charlestown, Mass, Tuesday with three
OF her children, leaving one son, Charles,
for longer stay in the country.
W. p. Flint has bought back from AFRO
Adams for $500 the house in which he
used to live on Park street and to which
he viii move again the first of April. The
house which he viii leave on franklin
street Mr.. Flint has sold to f. n. Jerd for
$500.
Frank Griswold has been confined 10
the house for two weeks while passing
through his second course OF grip since
the middle Of December. He is now some
what better and not at all anxious to be
initiated into the third degree OF the
malady.
b. +. Bowman, excursion agent of the
G. Y. Ry., was summoned to Morrisville
last night by Department Commander
Kentield to formulate plans for the trip of
the Vermont q. A. h. to the national en-
campment to be held at san Francisco
next August.
z. L. Sault, son Of +. T. Sault, has
ubuEhl Out lut New InEihnu AUHfhilDE
and Tool company, for which be has been
working for the past II years and moved
the business to South Boston, Mass,
changing his residence from Pigeon Cove
to East Somerville.
The court Of chaneery, consisting Of
Judge Start Of Bakersfield, w B. c. Stick
ney of Bethel and County Clerk G. 5.
Emery of Chelsea, will meet at II O'Clock
Saturday morning, March 21 to declare
the final dividend to be paid by the de-
funct Randolph Savings bank.
As Scion Leland was attempting to
adjust belt at the Salisbury Bros. furni-
ture factory saturday, his fingers slipped
and, losing his balance, he fell from pile
of lumber. To save himself he caught
hold Of moving belt and was carried
along and thrown against John III. Wad-
leigh, who was promptly bowled over and
came out of the melee with some gashes ON
his face that it took several stitches to
close. Mr.. Leland was only injured 10 the
extent of a few bruises.
The electric light has been discon-
tinued since Saturday night when the
heavy rain and rapidly melting snow
caused the water to rise to Fix feet over
the dam at the power house. This morn
ing the water was go inhes over the dam
but gradually lowering, and the hope
was held out that the light might come
on this evening. in this village, the
river rose also and flooded the meadow
back OF the houses at the lower end of
School street but lacked several inches Of
reaching the highest water mark.
Mrs. Mary (Tobin) Scott, wife Of
Charles Scott OF Barre, died at her home
in Williamstown last Thursday afternoon
as the result OF a complication of diseases
following an attack of the grip. She
LOT ElH1I haars a
She was the daughter of Deputy Collector
OF Customs T. NJ. Tobin OF Swanton and
before her marriage was very popular
reader and reciter, being a graduate OF
the New York School of Expression.
Mrs. Scott had many acquaintance in
this village through frequent visits TO
Camp Randolph, Highgate Springs.
About seventy-five members OF the
Rochester club held a social that fur
nished genuine good time to everybody
present at Williams hall Monday evening
A lively little comedy, zone, Two, Buckle
My Shoe" was presented by L. p. Booth.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Jewett, ID. T. Dyer,
Misses Ella and Emma Bailey and Miss
Minnie Carpenter. The musical features
OF the entertainment consisted of vocal
solo by Miss Lettie Bailey, piano solo by
Miss Bernice McCollom and a duet by
Miss Carpenter and Miss Emma Bailey.
cake and coffee rounded out an enjoyable
evening.
The appointments recently made by
Bishop Micbaud Of the Roman Catholic
diocese OF Vermont remove Rev. Father
lherien, the priest in charge Of the Church
OF -. Donation and Rogation In RAN /
dolph, from the parish az Windsor to the /
Church OF st. Thomas at Underhill. while I
tlle Rev. ). {; Mclaughlin is sent to I
w lndsor. Father Therein has OBLIGATED
At " indsor ana Randolph for about eight 4
years with the exception OF the wear or two 4
he was stationed at Springfield and this /
parish became part OF the cure assigned rs /
Father Drouin Of W Oodstoek. Father Me-
laughiin viii begin his labors in Ram
doiph next Sunday.
There are doleful prognostigations that
the sugar season this year will be short
and sweet on account of the absence ~ I
irost in the ground. Farmers in this
y einity are e nerally waiting for il to
lfee1e nights before tapping their trees
though there have been few davs already
In which sap ran freely. A little realiv
new syrup vas brought into town Tues
lay hN q. W. Douglass. who lives ON the
W iu spear farm, and was sold at q cents
4 quart. Henry Kemp Is also one 81 ne
Early sugar makers and appeared in me
. iiiage with syrup this week. The sugar
1lark ,, > shipping storage cans to farm
-rs ~ over the state and has out now
enough for loo gallons Of syrup.
= kev. ", J. Ooues Of Montpelier came
! uesoay 70 begin cataloguing the 5000
books Of the public library according 10
he Dewey Decimal system. which l. III ne
u many q ne large libraries Of the conn
~, intending the one al WASHINGTON
Ut. Sioues has bad u years experience In
ne library al Littleton. Mass. and has
been making special preparation for his
N y or, mere by six weeks Of study at the
\, = i,ogg hubbard library ia Montpelier.