Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-02-19
South ROyaIton Notes.
MI. SARGENT. Local Editor.

Rev. Charles Flint Of GuildhaIl is in town
this week.
George Phelps of Milton visited friends
here Monday.
Thermometer registered 269 below zero
Wednesday morning.
Rev. J. +. Knapp Of Irssburg is visiting
his sister, Mrs. Laura Howard.
Mrs. Albert Sargent has recovered sufii-
GENTLY to be about the house.
Mrs. NJ. II. Hazen has been confined to
the house by illness the past week.
Mrs. Clara Whlpple Downing returned
to her home in Barre last Saturday.
Mrs. A. II. Merrill of Etna, n. H., has
been visiting in town the past week.
Charles Williamson OF Lebanon, n. H.,
was a guest Of G. II. Woodland Monday.
Miss Ala Day has returned home after
an absence Of several weeks in Hartford.
Morris Lamb, policeman in Boston,
visited his father and mother here last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Watkins have not
recovered sufficiently to go away from
home.
Mrs. w. II. Luckett and son are visiting
her father and family in Boston for few
weeks.
A large number of young people attend
ed the promenade at Tunbridge Friday
evening.
A son Of Frank Pierce of St. Johnsbury
former resident here, visited in town
last week.
Charles Danforth was at home lasi
week, returning to his work in West Hart
ford Monday.
Mrs. j. w. Bright still remains in an en-
feebled condition and is able to perform
only light work.
A social representing different nations
will be hell in the NJ. +. vestry on Thurs
day evening at 1880.
[ Sylvester Russell has recently moved
from Royalton to the Wall house near IN
mills in South Royalton.
Mrs. George Haekett is not so well thi
week, having mad relapse last week
Z She is very much exhausted.
Rev. W. Z. Mann viii close his pastorat'
( here next Sunday and will move to Massa
[ ehusetls the following week.
WI. 5. Whitcomb of Burlington wa
I In town last Friday in the interest OF IN
/ Equitable Life Insurance Co.
The town report viii show slight in
crease Of expenditures over last year bl
reason Of extraordinary expenses.
.Freedom Of WIN and Heredity" is tn
pastors subject az the Nj. u. church sun
day morning evening "Ihe New Birth
Henry l.. Ballou Of Chester, d. G. NJ. o
the first Masonic district, visited Rising
sun lodge Monday evening ON official bus
/ mess.
DR.. and Mrs. f. j. Fish were in Boston
most Of last week with their son, DIR. Eu
clid Fish. whose young child IS danger
ously III with erysipelas.
Several members OF Rising sun Chapter
| No. u, o. T.. s., attended the annual socia
given by Wenona Chapter at White Rive
/ Junction Tuesday evening.
The farmers have had a grand oppor
tuuity TO dispose of their surplus wood a
good prices. which they have done, and M
/ one has suffered for want OF fuel they
could not obtain.
Miss Maria Billings, daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs. Olin Billings, and former grad
uate OF the High school here, was gradu
1 ated as a nurse from the Tewksbury Hos
| pital Training school last Saturday, hay'
/ ing taken three years course.
The census OF the South Royalton Grad
ed school district has been completed an6
shows that scholars OF legal school age,
p, TO rs, number 145, slight decrease iron
| last year. The number over II attending
| school, Z; number OF legal school age no
attending school, l3.
Clifton Flanders, lately a soldier of tn
/ u. S. Cavalry, arrived home saturday
I lie received his discharge Feb. 9TH in New
/ Mexico and Immediately started for home
/ He was somew hat fatigued after so Iona
trip. being in feeble health, but wat
quite cheerful and evidenced much de
/ light in reaching home. He enlisted u
Boston Oct. p, 1900, and was assigned K
1 the troop from which he was discharged
/ His troop first encamped at Fort sloeun
4 r. VIRGINIA and remained there until Jan
n. i02. when the troop was ordered tC
I Manila, p. l.. sailing Immediately ano
arriving at Manila March %. During M
service in the Philippines the troop wa
ordered from one station to another, whici
caused much hard service and priyatior
and the climatic change reduced his VI
tality and strength SO much that he wa
/ placed on light duty, but ne dla NOT Tar.
ana was given sick leave and transferred