Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-07-23

Miss Jennie Stewart, on her return last
Thursday from Boston, where she attend
ed the National Educational meeting, was
accompanied by Mrs. A. L. Baldwin, who
is to be here for a little while.
Miss Helen Pratt of Brooklyn, n. ",
who had been a guest at Montague Place,
went to Dark Harbor, Me-, Friday with
Miss Annie Kimball to spend two weeks
with the latter's uncle, Mr.. Morse.
John R. Williams has decided his place
on Weston street to his daughter-in-law.
Mrs. Jehiel Williams, and the house has
been enlarged by an addition on the
west side, 15Xl1 feet, giving another room
on the first floor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman d. Rix went Mon
day morning to the Mary Fletcher hospi-
tai in Burlington, where Mr.. RiX's mother,
Mrs. Lois Xix, was operated upon very
successfully and is 10Y reported as pro-
crossing favorably towards recovery.
II. Constable and his daughter, M~aisie,
went to Highgate Springs yesterday and
will be Joined there tomorrow by Mr.. and
Mrs. John Peavey and Archie Constable.
Mr.. Peavey viii only be away over Sunday
but the others will stay until the last OF
next week.
B. F. Kicker shipped Monday go hogs,
125 calves, so sheep and 80 cattle, sending
TO market from this station 10 calves &c.
to &c. and one hog. The prices of hogs
last week were a. and al cents a pound, a
little less than usual, and the farmers evil
IDENTIFY thought il well 10 wait for some
what better rates.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Luke Parish was
in Montpelier and Barre Tuesday. serving
papers in the case Of f. l.. Fish, receiver,
vs.. the stock holders Of the Farmers
National bank of N%ergennes to secure the
return of dividends paid after the bank
became insolvent. The defendants are to
appear before Judge Wheeler, September
7th.
Twenty-Five tickets were sold at this
station Monday for White River Junction,
where Barnum q Bailey's circus exhibited,
and II tickets the next day for Montpelier,
where the same show also made a stand.
Randolph used to be a good circus point,
and theabove figures indicate that there
are still plenty Of people here who 'like
TO see the animals and can be induced
ito take the boy" for that purpose.
Miss Lillian May Kenerson, for three
seasons trimmer in the millinery depart
ment of Bell Brothers store, was married
Wednesday, the 18th, at Barre, the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Kener-
son, TO Delton G. Watt OF Philadelphia.
Yesterday Mr.. and Mrs. Watt went
through here on their way to Philadel-
phia, where they are TO be at home after
September LIST at PIP Fairmount avenue.
Dennis Rattee, Jr., was operated upon
yesterday at DIR. Gifford's sanitarium for
the removal of a growth on the o of
the leg, called e%xotosis, which had been
! troubling him for nearly a year. The
muscles OF the leg working over this
growth caused the limb to swell and pain
him, and DIR. Clifford located the trouble
by an X-ray photograph of the member
that showed the exact nature OF the dis
turbance.
Miss Ada Fits OF Boston, a teacher Of
much experience who has lately been
engaged in experimental work with the
feeble minded along the lines OF indus
trial training, is on for two weeks Of
OF her vacation, visiting her father, George
Fits. and other relatives in this and
adjoining towns. She will go from here
to Tamworth. ~. H., to spend the re-
naming time before the reopening of
school in the fall.
A rain such as the oldest inhabitant
doesn't remember to have seen before
fell yesterday afternoon. 1t simply poured
for a few minutes like a cloud burst. The
streets became waterways n the viii
lage resembled q small-sized Venice.
Water stood in the highways even with
the side walks and lively work was re-
quired to keep the sewers open so that
they would carry off a small part of the
surface water. The pipe that carries water
of the roof Of the brick blocks over
flowed and some of the stores. including
Bell Brothers. was wet down a little
though not enough to do any damage.
Frank Blakely, son of L. j. Blakely,
while working in Salisbury Brothers
mill Monday morning, met with IN acci-
dent that narrowly missed being one of
serious consequences. Ii seems that the
rope to the elevator got wound the wrong
way downstairs while the lift was caught
upstairs, and as the young man stepped
into il with an empty truck, the elevator
fell with him a distance of fifteen feet.
As II struck the hoor he was hurled
against one of its iron rods and injured
ms back, which il is thought might
have been broken had it not been for a
measuring rule IN a hip pocket that was
smashed into five pieces.
A despatch from White River junction
in the daily states that 1. d. Litchield Of
Springfield, who went from here Tuesday.
was struck by a train near the Passumpsic
bridge over the White river hat night and
had five ribs broken and one lung pune
tured. z. G.. Stevens received word this
morning from his sister, Alice. who works
at the White River Junction House, that
Mr.. Litchfield had been over to Lebanon
and was returning from there when the ae-
cident happened. He was picked up on
the bridge and taken to the junction
House, where she identified him and his
sister was summoned from Springfield.
Mr.. Litchfield had 81 in his pocket when
he went to Lebanon but when he was
found there were 10 money or papers on
his person.
Mrs. f. W. Osborne of st. Paul. Mimi.
and Miss Bertha Brown from California
have been at the Randolph Inn since sun
day. Mrs. Osborne is the daughter OF the
late Avery Chadwick, a native Of Ran
dolph, whose death occurred at st. Paul
about three weeks ago. She has been an
extensive traveller, visiting almost every