Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-06-18

terday.
The local health officer, DIR. A. G. Bailey,
is in Burlington in attendance on a meet
ing of the state board OF health.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Gorham went to
Mortified Yesterday 10 spend the remain-
der OF the week with Mrs. Gorham's Sis
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Brown OF White
River Junction are with Mrs. Brown. +
sister. Mrs. Harriet Mcbride, for a couple
of weeks.
Charles Rlodgett has two teams and
Ed. McCrillis has one engaged in draw
ing granite from the q%uarries 70 the
station in Bethel.
Eugene Williams Of Hartford, Conn.,,
who Is travelling for a lumber company,
was IN town Monday and Tuesday and
went to Bethel also 10 see his sister, Mrs.
Henry Preston.
Capt. J. Z. Eldredge, with Department
Commander Frank Kenheld OF Morris
willie and Myron r. Savage OF Bethel,
started Tuesday OF a months fishing trip
in the vicinity Of SINNERS, Me.
II. A. Haligan, chief clerk in the office
of the Western Electric company al
Chicago was at the Sanford farm Mon
day to see c. q. Dubois before the ~latter's
departure for Chicago Tuesday morning.
Misses Addie and Abbie Bonner Of Dam
versport, Mass, are the guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. A. B. Tewksbury. Last Thursday,
Mrs. Tewksbury and her son, h. w.
Tewksbury, and their guests went to
Mortified for the day.
The birthday anniversary of Rev. q. Q.
Howe was observed at his home on Pros
pect avenue Monday evening by a family
gathering. A most enjoyable evening was
spent and Mr.. Howe was made the recipi-
ent of a handsome chair.
Barre city schools closed last week, and
Miss Fannie Draper, one Of the teachers,
is home for the summer vacation. Her sis
ter, Miss Carrie, also an instructor there,
was i'm Randolph over Sunday but has
gone back to Barre to tutor for awhile.
Mrs. ID. NJ. Chamberlin has returned
from Randolph Center, where she has been
staying the past year with her grand
daughter, Miss Lyla Putnam. The latter
has been taking a teachers course at the
state Normal school from which she grad
uated June IL.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. H.. Kenney will start
tomorrow night for Lake George, y. v,
where Mr.. Kenney is TO have charge Of the
dining room at the Lake House for the
sixth consecutive season, and Mrs Kenney
is to spend the summer with some friends
at one OF the cottages.
The first operation at DR.. Gifford's
Sanitarium was performed Tuesday, Mrs.
r. ID. Hatch being the subject. The oper-
alton, which was of a difficult and serious
nature, was performed by DR.. j. NJ. Gle
OF Hanover, assisted by Drs. Glnord,
Scott and Angel. IL was witnessed by
the other local physicians. So far the
patient Is doing well.
Mrs. E. H. AHis gives a tea this after
noon at her home in Brookfield in honor
of her sister, Miss Elsie Short Powers,
whose marriage to Mr.. Harry j. Corwin of
Lowell, Mass, occurs the 18th OF June.
The guests are fifteen of the girlhood
friends of the bride-elect from Randolph.
and each will tie a small portion OF a COM
forter that is to form part of the house
keeping outfit.
Miss Winnie B. Rogers, one Of this
years graduates OF the Randolph High
school. asks The HERALD to correct the
impression possibly created by its article
of last week that all the class were in
volved in the commencement program
affair. She says h was opposed to the
ball from the first and advised giving it
up when she learned there was trouble
over the program.
Mrs. Roswell Holbrook, Mrs. A. E.
J Dean, f. y. Rising, Misses Cora Holbrook,
Aida Newcity and Celia Williams, Rev.
I and Mrs. Brown f. Smith went to Sharon
Yesterday morning to attend the Vermont
Central association at the Sharon Baptist
church, June II and Is. Some went by
carriage and some by rail. Mr.. Smith
preached the annual sermon Wednesday
evening and was chairman OF the commit
/ tee Of arrangements.
DIR. A. b. Gay made the fourth tubercu-
lin test in a year at the farm of J. G..
Mann, June 3, testing 10 head and killing
six. He tested n head for Lyman
Hutchinson June 5 and killed one. The
4 9th inst. he tested the following in East
Randolph and pronounced them all free
from the disease One for Fred Pearsons,
f. g. Sprague, l.. l.. PearsOns,Jed Hyde. >.
Bannister and w. l.. Skillinger and three
for Il. p. Riford. The 10th, A. b. Bick-
nen's herd Of Il, in Tunbridge, was found
to be all right. and Tuesday IA cattle of w.
NJ. Terry OF Randolph showed no trace Of
disease.
last Thursday night. parties entered
the Graded school building by raising a
window in the janitor's room, having first
removed the fastening by reaching
through a broken pane Of glass. They
then entered the room in which Miss Elva
Parkhurst taught and proceeded to cele-
hrate the near approach OF the vacation
season by taking all the text books from
their case and throwing them about the
room. together with the examination pa
pers that were to be looked over by the
pupils TO note their mistakes next morn
ing. The apparent purpose was to create
as much disorder as possible. The books
the property Of the taxpayers OF this
district-were more or less damaged II
was impossible to hold school in this
grade Friday. The identity Of the perpe-
traitors is pretty well known. and ii
wouldn't be a bit surprising II they were
made an example Of with a view toward
checking the spirit of lawlessness all too
prevalent among certain boys IN this
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