Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-01-14
South RoyaIton Notes.
NJ. ]. SARGENT. Local Editor.

Miss Minnie Metcalf continues serious
~ i'll.
Miss Lucy Hale returned home from
Barre last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Newton have a daughter
horn last Saturday.
Albert Benedict is in Manchester, n. H.
and Boston for a few days.
m electric light plant has shut down
COR lack Of water to furnish power.
Mrs. II. d. Grain returned to her home
at Winchendon, Mass, Wednesday.
Everett smith and wife Of Washington
are visiting DIR. E.. j. Fish and family.
Charles Clapp shipped a carload Of cows
N bis market at Lowell, Mass, Monday.
fine quality of ice is being packed in
ice houses and an unusual amount Is being
cut.
Rev. q. O. Howe Of Randolph supplied
the pulpit in the NJ. Il. church last Sun
day.
isle Mcintosh has recovered from his
recent illness sufficiently to ride to the viii
lage.
". II. Martin Of this village was taken
seriously i'll while on a business trip 70
Barre Tuesday.
W. V. Soper has been appointed admin
istrator of the estate OF Francis G.. Pierce,
with will annexed
h ladies OF the Cong'l church viii
serve an oyster supper Tuesday evening,
Jan. 10, from 8 to Z.
4 n. Hewitt was elected one Of the di-
reetors OF the Tunbridge Agricultural
Fair society last week.
The White River Valley Pomona grange
will hold it's next meeting at Gaysville
next Saturday. Special program.
The board for the abatement Of town
taxes in Royalton will meet at the town
clerks Office on Wednesday, Jan. 20.
w. t. Hale Of White River Junction,
plumber, has engaged to work Tor q. "a.
Manchester in his hardware store this
season.
ID. ID. @. NJ. II. l.. Ballou has called a
meeting Of the First Masonic district to
be held a. White River Junction on
Wednesday, Jan. %. Rising sun Lodge,
No. Z, is to exemplify the first degree.
The water supply from the springs is be-
coming very short. Many farmers have TO
get their water from remote places.
Springs not known 10 be short before are
nov dry. Il is causing great incon-
v~enience TO those who keep stock. The
extreme cold weather last week froze the
water in pipes, shutting OF the supply.
The annual meeting Of the Congl church
was held last Friday. The follow ing
church officers were elected sd. b. Dur
lee. d.. A. Burbank and NJ. 5. Adams,
deacons for FIVE years; Fred Freeman, NJ.
s Adams aud j. b. Durkee, committee;
n. s.. Adams, clerk; A. g. Whitman,
treas: NJ. J. Sargent, auditor; Mrs. Ernest
Moody, Sunday school superintendent
Miss Ala Day. assistant superintendent
Miss Nellie Adams, chOristeri Mrs. Grace
Burnett, organist.
Mrs. e. =. Tarbell has been informed
that Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Martin and two
sons, aged 10 and IA years old, were m the
Iroquois theater, Chicago, fire. Mr.. and
Mrs. Martin escaped, but the sons per-
ished. Mr.. Martin was formerly OF VIII
Jamestown, and Charles q. Tarbell, a
brother OF Miss Charlotte Tarbell and a
relative OF {. p. Tarbell OF this village,
married Miss Libbie Martin, a sister OF
Daniel Martin. The young lads that lost
their lives were unusually promising boys.
Il is rumored that the Glee club has
arranged three concerts to take place at
Bethel, Chelsea and this town during the
last OF next month. The following men
are rehearsing for the concerts list ten
ors. James Waterman, William Harden
hurgh, Arthur Abbott, Leon Skinneri "a
tenors, Prof. Butler, John Waterman,
Clifton Flanders; barirones, Fred Sargent,
Charles Folsom, Arthur Tenney; bassos,
Elmer Hapgood, Pearl Culver, Pearl Wal
do, Walter Spalding, Albert Benedict ac-
e0mpanist, Winnifred Hewitt. !. l.. Wei
come has charge of the Instrumental part
OF the concert and has developed a good
guitar club. He is a fine soloist on this
instrument.