Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-08-18

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Mr., and Mrs. c. Il. Iazelle OF White
River Junction were here yesterday to as
sist Mrs. Lazelle's mother, Mrs. j. NJ. At
wood, in celebrating her birthday ami
versary.
The annual trout banquet of the Ran
doph, Brookiield and Braintree Fish and
Game Protective League will be held al
Grange hall, East Braintree, next Tuesday
evening.
Miss Olive Sargent is clerking in the
suit department of A. p. Abbott a Co. 1
store in Barre, the same store in which d.
j. Morse, formerly OF this place, is also
employed
W. Il. Terrill OF Montpelier spent Sun
day with his cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. 3.
johnson, who are now entertaining Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert n. Cross Of Springfield,
Mass, their cousins also.
Mrs Lueius Goodhart has gone 10 Glen
Cove, l.. l., to see her sisters, Mrs. o. Il.
Greene and Mrs. Cassius Button, and also
the little son of the latter, who will be
four weeks old tomorrow.
There will be a regular meeting OF the
Order of Eastern Star Thursday evening,
August 25, at O'Clock at their rooms in
Masonic hall. All officers and members
are requested to be present.
Mrs. Mary Mann has with her at pres
ent Mrs. Nj. l.. Hinckley of South Royal
ton and Mrs. Hannah Holman OF st. AL
bans. The latter's son, A. G. Holman,
stopped here Monday on his way to Bos-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wales T.. Bass went to
Enfield, n. H., Friday and remained until
Tuesday with Mrs. Bass sister, Mrs. A. Il.
Johnson. Mrs. Bass mother, Mrs. Mary
Culley, who accompanied them TO Enfield,
staid for longer visit.
DR.. ID. 4. bearing, who was recently
graduated from Tufts college, passed the
Vermont State Board examination for
registration to practise dentistry, held in
Montpelier the first week in July, and will
locate in South Royalton.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Hutchinson of Ran
dolph. Wis, arrived Monday, and Mr..
Hutchinson's sister, Mrs. Ruth Il. Leis,
came Tuesday from Lawrence, Kan, to
spend few weeks with their brothers,
James and Lyman Hutchinson.
The Hancock Lumber company has
bought of A. G.. Osgood an old engine and
to Hancock yesterday to take the place OF a
broken outfit there. George j. Prince is
now in Hancock setting the pieces up.
Elliott Bowman and his daughter, Stel-
la, of Essex Junction, who had been stay
ing with relatives in Brookfield, came to
Randolph the first of the week and have
been visiting Mrs. A. K. Kendrick and
Mrs. W. w. Sprague. They leave for
home today.
Il. S. Cushman of Burlington last week
visited his sister, Mrs. Emily Battles, who
has been seriously i'll with heart trouble at
the home OF her daughter, Mrs. j. l..
Priest, in Braintree. Friends will be glad
to learn that Mrs. Battles is slowly gain
ing in strength.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Steele went to
Claremont, n. H., Sunday. Mr.. Steele
came back Tuesday, leaving his wife to
continue her visit until Saturday. With
her will return Mrs. Jehiel Williams, who
went to Claremont yesterday to see her
son, John, at work in factory there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Victor Bright and
children, who have been at Cape Cod dur
ing the first of the summer, are to come to
Randolph next Tuesday to spend the rest
of the season. Mrs. Bright, with her baby
and nurse, are to stay at Mrs. III. w.
Tewksbury's. Mr.. Bright and little
daughter will be guests at Elm cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Hubbard will start
next Wednesday on the Masonic excursion
to California for the triennial eonclave of
Knights Templar, to be held at San Fran
cisco. Going, the itinerary, as planned,
will give them three DAYS at the st. Louis
exposition, one day at Salt Lake city and
one at Denver. On the return journey five
days will be spent at Yellowstone park.
They will be away a month.
Miss Ada Fits, who had been with her
| father, George Fits, three weeks, went
back to Boston Tuesday to attend to some
business matters and then intends to take
trip to Mousilauke before the opening OF
schools the middle OF September. In ad-
dition to her work in the training of the
feeble minded, Miss Fits this year is to
| have charge OF a dormitory in the ladies'
college in Boston, with which that promi-
nent educator, Miss Sarah Arnold, is con-
nected.
Bethel got back at Randolph Tuesday
for Saturdays baseball defeat. Five Beth
/ Ell players and four from Royalton-Sh
ard, catcher, Calder, 3D. base, Fish, center
| field, and Waldo, left field-with Dutton
as the Bethel pitcher, had no difficulty in
carrying off the game, IL to 2. Otis Dumas
| pitched for Randolph until the eighth
| inning, when Carpenter went in. Bethel
scored twice in the first, twice in the sec
| ond and seven times in the seventh. Ram
dolph's two runs came in the second.
Randolph lacked pitcher this time and
| Bethel seized the point Of weakness, bat
/ ing heavily.
Miss Lena NJ. Bixby of Middleburv is
/ to be the second assistant in the High
school the coming year. Miss Bixby was
graduated from Middlebury college in
/ 1903 with the degree Of A. B., and taught
last year in Burr and Burton seminary at
/ Manchester. Miss Elva Parkhurst OF
North Troy has sent in her resignation as
teacher in this school, and Miss Lillian
knowlton has been elected to her place in
! the seventh grade. Miss Blanche Adams
OF South Royalton, a very successful
teacher here, finds her health too much
impaired to permit Of her taking M the
work of the fifth grade at the beginning
of the fall term, and substitute will be
secured until she feels strong enough for
duty.