Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-04-07
Some Randolph Students 1925.

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The most devoted antiquary OF this viii
lage is undoubtedly Mr.. II. Z. Sharpe,
whose interest in the relics Of the past has
led to the collection OF many rare and
curious papers, books and pamphlets,
which preserve record of the things OF
moment to their owners in the days OF
publication.
Among the rest he has almost a COM
plete set OF almanacs dating from l760,
! thirty OF them being before 1sC0. AS they
filled the Office OF diary as well as almanac,
the marginal readings Of the pages is not
the least interesting part of their perussl.
In one place it is iotted down that
"Nathaniel Bradley has got a rum barrel
which he is to return to me, Cornelius
Mansis, who evidently expected TO have
some use for it. Another note states that
the writer's cows went TO pasture April
29, 1856, and farther on he makes a record
that he ''put the hogs up to fat Oct. l." A
thrifty farmer was the almanac's owner,
who little dreamed that the notes he made
/ for future reference would reach so far
into future which ne was not to know.
| In the almanac for IT'S, John Young is
down August n as debtor 'to board and
| liekern for one man five days, and again
| Sept. 10 tto board and lickern for three
men one week, nothing whatever being
| said about doctors prescription for the
-, "lieker.n
Catalogues OF the officers and students
OF the West Randolph academy for the
| years 1923 and 1870 contain some still
familiar names. VIM. w. Howard was
| principal, and Mrs. Howard preeeptress,
with Mrs. r. b. Pollard teacher of music
and French, and Miss l.. A. Hutchins
teacher Of penmanship. Among the stu
dents were enrolled Albert b. and Frank
| II. Chandler, Herbert V. Fletcher, Ed
ward r. Herrick (now Rev. T.. +. Herriek
of Milton julius L., Justus A. and VIII
| liam 5. Herrick, Charles c. Hobart, Clar-
ence +. Moulton, William III. Nichols.
| Elbridge Gerry Rev. Mr.. Gerry deeeased) },
John W. Rowell, o. NJ. Tinkham OF Pom
fret, Emily p. and Louisa b. Fales Mrs.
f. p. Hastings and Mrs. Jesse Martini,
Sarah l.. Cobb Mrs. Wiley OF Springfield,
Mass.), Layinia Lathrop Mrs. A. IL.
Beedle), Emily NJ. Kendrick Mrs. +. E.
| Herrick of Miltonl, Emily Gleason (de-
ceased), Helen r. Lamson Mrs. Fuller of
Oakland, CALI, Jennie Babbitt (now OF
Washington, ID. CT, Josephine A. Parish
! Mrs. A. f. Kendrick), Mary A. Spar
hawk, Ruth Tilson Mrs. A. G. Bradish
OF Medford, Mass.), Emmeline A. Tewks-
bury Mrs. f. f. Uphaml, Augusta Waite
| MRS. Flanders living in Missouri). classi-
cal department; George $. Bradford, La
forrest Martin, ID. II. Morse, Jaspar II.
and W. +. Lamson, VIM. II. Dubois, A. b.
1 Fish, John q. Hobart, Lyman Hutchin-
son, Joseph J.. Bass NOV publisher OF the
Bangor, Me-, Commercially, Gilman 5.
Moulton, Hazen p Sanford, Edward H.,
George A. and VIM. X. Tarbell, Orinda
/ Fish Mrs. Reuben Cole Of East Somer-
vile. Mass.), Minorra L. Holman diving
/ in Monterey, Cali, Celia NJ. Holman
| Mrs. Henry Badger OF Monterrey, rhir-
Yah Huntington Mrs. Putnam living in
Massachusetts,, Laura G. Kimball (the
| late Mrs. j. b. Mead, Marietta Newton
| MRS Samuel Leach OF Los Angeles, CALI,
Marilla Stedman Mrs. A. b. Chandler,
Edna L. Walbridge Mrs. Frank Chad
wick, Flora +. Wheeler Mrs. T.. p.
| Flint, Ada Moulton Mrs. w. II. Du-
Bois), Mary S. Smith Mrs. Sautelle OF
Newtonville, Mass.), Elizabeth Edison
! Mrs. George Harraden), Della Bass { Mrs.
Tilson Of Middlesex), Margaret Bass Mrs.
Smith Of Boston,, Lucia L. Church Mrs.
| Elbridge Gerry OF Lyndonville), Emma
Hatch Mrs French of Snowsville), Eng
/ lish department.
/ Among the instructors OF the academy
| in the year 1915 was Sophia A. Walker,
an aunt of Rev. G.. T.. Laid, the present
pastor of the Cong'l church. In the clas-
steal department the young people pre-
pared for college, and in the English de-
partment the object of the school, says
! the catalogue, ''is to afford the means OF
obtaining a sound. practical English edu-
cation, with correct habits OF thought
and study.n There were courses in Greek,
Latin, French, Spanish, Italian and Ger
man, not to mention music and painting,
and students came from all the towns
around