Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-05-19

meeting tomorrow night at O'Clock IN
the club rooms for the purpose OF organ
izing baseball team. All interested are
requested to be present
ID. G. Woodward and Willard Gay were
summoned to Windsor Tuesday TO act as
petit Jurors at the session OF the United
States district court held there but were
discharged for two weeks.
Mrs. e. ID. Strong, who had been visit
ing her niece, Mrs. III. q. Beekman, in West
Someryille, Mass. returned Saturday, and
Tue sday Mrs. Reekman came with her
mother, Mrs. W. b. Wall, who had also
been visiting her.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Austin, Jr., were TAX
en- completely by surprise Monday even
ing, when their neighbers and friends
gathered at their home on Fish hill in
honor of Mrs. Austia's birthday. Ice
cream and cake were served by the ladies
of the party, and very enjoyable evening
Eight foreigners. bound for Bethel,
were carried by on the afternoon mail
train yesterday and dropped al this sta
ton by Conductor Murray, from whom
they jealouslY guarded their tickets Tor
fear he would take the precious strips Of
paper away from them. They were gwen
return checks for the go south.
Oscar q. Colburn OF Braintree and Miss
Adelaide NJ. Kathan OF Randolph We're
married Tuesday evening at the Cong
parsonage by Rev. G. +. Laid. They left
at once on a carriage drive for the rest OF
the week and upon their return will make
their home at the groom's farm IN Brain
tree.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. G. Buck, j. NJ. Atwood
ana +. G. Erskine went to Bellows Fails
Tuesday to attend meeting OF the grand
lodge OF Vermont, /. o. Q. F., and the
state assembly Of Rebekahs, lasting three
days. Mr.. Buck went as delegate TO the
grand lodge Of Odd Fellows, Mr.. Erskine
to the grand encampment and grand lodge
and Mrs. Buck to the assembly Of Re
bekahs. Mr. Atwood will visit j. III. Ken
dali and family in Brattleboro before re-
turning.
The travelling auditor of the Central
Vermont Railway company returned here
Monday and transferred the station from
G. A. Lang to John Fenton, who has been
station agent at Sharon for some time.
The freight depot has been put IN charge
OF w. n. Robbins, who came here from
Alburg, and Orman Terry, who has been
at the freight depot for the last few weeks,
takes f. P. Fish's place on the express
team. Mr.. Lang continues to handle the
express business while awaiting orders
from the company. Mr.. kenton leaves
Sharon after residence there of nearly p
years and his father and sister will come
here with him.
DR.. II. II. Mcintyre is having serious
trouble with his eyes, the result, as II is
believed. of overwork. About two weeks
ago he noticed dimness OF vision in
the right eve which has increased until
now be can distinguish but little with il
beyond light. He was in Burlington
Tuesday to consult the specialist, DR..
Twitehell, who would give no opinion
without seeing him again, but ordered
him to give up business entirely and
take, as far as possible, complete rest.
The affection that has come upon the
doctor is shared by his fellow townsmen,
who trust that time, freedom from care
and skillful treatment will preserve the
sight Of ewes that are used so much IN
he service Of others.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. j. Blodgett made
"a sabbath davis journey" OF IS miles
Sunday from their home in Lvndonyille
to Randolph in an automobile Of the
Rambler manufacture, Of which Mr..
hlodgett is agent. They started at ESQ
in the morning. stopped at Montpelier
for dinner and reached here at 2:3O in
the afternoon, finding the roads in some
places rather rough. They staid with
Mr.. Blodgett's brother and wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. j. Blodgett, until Tuesday, when
they went from here to West Lebanon.
~ H., to spend the night, proceeding
homeward the next day by way OF the
Connecticut river valley. where they
hoped to find better travelling than on
the route by which they came.
Robert Gold, who about eight years ago
worked in the hardware store of J.. j..
I Trerise, died Wednesday, the 18th inst, in
/ Roanoke. Va. of tuberculosis. lie suffer-
ed from the disease for some time and IN
I derwent three operations, in the last Of
which large ineision was made in his
side and parts OF two or three ribs re-
moved. He and his family mad lived in
/ Nashua, N. H., but in April went to
4 Roanoke, his native place. He was 80
( years old and left a wife, formerly Miss
4 Gertrude, daughter Of Mrs. +. NJ, Bick-
I ford, who had a millinery store here for
| some years, and three children, two boys
and a girl. "He was. says the Nashua
I IN. H. Telegraph, Fin the employ OF the
Z Barr Hardware company OF this city, and
his earnest application to duty and fine
demeanor won him promotion in business
as well as host Of friends.
A baseball game that promises to be one
OF the events Of the season VIII be played
at AlcCall's park at . O'Clock Saturday aft
ernoon between a team from Salisbury
/ Brothers factory, captained BY e. o. Du-
mas, and team made up of the old-timers
"A. A. Niebaum, F. II. Joslyn, III. W.
VAIL Il. J. Blanchard, George ;. Hutchin-
son, Clyde Carpenter. Guy Osha and Ben
Allen, with Mark Y. Chadwick to fall
back upon Is substitute IN case Of vacancy
or nervous prostration in the excitement
Of the game. p. J. Blanchard will figure
as captain and catcher. but the other star
performers have not been definitely as
signed 70 their respective roles. The ad-
mission fee viii be for the benefit Of ths
band, which viii furnish music for tbs
game. f. I. Salisbury is manager Of tbs
actoTy team, whose members expect to b
Uniformed before another game and t
cultivate their ball-playing talents assidu.
ously this season.