Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-09-01

North Leominster. Mass. Mrs. A. y.
Draw wbridge and daughter also came back,
having been in the city month.
+. g. Sanborn, with his wife and son,
Elmer, arrived Tuesday to spend his vaea-
ton from the New York World with his
cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Howard,
and their son, Willis, and family. Mr..
Sanborn's two daughters and his mother,
Mrs. c. q. Sanborn, have been here for
month.
The Rebekahs and members OF the
Eastern Star served progressive supper
Tuesday evening on the lawn az y. Z.
Bucks. japanese lanterns Illuminated
the grounds, where three tables were set,
the company moving from one to another
enticed by tempting arrays Of rolls, pies,
cakes and ice cream. The sum OF 30
was derived from the supper, whose
unique style afforded considerable amuse-
ment.
Archie Constable. who was sent to the
industrial school at Vergennes the first
of March for the rest OF his minority,
on account Of the petit larceny OF pack
age Of tobacco from the freight house,
appeared in the village again TUESDAY,
having taken a more advanced course
i'm the House of Correction, Rutland,
which severed his connection with the
industrial school. He staid here Tuesday
night and left yesterday on a freight
train.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira A. Rice enjoyed an
evening OF music at their home ON High
land avenue Tuesday with delightful, II
impromptu, program provided by the fol-
lowing artists:-C. e. Wood, tenori MISS
NJ. Blanche sparhawk. sopranos Mrs. G.
+. Wood, violin; w. I. Sparhawk, flute;
Miss Mary lamson and Miss Cora Martin,
pianists. Mrs. Wood, in giving her Sc
iections. played on different yiolins made
by Mr.. Rice, who knows all the ms ana
outs OF fiddle.
Mrs. L. p Thayer came from Highgate
Springs Saturday to meet her brother,
Walter Smith, OF Orlando, Fla, at the
home Of their mother, Mrs. A. A. Smith,
where she remained until yesterday.
Mr.. Thayer was also here from Middle
bury over Sunday, and the family party
was further increased by the arrival OF
another sister OF Mr.. Smith, Mrs. George
Cheney OF st. Johnsbury, and two nieces,
Misses Lucille and Marjorie Wheeler, OF
White River Junction.
Mr. and Mrs. II. NJ. Miller entertained
from Monday to Wednesday Mrs. Miller's
brother, Rev. II. G. Parker, Unitarian
clergyman Of Woburn, Mass, and his wife
and three sons. Tuesday, Mr.. and Mrs.
Miller started to take their guests for
drive about the town and in three seated
team were coming down the South Main
street hill when the front axle broke, let
ting the carriage on to the ground. For
tunately the horses were going slowly,
and the party escaped without injury.
Guests at the Randolph Inn at present
are Mr.. and Mrs. George-B. Owen Of Des
Moines, Ia; Mrs. White OF Cleveland, o.,
a former resident OF this village, where
she is remembered as Mrs. Ezra jewell
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T.. Somers OF Waterbury,
Conn, visiting among acquaintance OF
Mrs. Somers, who was Miss Josie, daugh-
ter OF the late Joseph Gray, for many years
owner OF the Gray farm; and Miss Susanne
Heber and her mother of Ridgewood,
N. j.. who came Tuesday night. J. II.
Hard and granddaughter, at the Inn last
week, went to Mt. Mansfield Monday.
Mrs. sarah e. French, the oldest person
In Randolph Mass, has Just passed her
9th birthday anniversary. There was no
formal celebration, but number OF
neigh bors and friends called and offered
concentrations. Mrs. French is native
of Randolph. VT, being born here Aug. 4,
1907, a daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel
Eaton. She married John Larned French
of Randolph i'm 1899 and they had three
children, two sons and a daughter. OF
these, two are now living, George w.
French and Mrs. Mary w. Porter. Mrs.
French is a direct descendant OF Francis
Eaton, whose portrait adorns the walls in
Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth. She is the great
aunt of DIR. Francis Eaton OF this villa &c.
Third in Great Marathon Race.
Arthur L. Newton ran Tuesday at st.
Louis in the Olympic Marathon race and
crossed the line third, finishing In 3h. 4lm.
33s. forty kilometers, equal to "a miles
and 1900 yards. This race, the third OF its
kind ever held and the first on American
soil, participated in by 81 OF the worlds
a Thomas j..
Hicks OF ambridge, Mass, whose time
was 3h. 2Sm. 53s. Albert j. Corey OF
Chicago was second with time record OF
3h, 3im. les. The first modern Olympic
Marathon race was held at Athens,
Greece, in 1896, end won by Loues, a
Greek, in 2h. 55m. the second az Paris IN
1900, in which Newton also finished third,
won by Teato OF France in b. 59m. The
winner of Tuesdays race received a cup
presented by President Francis OF the eX-
position and an Olympic championship
gold medal, the second a silver medal and
the third a medal Of bronze.
OF the 81 runners, 16 were Americans, 10
Greeks, two kafiirs, one cuban, one
Frenchman and one man from South
Africa. The racers ran five laps on the
Stadium track, and tnen passing through
a gate struck out on the country road
course. which was pronounced one OF the
most uphill and downhill courses ever
travelled by athletes in such an event, and
the roads were deep in dust.
Going to Manassas.
The Randolph members OF Company +,
V.N. G.. now in Brattleb boro, preparing to
move on Manassas, Va, for the military
manmuvres at Thoroughfare Gap, are
I Color Sergeant f. n. Bean, Sergeant Carl
Huntington, Privates Fred Grain, Lewis
| A. Bean, Clarence 5. Booth, Guy Holman,
4 Fugene Morrill,. Clifford Chatterton,
I Stephen Cleveland, Fred and George Jerd
and Henry Peake, with Clarence odd Of