Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-12-29

Bean small increase in alimony until the
June term Of court, for which the divorce
case is set.
j. +. Lamsonis delivery horse became
tired OF standing on Franklin street in the
cold Saturday morning while p. j. Blau-
chard was booking grocery orders and
took little run around to School street to
restore its circulation. IL narrowly
missed collidmg with one or two big trees
along the way and was stopped before any
damage was done.
George ellison, brother of Mrs. Lois Xix
and brother in law Of Mrs. Alfred Eaton,
died at his home in Fort Edward, n. Y,
Friday, having reached the age Of 81 years.
He was employed in pulp mill on the
night shift, and Monday night while at
work suffered a shock of paralysis and
never regained consciousness though he
fingered until Friday. He left two sons in
business in Boston and daughter living
in Fort Edward.
U. S. Grant Post will hold its annual
Memorial service in G.. A. X. hall Sunday
afternoon at O'Clock, Rev. Fraser Metz
ger officiating as chaplain. Tributes VIII
be paid to the comrades deceased during
the year-George Richards, John Pratt
and Leroy j. Sargent. The Woman 5
Relief Corps will join IN this service and
eulogies will be pronounced on the de-
ceased mem bers, Mrs. Charles T.. Abbott
and Mrs. Leroy j. Sargent.
Miss Nettye Robbins closed her school
in the Lamson district Friday for weeks
vacation, and in the evening an excellent
entertainment was given by the pupils,
consisting OF songs, Rotations, dialogues
and a little play. entitled "Watehing for
Santa Claus" with cast of seven charac-
tiers. About forty parents and friends
were present and were much delighted
with the highly credltable showing made
by the young people.
The next entertainment in the lecture
course will be a concert by Garments
Italian boys with Ebert Poland, humor-
list, Tuesday evening, January 8 The
musical organization is made up Of i've
boys in their teens under the leadership
OF Carmen Fabrizio, a youth of ID. They
are all Italians and consequently musical
and in their program introduce selections
from the great Italian composers, which
they have committed to memory. The
humorist il a graduate of the Emerson
College of Oratory and has made a study
OF characters of both metropolitan and
rural life.
The newly elected officers OF Excelsior
encampmont, /. o. o. F., are:-Chlef
patriarch, Mark Goodell; senior warden,
+. II. Ketchum; high priest, A. n. Hayes;
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land; junior warden, l.. g. Kent. Mon
day evening the subordinate lodge Of
Odd Fellows elected the following to
serve this coming year;-Noble grand,
G.. T.. Hutchinson; vice grand, Z. 5.
Booth; secretary, N. G. Buck; treasurer,
A. M. Hubbard. The date OF the in
stallation has not been determined upon.
About O'Clock Sunday morning the
chimney burned out at the Davis house on
Main street, occupied by l.. +. Drake, and
the smoke came down through the pipe
and out of the stove in one OF the chem
bers so thick that Joseph w. Hallock, who
was asleep on the bed, was nearly suffo-
Gated before help could reach him. He
was so sound asleep that neither the sound
OF the fire nor the smoke awoke him and
he had to be dragged to the air and re-
vived before he aroused at all. The Chin
ney simply burned out, no fire catching
anywhere, and no harm was done beyond
the smoke.