Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-11-03

I Fraser MetZger was elected treasurer ana
| assistant secretary OF the club.
At the annual meeting OF the University
| club Monday evening, held az the Ran
dolph Inn, VI here the members we're en-
/ tertained By l.. Is. Johnson, the following
officers we're elected for the coming
year President, L. b. johnson; vice
| president. +. ". Tewksburyi secretary
and treasurer Rev. Frazer Metzger
Through the A. . Cushman real estate
agency Peter A. Jerd has sold his house
and land IL East Brookfeld to Rev. Mr..
Urban, who viii soon take possession.
Mr.. Jerd, who had been working in
George Bonnelte's barber shop in Mont
peuer for five months, went to Bethel
Monday to take possession OF the shop
he has purchased there OF George Clark.
Fred W. Curtis has taken Mr.. Jerd S
place m the Bonnette shop at Montpelier.
Felix Blei, advance agent for the Russell
Dramatic company, which will appear in
Dubois a Gays hall November Ii as the
second attraction in the Entertainment
course, was in town Tuesday and engaged
accommodations at the Randolph Inn for
twelve people. This company, which
presents "The Middleman,' with Louis j.
Russell in the star role, carries a carload OF
scenery and uses none Of the halls prop
critics. The troupe played at Burlington
last night, seats selling for y each, and
will also be in Barre this week 1t will
come here the 18th from Laconia. ''The
Middlemann will be too good thing to
miss.
II. \. Richardson, who had been in the
freight office for month, finished there
Friday and returned to his home in Lon
don, Ont Station Agent Fenton and his
assistant, George G. Mooney, are now at
tending to the freight business without an
additional helper. The night operator, l..
B. Boyre, has gone back to Mooers juno
ton, n. ", and his place has been taken
by c. G.. Walker Of Enfield, ~ H., who has
rented the tenement vacated by G.. A,
Pearson in the Howe block and will move
his family here about the middle OF the
month. Oras Flint, who finished the
course in a school Of telegraphy at James
vile, Wis, and came home few weeks
ago, has been aided to the depot force.
The Rochester club held its annual
meeting Monday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. A. NJ. Hubbard and elected these
officers for the coming year President,
O. II. Greene; vice president. A. NJ. Hub
bard; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. ID. T.
Dyer; social committee, Mr.. and Mrs
Alfred Eaton, Mrs. II. T.. Hubbard, Mrs
A. NJ. Hubbard and Miss Emroy Mat
thews; entertainment committee, DIR. A.
G. Bailey, Miss Minnie Carpenter, Miss
Carrie Eaton, f. T.. Wyman; soliciting
committee, Mrs. A. NJ. Hubbard, Mrs. L.
c. Drew, Glenn Bailey, ID. T. Dyer, Mrs
II. +. Hubbard, Miss Elton Matthews
hall and buying committee, ID. b. Fassett
table committee, Mrs. w, w. Carpenter
Mrs. c. T.. Wyman, Mrs. A. G. Bailey,
Miss Emroy Matthews, Miss June Fas-
sett, Miss Lettie Bailey and MISS Esther
George. It was voted to have a club din
ner Thanksgiving day.
Frank Colby Of Barre, who represented
himself as a contractor and builder o
Montpelier and Senate reporter in the leg
islature, tioated into town last Thursday
and began to invest in real estate. He
bargained for the house OF Mrs. ID. NJ.
English and Mrs. Hattie Lamson on Cen
trail street and set about converting it into
two tenements at once. He ordered double
windows at the Emerson mill, and various
things needed in repairing at the stores.
Making the writings was delayed from
day to day while he waited for a check
book from Barre that never came. and
Monday he left town. After his departure
1t was learned that he was a poor I'M
fortunate living with his mother in Barre,
and that he varies the monotony OF CNis-
tenCe by such spasms OF business activity
that amount 10 nothing. During his stay,
be also made a trade with Mrs. g. e.
Cushmau for a little place she owns near
her farm.