Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-07-28
A. A. OLMsTED,
II. NJ. MILLER, County Com.
II. O. BIXBY.
Chelsea, July IS, 1904. Wv

Tom G. Dearborn is at home this week.
A. j.. Grant OF East Orange was in town
Saturday.
A. W. Whitney and wife were in Bel
lows Falls last week.
Mrs. George L. STOW is visiting her son,
A. +. Davis, at Bethel.
Mrs. Frank J. Thorne Of Boston is visit
/ ing friends and relatives here.
A. II. Powers OF Randolph was here
Wednesday and Thursday Of last week.
| NJ. Y. B. Noyes Of Tunbridge was in
\ town Monday, arranging for an auction
Aug. 8.
Hale X. Darling and wife spent Sunday
! in Boston with his brother, Col. Chas. X.
/ Darling.
A delegation Of our citizens go to Barre
city nearly every day now to witness the
| ball games.
Mrs. NJ. J. Kemp Of New York is the.
| last arrival at the hotel Others are ex-
pected the last Of the week.
Elmer B. Osgood OF Boston was in town
| for a brief visit 10 friends over Sunday, re-
turning home Monday night.
Warren Goodale of Woodbury., who was
en- route to South Royalton to visit his
| daughter, visited at Leroy Goodale's FRI
/ day.
John f. Judd Of North Richmond came
last week to visit his mother, Mrs. Mary
| J. Rathburn, whom he had not seen for II
/ years.
Miss Belle Chandler Of Barre spent sun
day at j. B. Bacon's. and Miss Hopkins,
also Of the Granite city, was al Mrs. Ellen
| Scales
E. w. Newton OF Somerville, Mass,
spent Sunday and Monday here with his
family, who are boarding at the Misses
Andrus.i
Mrs. B. F. Smiths sister, Mrs. Allyne Of
| Cleveland, Ohio, and her niece, Mrs. Lille
/ Waite of Manchester, n. H., visited her
I last week.
Ice cream will be served by the Ep-
worth league on the old academy grounds
Friday evening, July %, from till
o'clock. Come.
Captain Walter l.. Lindsey and Miss
/ Mary Hugell OF Boston were guests OF j..
X. and II. X. Darling Tuesday, driving
over from Fairlee.
II. W. Dearborn is sick. He overworked
during the hot weather haying and has
had hemorrhage Of the bowels. He is now
able to sit up short time.
James b. Richardson, consul at Utilla,
Honduras, was in town Friday, the guest
OF George l.. Stow. He is spending the
/ summer with relatives in Nershire.
Atr. and Mrs. Frank Libby of Lowell
came Monday night. Mrs. Libby was
| formerly Miss Fannie Smith. They are
/ spending few weeks with her people at
their summer home.
Mrs. Ruth Clifford was called to Chicago
Saturday by the serious illness OF her
| daughter, Mrs. VIM. Williams. A tele-
gram Tuesday announced the death OF
! Mrs. Williams. i is a sad blow to her
! family and friends here.
/ VIM. +. Hood is having a new bath room
built in his house. George II. Dewey and
/ Clarence Parker of South Royalton are
doing the work. They are also to put
/ new furnace into the house OF Mrs. "A. NJ.
| Whitney next week.
Calendar for next week Wednesday
Aug. 8, regular meeting of Camp No. .,
| 5. Y. "Flower Festival at town hall by
Young ladies; Thursday, Orange County
| Democratic convention, town hall, 10 A.
| NJ; Friday evening, entertainment IN
town hall by STAFFORD Dramatic Co.
A sad accident occurred at Grinnell,
Iowa. the evening Of July goth. when
| Henry and Clark Spencer were drowned.
They were the husband and only son OF
Katie Hatch Spencer, a native OF this
town. whose father, NJ. A. Hatch, was in
| business here for years. 1t seems the ia
ther and son were on Grinnel's artlnclal
lake in their gasoline launch when some
thing went wrong with the engine ana,
thinking it was about TO explode, ooth
| Jumped into the water, and though good
swimmers both were drowned.
Monday evening the Junior Benev-
olept society OF the Congl church was
invited to the home of Mrs. w. 5. Hatch
for its regular meeting. The noun
tain white school at Grand View
was represented and an interesting
program given. The young people were
treated to music by enc of their number,
Dan Dickinson, and 70 candles py then
hostess. The Misses MAYA Das then en-
tertained the company with songs OF their
native India. The costume Of the country,
which they wore, was both curious and
beautiful, and the singing was most mu-
steal. This was an unexpected treat ana
highly appreciated by all.
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