Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-11-02

save the house by prompt and vigorous
action.
Frank Conner Of Lynn, Mass, Great
Sachem Of the Improved Order OF Red
Men, was in town yesterday to ascertain
whether or not il would be advisable TO
form new tribe in Randolph to replace
the one whose wigwam has been long
deserted. Mr.. Conner is touring the state,
looking up the conditions OF the different
tribes, and finds that few more lodges
will be required to form an independent
council, for Vermont, which is now under
the jurisdiction OF Massachusetts,.
Some small boys playing in the woods
in Mari-Castle park Saturday afternoon
set fire to the dry leaves on the ground
back OF the round house and then, be-
coming seriously alarmed at the rapidity
with which the flames spread, ran about
crying Fire A number of men went up
to the park and succeeded in eXtinguish-
ing the blaze after il had burned over
about half the woodland without how
ever, injuring the trees. Sometimes II
seems as though 1t would be a good idea
to have school keep Saturdays.
A degree team OF IS from the Rebekah
lodge OF Mortified visited Fern Rebekah
lodge Friday evening and worked the mi
tiatory degree on two candidates, Mrs. Z.
j. Rumrill and Fred Gordon. Among
~
Carl Richmond, Mrs. w. T.. England, Mrs.
NJ. f.. Warrington, Mrs. Henry Fuller,
Mrs. John Winch, Miss Della W LEY, the
Misses Hutchinson, Mrs. Currier, Mrs.
Rice, Mrs. Sylvester, Mr.. and Mrs. Bean,
Mrs. Newell. G.. e. Bates, Mr.. Stone, Mr..
and Mrs. Orrin Kimball Of Berlin.
NJ. @, RowelI shipped from this station
Monday % hogs, 10 calves, 6 sheep and
a mich COW. For the hogs he paid 45c
pound, from 5 to cents Tor the calves,
from 3 to 8 cents for sheep and s35 for he
COW. Last week he shipped from Rich
mond and down the line nine carloads of
cattle to Boston and one carload to Haver-
hill. Messrs. Kicker, Hatch and Blan-
chard had a total shipment Monday OF
no calves, IS hogs and p cattle, sending
from this point 10 calves and hogs They
paid TO 81 cents pound for the calves
and 4 TO 4 cents a pound for the hogs.
The annual banquet of the Brookfield,
Braintree and Randolph Fish and Game
league, held last night in East Braintree,
was a great success. There were in at
tendance 1i0 who feasted on bear meat,
venison and game pie more or less tame).
The postprandial exercises opened with a
selection by a quartet composed OF CLAYTON
Fisk and son, Miss Dewey and Miss
Lamson, and then a few remarks were
made by President A. b. Manchester Geo.
w. Flagg gave the address OF welcome,
and solos were sung by Pearl Boynton and
Miss Dewey. The piece de resistance OF
the mental spread was the speech OF Hon
Frank Plumley OF Mortified, who
was present with Mrs. Plumley and
fed the company with the meat Of wisdom
spiCed with wit. A song by Mrs. Colt
closed the program.
II. S. Booth has sold his half interest in
the sawmill to G. Il. Kilburn, Who nov be. Z
comes sole proprietor of the business and |
will conduct II alone. For thirty years
the 10th OF October, Mr.. Booth has been I
in business on this waterpower, and for 1
twenty-four years has been sole or part I
owner of the sawmill, the longest period l
of ownership that the mill has known
with the exception, perhaps, Of that OF 4
jonathan Jones. This sawmill and the 4
gristmill are the two oldest industries in |
Randolph, having been built originally by 4
Aaron storrs, TO whom the grantees of the 1
town voted IN 1850 the privilege Of sspitch-
ing the mill spotn OF one hundred acres.
Seth Chase erected for Captain Storrs the
first buildings, which the flood OF 1872
swept from the very sites the present mills
now occupy. Mr.. Booth came TO Ram
dolph from Norwich In 1872 and in 1875
became connected with a cabinet shop.
whose building still stands as the grisfl
mill storehouse. In 1881, he bought Lem
uel Richmond's half interest in the saw
NH aud continued in partnership with II. /
X. Robinson until after the lstter's death
IN 1870. From that time until two wears I
ago, when be took Mr. Kuburn into part
nership, he was sole owner of the nusi-
ness. He now retires to a well-earned rest
AFTER thirty years OF active participation in
the industrial progress Of the village.