Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-06-15

Charles Thurston is enjoying a weeks
outing at Caspian lake, Greensboro.
Mrs. Selden Powers of Sharon has been
visiting at Win o. Morrills since satur-
day.
Mrs. y. II. Brown and daughter OF
Pittsheld were at James MullaIly's over
Sunday.
Mrs. Lois Rix is in Bethel for an indef-
mite stay with her daughter, Mrs. Glenn
Gilman.
Mrs. A. B. Gay and son, Robert, are
spending a week in Pittsfield, n. H., with
Mr.. Gay.
II. NJ. Totman Of the Randolph green
house went to Keene, y. H.. Tuesday TO
inspect the floral establishments OF that
city.
Mrs. T. A. jackson, who had been at the
sanatorium for a month, left for her home
in Stockbridge Monday much improved
in health.
Horace II. Howard underwent a success
full operation at the sanatorium Tuesday
for bad case of hernia resulting from
fall some months ago.
Mrs. Mary McCrillis, who had been in
Hardwiek on weeks visit to her mother,
came back Saturday to ill the position OF
housekeeper at the sanatorium.
Merrill, the 13-year-old son OF James
Wilcox, while scuffiing last Thursday,
strained the ligaments OF his left ankle so
severely that be is now wearing a plaster
cast.
Mrs. A. b. Fish has been visiting in
Springfield with her sister, Mrs. Kezer OF
Rochester, and also in Stock bridge where
her son, G.. b. Fish, has daughter born
last Thursday.
Miss Jennie Godfrey and Miss Lyla Put
nam are at their respective homes for the
summer vacation, arriving Monday from
Hartford, where they have been teaching
through the year.
Miss Fannie Prince has severed
her connection with +. A. Thomas store,
in which she has been a very efficient clerk
for some time, and Saturday will go to
Fla, TO lake course in
stenography in college located there.
As the engineer was starting up the fire
in the Emerson mill Monday morning.
sparks worked into some dust and shaw
ings in partition and caused considera-
BILE smoke and little alarm. The threat
ened contiagration was averted before the
stuff could burst into blaze.
w. p. Fisk, his sister, Mrs. Mary Taylor,
and her son, Fred, the guests Of their
cousin, j. B. Fisk, for ten days, returned
to salea, Mass, Monday. With their
uncle, S.'W. Fisk, their cousin, Walter OF
st. Albans. and Mrs. Eugene Ellison, Mrs.
Taylor and her brother drove Sunday to
Northfield, where they spent the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. w. McCollom and son,
Welby. are in Concord, n. H., TO attend
the commencement exercises tomorrow
evening of the preparatory school OF whose
class their daughter, Berniee,
is a member. After the commencement,
Mrs. McCollom and Miss Bernice will go
TO Boston for week.
The next regular meeting of the RAN
dolph Womans Literary club will be held
with the president, Mrs. Clarence Moul-
ton, on Saturday afternoon, June IL. The
ladies are requested to meet at 2;3O for the
of business. The programs
for the coming year viii be ready for dis /
tribution at this meeting.
Principal (. G. Ham started yesterday
for Chicago to take a special course Of
study at the university Of that city until
Mrs. Ham and Miss Esther
will be here about two weeks longer and |
then 90 to South Parsonfield, Me-, to pass
the summer.
Charles y. Mccall and his sister, Mrs. |
James L. Mccall, reached New York the
9TH inst. after four months trip through |
the Mediterranean. Monday their cook, |
Richard Saggnotti, and his wife came to /
in readiness for Mr.. Mccall and his sis |
ter, who are expected the last of the |
month.
Judson II. Fits of Braintree appeared in |
county court Tuesday morning and 1
pleaded guilty to an indictment for keep |
ing cider with intent to sell. He was I
fined $3.50 and costs, the fine being so I
more than the minimum. Mr., Fits paid |
up. The other charge against him, OF fur /
nishing Fred Goodrich, will probably not 1
be brought forward.
Miss Mary A. Danforth, the returned /
from Japan, addressed a small 4
audience in the Methodist church Tuesday 4
evening, but delivered a lecture thgt was |
worthy OF a crowded house. She gave her I
hearers some new ideas concerning the /
Japanese character. and the change that A
has been wrought in il by the foreign mis- /
,ionaries, whose work is seen in the hu- /
naniiy that wins our admiration in the I
present war.
A freight engine attached to the cattle .
rain was derailed Monday morning Just
above the depot by broken frog on a side
rack. The engine and tender were
brown of the iron but none OF the cars
eft the track. The main line was OBJ
tructed but luckily a large gang Of sec
ion hands were at work laying rails near
~ and were pressed into service in NOV
ng another sidetrack farther out 10 clear
he wreck. This temporary arrangement
nabled trains TO pass around the derailed
ngine and prevented any delay in traffic
Until at O'Clock in the afternoon the
wreck train had the main line open again.
Twenty-eight Of the Sunday school
workers OF the town met Tuesday in the
Methodist church for the annual cOnven-
ion OF the Randolph sunday school
ssociation. Rev. +. N. Fuller Of Burling
on, field secretary, was present and made
cry helpful addresses. ID. ID. Howe, vice
resident, presided in the absence OF the
resident, r. +. Prichard Of Brandon, ana
Rev. DR.. A. L. Cooper took Rev. Fraser
place on the program, the lat
er not being able 10 MI his appointment.
l. L. Currier Of Bethel offered the prayer
or Sunday school teachers; :. J. Harring
on read paper, entitled "Bible Study on
Individual Work, written by Rev. G. W.
" ho had 70 be away; and Miss
1ettie Bailey read Miss Nellie II. Nut
ing's paper on the "H0me Department
)ne Of the best things on the program
vas Miss Lena kilburn's 8 article on "Mhat
he Superintendent is to the school,
which the field secretary intends 70 have
iuhlished later. Other interesting speeches
nd papers were those Of Rev. r. NJ.