Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-01-05

A son. weighing elg0t ana fourth
pounds, was born Monday TO Mr.. and
Mrs. p. p. Lamson.
Mrs. Maud DePutron OF Montpelier
spent Sunday with her cousins, Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. b. johnson.
Mrs Lyman Hutchinson has gone to
Melrose Highlands, Mass, to stay a month
with her daughter, Mrs. G. II. Thresher.
George A. Bruce OF Keene. n. H., was
with his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. K.
ii. Bruce, last week, returning Saturday.
Mrs. A. G. Perkins of Barnard visited
the family OF her brother, A. g. Putnam,
Wednesday and Thursday OF last week.
Miss Ellen Woodward went back to
South Royalton Saturday after few days
at the home Of her brother, ID. G. Wood
ward.
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll w. Flint and son
Of Burlington were with Mr.. and Mrs.
f. 5. Abbott last week from Thursday to
Saturday.
Dana II. Luce and Mrs. Laura Rollins
were married Saturday evening at the
Baptist parsonage by Rev. Samuel
Knowles.
John f. Butterfield, who had been home
on a short vacation, returned Monday to
Fitchburg, Mass, where he is working in
Carnes' box shop.
Mrs. T.. r.. Brooks is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. j. r. Hobart in Essex Junction and
her sister, Mrs. Frank Thomas, in Bur-
lington for week.
Miss Florence l.. Howe has returned 10
New Hampshire after spending the holt
days at Brookside with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. ID. ID. Howe.
Miss Agnes Dunbar, who had been
passing a weeks vacation with her
mother and sister at DIR. II. II. McIntyre's,
left Friday TO remain over Sunday and
go back Monday to Grafton, where she Is
teaching.
The annual memorial service for the
comrades OF U. 5. Grant Post, q. A. r.,
and the members OF the Moman's Relief
Corps deceased during the year, was held
Sunday afternoon in O.. A. r. hall, Rev.
Fraser Metzger officiating as chaplain and
the choir OF the Christian church furnish
ing music. A very excellent address was
made by MIR. Metzger, and tributes to the
late George Richards, John Pratt and Le-
roy }. Sargent were spoken by Capt. j. r..
Eldredge and George w. Flagg. The lives
OF the late Mrs. Charles +. Abbott and
Mrs. Leroy J. Sargent, with the influence
exerted by them, were sketehed by Mrs.
Ida Batchelder, and wreaths were placed
on their vacant chairs by Mrs. +. n. Ris-
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an appropriate poetical selection.
Il has long been known that the easiest
and quickest way in the world to grow
rich on paper is to keep hens, and many
visionary enthusiast has gone into the bus
mess and retired, not on his wealth, but
on shattered hopes and with his faith con-
siderably shaken in hens. Mrs. o. W.
Brockway, however, succeeds where others
fail, and her hens all seem TO lay the
equivalent OF golden eggs. From October
20, 1903, to October 20, 1901, with flock of
80 fowls, she received sa6.46 for eggs and
SLABS for poultry, making a total OF
s240.74 She paid out for feed and poultry
supplies 5000 ana had a net gain OF
;144.65, besides $50 eggs used for cooking
and setting purposes, several chickens for
he able and so pullets left to winter and
AZ present laying over s. worth OF eggs
week All this was done without any in
~ bator She commenced selling her hens
in July and bv the first OF September had
hem ali sold, so that the egg record was
really made from October 20, 1903, to Sep
.ember l. 1901.
The 35th wedding anniversary Of Mr.
md Mrs. Fabien Dupuis New Years day
vas made the occasion of an unexpected
al their home on School street
saturday evening. Comrades OF u. 5.
Noman's Relief Corps and OF the Order
u the Eastern Star, with friends and
leighbors, assembled to the number OF
%. among them being Mr.. and Mrs.
Dupuis daughter, Mrs. John Morrill,,
With her husband and two children,
rom Tunbridge, and another daughter,
Mrs. Will Morrill,, and husband from
sharon. The company greeted first an
imazed host. innocently returning home
nd FaN Is
alter an equally bewildered hostess, who
lad been successfully decoyed up street
IN a shopping trip. Grasping the situa-
ion from the congratulations showered
lpon them, Mr.. and Mrs. Dupuis rallied
rom their surprise to welcome their
,uests and delightful social period en-
ued. Cake and coffee were served for
and A. +. Lamb in neat
peech presented a very handsome quar-
cred oak patent rocker, and a center
a ble 10 match, with some articles in china
md linen.