Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-10-18
Randolph.
GEORGIA WHITE, Local Editor.

vacation period with their relatives in
town.
' DIR. and Mrs. +. o. blanchard and
daughter, Helen, are spending the week
In Boston, where the doctor is attending a
meeting OF the Northeastern Dental assoc
citation,
Mrs. w. r, Clark and daughter, Lucia,
ended their summers sOjourn in Randolph
the 18th and went to New Haven, Conn,
leaving Mrs, Clark's sister, Miss Helen
Treat, TO prolong her stay as a guest at
The Manchester,
Mrs. III. A. Leonard and Master Law
renee reached home last Thursday night
after nine weeks absence, the greater
part OF which was spent with Mrs. Leon
ards sister, Mrs. Willard, in Relyidere,
Ill. Visits were also made in Chicago and
benton harbor In the company OF Mrs.
Willard.
John A. Pease, father OF Mrs, T.. @. Ham,
died last Thursday in South Parsonheld,
Me, at the age of II years. He had long
been IN failing health, but was not criti-
eally Ill when Mrs. Ham went 10 South
farsonheld three weeks ago to spend the
month OF October with him.
Thirteen candidates took the first and
/ second degrees at the Grange meeting
, saturday evening, and the matter OF going
TO Burlington TO attend the State Grange,
Dec, ll-l3, was presented for further
consideration. At the next meeting the
1 9th inst, a class OF Is will be ins ructed
IN the third and fourth d grees and a
banquet will be held.
Mrs. L. p. Thayer and Miss Maur inc,
who had been in ST. Johnsbury and White
River Junction since leaving Camp Ran
\ dolph, arrived Saturday TO pack the house,
hold goods for removal 10 Essex june
I Ion. - -. 4.
/ tiers Of the family. Mrs. Thayer and her
daughter expect TO be in Randolph, Bethel
and Rochester until the first OF November.
The "natural curiositiesn OF the season
are beginning TO make their appearance in
the form OF belated fruits and flowers,
whose untimely appearance indicates that
I II winter occasionally fingers in the lap of
/ spring, summer is not intrequently found
ollnging TO the knees of fall. Raspberry
bushes, Haunting their ripe red fruit in
the face OF a snow storm, were discovered
few days ago by Mrs. w. p. Woodward OF
East Braintree and X. A. Smith Of this
village.
There are unmistakable signs and
sounds these days that the time has ar
rived for the regular semi-annual attack
Of the house cleaning mama, which makes
a peaceful dwelling look as though il had
been swept by a tornado and wet down by
hose company. Housekeepers, who are
busily engaged in overhauling the treas
ures of attic and store room, will I'M
doubtedly come across accumulations OF
magazines that would be valuable addi-
tions 10 the lists OF the kimball Public IL
brary. People having any magazines
which they would be willing TO so dispose
of are asked to notify the libraria0, who
is collecting back numbers for the refer
ence room of the library and is especially
anxious to procure the first year of the
Nermonter.
John NJ. Barker, Phi. d., professor OF So
GEOLOGY in Boston university, discussed
the saloon problem at the union meeting
in the Methodist church Sunday evening,
treating the subject from economic and
sociologic standpoints. His aim was to
arouse interest IN statewide temperance
work, in which the churches are uniting
so effectually as to offer political opposi-
tion to the saloons that is becoming more
formidable every day. He passed over the
old theme OF individual intemperance to
make vigorous attack on legallzed liquor
selling, that concerted Christian action
seeks TO abolish, and urged his hearers to
render support to the organized forces en-
listed in the work. A collection OF 1925
was taken fer the cause, to which the Cen
ter contributed $50 and East Braintree
$3.50.
The directors OF the Cooperative cream
cry held meeting saturday, at which the
full board was present, and rescinded the
vote OF the a .nual meeting TO close the
plant the first of November for repairs.
A. 2. Smith OF Boston, who has handled |
the output of the concern for the last |
seven or eight years, was also at the meet !
ing Saturday and made the directors a
which they are inclined to ac-
cept. A. NJ. Vaughan was p rsuaded to |
take the position OF manager OF the cream |
ery and will enter upon his duties the first |
of next month, with the former manager, |
A. A. Priest, to assist him until the 10th of |
November. Cream gathering teams will |
be put in operation as soon as practicable, |
ana under the new arrangements business /
will not be suspended while the repairs |
are made. This last decision of the direc-
tors will give general satisfaction, for the
CO. operative creamery is an enterprise the |
farming interests of the place can ill
afford to spare even temporarily.
H. p. RIford, colporteur Of the YER
mont Bible society, has just completed
a canvass of this town for Scripture dis
tribution and to gather statistics regard
ing the religious preferences of the people.
Within the corporation he visited 4S2
families, numbering 14S6 persons, OF
whom 7l6 attend Protestant churches,
124 comprise the Roman Catholic popula-
ton, and 646 nearly half the entire num-
Der, have no religious preferences. The I
Sunday school attendance is 43O, with lb7
OF the pupils between the ages OF 3 and
IS years. There are II children under
wears, and As between and Is years not
attending Sunday school. He found
seven Protestant families destitute of
Bible and two Roman Catholic families
One of the Protestant families had copy |
of the New Testament. Outside OF the
corporation, 1858 families were visited,
Including 125s persons. The Roman
Catholic population is given as 80, the
Protestant, 535; Sunday school atten-
dance, 324, with 147 between 5and Is years
lis between those ages do not attend
Sunday school and 70 children are under
5 wears old. Two Protestant families
have no Bible. Mr.. Riford donated 81
books, sold So and collected for the
society S24.37.