Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-02-08


some have seen a week % service,
None much longer have endured
Though Ia purchasing the buyer
OF their excellence was assured
There they stand, those WORKOUT ruhbers,
Made of straw, lamphiack and glue,
Mutely limiting. trust not merchants
Make them, Z you can, trust you'
The regultr meeting of the Eastern star
/ will be held this evening at 1880 O'Clock.
Mrs. Frank Gold Of Northfeld was the
guest OF her sister. Mrs. John Il. Tewks-
bury, over Sunday.
Fred Huntington came from Boston
Sunday ON brief business trip and re-
turned the next day.
a hot-waier heating apparatus is being
placed in the pleasant home Of j. Q. HUI
bert by j. III. Lamson Sons.
NJ. NJ. Wilson, states attorney, has been
in the East part OF the county since Mon
day, having hearings at Bradford and
West fairlee.
Among those attending the Masonic
district meeting at STAFFORD yesterday
were A. J. Huse, G.. W. Flagg, J. B. Wells
and NJ. +. Preston.
Rev. and Mrs Fraser Metzger are enter
I tanning Mrs. Metzgeris brother and wife,
I SIR. and Mrs. r. G.. Lacy OF Freehold, ~.
I ", who arrived Monday.
Mrs Carrie Comstock aud her niece,
/ Mrs. Pearl Deyette, were in Gaysville FRI
day to attend the funeral OF Mrs. Com
stocks aunt, Mrs. Joshua Ford.
The ladies OF the Methodist church had
fine display Of cookery at the church
parlors Saturday afternoon and disposed
OF their wares TO the amount OF 40.
/ Roy. j. p. O'Neil OF Northheld, Rev. r..
I Leonard OF st. Johnsbury and Rev. John
J 90 sN RaIlHA KF
/ Penders Tuesday for a visit OF few hours.
Ray ordway, who has been elerking in a
clothing store at Manchester, n. H., Is
spending two weeks vacation in town,
1 stopping at the home OF his uncle, y. ID.
/ Howe.
A regular meeting OF Whitney Chapter,
/ No. 8, r. A. NJ, will be held in Masonic
/ hall Monday evening, Feb. u. Work on
/ the NJ. NJ. NJ. degree. A good attendance
/ is requested.
/ Mrs. f. n. Boyden and Miss Eta Green
wood, who had been visiting Mrs. T. j.
Adams. Mrs. Boyden's sister, for ten days,
returned yesterday to their home in New
/ tonville, Mass.
1 F. n. Jerd, who has been with the
American Hide and Leather company Of
Malone, n. ", lately, is in town for few
days before going cut as travelling sales
man for the company in Canada.
II. w. Vail, clerk Of the Randolph
/ Graded school district, has Just completed
/ his annual census of the children OF
school age in the district. He finds a
/ total OF pa, gain Of four over last year
These are divided between l39 males and
/ l05 females. In ages, 43 are between i've
and eight, 1i2 bet seen eight and fifteen;
/ 80 between fifteen and eighteen.
4 Just to notify us that il is still winter,
and that we yet live Ia Vermont, the mer-
I curry took drop OF about 80 degrees the
4 first OF the week, registering IN some
places as low as 2S below zero Tuesday
morning. The pussy willows, butterflies
and lettuce germinateo during the late hot
/ wave gave up in disgust over the fact that
Vermont had gone back 10 its old habits.
January was warm month, but not the
''warmest ever according TO the record OF
the United States signal station az North
field. The mean temperature for January,
1906, was p degrees above zero, while in
January, 1889, il was p degrees. Since
the station was established in 1883 the
mean January temperature has ranged
from "a to six degrees above zero, the
latter in 1893. In 1905 il was II and in
1901, S.
H. T.. Fabian, representing the Fuller
~ Warren company, who installed the
new heating and ventilating system in the
two school buildings of the graded dis
trict last summer, left town Tuesday,
after having spent most of the time for
the past two weeks in inspecting and
adjusting details of the work and in
structing the teachers and ianitor as to
its operation. He Was sent by the COM
pany for that purpose.
Last Thursday evening, as Miss Flor
ence, daughter OF j. w. Oney, was passing
along the sidewalk between the Howard
block and Library building, her feet fell
upon some ice and she slid over the
steep embankment. Luckily, a rose bush
stopped her descent before II had fairly
begun, and she suffered no worse injury
than a severe shaking up. The bank here
Is very steep aud high, and slide down
10 the bottom would he no joke A guard
rail should be placed az this point.
A. J.. Foster entertained over Tuesday
night J. b. Thompson OF Fayston. Mr..
Thompson's son married Mr.. Fosters
daughter. Another son, j. Dan Thompson,
recently had one leg amputated near the
body at the Mary Fletcher hospital, The
member being affected with tuberculosis.
He made a remarkable recovery from the
operation. coming to Northield to re-
ciiperate at the home OF his sister, Mrs.
II. =. Wood, and was able to return TO
Fayston with his father Wednesday.
The stock kholders OF the Vermont Maple
Sugar Makers Market held their annual |
meeting at the office OF the market Tues |
day afternoon, Feb. 6. The report OF the
mans ger, Y. l. Spear, showed an increase
in business over 1904 OF nearly 500, and /
the present outlook for the business was
found satisfactory. A dividend OF lgs on
the stock Of the market was voted. The
following directors were elected for the |
ensuing year:-V. /. Spear, Josiah Grout, |
A. j. Croft, NJ. d. Mcmahon, J. A. Stew /
ard. n. w. Vail, q. l. Mcmahon, 4. l.. |
Bass, G. n. Grimm, r. 5. Billings, NJ. h. |
Miller, H. w. Mcintyre The directors I
elected the following oflicers:-H. NJ 1
Miller. president; NJ. ID. Mcmahon, vice |
president; II. w. Mcintyre, secretary; v. /
l. Spear, treasurer and manager; II. w.
Vail, auditor.
The Panama canal, now in process OF
construction by the United States govern /
ment at an estimated cost Of s200. 100000, /
Is a matter that coucerns-and should IN I
terest every American citizen. An Illus I
trated lecture, full Of facts about the can I
al. It's interesting history, the various 4
plans for its building now under consider Z
alton, together with q description OF the
section through which It viii pass, and
the difficulties 10 be encountered and Z
overcome By the builders, is provided in