Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-07-18
STANDARD FASHION SHEETS FOR AUGUST ON HAND SUBSCRIPTION FOR DESIGNER Soc YEAR.


be given by Miss Esther George tonight
in honor of Mr.. Stickney.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Chamberlin and Mr.,
and Mrs. Asa Hussey of South Boston
have been at the Chamberlin place in East
Randolph for a little outing which ends
today. They were among the arrivals
Monday, when they left party of fifty
members of ST. Omer oommandery,
Knights Templar, OF South Boston, and
ladies-with whom they had attended a
knight Templar conclave in Saratoga,
followed by journey through the Thous-
and Islands OF the st. Lawrence and days
of sightseeing in Montreal and Quebec.
DIR. II. G.. Beekman's auto conveyed the
doctor, DR.. +. A. Eaton, j. b. Eldredge,
w. 5. Teachout and Fred Curtis TO Mont
pelier Tuesday TO see the Burlington-In-
tercity ball game, won by the former, to
0, with Collins in the box for Burlington,
breaking Intercity's winning streak OF
eight straight victories. The party was
charmed with the operation OF the auto, a
Model L, Pope-Hartford, which has al
ready scaled Braintree hill and crossed
Rochester mountain. In a recent hill
climbing contest at Salt Lake City, out Of
total of five events, Model L, Pope
Hartfords secured three tirsts, four sec
ends and two thirds.
! H. f. Flint left his l1-year-old son,
Glenn, with load OF grain Friday after
noon in front of r. II. Slack's harness
shop, while he entered il for a moment.
When he came out, he saw his horse, I'M
I brflIal r,,,,ntncr Main frff IA
the boy pulling ON the reins. The runa-
way turned into the yard of Mrs. Emily
\ Burroughs, smashing one wheel on an
iron post and dropping two more at the
corner of the house as it dashed across the
lawn into the driveway to the barn. The
| boy was still holding the reins and riding
safely in the wrecked vehicle when it
stopped, as the horse freed itself from
harness and wagon only to be recaptured
speedily by c. 5. Booth.
w. A. Gourley is East again after a
three years residence in Los Angeles,
CAL, in which he engaged in business as
brick layer and contractor in spite of
his non-connection with any labor union.
The skilled bricklayer commands Sc day
in Los Angeles, and in San Francisco
wages are IS and 80 day to the real dis
| tress OF that shaken-down city. War
with Japan seems highly improbable in
7 California, according to Mr.. Gourley, but
grows alarmingly imminent as one travels
towards Eastern newspaper offices. A
| persistent cold from which he could OBJ
tain no relief, started him homeward to
| try the healing air of the Green noun
tains, from which he is already deriving
benefit.
Mrs. Bessie (Chadwick) Button, whose
quiet departure from town on an early
express Friday morning made her where.
abouts matter of uncertainty to hel
friends, has since been heard from al
Pittsfeld, Mass. Just before she went
away, she had Mrs. W. A. Evans CONF
down from the Center to take her two
youngest children, Donald and Ruth
aged IA months and 5 months, respective
ly. The Oldest child, Lucius, about three
years old, has been for some time with
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Button, whose son, Cassius, the chill
dren's father, betook himself elsewher,
several months ago. Mrs. Evans is car
ing for little Donald at the Center, where
baby Ruth has also been placed in tn,
family of L. j. Labounta.
The University club had its annual out
ing at Lake Mitchell, Sharon, from Mon
day to Wednesday with shifting party
of seventeen, who came and went as bust
ness interfered with pleasuring. In tn,
three days. space of time, the company a
the lake included Hon. and Mrs. V. |
Spear, j. d. Denison and Miss Katherine
Denison, Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Tewks
bury, DR.. ]. P. Clifford, Mr.. and Mrs. M
M. Wilson, Mrs. E. G. Ham and Mis-
Esther Ham, Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Bass
Mrs. Belle D. Dubois, Mr.. and Mrs. j
w. Raymond and Miss Annie Walsh
The managers of the lake house under
stood thoroughly how to cater to tn
| known weakness of the club for higl
|, living and set forth repasts that found ia
vor with the pampered gastronomes an,
, put them in that comfortable, well-fe,
, state on which their happiness in learne,
discussions so much depends.
New Boston, n. H., the original HON
of the Tewksbury family in Randolph
and the native place of A. B. and M. A
Tewksbury, fired at its Fourth of Jul
celebration the most interesting gun il
the Granite state, the ''Old Molly Stark,
which is the property of its military com
pany. The cannon was brought to Amer
lea with the French army in Canada
commanded by Gen. Montcalm and wa
captured at Quebec by the English unde
General Wolfe. When General Burgoyn
invaded the colonies in 1777 the gun wa
, part of the field artillery taken along
, and when he sent Breymann to the aid Q
] Baum at Bennington, Aug. IS, 1777, tn
J gun came into possession of Genera
: Stark. By him it was presented to tn
New Boston artillery company, then al
! tached to the 9th regiment New Hamp
/ shire militia. 1t is four-pounder an,
! has 314-inch bore. 1t is made of bras
and was cast at Paris in 1747.
$500