Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-12-26
Randolph.
GEORGIA WHITE, Local Editor.

mira Fisk.
Mrs. Ben Briggs of Hartford spent
Sunday with her mother, Mrs. George s.
Moulton.
The Kings Daughters will meet with
Mrs. J. w. Rowell at o'clock Tuesday
afternoon, Dec. 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Sheouine and son
are away on trip to Springfield, Swan
ton and st. Adams.
John Bass will go to Burlington after
the holidays to take short course at the
Agricultural college.
! Edward Culley of Bolton was the guest
OF his sister, Mrs. Wales T. Bass, last
Thursday and Friday.
i Mrs. Ida Mann and daughter, Beatrice.
have left the farm for the winter and are
boarding at p. j. Blanchard's
Lewis Holt of Lawrence, Mass, and
Lyman ID. Xix shipped to Lawrence Mon
day 20 hogs for which they paid and
/ 514 cents pound.
Hon. j. w. Rowell and Rev. w. t.
Sparhawk have been enrolled among the
associate members of U. S. Grant post, G.
A. R., W no now number about so.
/ DR.. George H. Spiller was unable to
make his last advertised trip on account
of an attack of pneumonia. He has now
recovered and is on duty once more.
Ernest, the youngest son of Charles
4 Hubbard, slipped on the sidewalk Satur-
day and fell in such way as to cut his
under lip with his upper teeth so that four
stitches had to be taken to close the
wound.
The committees on arrangement and
invitations and refreshments for 1'Guest
Night of the Randolph Woman's Liter
airy club are requested to meet at Bethany
Parish house Saturday afternoon, Dec. %,
at o'clock.
MIR. and Mrs. A. f. Kathan have moved
from Beanville into the Cushman block
with their daughter, Mrs. o. E. Colburn
the change being necessary on account of
Mrs. Kathan's disabled condition with a
/ fractured hip.
G. E. Davenport, who is connected
with the water department of the Central
Vermont railway, stepped on a rusty
/ spike at Montpelier Junction last Thurs
day, making wound in his left foot that
has since required careful attention.
III. NJ. Totman has an exceedingly
handsome calendar out, showing against
a dark background bouquet of the ex-
quisite carnations for which his green
1
tically arranged and beautifully colored.
A. j. Croft of Enosburg Falls, presi-
dent of the Vermont Maple Sugarmakers'
association, and Il. B. Chaplin of Middle
/ sex, its secretary, met Treasurer IL. W.
/ Vail and Auditor Nj. II. Miller in Ran
( dolph last week to go over the business of
the year before the annual meeting.
/ During January, February, March and
n
day ano Saturday nights for business and
will be closed on the other evenings OF
/ the week. The only exceptions to the
rule ill be the drug stores, the two jew
+ elry stores and the Randolph Fruit COM
pany.
The Tooth anniversary of Whittier's
birth was observed by a special service at
Bethany church Sunday evening. The
choir music was of hymns composed by
Whittier. 'sWhittier as an Advocate of
Human Freedom was discussed by L. g.
Ham; 'sWhittier as an Editor; His Politi-
cal Influence by L. b. johnson, and
''Whittier's Religion" by Rev. Fraser
| MetZger in the absence of NJ. NJ. Wilson.
Mrs. Genie Carrigan read the poets ''My
Psalm" and Mrs. r. j. Mitchell rendered
cat Port Royal"
Henry Kibbee was coming to this vii
lage from his place beyond the Center
1 Monday morning and was driving down
the Slack hill when the near-horse in his
4 team began to exhibit symptoms of dis
tress. Thinking he would get the ami
NAL to a veterinary if possible, he pushed
forward as well as he could and was just
approaching the livery stable of DIR. A. B.
Gay as the horse dropped dead on Pleas
ant street. 1t was good young horse
and had seemed perfectly well up to the
moment of its sudden seizure.
| The Randolph Woman's Literary club
met Saturday afternoon at the home of
/ Mrs. A. HI. Powers, with Mrs. Powers
and Mrs. Hale Flint as hostesses. TWEEN
/ ty-two members and three guests were
present A short business meeting pre-
/ coded the regular meeting for the day.
4 After the business meeting the roll was
! called, quotations from Coleridge being
/ given in response. Mrs. w. Z. Lamson
/ read selections from ssEngland's Story
/ in regard to English history from the
reign of George |. to the present time. Ar
/ ticles on ssProse Writers of the English
Lake Country and ssPoets of the Lake
School, y read by Mrs. w. b. Vail, ended
the literary program. The serving of re-
| freshments and the customary social hour
closed the afternoon.
A dispatch from portsmouth 10 the bos-
| ton Sunday Herald states for a curious
| fact that Because Mrs. Esther NJ. Dun
ham of Salem kept pet hen in the room
with her and left provision in her will
! for the death of the fowl, her nephew, G.
/ NJ Miles of Randolph, VT, filed an APP
peal from the will, proved some months
ago in the probate court, by which she
| left her entire estate, about So, 500, to the
New Hampshire Society for Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals. Mrs. Durham,
who died at about SIS, provided in her
will that the hen should be put to death
and buried in casket. The will will be
defended by the society" Evidently
roast, fricassee or even decent interment
| in a chicken-pie did not appeal to Mrs.
Durham as the obsequies worthy of her
| favorite.
| A. w. Bigelow, writing from Chelsea.
Mass, says: 81 read in last weeks pa
per an allusion to the history of Ran
! u IF