Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-06-06
Randolph.
GEORGIA WHITE. Local Editor.

stop here Friday TO see Rev. W. T. spar.
hawk.
Mrs. Julia Rindge left Monday NJ,
Nashua, n. H., To remain for the present
with Miss Eliza Cooley.
Henry J. Hatch, who had been yisitin,
his son, Ernest Hatch, returned To Man.
chester, n. H., Saturday.
Miss Minnie Emerson Of Ros,on
daughter Of Z. +. Emerson, has been in
town ON q short vacation that ended
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. +. Larelie Of White
River Junction were with Mrs. Iaxelle,s
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Atwood. last
Thursday and Friday.
William Holmes win celebrate his ssth
birthday anniversary Sunday, the 9th
inst, but announces that he is not cam
didate for the presidency, though fully
equal to four-year term.
w. ii. Kenney will close his music
store for the summer next Tuesday and
go to Lake George, \. Y, to take charge
Of the dining room at the Lake George
Inn during the tourist season.
The Vermont Telegraph and Telephone
company has taken over the holdings Of
the New England TELEPHONE and Tele-
graph company in this section, including
Barre, Montpelier, Randolph and Water
bury exchanges, which will be run here
after independently of the New England
concern.
Mrs. l.. w. Kellogg and infant daugh-
ter and Miss Hilton OF Northampton.
Mass, were guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. +. II.
Joslyn Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. KEEL
logg was resident OF Randolph few
years ago, her husband having been en-
ployed here, and their home was in the
Joslyn house.
Alexander Dunnett OF st. Johnsbury,
United States district attorney, who was
on his way to Rochester TO attend TO
some business matters, spent Wednes-
day night OF last week with ID. II. Morse,
for whom he used 10 work when he was
young fellow studying law with
Squire Boyden.
W. +. Edison is adding a second story
and a pitched roof to his feed store by
the railroad track in order to install the
/
be run by 25-horsepower gasolene en-
CINE. The mill is to be for his own con-
venience in the feed and grain business
and will not, probably, do custom grind
ing.
Mrs. Augusta Carroll OF Roslindale,
Mass, widow OF the late Charles Carroll,
who lived some time in town while work
ing for Marcott a Hayes, arrived Friday
from Rochester with her brother, Ward
ner Hodgkins OF that place. They
stayed until Monday, Mrs. Carroll spend
ing the interval at n. w. McCollom's
and, with her brother, being entertained
also by his son, Wesley Hodgkins, on
Elm street She now makes her home
at Roslindale in the family OF DIR. Breed
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ford have leased
their farm in Brattleboro for thres
years and came to Randolph Saturday tc
stay among relatives until they star
westward Monday on journey thai
will take them first to Chicago, then t.
4 Denver, and Colorado Springs. Meeting
their daughter at the latter place, they vii
proceed to Cripple Creek and Salt LAX
City; then on to Goldfield, New, wher
they intend to locate for the two or tire
years OF their Western sojourn. They fine
il pleasant to divide their time between
the East and West and, having been Eas
for the usual three-year period, are nov
ready to go West again.
News comes from Jamestown to tn
effect that maple sugar from the Ran
dolph market is winning its way rapid
to popular favor at the exposition, an
every day at sugaring-off time there ar
from fifteen to twenty men and womel
hanging around, waiting for chance :
scrape the pan. A. j. Croft of Enosbur
Falls, who is in charge of the exhibit
has been experimenting along the pan
cake line. He picked out husky-look
ing native, upon whom to try his firs
batch of slapjacks and told the fellow, i
reply to his inquiry as to price, that
he stood the test he would get out OF 1t 10
Is cents; il he died, it would cost abou
SIS to give him burial that would col
respond to his appearance. The ma
laid in and said sthe griddle cakes wer
all right and the maple sugar mighty fine
but he hadn't got but five cents wit
which to settle his bill"
L. p. Thayer has the following apprt
ciative words in the Essex Record COZ
corning one who added much to the goo
fellowship of the Camp Caspian summt
, parties sin the death of Avery {
Wheeler of Randolph, the state loses on
, of its Oldest and most valuable citizens,
successful business man, member OF u
Christian church and an enthusiastic b.
lever in Vermont. He did more tina
any one man to make Caspian lake
Greensboro a great summer resort. ATT
he retired from business, he bought
tract of land on the shores of that beaut
ful lake and interested others in the cam
until the overwhelming circle OF cottag'
now nearly covers all the available sit'
ON the lake shore and thousands have ha