Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-10-24


make their home in Randolph this winter
though Mr.. Smith is still employed in
South RoyaIton. They will have with
them during the coolest of the season
Mrs. Smiths mother and grandmother,
Mrs Martha Scribner and Mrs. Phoebe
Britton of Montpelier.
Mrs. E. N. Rising, Mrs. J P. Cleve-
land, Mrs. H. V. Fletcher, Mrs. E. 7.
Lille, Mrs. s. S. Whitcomb, Mrs. A. E.
Dean, Mrs. H. E. Sharpe, Mrs. Roswell
Holbrook. Mrs. Alfred Eaton. Mrs.
George E. Mason, Mrs. F. A. Bruce, Mrs.
j. D. Laport, Mrs. l. S. Chase and Mrs.
Charles Grosvenor were in South Royal
ton last Thursday at the district meeting
of the Woman's Relief corps.
Capt. and Mrs. B. F. Bowman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fabien Du puts. Mrs. Charlotte Luce
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin n. Rising and
Miss Alma Vradenburg attended the
an nual reunion of Company G, Sth Yer
mont regiment, held Saturday in Stanwix
Hall, Ro4 bury. This was the AID ami
versary of the battle of Cedar Creek, in
which this regiment covered the retreat
of the Eighth corps and lost heavily.
That Braintree is not a barren waste
but, on the contrary, one of the garden
spots of the earth. is proven by }. S. Car
penter, who brings forward in support of
| the claim potatoes weighing "a pounds to
a bakers dozen and yielding at the rate
! of 1876 bushels to the acre. If the potato
| crop in this section gets noised abroad, 1t
ought to stimulate immigration to land
where a small family would find one po-
! tato meal enough and to spare.
L. D. Wheeler of White River juno
ton has heen out to Moline, ILL.,, to see
his daughter, Marjorie, who had her left
elbow badly fractured in an automobile
accident there in August. He reports her
progress towards recovery as so favorable
that it is hoped she may be able to leave
the Moline hospital for home in the
course of another month. The elbow has
been set in bent position and not much
action has been restored to the joint.
Stephen F. Storrs. at one time a drug
gist in Randolph, died the 18th inst. in
TIE hospital at Proctor after only three
days illness with pneumonia. He was
66 years of age. Since leaving here, he
had been ests blished in business at sever
al places in Burlington and Winooskl and
for one or two seasons was landlord OF
the Queen City park hotel. Lately ne
had been connected with the drug depart
ment of the Vermont Marble company :
He left wife; three brothers. Milton s.,
of Burlington, DR.. c. F., of Chicago and
John NJ. Storrs of Jericho, and two sis
tiers, Mrs. Clark of Canton, \. j., and
Mrs. H. A. Crandall of Burlington.
Mrs. Storrs was in Randolph for few
days in the spring as the guest Of Mrs. +.
d. Strong, but spent the summer season
at the Adirondacks.
A new postal regulation went INTO effect
Oct. with all foreign countries except
Canada, Cuba. Mexico and the Republic
of Panama, which have special postal ar
) engagements with the United States. Five
cents now covers an ounce of first class
mail matter going abroad, with three
cents for each additional ounce or trac
ton thereof. Fer six cents ''reply cou
POM can be obtained that will secure az
, answer from a foreign correspondent
without any expense at the other end, the
} coupon being equivalent to five cen
! stamp and eNchangeable for such. Tin
= last postal regulation to reach perfectioi
should have some kind of legal autom6ti
, attachment whereby a correspondent neg
Letting to answer a reply coupon" mis-
= sive and calmly appropriating its staml
: value. could he convicted OF petit Iarcen.
o and fined or imprisoned.
V ID. W. lagg OF barfe was IaNUreu NJ
a full house at Dubois x Gays hall Satur
1 day evening for his Wonderland Movin
. Picture show, which was uncommon
good and seemed to meet the unqualitie
- approval of the crowd. The picture
- were clear and cleverly told pathetic o
= amusing stories without the need c
words to enable the spectators to FOLLOW
the rapid course of events. LO, the poo
I Indian. would probably see in this kin
of entertainment the picture-writin
t scheme of his forefathers with palefac
Il improvements. Miss la Batckelder pro
vided excellent piano music for the ever
Il ing, and the program was varied by sole
from two exceptionally fine singers, Mis-
d Jennie Laws, soprano, and Miss Mimi
r. Barbour, contralto, of Montpelier. Nj
d and Mrs. Flagg and four children speI
|. Sunday with his mother, Madam Flag.
l, at the home of George w. Flagg in BraiI
a tree.