Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-12-05
Randolph.
GEORGIA WHITE, Local Editor.


William T. Clifford of Rochester wa,
Inc guest over Sunday of his uncle, F.
w. Jewett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Cady of Hancock
were with Mr.. and Mrs. c. W. whittier
over Sunday.
Scion Vail has gone to Ithaca, N. Y. to
take special course in agriculture al
/ Cornell university.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Eaton and dauph-
ter returned Saturday from their Thanks.
giving visit in Boston,
Miss Mary Flint is home on two
weeks vacation from her duties as nurse
in the Boston City hospital
H. C. Martin and Mrs. Ada Lille. who
had been entertained at D. T. Dyer's, left
Saturday for Gardner, Mass.
| A daughter, weighing So pounds, was
born Sunday at the Randolph sanatorium
to Mr.. and Mrs. Guy P. Lamson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Phillips, and child
and Miss Alice Woodward went Saturday
to Mohonk Lake, N. Y, after month s
stay with relatives in Randolph.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Bancroft of Brook
Ign, N. Y, were with Mrs. Bancroft
father, William Holmes, over Thanksgiv-
ing, returning to Brooklyn Saturday.
Miss Annie Whitcomb was the Thanks
giving guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John L.
Hutchinson and on her return to Pitts
field Monday was accompanied by Miss
Marguerite Hutchinson.
Mrs. Gus Wetmore of Keene, N. H., ar
rived last Thursday at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Wells, and
was joined Saturday by Mr.. Wetmore,
both remaining over Sunday.
Mrs. Edward o. Hobart and two chill
dren of Windsor, who had been at ]. F.
Hobart's in Essex Junction for Thanks
giving, were at John r. Angeles and F.
A. Hobart's in th4a illage Sunday and
Monday.
Monday evening, Dec. 9, special
grange meeting occurs. 1t will be worth
while for all Changers to attend, not only
to see a rehearsal in full of the work to
be done at Burlington, but to give our
team local support and encouragement.
Let every member of the order make an
effort to be present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence w. Hodges,
whose honeymoon was passed in Ran
dolph, escaped any leave-taking demon
STATIONS of their friends by starting from
Bethel Friday, day ahead of their an
nounced departure for New York, where
they are at present located at the Schuyler
Arms on West 9Sth street.
Mrs. Abbie Bingham was taken to the
sanatorium Saturday to stay until her
niece, Miss Ada Burroughs, is well
enough to resume the care of her. The
latter has been feeling poorly of late and
during the last three weeks has been re-
lieved in her duties as nurse by another
niece of Mrs. Bingham, Mrs. c. E. Leav-
lit of Boston, who was obliged to go back
to the city Tuesday.
Fay Wells, who is in hospital at West
Chester, Pa, to be treated for fracture
of his right limb, was injured in rather
peculiar way. He was going along
street in Kenneth Square, Pa, where he
is employed by the American Road Ma
chine company, and was just passing a
couple of negroes engaged in fight,
when one of them landed a kick, intend
ed for his opponent, on Mr.. Wells leg,
with a resulting break.
L. S. Hayes of Bellows Falls and c. w.
Writers of st. Adams, attorney of the
Central Vermont Railway company, met
here Friday to attempt the settlement of
case brought by the insurance company
Mr. Hayes represents against the railroad
house burned in Bethel two years ago.
Sparks from a locomotive set grass near
the track on fire and the flames ran
through field to the Whitney house.
No satisfactory adjustment was reached
Friday by the representatives of the OPP
posing companies.
Twenty five members and five guests of
the Randolph Woman's Literary club met
Saturday at the home of Miss Jennie A.
Stewart, Miss Stewart nd Mrs. A. j.
Curtis being hostesses. The subject for
the afternoon was England, and in re-
Spouse to the roll call quotations from
Shakespeare were given. A paper on
1.-THE Bard of Avon was read by Miss
Stewart. selection from "England's
Story concerning the reigns OF Edward
VI, Mary and Elizabeth, was read by
Mrs. I'll. A. Leonard. Last on the pro-
gram came reading of the casket scene
from ssThe Merchant of Venice" by Mrs
E. G. Ham. Refreshments were served
during the social period which followed.
DR.. G. w. Scott left his team unhitched
in the square Monday afternoon while he
went into the postoffice minute and the
horse seized that opportunity to go home.
1t whirled down Railroad street and onto
Summer street, but by the time 1t reached
the DOCTORS residence was too much IN
toxicated with the joys of freedom to
stop. 1t accordingly galloped around
the corner to School street, then to Main
street and Pleasant street, contemptuous-
" scattering all the whoaing and gestleu-
Iating crowds that attempted TO oppose
its progress. From Pleasant street IL
turned down the track and was finally
halted at the canning factory by George
Slack. A broken sleigh was the result OF
the equine spree. A team from East Kan
dolph, containing Mrs. Volney Allard
and Miss Ruby Hall, was in the path OF
the runaway on Main street and as the
ladies endeavored to move out OF the way
of the foaming steed behind, tug
broke Their horse started then but,
with the assistance of bystanders, was
soon Quoted down.