Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-08-29

house on Prospect avenue and viii take
possession Of the lower tenement about
the first Of October, l.. q. ThayeF, the
present occupant Of the tenement, has
rented the house on Howard street, from
which J, ". Mussey will soon remove his
family TO Boston, where he is employed
by the Brigham Creamery company,
Mrs. Mussey reached home last Thursday
from an extended absence in walling-
ford, Rutland and Boston, and Mr.. Mus
sey will be here next Thursday TO begln
the work OF packing up.
Knowing that Rochester mountain is a
place where more OF a menagerie than
string OF horses can occasionally be seen
In the pastures, +. b. Thomas tucked
gun into his wagon when he started 10
travel over that emlnenee Saturday morn
ing. His forethought was rewarded by
the sight Of three cub bears, about the
size Of an ordinary dog, and so near the
road that he took shot at them and
wounded one. They disappeared 50 rap
idly that even the wounded cub made
good its escape. Later Mr.. Thomas learned
that the probable mother OF the family
was caught in trap and the three desc
late youngsters had been left TO their in
experienced devices with unhappy results.
The Doubles Tennis Tournament.
Up to noon OF Wednesday the doubles
lawn-tennis tournament at Elm Cottage
had progressed as follows;-
First round, Philip I. Salisbury and
Richard Rowell defeated Glenn ii. Hatch
and Robert +. Bruce, rs, SO, 10, 2-6,
6-3; Henry p. Lewis and Fred o. Cope
land defeated Charles f. Cushman and
John II. Dubois by default; Claud A. c.
Blackburn and Charles n. Mccall defeat
ed Francis A. Eaton and, Harry G. Beck
man, 6-3, 6-l, 6-l; Arthur r. Hernandez
and Stuart II. Leyison defeated q. Rich
ard Grant and John W. Lamson, 6-1, 6-2,
6-3.
Semi-final round-Lewis and Copeland
defeated Salisbury and Rowell, 6-I, 6-i,
6-1. The singles tournament opened on
Wednesday morning.
Guests at Randolph Inn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur L. Newton and
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred I. Bass OF New York
are at the Randolph Inn while Messrs.
Newton and Bass are participating in the
Elm Cottage Tennis tournaments.
Mrs. b. ID. Amer and her daughter,
Mrs. A. P. de Grandehamp, Of Philat ell
phia have been brought here by a desire
to see the birthplace of Mrs. Amer's
mother in Brookfeld. They have no rel
atiyes living in this vicinity at present
but are descendants OF the Bagleys, Pritch-
ards and Converses of former genera
tion.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ. Carpenter, a newly
married couple from Waitsfield, made
Randolph the first point last Thursday in
wedding trip that was continued to
Boston Monday.
A carriage party at the Inn Friday was
composed of Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Keyler
and children of Bloomfield, n. j., and
Mrs. Z. II. ,Noyes Of Sharon.
MitchelI--Watson.
Robert John Mitchell, only son of Mr..
and Mrs. j. d. Mitchell, and rising
young business man of Randolph, was
united in marriage to Miss Stella Cecil,
younger daughter of Lester Watson, at s
CLOCK MOnuay evening Ut bHe hOint Vi
the brides father on Weston fiat.
! Quantities of sweet peas and maiden
hair ferns were most tastefully disposed
about the rooms, in which were assem-
bled the relatives and few friends of the
contracting parties. Rev. Fraser Metzger
of Bethany church was the officiating
clergyman.
The bride, lovely in person as in char
acter, was very beautiful in suit of ma
w blue. with which she wore bunch of
sweet peas and an elegant locket and
chain, the gift of the groom. 1t was her
going-away gown and had a hat to
match.
Soon after the service, the newly mar
ried couple slipped away by team and be-
gan a wedding journey to the White
mountains. Upon their return the last of
this week, they will take up their resi-
dence on Randolph avenue in the upper
part of Mrs. Flora Flint's house, to
whose lower floor they will remove as
soon as it is vacated.
No cards were sent out but many we'd
ding gifts were received from a wide circle
of friends. Among the witnesses of the
marriage were A. G. Holman of Boston,
Alfred A. and Miss Sara Vaughan of
Bridgewater and Miss Jennie Granger of
Lynn, Mass.
Death Of e. M. kimbaII.
Eugene Mardis Kimball passed away
Saturday afternoon at his home in Boston
| in the 4Sth year of his age. He had been