Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-06-11

Mrs. F. n. Jewett and daughter, Ach-
sab, and Mrs. H. Z. Flint and daug hter,
MAY, are in Londonderry as the guests Of
Mrs. Jackson Chadwick and Mrs. Ansel
Chadwick, aunts OF Mrs. Jewett and Mrs.
Flint.
Mrs. c. A. Lasher has been attending
the state convention OF Cong'l churches,
which opened in st. Adams Tuesday and
closes today. Mrs. Eugene NJ. Wardner
represented Bethany church at the con-
tvention.
The circulation of books from the Kim
ball Public library during the month OF
May reached 1854 volumes-136 (12.54
per cent? class books, 222 GOAT per cent?
juveniles and 726 (66.0 per cent? fiction.
The daily average was AZ 1923.
Miss Mabel Wilson OF Palatka, Fla,
who had been at the w. H. Dubois house
two weeks as the guest of Mrs. c. w.
4 Hodges, left yesterday for New York.
Mr.. Hodges is expected from New York
tomorrow night with q friend, l.. A. Lar
son OF that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Gladding and
Miss Lulu Gilman are in Morrisville for
the annual session of the Vermont Gen.
tral association of Universalists, June IL
and IL. Mr.. Gladding as president OF
the association responded yesterday after
noon to the address Of welcome.
Among the arrivals last night were
Mrs. Dora Tredo of Boston, at w. c.
Slsck's; Mrs. Hattie Sinclair of Lebanon,
N. H., at H. T. Holman's; Mrs. NJ. II.
Miller, returning from q trip to Windsor
and Amsden; George Drew aud Miss Haz-
el Fraser of Woodstock, at L. G. Drew's;
and Elmer Tilson, coming back from an
absence Of two weeks in Boston.
Ben Carpenter was lodged in the lock-
up Sunday night and was taken the next
day to Chelsea by Deputy Sheriff Ed.
Kent to appear before Orange county
court, the grand jury having found a true
bill against him on the charge of shoot
ing two cows last August, one Of which
belonged TO ID. T. Dyer and the other to
Joseph Silva. The case comes up for trial
today and ID. T. Dyer, Joseph Silva, +.
II. Ketchum, Fred Howard, Newell King
and Harry Miles have been subpoenaed
as witnesses.
The Castleton dispatch to the Rutland
News June 8 to the effect that the firm OF
w. r. Sargent 4 Son in its consolidation
with Osgood d Roundy will move to
Randolph this fall is to be taken largely
in faith Is the substance of things hoped
for and the evidence Of things not yet
seen. Whilp II is the wish Of Osgood &
Roundy 70 remain here and tho desire Of
the town to have the consolidated firms
locate their enlarged plant within its
borders, the matter Is not definitely settled
and cannot be for some time to come.
Prin. and Mrs. 4. @. Ham gave the
graduating class Of the Randolph High
school . charming reception last Thur
day evening 1t their home ON South Main
street and were assisted in entertaining
the young people by the high school
teachers, Miss Mary 8. Dubois and Miss
Frances Warner. Games were played,
music was provided by Miss Essie Smith
and Miss Stella Morse, and the singing
Of college songs by the host added not q
little to the enjoyment Of the company.
Ice cream and cake were served for re-
freshments.
The White Cross Milk company is now
running its plant in this village to its
full capacity and botrling about 10000
pounds of milk daily. Samples of its
product analysed at the state laboratory
in Burlington show that Of the three
million bacteria in ordinary milk only
two hundred are left after the milk has
been through the White Cross process.
Professor Stone of the laboratory consid-
ers the results achieved by the process
something wonderful. John Stone of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
has been making a three weeks study OF
the system that he completed Monday
and returned to Boston.
The X. II. 8. Alumni banquet at the
Randolph Inn tomorrow evening prom
ises to be lively affair with DIR. j. p.
Clifford as toastmaster and a list of speak
ers that includes DIR. q. w. Scott, go,
down for the presidents address; Sher-
man Moulton, '94 delivering the Grafton
of the evening; E. W. Tewksbury, 's7,
responding to the toast, "The ladies'"
Mrs. Clarence s. Booth, '95, with q re-
sponse on "The Men," Mrs. c. w.
Hodges, '94, "School Days." Robert !
Mitchell, '92, "Growth of r. II. s. !"
Ralph Twitchell, '0s, sour Latest"
Other enlivening features will be selec-
tions by a male quartet and duet by Miss
NJ. Blanche Sparhawk and Miss Minnie
Barbour of Montpelier.
The listers have completed the annual
inventory and the summary is as follows: |
First-class real estate, SOB 10-120 acres, |
SsI0,675' second-class, rs, 1s9 acres, $780, |
995; total value Of real estate, 81, ,3s1 ,670;
personal estate for taxation, 1926, 432
amount of real and personal estate,
81, ,00S, 102; one per cent of total, s2,-
00s.02; 775 polls at q, $3.50; grand |
list, S21, ,631.02. In addition to the 775 |
paying polls there are 102 citizens over |
20 years of age, 40 old soldiers and in.
firm and poor exempted from the poll |
tax, which brings the total number of |
voters up to 947. The grand list for 1905 |
is just s17 less than that Of 1907, to be ac-
counted for by removals of few proper |
tied residents and the settlement Of one !
or two large estates.
The salaries OF postmasters in rs ver- |
mont towns have lately been readjusted |
by the department according to q grow
ing or declining amount Of business in
their respective Offices. Randolph has |
shown steady increase from six to seven |
hundred dollars year through good and |
poor times for the last ten years. In |
1867, the stamp receipts were s6, 1852,
and in 1907-s they were s7,s23.33, and |
the salary of Postmaster J. b. Eidredge |
has accordingly been raised from slso0 to
1890. Should the receipts another year |
furp fv>t he los nd 1s.k