Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-09
South Royalt0n Notes.
M. J. SARGENT, Local Editor


4 STA Ward is at home on teachers va
cation.
Alice Lamb of Brooklyn is visiting
friends in town.
L. H. Richardson visited friends in
town last week.
Hoyt Knight of Concord, N. H., visited
friends in town Saturday.
Leon Latham and family visited his
father and mother last week.
A. H. Lamb was at home from Milton
last week, returning Monday.
Regular meeting of Orville Bixby w.
K. c. this, Thursday, afternoon.
Thomas Kenney returned last Thursday
from few days. visit in Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burt Shepard of ST.
Johnsbury visited his parents here this
week.
c. F. Percival OF Springfield, Mass, is
passing few days at his furniture fac
tory here.
r. M. Patten and wife of Concord, N.
H., have been at Maplewood farm the
past week.
Mrs. Edith Clogston OF Boston is a
guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
P. Skinner.
Miss Hazel Rogers of Swampscott,
Mass, is visiting her grandmother, Mrs.
Julia Foster.
Mrs. o. N. Stoughton returned last
Thursday from two weeks visit in Bos-
ton and vicinity.
The Junior league of the Methodist
church will meet in the vestry Thursday
afternoon at O'Clock.
Mrs. Luella Wilmot Conner of Wal
than, Mass, visited friends of her child
hood in town last week.
Miss Lillian Twisdor and Rollin Hoyt
of Cambridge, Mass, are spending two
weeks at Oscar Stoughton's.
/ The late Dostie Faneuf was the father
of six children, grandfathe of 20 and
great-grandfather of Ia children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lisle Shaw of New York
are passing their vacation here and are
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Blake.
| Mrs. Nina Stoughton was in st. Johns
bury three days last week, attending the
district w. r. c. meeting as visiting
officer.
| The Ladies' Drinking Fountain Sewing
circle will meet with Mrs. John Hewitt
Friday afternoon, July 10. Everybody
| invited.
The Fourth passed of very quietly this
| year, not much enthusiasm manifest
bonfire and improvised cannon firing
and fire cracker salute-much less than
usual.
The Epworth league prayer meeting
this week will be held at the home of
Warren Trask. Leader, Irving Roberts;
subject, "Jesus teaching singleness of
purpose in service"
| Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Sargent and Mr..
and Mrs. N. II. Hunt were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Benedict last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benedict and their guests
visited at Silver lax Barnard, Sunday.
Repairs have been started on the vesti-
bule, vestry and dining room of the
Methodist church. The side walls are to
be recoated with alabastine, cedar sheath
ing is to be placed along the wall on the
stairway and other improvements made.
While fishing for cells in White river,
II. K. Goodwin caught swapping turtle
that weighed 10 = lbs. and was 80 inches
from tip to tip. On his shell was plainly
marked, ga. p, A. d. 49," Who was
ga. Pr and where was the turtle when
marked AZ years ago?
Thirty residents of this village were
poisoned Saturday and Sunday. Some of
| them were very dangerously ILL., All of
them required a physician to relieve
them of an acute pain and vomiting. 1t
was found to be caused by eating new
cheese that had recently been sold to
dealers here. All but two or three we're
recovering on the Monday following.
At the annual meeting of the South
Royalton Graded school district, held
7 q
elected DIR. E. J. Fish, moderator; NJ.
j. Sargent, clerk; Charles Seymour, pru-
Dental committee for three years; H. K.
Foster. treasurer; A. G. Whitman, col
Iector; j. o. Belknap, j. H. Hewitt, FL
mer Doyle, auditors. Voted a tax of
zoe. on the dollar. The district is not in
debt. The prudential committee this
year are Albert Merrill, P. s. Belknap
and Charles Seymour.
In the matter of the proposed under
pass at Royalton near the present Nc
Guinness crossing, the board OF railroad
commissioners have adopted new plan
and survey prepared by the railway COM
pany, and have ordered the construction
of the underpass on or before Nov. 10,
1905. The new plan calls for the raising
of the roadbed one foot above the present
level, to allow for surface drainage, and
the commissioners have ordered that the
Central Vermont Railway company and
its successors shall forever keep said I'M
derpass and the connecting highway
within the limits of the railroad right of
way in good and sufficient condition for
public travel. The pass will be 495 feet
north of the present crossing. Any of
the parties interested, including the
town, have the right to appeal from the
new order at any time within 80 days
from July 4th inst.
"Had dyspepsia or indigestion for years.
No annette. and what did eat distressed
me terribly. Burdock Blood Bitters
.....d mo N WALKER SunhurY.