Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-08-20
South Royalton Notes.


M. J. SARGENT, Local Editor
Albert Northrnp Of Barre is visiting his
sons in town.
DR.. Gilmore Moore and family returned
from STAFFORD Saturday.
Fred Emery of Washington, D. c., ar
rived Monday on a vacation.
H. M. Trask has moved to Rutland,
where he is to make his future home.
Charles Clapp was home last week from
his place Of business at Lowell, Mass.
Clark Turner is recovering slowly from
his recent illness and surgical operation.
In Albany, N. Y, Aug. Z, daughter
was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Met
calf.
William and Dyer Pearl of New York
city arrived here Saturday for weeks va
cation.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. 7. Southgate Of Barre
visited his mother and sister here over
Sunday.
Mrs. Slack and sister, Mrs. landon, of
Wellesley spent Tuesday at Silver lake,
Barnard.
The Misses Sprague, who had been Wis
iting Mrs. G. w. Brown, returned to Bos-
ton Monday.
Miss Georgia Christis of Arlington,
Mass, is spending two weeks at o. N.
Stoughton's.
H. E. Wicts of Cleveland, O., and Mrs.
j. E. Brown were guests at the South
Royalton House Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Miller and son
of Naugatuck, Conn.,, are summer guests
at the South Royalton House.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. P. Mills, Misses Kittie
and Hazel Waldo and Master Lawrence
Ladue were recent guests at Riverview.
Mrs. James Clark of Manchester, N.
H., who had been a guest of Mrs. j. G..
Ashley, returned to her home Saturday.
Mrs. Fannie doubleday Leavitt re-
turned from Stowe Friday and left for
her home in Somerville, Mass, Saturday.
Mrs. David Moore of Providence, who
was here the last two weeks, has gone to
STAFFORD for the remainder of her vaca-
ton.
Mrs. D. E. bearing and Miss c. l..
bearing and Dorothy are spending q
week in camp with friends at Lake lri-
quois.
Mrs. Nina Stoughton, department in
spector of the W. r. c., is attending a
school of instruction for assistant inspec-
tors at Wells River this week.
F. D. Laid, with party from Barre.
and II. NJ. Madison, with a party from
Chelsea, came by auto and dined at the
South Royalton House Sunday.
Mrs. Nellie W. Slack and Mrs. Laura
Landen of Wellesley, Mass, are boarding
at the South Royalton House. Tey
have passed their vacation here the last
two years.
Ray Southgate and wife OF Boston Wis
tied his grandmother, Mrs. c. g. South
gate, over Sunday. They accompanied
his father and mother, who are visiting
here, to their home in Barre.
&C.. Shaw and family of New York
and c. Fl. Wright and family OF Green
witch, Conn.,, who had passed two
weeks vacation at the South Royalton
House, returned to their homes Saturday.
Herman E. Wills of Cleveland, o., as
sistant grand chief of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, and his sister,
Mrs. Carrie Hadley of Lawrence, Mass,
are visiting relatives and acquaintance
in town.
Henry Dutton of Royalton was nomi-
mated as the Republican candidate for rep
resentative at the caucus last Monday
The present justices of the peace were re-
nominated. Hon. Frank Plumley gave a
rousing speech that was listened to with
close attention throughout.
An item of news in the daily Independ-
ent Times of Streator, ILL.,, gives the death
of Lorrin Swift, a prominent business
man and banker of that city. He died
Aug. 6 at the age of 70 years. Mr.. Swift
was native of Barnard, where he lived
until 1868. He went then to Eagle tow n
ship, ILL.,, where he had since resided. In
1860, he married Miss Lucy Pettengill,
who, with seven children, survive him.
Letters from Rev. W. E. Mann, a form
er Cong'I pastor here, now of McGregor,
Ia, tell of the flood of June 20, which
came near washing the entire town into
the Mississippi river. The street IN
front of the manse was like river five OF
six feet deep. Mr.. Mann and family
were obliged to seek refuge by climbing
wall several feet high to another street
The damage done to the town was esti-
mated at $500, 600 and the cost OF clearing
mud from the cellar of the manse was
$50.