Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-10-15

tag day, on which every body is expected
to tag himself and Is being trusted not to
abuse the privilege.
Demeritt & Palmer began Monday to
can pumpkins at theiB Randolph factory,
to which both pumpkins and squashes
are being shipped from Waterbury, the
ting up apples. The work here is going
forward at the rate OF $4,000 cans day
and will probably be completed next
week. j. v. Newton estimates his con-
signment Of pumpkins to the factory as
67S5 pounds, all raised on less than q
half acre OF ground, besides a considera-
bic quantity more sequestered By the boys
for canning in the stack of the steam
road roller and for other purposes Of their
own.
the cost Of repairing the stretch Of ma
cadam road from the postofEice corner to
the covered Bridge matter of 1000
yards-was completed at a total cost OF
S1560.76. OF this amount the village
paid s379.60 for stone from Barre. s7sg.3 "a
for freighting the same and 1891. 82 for
labor. The stone was f-eighted over two
railroads, the Wells River and Central
Vermont, and s36 car was asked wheth-
er the car was full or not. The freight
makes stone procured from even so short
a distance as Barre too expensive material
for road building and II it has to be much
used the village will need a stone crusher
to work up homegrown eobble stones for
the purpose, for which. il not Of slaty
formation. they win answer just as we'll.
Il is proposed now to roll the square,
cover it with river gravel rolled down
bard and see how such a road compares
in goodness and wear with the more ex-
pensive macadam beside it.
Work is progressing on the new reser-
voir and pumping station on Forest
street, and the level was set Saturday for
the reservoir, which is to be so feet
long, 20 feet wide and feet deep. II
will have a capacity of 1000 gallons, OF
not quite.a tenth of that OF the big reser-
voir, which holds about zoo, 900 gallons.
1t will be cemented on the bottom and
sides and, should quicks and threaten TO
make trouble, inverted arches will sup
port it so that when the water is pumped
out there will be no bullying up of the
bottom due to the quicksand and water
underneath. Just above the reservoir ID
long trench with q loose stone wall
through which the water will trickle
from the half dozen or more springs in
the Hill and flow into the east end OF the
reservoir, the overflow being at the op-
posite end. West of the reservoir stands
little building belonging to the village
that in the days OF kerosene street lamps
was a storage house for the use OF the
lamplighter, and it is very conveniently
located now for tool house and storage
place in connection with the present
work.
The Kings Daughters held tea Satur.
day afternoon with Mrs. B. E. Nickersor
at the Tewksbury house on Summer
street, and the event proved both q socia
success and q profitable venture. The
rooms were crowded with ladies. who
were met at the door by Miss Heller
Blanchard and cordially received by Mrs
Nickerson and Mrs. FlorE Flint, leader o.
the circle. Mrs. j. D. Mitchell per
formed the duties Of usher, and the pleas
ure Of the occasion was promoted BY tn,
graceful courtesy of Mrs. B. d. Dubois,
Mrs. w. B. Wall, Mrs. W. w. Morton
and Mrs. Alfred Webster. Mrs. e. s
( Tracy and Mrs. A. f. Bass presided ovei
the cake table. with a supply OF frosted
creations that fell far short OF the de
mand, and q most tempting array o.
homemade candy was in charge OF Mrs
j. II. Dubois and Miss Mary Moulton
whose sales exceeded $50. In the dining
room tea and coffee were poured by Mrs
/ f. I. Salisbury and Mrs. E. o. Blanch
ard, and dispensed by Misses Marion
Nickerson, Ruth Roundy, Laura wedg
wood and Una Allen. A bouquet Of car.
nations decked the table, whose dainty
appointments CLEANED in the light o
pink-and-white-shade candelabra. Aside
/ from the enjoyment of their tea, th'
Kings Daughters had the satisfaction o
adding $1,000 to their treasury.