Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-02-06
Randolph.
GEORGIA WHITE, Local Editor.

The Randolph Woman's Literary club
VIII meet Saturday, Feb. 8, at the home
OF Mrs. w. B. Wall.
MI. and Mrs. E. L. Scott, who re-
turned the Both ult. from their wedding
trip to Boston and vicinity, went Mon
day to their future home in Barre.
Robert Sault came from Hanover. N.
a., last Thursday for six days. vacation
during an examination period at Dart
mouth college.
The Eastern Star social with Mrs. Ellen
blanchard and Miss Abbie Clark has been
indefinitely postponed on account of
MISS Clark's attendance upon her sister.
Mrs. Dan Child, in Bethel through an at
tack of grip.
hartley Forth arrived last Thursday
from Attleboro, Mass, where he has fin
ished carpentering for the present. His
sister, Miss Eva, came the same day from
Northfield and stayed until Monday to
care for her mother, Mrs. F. A. Forth,
IN an illness due to grip and bronchitis.
| "Under Southern Skies'' was played in
Randolph last evening, and Frank Plum
ley of Mortified is lecturing On "Under
Tropical Skies" That's good to hear
about, but give us 2O-below-zero weather
to live in. Home on the 31st day of jan
uary wouldn't be natural without it.
Barre Times.
John r. Angel has an interesting relic
of other days in the form of a Morocco
leather wallet, hand-sewed and over a
hundred years old. 1t was the property
OF Mr.. Angeles great-grandfather, the
late Stutely Angel of Rochester, sol
der of the war of 1912, whose pension
money was kept in this old purse.
"Miss NJ. Blanche Sparhawk of Ran
dolph," says the st. Johnsbury Caledon-
ian in its issue of Jan. 30, every accept
ably filed the position of soprano in the
North church choir last Sunday morning
and evening and will also sing there next
Sunday. She is the guest of DR.. and
Mrs. 8. 81. Sparhawk during her stay
here.''
A. NJ. Vaughan is away with the other
members of the State Board of Agricul-
ture holding farmers meetings in Morris
Vile, East Hardwick, Barnet and Hart
ford. The board is assisted by B. Walk
er McKeen, ex-secretary of the Maine
State Board of Agriculture, and C. r.
Pettis of the New York State Foresters'
association.
Rev. Arthur w. Stone, at one time in
charge of ST. Johns church, Randolph,
and now chaplain in the United States
navy, received orders to report for duty
at the Charlestown, Mass, navy yard yes
terday. Mr.. Stone, who had been pass
ing his leave of absence at Morrisville
and Swanton, the home of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ. Stone, has had three
years of sea service in the navy on the
Pacific coast and will now have two
years. land service.
ssThe last evidences of DIR. ]. NJ. Ry-
der's practice in Bellows Falls" says the
Times of that place, were removed the
9th ult., when his household effects
were taken from their fiat in the May
nard block, where the operation for
which he is imprisoned occurred. The
shingle' with DIR. Ryder's name and pro-
fession, which has hung outside their
rooms since he left them, was also re-
moved. Mrs. Ryder is living in North
Pomfret and the goods were shipped
there.'' The ssshinglen once hung in
Randolph but was taken down to decor
ate Woodstock and then Bellows Falls.
Prizes for the Court ball and masquer-
ade in Dubois & Gays hall tomorrow
night are on exhibition in V. A. Grants
show window and comprise beautiful
silver jewel case, presented by F. A. JOS
lyn; fine umbrella from E. A. Thomas;
a very nice kodak from A. E. Bass; an
elegant lace set, collar and cuff pieces,
from Bell Brothers; silver purse and
silver backed brush purchased with mon
eY contributed for the purpose. The
prizes will be awarded as follows:-For
gentlemen, the handsomest costume, the
most ludicrous costume; for ladies, the
most beautiful costume either rented or
homemade, the most effective and artisti-
caIly contrived homemade costume; for
children under II years, the prettiest or
most novel boys costume, the prettiest
or most novel girls costume. So gener-
Gus has been the response to solicita-
tions that second and third prizes may
also be awarded.
Candlemas, Sunday, could hardly be
called bright and clear, so it is reasonable
to hope that we are not to be afflicted
with sstwa winters in one year." In its
ecclesiastical meaning the I'd of February
is the publication of the Virgin Mary, a
festival very strictly kept by the Roman
Catholic church with a procession of
many lighted candles, and those required
for the service of the ensuing year are
also consecrated on that occasion; hence
the name Candlemas. An old document
of the time of Henry WILL, preserved in
the archives of London, speaks thus OF the
custom of carrying candles :-"On Can die
mas day it shall be declared that the
bearing of candles is done in the memory
of Christ the spiritual light whom Simeon
did prophesy, "a Light to Tighten the
Gentiles,' as it is read in church that
day." But an older and heather origin
is ascribed to the practice. The Romans
were in the habit of burning candles on
this day to the goddess Februa, the moth
er of Mars, and Pope Sergius, seeing it
would be useless to prohibit practice OF
so long standing, turned it to Christian
account by enjoining similar Offering TO
the Virgin.