Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-03-19

mont conference, which meets in Barre
the week beginning April IL. The lay
delegation will choose a representative
April II to the National conference.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. W.. Campbell enter
rents and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Lamb and Miss Edith from Warren.
Mrs. Lamb and the little girl stayed until
Wednesday.
Mrs. Clara Averill, who had been in st.
Adams since the first of February with
the family of her daughter, Mrs. Harry
Chadwick, reached home Tuesday, coming
directly from Mortified Falls, where she
spent Sunday.
A. F. Lamb has bought a steam engine
to run the tools and machinery OF his
mar BILE shop, while the exhaust steam
will be used in winter to beat the build
ing. He retains his gasolene engine as
auxiliary power.
Mrs. Herbert Abbey, who was taken to
hospital in Roxbury, Mass, Friday by
DIR. Otto Greene of Bethel, underwent an
operation, from which she rallied so fee
bly, that her husband and son went to
Roxbury Tuesday.
W. H. Messer started yesterday for
I
His trip is for the purpose of buying
millinery goods in the city markets, W here
his trimmer, Miss Alice Pervier, has been
studying spring styles for the last ten
days.
Max, the youngest son of II. T. Hol-
man, is the earliest sugarmaker in this
vicinity and has two quarts of strictly
new and extra nice syrup made from one
tree near the house. The boy did his
own tapping and attended to his sugar
works out of school hours.
Mrs. o. w. Brockway entertained over
Sunday her brothers, l.. NJ. Jones of
Pleassntville, Pa, and w. I'll. Jones of
Tunbridge. Although the formers ar
rival in Vermont was not known to Mrs.
, Brockway, an absence of "a years did not
prevent her recognizing him.
Mrs. George Sparhawk came from
Beaver, Pa, last night to see her father.
j. w. Burt, who has been ailing through
the winter and not so well as usual the
last few days. Mrs. Spsrhawk brought
her two sons, who are staying with their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Spar
hawk
III. w. Smalley, whose critical condi-
ton from dropsy was reported in the last
issue of this paper, died March 10 in
West Berkeley, Cal, and was buried in
the soldiers cemetery at Oakland. Mr..
Smalley was about 81 years of age and
left one daughter, Alice, who was with
him in California.
Announcement is made of the marriage
of Miss Minnie Laura Hackett TO. Mr..
Francis Emory Trow bridge at st. Thorn
as Protestant Episcopal church in New
York city on Monday, the 23rd of Decem-
Der. Miss Hackett was for one or two sea-
sons summer visitor in Randolph at the
Moulton homestead.
H. A. Leonard was taken so seriously
i'll last Thursday with tonsilitis that the
house was placed in quarantine until
report Saturday from culture sent to the
state laboratory at Burlington gave as
surance that diphtheria need not be
feared. He was able to be up yesterday
for the first time and is gaining steadily.
Pearl j. Campbell has moved his family
from the Charles Durham farm in Brain
tree to the new house built by Eugene s.
Abbott on Maple street, and has been
succeeded on the farm by Ira Cram of
West Salisbury. The latter rented the
place through the Randolph Real Estate
agency of F. III. Packard and p. j.
Blanchard. who have secured Mr.. Grams
cousin, Curtis Cram of West Salisbury,
as a tenant for the j. g. Mann farm.
N. w. McCollom was arraigned in
court Monday on the charge of cruelty to
animals, to which he pleaded guilty, and
was fined $40 and costs. The complaint
rested on the condition of horse suffer-
ing from an abscess and considered by
the complainant to be improperly shell
tered and so far beyond help that it
ought to be put out of its misery as soon
as possible. Mr.. McColiom claimed to be
doing the best he could for the horse and
that he had previously worked cure in
the cases of two other animals similarly
affected.
The annual business meeting of the
Randolph Woman's Literary club was
held Saturday at Bethany Parish house
and in the absence of the president, the
vice president, Miss Jennie Stewart, pre-
sided. In answer to the roll call, quota
tions on business were given, and the an
nual reports of the secretary and the
treasurer were read and approved. The
following officers were elected to serve for