Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-12-24

Further progress in the organization ~
The club viii be deferred until after the /
holidays.
After the flrst Of January, the reading
room Of the Kimhail Public library viii
be open Sunday afternoons from "a |
O'Clock Tor the convenience Of those who
wish to spend 2 couple Of hours there
with books, papers and magazines. o.
~ A. Putnam will be In charge bat no
books viii DO received or taken out on
that day. The extent to which the read
ing room Is patronized will aefermins
the length OF time that the Sunday after-
noon opening will continue.
Mrs. Ida s. Mann has opened q very At
tractive stone on the second floor of the
O'Clnnor block, where she has two large
I weii-lightei rooms with q wide opening
between them. The apartments are nice
/ ~ finished in hard wood, and Mrs. Mann
displays in them a well-selected stock OF
the latest notions in collars, rufEs and
ruchings, handkerchiefs, dainty lingerie.
! petticoats OF silk and cotton and ali the
large and small accessories that 60 into
the makeup Of the well-dressod womau.
Mrs. A. A. Sanford and Mrs. ]. d.
Wheeler Of Maiden, Mass, Mrs. John
Abbott and Mrs. Charles @. Dubois Of
Winchester, Mass, who had been called
here BY the death OF Mrs. Susan Robin
son, left for their respective homes Fri
day afternoon. Mr.. Abbott returned to
Winchester earlier in the day and Mr.
Dubois went to New York, from which
city he was accompanied to Winchester
Saturday BY his sister, Miss Mary S. Du-
Bots, who bad been the guest OF Mr. and
Mrs. G. W. Hodges there.
4. T. Merchant, the window artist At y.
A. Thomas store, has achieved a MASTER
piece for the Christmas season Of 1908. It
represents the scene in Bethlehem Of Judea
when the Virgin wrapped her Holy Child
Ia swaddlinR clothes and laid him in q
manger because "there was no room for
them at the inn." The babe lies in the
coarse straw, the mother kneeis beside
him and on the roof OF the rude shelter Il
an angel holding the scroll, tGlory TO
God In the Highest" The picture. In
the midst OF the shopping rush, brings
the most hurried to a pause to consider
for q moment the deeper and truer mean
ing Of Christmas.
As this is the season Of the year when.
: coal is a subject Of burning interest, 1t
may not be an indifferent matter to know
that for every ton the consumer pays
from f7.85 to $3.50 the dealers pay a
freight rate Of st.1O from the mines. In
!. Brattleboro f7.76 Is the ruling price, and
! az junction points lower prices prevail on
account OF railroad competition. At one
time Il was possible, and perhaps Is now,
for the roads to carry coal 10 Montpelier
40 cents ton cheaper than they could
! take il to Randolph, less distance By 80
miles. Railroad figuring Is a branch Of
mathematics that passes all understand
ing BY the people who pay the freight.
As James Judd was driving his cattle
from the barn about o'clock Friday
! morning, they collected ia the horse
barn, through which they had to pass in
). order 10 reach the yard, and their COM
3 biued weight was 20 great that the floor
. gave way, letting thirteen COWS, one
! horse and Mr.. Judd fall ten feet into the
basement. The man was terribly bruised
, aud cut about the head, having q scalp
wound that required two or three stitches
! to close, and a cash over the left eye affect
ing that organ badly. Fortunately, nc
fractures were sustained. The horse was
uuiniured but the cows were bruised and
Z shaken though they escaped broken
bones.
Miss Mary Barrowf, who lives in the
/, family Of John Untiedt at West Brook
. field, drove Mr.. Untiedt's team 70 this
/. village last Thursday. As she was COINS
/, down the Central street hill, the horse
j, became ambitious to pass ali the teams in
: front and, on being refined out, hit it
!, heels against the sleigh. That was sum
Gent excuse for a Runaway from tbs
equine point OF view, and the ANNA
y started OF at a gallant burst Of speed thai
e lasted to the top Of the South Pleasant
n street hill. There the intrepid driver
: who had neither lost her wits nor tn
. reins. resumed control OF affairs, turned
y her subdued steed around and marched i
y down the hill again.
G. r. Cummings OF White River juno
ton, publisher OF the Vermonter," tn
70 only state magazine, has made generou
a proposition In favor Of the Randolph san
~ atorium by agreeing to run quarter
:. page advertisement Of the institution Il
2; his magazine one year and give the sana
10 toriufn s25 in cash besides for 100 sub
IL scriptions new or renewals-sent from
e. the Herald Office. Fifty-fve subscrip
tions have already been sent, and nov
ie half Of the 81 asked for the ''Vermonter
n can be retained for the sanatorium on an
el subscriptions received. The. ad in "a
IT. 'svermonter'' brought q patient froI
ia Windsor W no has been at the sanatoriur
p nearly q year and expects to remain IN
.r. tifully illustrated magazine dealing wit
m Vermont affairs and would make desi
able New Years gift to sons and daugl
he tiers Of the state who have wandered 70
Id from their native hills.
~ At the request Of the Barre chief
re police. telephoned the 10th inst, Deput
to Sheriff d. d. Howe made the acquaiI
III lance Of the manager OF John n Vogel
ier Big City Afinstrels at the company's q
I'll and informed him that a stage hand
ng the Barre opera house had lost q goc
ew sweater and was laboring under the IN
preston that some Of the Ministries be
ct carried IT OF with them. The manage
ub knew Of three men in his troupe WI
hit affected sweaters, one OF them the eiec.f
'en clan, and an investigation was Htraign
he way instituted. A search OF the car TAI
he ing to reveal the missing article, an 81
CT. iournment was taken to Chandler MUS