Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-12-31


The special commission on taxation. Ram
doiph town, outside the Corporation. 4.
stated 90 having q population u z. f41.
debt Feb, 1908, Of q, $50; an average 70
tai tax rate OF 8f.25; an average school
tax rate Of 81 cents; 100 miles Of ROAD /.
average road tax rate OF zoe. This village
Is said to have debt OF e31. 0es. an Az
erage tax of % cents; an average school
tax Of 8 cents, and an average highway
tax Of 20 cents. At the last annnnl
March meeting the net indebtedness "a
The town was f3,704.s7, while At the viz
lage meeting in May, the corporation
debt was s25, 2s2.55.
The remains OF Mrs. Aiethea Mann
were brought to Randolph last Thursday
afternoon from Newport, N. H.. where
prayer bad been offered at the house bv
Rev. Mr.. Black burn, q Baptist clergyman
and near neighbor OF the deceased. Re-
sides the son. c. NJ. Mann, and the stem
daughter, Mrs. H. e. Sharpe, there were
I present Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mann Of
/ Springfield and Miss Eva Lanson Of
Cornish, n. H. All but Miss Lamson ao-
companied the body to this place, W there
interment was made in southview ceme-
terry, Rev. Fraser Metzaer OF Bethany
church having the prayer at the grave.
The bearers were G.. M. and Frank Mann.
Il. <. and Harold Sharpe. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Mann returned to Springfield Sat
urday, and 9. M. Mann to Newport
yesterday.
I L. p. rhayer, editor OF the burlington
Clipper and Essex Syndicate OF papers.
has been engaged Is associate editor and
manager Of the Addison County Newspa-
/ per association and entered upon his new
duties Monday. d. H. Lamberton, lately
hof the Morrisville Messenger, has
succeeded Mr.. Thayer editorlally At Fsaex
Junction. The latter has been 90 nm
naturally quiet and content at Essex this
long time past that it began to look as
though he perhaps intended to acquire
/ proprietary rights In that famous June
ton cemetery. This change in no sense
means the retirement OF Mr. Thayer from
the control of the twelve papers Of the
+ Burlington Suburban list. II simply
means that being relieved OF much Of
the routine work, be will be able to look
alter the Norgennes papers and at the
same time devote more thought to the
general management Of the Burlington
Suburban list.
A congregation Of $40 assembled In the
Methodist church Sunday to hear the
cantata, shepherd King" rendered by
tie choir Of the Federated church. The
cantata was exceedingly we'll sung BY q
! chorus OF IS voices, and the soloists were
Dr. A. q. Bailey, Miss Alettha Bailey
Miss Valentine Packard and John I.
Hutchinson. In the interval devoted to re-
marks, ihs pastor. Rev. Joseph Hamilton,
called up the choristers, Or. Bailey and
John 4. Hutchinson, Sunday school sn-
perintendents, II. B. Bell and ID. ID. Howe,
the treasurer, o. B. Copeland, the superin-
tendont OF the Junior league, Mrs. Lena
Udail, and. after commanding their faith
iui service, presented 10 all Of them, ex-
oept DR.. Bailey, "The Biography Of Chap
lain McCabe." To the doctor, who had
read the biography, was given a volume
Of addresses by Bishop Fowler on special
occasions. The pastor himself had pre-
viousiy received the gift Of . sum Of
money.
Tweniy-nine members Of the Randolph
Woman'a Literary club were entertained
&C Christmas party given BY Mrs. F. H.
Josiyn and Mrs. G. r. Moulton a Beth
any Parish house Saturday, Dec. 20. The
Christmas idea was carried ont In decora-
lions, program and refreshments. A
fireplace, out Of which Santa Claus might
have stepped, gaily trimmed Christmas
trees and growing plants adorned the
room. Christmas quotations were given
In response 10 the roll call. Interesting
items were read BY Mrs. r.. w. Tewks-
bury, and an account of the South ct
Christmas time, and q Christmas story, n
lustraling English Yule-tide customs
were read BY Miss Desier Moulton. "The
South at Christmas Time" was 70 have
been given BY Miss Eta Harwood, who
was unable to be present on account Of
illness. The hostesses, rs representatives
o. Santa Claus, gave each member small
souvenir from the Christmas trees, and
the serving OF refreshments suggestive Of
the season closed the pleasant afternoon.
The remains Of Mrs. J. II. Mussey,
who died at q hospital In Waverly, Mass,
the 22d inst. after an operation for peri
tonitis, we're taken to Rutland, where the
funeral service was held at the home Of ].
B. Mussey last Thursday afternoon,
Flowers were sent from Fern Rebekat
lodge and the Sunshine club Of this place
and Mr.. Mussey's fellow-employes Of thu
G. q. Brigham company at Cambridge
Mass, expressed their sympathy for thu
bereaved husband and children by ths
gift Of a purse OF money IS we'll as 10
: raj tribute. Mrs. Mussey was taken sud
denly III Thursday, the 18th, but seemed
Z to be gradually improving until the mex
z Tuesday morning, when she grew q
! much worse that she was carried 10 tn
: hospital for an immediate operation
( from which she never rallied. Mr.. Mus
sey left Rutland Monday for Waveriy
9 where he will continue to keep his home
3 bis wife's mother, Mrs. Mattison OF Wal
4 lingford, having consented to take charg
= OF the household and the two little moth
eriess children.
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