Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-01-23

Iemple Place, bostOu.
Charles g. Dubois has been here on a
short business trip, going back to Boston
Tuesday and leaving his young son, Mas
ter William, to stay another fortnight
with the grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
p. Sanford.
DIR. w. M. Kelly reached town Monday
from Haverh;ll. Mass, where he was TAX
en- ill on his return from holiday visit
to Merrimac, and detained three week,
by an attack of grip that threatened to
develop into pneumonia.
Miss Winnifred Richmond was able to
leave the sanatorium yesterday, having
sufficiently recovered from an operation
for appendicitis to complete her GONZALES
cence at home. Mrs. F. B. Thomas and
baby went away from the institution
Sunday and are at Charles Butterfield's
for few days before going to the farm.
Twenty-Five or thirty neighbors and
friends surprised E. c. Neff Monday
evening at his home on the Rochester
road and speedily inaugurated happy
celebration of his 61st birthday anniver-
sary, in the form of an old-fashioned Wis
it. Refreshments of ice cream and cake
were served by Mrs. Neff, who was pre-
pared for surprises, and the wherewithal
for birthday gift was presented by the
guests.
Mrs. Emma c. Knowlton, who had
been suffering severely from gall stones,
was operated upon at the sanatorium Fri
day afternoon by DR.. Gile of Hanover, N.
H., and rallied nicely. She is now maxi
ing favorable recovery and seems likely
to attain to better state of health than
she has enjoyed for some time. Her
daughter, Miss Lillian Knowlton, has
been with her during the last month but
expects to return Saturday to Westerly,
r. l., in whose schools she is teaching.
The Mortified News announces that
the directors of the Orange County Tele-
phone company, one of the largest indie
pendent companies of central Vermont,
have decided to withdraw from the Yer
mont and New Hampshire Independent
Telephone association and run their bust
ness alone. They say their connection
with the association has only been bill
of expense. these connections gave the
entrance to Bradford, Topsham and
White River Junction. The Orange
County company has about 1000 tele-
phones, located principally among farm
ers in Orange and Washington counties.
Lack of space forbids mention OF all
the victims of the grip but few Of those
the microbe are Mrs. III. B. Bell and
daughter, Annie; Mrs. A. G. Bailey, Mr..
and Mrs. j. III. Wadleigh and Carroll
| Wadleigh, who has pleasant complica-
| ton of shingles; Mrs. III. NJ. Totman,
Leroy Thayer and his small son; w. +.
Edison, who is having very hard attack;
Willard Mutually, who has developed
bronchitis; Mrs. W. p. Flint and the in
! FAINT son of Mr.. and Mrs. Adelbert Scrib-
ner. DIR. G. w. Scott is afflicted with
ulcers in his throat but cannot find time
to enjoy poor health.
] Gustav Woehler, aged SO years, died
Monday morning OF heart failure at Can
ton, n. Y, where he had been living
since his removal from Randolph within
few years. The funeral was held yes
terday at o'clock in the afternoon and
the remains were placed in the tomb at
Canton to await burial in the spring be-
side those of his wife in the East Brain
tree cemetery. Mr.. Woehler was q native
of Germany who came to this country
from Hanover SO years ago with his wife
and three elder children, Mrs. Mary Jerd,
Anna and the late Jennie (Woehler) Jerd.
He is survived by Mrs. Mary Jerd of this
place, Anna of New York, Emma of
Marshall, Mich, Mrs. B. L. McCarron OF
] Rousses Point, N. Y, Mrs. Freda Brown
of Canton. N. Y, and one son, Henry
| Woehler.
ID. II. Morse presided over meeting Of
the Dog River Valley Fair association in
Mortified Friday and announced the ac-
ceptance by w. w. Holden of a PROPOSE
| ton to settle the suit brought by Mr..
\ Holden against the association for s25,
and an order for that amount was drawn
accordingly. The work of revising the
premium list was taken up, and a class
was added for pnre bred bulls and get, a
special class for matched and trained
steers exhibited on track by boys not over
is years of ages and 80 prizes-and a
special premium of $50 for the horse max
ing the fastest mile in the two days. rae
ing, provided it breaks the track record
of 2:1S. In the free-for-all races, S400
will be divided into six purses, each heat
to be race, and the winning horse to
drop out at the end of it. Pure bred
sheep exhibits must be accompanied by
certificate of registration, to be filed with
the clerk, or they will be considered as
grades. Everything, in fact, will be
done to make the fair of Sept. 10, is and
IL record-breaker.
H. III. Linn and troupe of trained
dogs have been giving series OF excel
lent entertainments at Dubois q Gays
hall the last three nights which have been
well patronized. The dogs, all little fell
lows, perform some wonderful feats and
and appear to take a professional pride
in their tricks. One of them dives every
evening 371s feet from ladder outside
the hall and has been following that dizzy
performance for eight years. Another
'loops the loop" like Coney island vet
eran and whirls around upside down
without any regard to the laws of gravi-
tation. Mrs. Linn, the vocalist and
pianist of the show, was formerly Miss
Grace Gay, once a student of the Ram
dolph high school and member of its
orchestra in those days when musical tall
ent abounded in the persons of the Bee
die boys, DR.. Gilman Wheeler, Rev. w.
T. Sparhawk, Frank Hastings, E. H.
Alls ct ais, and the divine affiatus sought
expression in much footing of horns and
scrapping fiddles. Mrs. Gay, her daugh-
tiers, Grace and Ola, and son, Clarence,
came from Tunbridge and had rooms in
the house now occupied by Charles Girls