Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-11-05

Iewksbury, who paid $500 Tor them. At
previous hearing Douglass had been
fined s4OO and admitted to bail In that
amount. Last Thursday Mrs. Douglass
came from Williamstown and she and her
husband gave q quit-claim deed Of their
real estate to Mr.. Douglass attorney, e.
L. Scott Of Barre, who then became his
clients bondsman. The case will come
up for trial at the December term OF
Orange county court.
The Randolph woman's Literary club
was entertained BY Mrs. 81. B. Bell and
Mrs. L. A. Russlow at the home OF Mrs.
Bell Saturday, Oct. 81. Twenty-four
members and many guests were present.
Quo ations on success were given In re-
Spouse to the roll call, and the program
was rs follows on the subject, "Great En-
terprises Of America" piano solo.
81 Kamennoi-O storon lRublnstein), Miss
Mary hanson; items OF Interest, Mrs. H.
V. Fletcher; solo, so, Dry Those Tears, y
Miss Alettha Bailey; American Fur
Traders Mrs. R. B. Mcintyre; solo,
- Rose OF Ny Life,D Miss Alettha Bailey;
a paper on "Ranch Life in America. .
which was to have been read by Mrs. B.
ID. Dubois, war omitted, owing to the I'M
avoidable absence OF Mrs. Dubois.
Under tbs caption, "a KIND Act, y the
Bellows Falls Times has this item Of some
interest here.-ssIt Is said the world is
selfish. That is why we take note OF a
special kindness shown. A few weeks
ago an old man and bis wife, both
about IS years old, put up ct the Fail
Mountain boarding house for q nights
lodging with only ten cents between
them. Finally they wished to stay till
they could get word from friends In the
northern part of the state. So the genial
landlord, w. d. Stephens. and his sym.
pathetic wife gave them the best OF care
which their debilitated condition re-
quired for nearly three weeks without
hops OF expectation Of reward from the
town authorities or any outside party un-
til word came to call them to Randolph.
All the remuneration they received was
showers OF blessings on their heads from
the decrepit old couple aa they took the
train to depart"
AT the 18th annual meeting OF the
Rochester club, held Friday evening with
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Eaton, these officers
were elected president, o. R. Greene
vice president, Dr. A. c. Bailey; secretary
and treasurer, Mrs. d. 7. Dyer; social
COMMITTEES, Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Hubbard,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Drew, Mrs. d. b.
Fassett, Miss Emroy Matthews; enter
tainment committee, Dr. A. G. Bailey,
Miss Minnie Carpenter, Miss Carrie Ea-
ton. Miss Hannah Aidrich, Miss Lettie
Bailey. Miss Esther George, Charles F.
Grlswold;.. soliciting committee, Miss
Minnie Carpenter, Mrs. A. NJ Hubbard,
Miss Elton Matthews, Mrs. l. c. Drew,
Glenn Bailey, d. 7. Dyer, Mrs. @. F.
Griswold, Mrs. W. A. Jones; table COM
mittee, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Eaton, Mrs.
I d. b. Fassett, Mrs. A. F. Lamb, Mrs. w.
A. Jones, Miss Emroy Matthew'S, Miss
Carrie Lille, c. F. Griswold, G. O. Osha;
( hail and buying committee, A. NJ. Hub
bard. The club viii hold q Thanksgiv-
ing reunion and banquet this year.
Part OF the loot OF the postofice bur
glary the night of Oct. 10 was found Satur-
day in the shed Of Mrs. Sarah Sturtevani
in Bethel, located not more than 100 feet
from the track. There the burglars left
the freight train BY which they quilted
this town. under the mistaken impression
perhaps that some one might be after
them, and only seven miles from the
scene of their crime sat,down to look over
the booty. Whatever Was Of no value to
them they left In the mail bag in which
they had hurriedly stuffed everything aft
er the explosion. On being returned q
this office Saturday afternoon the bag
was found to contain all of Postmaster
Eldredge's private papers, the postofacs
receipts for years back, draft books.
money order blanks and one cent, which
last was doubtless an unintentional ieav-
ing. A lot Of dry leaves in the bag indi-
Gated that 1t had been smptied on the
ground, its contents sorted and the unde-
sired residue scrambled back hastily with
leayes, ETC.. caught up in the handsful.
The deaths Of Mrs. A L. Russiow's Pc
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas @. Blodgett
briefly noted last week, occurred 81
North Danville Oct. "a and % from tbs
same disease, pneumonia, to which Mr.
Biodgett succumbed first. Beside Mrs
Russlow. who had lived with them sinc'
her husbands decease, they left two chill
dren, Harley NJ. Of IiaBville and Mrs
Ethel Suitor OF Medford. Mass. "Mr
Blodgett, who was e. years OF age" say
the st. Johnsbury Republican. "had {
very fine tsnor voice. Taught singini
schools and was much ia demand 10 SIM
on public occasions. He was chorister ii
the Baptist church, Of which be was
member, and was greatly missed BY th
people when. on account OF III health, b
ould no longer hold his place in tn
choir. He and his wife were both able Z
be at church the Sunday previous to hi
death. His wife. Aurora (Stanton
Blodgett, made friends with everyone sh
met. Her home was pleasant ant
delightful for her family and she wa
greatly interested in the work OF he
church, attending when possible and do
ing what she could for the welfare 0
others. She took into her home be
grandson, Otto, after the death of hi
mother, and made him IS one OF he
own. Her children win rise mp and cal
her blessed .