Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-02-13
Randolph.
GEORGIA WHITE, Local Editor.

Burlington.
Hon. z. s. Stanto n of Roxbury, prob
able candidate for the Republican nomi-
nation as governor, was in town Satur-
day.
Miss Gail Lamson leaves tomorrow for
Washington, D. c., to spend four or five
weeks with her sister, Mrs. Theron
Brooks.
Mrs. E. s. Barrows, guest for two
weeks Of her brother, J. D. Mitchell. re-
turned Tuesday to her home at North
Clarendon.
ing uneven footing last Thursday night.
turned an ankle SO violently a badly
swollen joint was the result.
Scion Topper of st. Paul, Mimi, form
erly an engineer on the Central Vermont
railway, was the guest of E. A. Shattuck
Wednesday and Thursday of last week.
,, Calvin Brewster counted nine deer
Friday busily engaged in digging down
through the snow at the A. j. Russlow
orchard after apples left on the ground.
Mrs. David Bosworth and oldest son of
Bristol were in town from Saturday until
yesterday. Mrs. Bosworth found her
father, Judge w. H. Nichols, somewhat
OSttST tndu Oh n0F 1AsG WISH.
Mrs. A. E. Lane is in rather a crippled
condition at her home in Mount Vernon,
N. Y, from broken hgament, snapped
as she twisted an ankle in going down a
flight of stairs the other day.
Those who braved the cold to attend
grange Saturday night were pleasantly
entertained. The program consisted of
selections by the male quartet, humorous
quotations and remarks by B. Walker
McKeen of Fryeburg, Me.
! D. T. Dyer is making his second cut
ting of ice. Two weeks ago he took out
cakes IS inches thick and be now finds it
% inches thick and of good quality, at
least two-thirds clear of snow. Mr.. Dyer
had about third of his last years supply
left over for next, and will fill the ice
house with this cut.
| Clayton Trask was sboveling the snow
from the roof of W. B. Wallis house Fri
day, when a snowsIide knocked him off
the ladder. Though he clutched the lad
der again and broke his fall little, he
nevertheless took a two-story drop and
went to the bottom of a drift below. He
emerged unhurt but looking good deal
like an animated snow man.
Personals from last weeks White Riv-
doIph are as follows:-ssMis Marjorie
Wheeler, who went to the Mary Hitch
cock hospital in Hanover last Friday for
surgical treatment of her arm, returned
Wednesday very much benefited from
the operation" "Mrs. N. j. WhitehiIl
! went to Peacham on Monday to assist in
caring for her father, who is Ill.,
| Chief of Police Ketchum reports at
least double the number of travelling
gentry who call upon him for food and
/ lodging in the village lookup above the
number of previous years. He cared for
about twenty in this way during the year
+ Just closed. He had two last week Sun
day night, two the following night and
three last Monday night. They seem to
be mostly men out of work by reason of
the hard times.
B. w. McKeen, ex-secretary of the
Maine Board of Agriculture, who is
/ speaking at the Farmers meetings being
held by the Vermont Board of Agricul-
ture, was the guest Saturday and Sunday
of his co-worker, A. NJ. Vaughan, and
together they went the first of the week
to speak at agricultural meetings at Lon
donderry, Townsend, Westminster and
B-attleboro. Mr.. McKeen gave short
talk at the grange Saturday evening.
At the meeting of the Christian Broth
erhood Monday evening, ninety were
present, including twenty-one members
of the Young Mems Brotherhood as
guests. Four new members were re-
ceived After the baked bean supper,
DR.. F. c. Angel read paper on the
ssYelIow PeriI'' At the request of W.
R. Moody of Mortified, Mass, who is to
give the address on Ladies' night, the
date of that occasion was changed to
Monday evening, March 2.
The regular meeting of the Randolph
Woman's Literary club was held Satur-
day with Mrs. W. B. Wall. The sub
T ject for the afternoon was Scotland"
Quotations from Scott were given in re-
sponse to the roll call. First on the
program was reading from Scott's
poems by Miss Desier Mouiton. Mrs.
W. w. Morton then read a paper on
Edinburgh Old and New" prepared
by Mrs. D. F. Lewis. Last came an
article on eWaIter Scott,'' written and
read by Mrs. e. S. Tracy. Refresh
ments were served during the social
hour which closed the afternoon.
The Randolph Board of Trade will hold
, its first annual banquet and smoke talk
at the Randolph Inn tomorrow evening,
beginning at O'Clock. Covers will he
laid for about rs, including members and
invited guests, among whom are num-
bersd M. d. Smith of Northfield, u. >.
Stanton and G. A. Tilden of Roxbury, B.
R, Demeritt, G. G. Graves and w. b.
Clark of Waterbury, G. d. Cushing, E.
A. Davis and W. C. Clifford of Bethel,
George w. Boyce of New York city and
George r. Miller of Boston. The address
of the evening will be given by Hon. w.
]. Bigelow, mayor OF Burlington. An
interesting evening is anticipated.