Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-07-15

after spending week with the Douglass
family.
Charles Blair OF Newport, Vt, who re-
Gently finished a service in q drugstore at
y. Johnsbury, and is passing some
time at L. J. Blakely's, was in Montpelier
tuesday to take the pharmaceutical ex-
animation.
Leonard ID. Wheeler of White River
Junction, formerly of Randolph. has been
CHOSEN treasurer of the Ottaguechee
Wooden company in place of the late
John L. Bacon. The wooden factory is
located at North Hartland.
Mrs. Edward Kimmel, two children
and nurse Of Key West, Fla, came last
week to spend three months at Mrs. H.
n. Melntyre's cottage on Randolph
avenue. Mrs. Kimmel is Key West
friend of Mrs. Dewitt c. Webb.
5. A. Smith has begun the construction
OF a two-story house, 32x4O feet, on the
lot lately purchased of George Ii. Slack
and fronting on South Pleasant street.
The building will be divided through the
center and will contain two tenements.
M. M. Wilson attended the annual in
stitute Of instruction for Librarians held
TINS week at Middlebury under the au-
spices OF the State Library commission,
OF which be Is president. There was also
a meeting of the State Librarians associa-
ton.
Joseph Goodhart was operated upon for
appendicitis Saturday morning at the
sanatorium by DR.. F. c. Angel and raj
lied nicely. He had the first symptoms
OF an attack during the commencement Of
Dartmouth college, from which he has
just been graduated.
Leighton Abbott, who is travelling
salesman for the Proctor Marble company
and has his headquarters in Philadelphia,
was in town few days last week to see
his father, g. e. Abbott, and other rela-
tives, going from this place to visit his
sister, Mrs. lnez segar, in Burlington.
Rev. Joseph Hamilton went Saturday
to Woodstock to officiate at the funeral
OF Arthur Lewis, who was born slave in
the South, ran away aud Joined the
Union army and was brought to Wood
stock many years ago by returning Off
Ger. Mr.. Hamilton's daughter, Mrs.
Harold Perkins, returned with him Mon
day and will pass the week here.
Mrs. William st. Lawrence has had so
severe case of sore throat that last
Thursday a culture from her throat was
sent to the state laboratory 81 Burlington
for examination and the family were put
in quarantine at their tenement in the
Cushman block. Saturday, however.
the laboratory reported no trace Of diph-
liberia, and the quarantine was raised.
DR.. q. w. Scott was in NORTHAMPTON,
Mass, Sunday tc visit his mother and
sister, Mrs. NJ. l.. Scott and Mrs. Charles
Porter, before the departure OF the latter
and her husband on an extended tour
West. During their absence Mrs. Scott
and her grandson, Master Scott Porter,
are to be with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Hutchinson in Springfield, Mass.
NJ. d. Smith of Northheld was in town
on business Monday. He has recently
returned from a trip to Oklahoma and is
enthusiastic over the outlook for invest
ments in farming lands there. he met
an Illinois farmer who had lately come
there and said he had traded so that be
bad six times as much land in Oklahoma
as in Illinois and found be could raise
just as much per acre and get just as
much for il.
E. T. ssult, who is in rather poor
health, has been visited the past week by
us LuFtc euAHs AlAfEN u MASS W no
came Thursday, returning Sunday; Ernest.
who with his wife and two children, re-
turned Saturday to Marblehesd, Mass.
and Zeph l., who, with his son, Ray
mond, came Saturday. The father re-
turned to Somerville, Mass, Wednesday,
but Raymond will pass the summer at the
Danyow farm.
Mrs. Archie Phillips Of Taunton,
Mass, has been having the measles at
The Manchester, to which she and her
husband came for vacation nearly two
weeks ago. She was exposed in Taunton,
where the disease has been having a great
run. Fortunately all the guests at The
Manchester were immune to the disease
and others soon to arrive were asked to
delay a little until danger OF infection
should be over.
Miss Della, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Narcotic, and Joseph A. Labrie
OF Lebanon, N. H., were married in the
Church of Our Lady OF the Shows, Wood
stock, June rs. During the mass follow
ing the marriage service, G. Otis Dumas
sang the Ave Maria of Gounod. The
bride is sister of Mrs. c. Otis Dumas,
whom she used to visit in Randolph be-
fore the Dumas removed to Woodstock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Labrie will reside in Leba-
non.
DIR. E. o. Blanchard has placed with
w. X. Skinner Of Royalton an order for q
new 30-horsepower, 4-cyIinder Cadillac
automobile that he expects will be deliv-
cred during this month. DR.. blanchard,
five years ago, was the first to introduce
the then new motor car to Randolph and
vicinity in the form of q Rambler, which
has done good service for car Of its rat
ed power He will enjoy an improved
modern car as well as any owner is likely
to.
DR.. H. w. Holden has bought Of Mrs.
B. ID. Dubois for 1876 building lot on
the south side of Highland avenue and adj
joining the premises OF Mrs. George
Prince on the east. The lot is four rods
front and 1872 feet deep, and the doctor
proposes to erect upon 1t at once resi-
dence, whose dimensions over ell will be
35x3s feet in the main part and 21x32 in
the ell. It is not expected that the house