Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-09-23


the position CT superintendent Of the tele- |
phone system and has lately received
very important promotion. Since Sept.
/, be has been commercial agent under
the government telephones and his loca-
tion is souris, B. C. 1.-The residents Ct
Miami" says paper Of that place, shave
high regard for Mr.. Jones and. while
heartily congratulating him on his sue
cess, feel sorry to have him and Mrs.
Jones remove from town"
Mrs. AnReline Clark, widow of the
late Addison Copeland, died Monday ct
the home Of her daughter, Mrs. James
Mudgett, in North Ponlfret. Death was
due to senile decay, the deceased having
reached the advanced age OF % years, 2
months and rs days. The remains were
brought here yesterday BY the daughter,
her son, Marx, j. ID. Wheeler OF Bethel
and Seldom Dimick OF West Hartford, ann
were taken to Braintree Hill for burial
Mrs. Copeiand's niece, Mrs. Angie Lamb
Of Granville, met the body at this station.
Postmaster J. B. EIdredge has been
notified that the Postofice department at
Washington has accepted the offer of the
owners OF the Mcintyre block, in which
the local Office is located, for installing
the new equipment, v hich is so much
needed. This means an entirely new out
at Of the most approved pattern-equal as
far as il goes to that of a city Office
more box room and new boxes, probably,
OF the keyless type. The outfit, to be
made elsew here, will be shipped here
ready to be put up, and that before very
/ long.
4 s. A. Smith has sold his store in East
Braintree to Levi Abel OF West Brookfeld,
who will take possession at once. In the
trade Mr.. Smith acquires the Abel farm
in West Brookheld, which he will not oc-
I cupy as be has leased the Bates house on
South Pleasant street with the option OF
I buying and is already Transforming the
/ Bates blacksmith shop into an additional
tenement. Francis Dickerman, who
( had the shop for several years, is located
again at his old stand in East Bethel,
where he and Mrs. Dickerman have been
living for the last few months.
Sam H. Mccullough, railway mail
clerk from White River Junction to Bur-
lington, was brought home from the lat
ter place last Thursday night in a critical
condition from heart trouble. His train
having been very late into White River
Junction the previous night, be was de-
prived of needed rest and the next morn
ing be started early to work the mail to
Burlington. Reaching there, he was
completely exhausted and 9 severe attack
OF the heart followed. He is now much
better but will be obliged to take a
months vacation from the road.
The state fair at White River Junction
attracted $50 people from Randolph yes
terday, and Is many, II not more, have
gone today. c. A. BIodgett and his SON,
Jesse, have an eating tent on the grounds
and are catering to the public with the
aid of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph n. Brown.
Mrs. Sarah Davis and Mrs. Josie Wood
Taylor. A candy stand is being run by
Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Smith and son. Miss
Emma BlaISely is one OF the additional
helpers at the depot restaurant during
the fair, and Mrs. Eli Sault is assisting
her brother, Frank Greenough, in his res
taurant business.
Mr. and Mrs. L. ID. Partridge, with
their daughter, Mrs. Cora Mcdonald, and
child, went to Barre the 18th inst. and
on their return Saturday found their
brother, Amos Partridge, his wife and
daughter, who had arrived from Elkhorn,
Wis, the night they went away and who
had taken possession of the Partridge
house on Maple street. Sunday Amos
Partridge, I'd, OF Barre and Miss Ethel
Wellington of Washington Joined the
family party in Randolph for the day,
and Tuesday night the Amos Partridge
family started Westward, accompanied by
Mrs. Mcdonald and baby, bound for
Aberdeen, 5. ID.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Hubbard returned
last Thursday from a delightful trip TO
Portsmouth, n. H., Old Orchard Beach,
} York Beach and Boston. At Portsmouth
they had a reunion OF % OF their fellow
excursiouists to San Francisco few years
! ago. Their daughter. Miss Esther, and
, Miss Jennie Morton, who accompanied
them, were away longer. Miss Morton
went to Gardner, Mass, Bellows Falls
and Woodstock and comes home today
} from the last named place. Miss Hub
bard visited the family of A. n. Hayes in
} Springfield, Mass, Miss Elizabeth Camp
bell in Bellows Falls and spent Sunday in
Windsor with Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Huse,
who had Harry Morton also as a guest.
Henry T. Johnson was summoned to
Chicago Sunday night by a dispatch an
nouncing the death of his sister, Mrs.
Clara Baldwin, at her home in Morgan
Park, after an illness of two weeks. She
had been suffering from over exhaustion
but her condition was not considered crit
ical until Saturday evening when the
end, due to heart failure, came quickly.
Mrs. Baldwin was born in Stratiord, n.
H, about So years ago. Her early life
was passed in East Randolph but since
her marriage she had always lived in Chi
cago, in which city her husband, the late
John Baldwin, was largely engaged in
! the white lead business. Upon his death