Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-26

Mrs. Spalding at De Ramsay, P. O., and
remained over night with his uncle,
Hon. James Hutchinson. The Iatter's
niece, Miss Alice Hutchinson. who had
been his guest several days, went satur-
DAY to Albany, N. ", on her way home
to Washington.
The Adams & Parish Real Estate
agency OF the Center has sold for Newell
3. Byam his farm of 20 acres in BeanviIle
for $4,000 to T. s. Austin Of Fairfax, who
Will occupy the place the first OF Novem-
Der. AR. Austin is the father of Arthur
and Ernest Austin, who live in Randolph
with their aunt, Miss Flora Bell.
Through the Adams & Parish agency
also, Charles Wood has transferred TO the
hyde Park Savings bank the mortgage
he held on the Hebard hill farm sold by
him not long ago.
Ex-Gov. N. j. Batchelder OF New
Hampshire, now master Of the National
Grange, has, through ex-Gov. G. j. Bell
OF Walden, secretary OF the executive
committee of the National Grange. asked
George G. Flint to go out West the first
OF October as special organizer Of oranges
His field will probably be Iowa though
be may be sent to Wisconsin or Mime
sofa The appointment will enable him
to attend the convention of the National
Grange, which opens in Des Moines the
10th OF November, when he will take the
seventh and highest degree of the Patrons
Of Husbandry. Mr.. Flint has been
very successful organizer in Vermont,
where he has increased the order by
twelve subordinate and two Pomona
oranges. Saturday night he organized q
grange Of q charter members at Pomfret
and Scion Vail was made master.
Those in Randolph--and they are many
who remember Robert J. Burdette, the
humorist, author and lecturer. will be
very sorry to learn that he is great
sufferer from q spinal trouble and is now
at 3 Pacific coast resort. Early in the
spring he fell on his porch while romping
with bis stepson in his beautiful home in
Pasadena He never recovered from the
injury and his condition is now consid-
cred critical. He has been obliged to re-
sign as pastor of the Temple baptist
church in Los Angeles " hich was built to
meet the popular demand to hear him
preach, and which has over 1000 mem
bers, while he frequently preached to
1000 people. Mr.. Burdett lectured in
Randolph 25 years ago at the time of the
Z kANAN hAN hA@h HWNRN Ah0 RAnAAN91 poA-
ton Of the village, and his generous con.
tribution of S75 then to the struggling
reading room has never been forgotten.
Rev. and Mrs. Joseph Reynolds, who
spent a month this summer at the colon
ial, Randolph Center, and have but re-
Gently returned to Rutland, entertained
Rev. and Mrs. William ]. Harris oil
Nashua, n. H., at q golden wedding din.
en- given in their honor at the Bardwel
House, Rutland, the 18th inst. Several
parishioners OF Mr.. Harris when be wal
rector of Trinity church, Rutland, 1915,
were invited to the dinner and among tbs
guests was Miss NJ. J. Barrows, 3 re-
turned missionary from Japan. Mr.
Harris was for many years state mission
airy in the Episcopal diocese Of Vermont
and frequently visited Randolph in his
tours. He has lately been stricken with
blindness and forced to retire from the
active ministry and from the editorshiE
OF the Vermont Echo, church paper oil
which he had charge 10 years. He wal
married in 81. stephens, N. b., so years
ago.
Mrs. Ella A. Pitkin and her daughter
GwendolyD, left their home in Barre
Friday to journey to Randolph on q visit
to Mrs. Pitkin's sister, Mrs. Warren
Church. They boarded the electric car
for Montpelier a little before noon tc
connect with the south-bound expires:
and as the car was coasting down a hill
in Barre, it suddenly leaped the rails in
front Of the City hotel and landed against
the curbing at the entrance to the public
library. Mrs. Pitkin was thrown from
her seat and out OF the car to the running
board, to which she was clinging wher
the car stopped. She was cut about the
lips and considerably shocked and
bruised but was able to come to Ran
dolph the next day with her daughter,
who escaped uninjured. There YVES only
one other passenger, Arthur Averill Of
Barre. who was unhurt. The jump o.
the car was caused by sand covering the
track, washed there by heavy rain thai
4 took good-sized stones out Of the macad
am, and a careless rate of speed on incline:
is also alleged against the Barre-Mont
pelier traction people.
Since Senator Carroll s. Page discom
flied the Western senators in the tarih de
bate on free hides by quoting the CATTLE
statistics of Vermont, there has beef
some curiosity as to how many OF th'
bovines grazing the Green mountain pas
lures coulo De cOunteo III hHhu"APh. SoA
ator Page stated that Vermont is tn
great cattIe-raising state Of the Union anS
has on its 1900 square miles Of rumple'
land 2Ss,0O milch COWS and 214,O0'
other cattle, or 100000 more than Their
are in all the state of Idaho and ia
greater number than Nebraska can boast
In this town alone, according to the las
tax lists, there are 3,007 mich cows, 1873
neat stock and 50 oxen. The sever
drouth Of 1905 not only shortened tn
hay crop but made the pastures so poo
that many herds were reduced to avoi'
the expense of feeding; so that the figure
above quoted give a much smaller mum
Der Of cattle than are usually kept Il
town. There are also in Randolph 80
horses, SIT sheep and $50 swine. Lacl
of rain in July and August and the raw
ages of grasshoppers will, it is feared
cause another reduction in the size OF IN
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