Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-12-09

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mittee. This proposition involves the
giving OF reduced rates on the railroad TO
people In ueighboring towns and the Civ
ing OF special prices by the merchants,
and resulted here in bringing to town a
number Of shoppers, who we're able to
learn something Of the exceptional advan-
tages of Randolph as trading center.
Some of the young men Of the village
have organized a new social club, which
is called the Wolf club and has ct present
a membership OF IS. Its president is
Fred Jerd, and the secretary and treasurer
L. E. Leney For recreation rooms the
club has secured the apartments on the sec
ond fioor OF the Lamson block at the
corner OF Merchants Row and South
Pleasant streets, where for several years
the dental Offices OF DR.. w. 8. Curtis
and DR.. w. NJ. Kelly were located. To
the ordinary social game, the club MEM
bers wish to add athletics and will organ
lie q basket ball team this winter II
hall or room large enough to play in can
be found.
Sargent, Osgood & Roundy are now
comfortably located in their very commo-
dious new Office, finished in hard wood
and having a main room, out OF which
opens the private offices Of the three
partners. There is also a good hreproof
vault room encircled by an air space be-
tween thick double walls and lighted by
small window of hreproof glass. The
firm has Just received its first car OF the
Max we'll make. an auto that 1t will han
die the coming season, and this car is
handsome red runsbout, model A A, OF IL
horsepower. A new Maxwell touring
car will be in the exhibition room before
another fortnight.
The ladies OF the Federated churches
had very successful sale Of food, candy
and aprons at the residence of Q. B.
Copeland last Thursday afternoon and
cleared the sum OF f45 from the decidedly
attractive goods displayed. Seventy
aprons OF all styles and sizes were sold by
Misses Emroy Matthews and Rosa Coop
er; while Mrs. L. d. Partridge, Mrs.
Henry Walcott and Mrs. Eugene Holman
were kept busy supplying a steady de-
mand for the entire stock OF food, ana
Mrs. L. @. Drew, Mrs. II. M. Totman
and Miss Desier Moulton disposed OF a
lot of decidedly superior candy. In
greeting he patrons OF the sale and pro-
noting the sociability Of the AFFAIR, Mrs.
Copeland was assisted by Mrs. Flora Flint,
Mrs. Homer Bell and Mrs. e. N. Rising.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Parsons have Just
heard from their daughter, Mrs. j. q.
Mann, at Monte Cristi, San Domingo, who
writes that terrific rains have drenched
the island for over IS days and the result
ing floods have swept whole villages
away. Many Of the people had to stay in
trees two and three days, and about $50
camped on hill three miles from Monte
Cristi four days and nights without shell
ter or food. One child was born in the
time and, in the heavy wind and rain, no
help could reach the place. Not many
we're drowned but a great many contract
ed fever from the exposure. The Manns
lost all their animals except two horses,
and in their house, lower than the gov
eminent buildings, books and shelves
were covered with thick green mould.
The storm had ceased before Nov. 10, the
date Of the letter, and Mrs. Mann had
the house again in habitable con-
dition. Mr.. Mann is still at Belle
iourche, s. D., and may have to remain
there through the winter on account OF q
land claim he has taken up.
George x. Putnam, son OF @. w. A.
Putnam OF this place, had a narrow es-
cape from injury last Thursday, when the
kitchen stove exploded at his residence in
Montpelier. He had just closed the back
and front hampers Of the stove and
opened the damper to allow the smoke to
escape. Then be went out OF the room
moment to close the shed door and in the
two or three minutes he was gone the
stove exploded, blowing some Of the
pieces through a window, sending a small
gasolene stove, which stood near the
range, against the wall and scattering
Goals clear into the dining room, where
they set fire to the floor. Had Mr.. Put
nam been in the, room, he would, I'M
doubtedly, have been injured by the
metal and Goals, and had he left the
house, as be might have done Eve min
utes later, the Are started by the scattered
Goals would have been able 10 reach seri-
Gus proportions before discovered and an
alarm rung 10. II is supposed that there
was some moisture in the smoke pipe and
when Mr.. Putnam opened the damper In
this pipe the moisture created steam
which exerted the necessary pressure to
cause the explosion.