Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-03-11

barre were al Lyman 1ucnlnSOu'b 3 sun
day to meet their sister, Mrs. Carl
Thresher, and family, who went back to
Melrose Highlands, Mass, yesterday.
Lucius Webb of East Granville started
Tuesday for Key W est, Fla, for months
sojourn @there with his son, Dewitt
Webb, and family. Before his return, he
may extend his travels to Havana, Cuba.
Miss Blanche Sparhawk is to be the
solcist at a musicale to be given March %
/ by the woman's club OF Chicopee Falls,
Mass. During her absence Miss Spar
hawk will be the guest OF Miss Cora Mar
tin at Chicopee and of Miss Lucina Sax
ton at Holyoke, Mass.
Miss A. L. Pike Of NorthfeId, who had
been caring for Mrs. Josephine Spicer,
was called to Morrisville Monday by the
4 illness of a cousin. Mrs. Spicer is able
to be up now and is gradually regain
| ing use Of her left arm paralyzed by
shock sustained five weeks ago.
n. B. Salisbury and his son, Franklin,
+ DR.. and Mrs. f. o. Blanchard, Mr.. and
/ Mrs. E. H. AlIis and E. E. Brooks have
been in Boston this week on divers and
sundry excellent pretexts that are really
/ secondary to a desire to see the big auto
mobile show now in progress in that city.
Joseph Spooner, who lately bought the
Finn farm, has moved from the house of
4 Mrs. L. E. Lynch to the John Curran
place, where Mrs. Spooner and infant
child will stay until the middle Of May.
The house on the Finn farm is not fit for
occupancy and must be thoroughly re-
paired or rebuilt.
Miss Anna Louise, youngest daughter
Of Capt. and Mrs. B. F. Bowman, was
married at Fargo, N. D., Wednesday,
March 3, to Oscar Benjamin Nelson, a
travelling salesman. Mrs. Nelson will ac-
company her husband on his business
trip for time but after June 1st will be
at home in Minneapolis.
The Barre Times in its Cabot items
states that a notably increasing attend
ance approves the Union Sunday evening
services, which Revs. w. 7. Sparhawk
and F. E. Currier are holding in that
place, the congregation numbering $50
the evening Of Feb. 2S. Congregational
singing was led by piano, violin, clarinet
and fiute-the latter played by Mr.. Spar
hawk, who also took part in the trio
rendition of Gounod's "Ave Maria"
Mr.. and Mrs. Hudson Bailey, their
daughters, Ella and Alta, Mr.. and Mrs.
Finn Parmenter and little daughter are
to be in Randolph this summer after q
four years residence in South Pasadena,
Cal They intend to start eastward the
goth OF May and remain in this vicinity
until fall, when the return journey must
be made in time to reach South Pasadens
before the reopening Of the school from
which Miss Alta will be graduated
another spring.
Mrs. Mary McCriIlis Of Concord, who
Aoa ata -frrrr Frfn de IN Han.
doIph lately, has succeeded Miss Ellen
! Whitney In the household of J. B. FL
! dredge. Miss Whitney, after a long tern
of service, is obliged to give up work fol
while on account OF poor health and
has been at the sanatorium ten days fol
. treatment. She left there Saturday, re
turning to Mr.. Eldredge's. This morn
ing her mother, Mrs. Rose Whitney
came from Granville to take care Of her
The great Albini did some good STUNT
at Chandler Music hall last night
especially in telepathy, but rather spoiled
the effect of his work by q rather i'm
pertinent tone and manner and a string
! OF cheap witticisms. The vaudeville
company depended largely on personsltiei
! for a hit but was redeemed in somS
, measure by its dancing and juggling acts
] Albini seemed to be suffering from
crouch against a certain travelling sales
[ man who had been to town and given
/ Door recommendation to the show, which
J after all, did not altogether prove thl
salesman hopeless prevsricator.
q H. NJ. Totfnan has just issued his tentl
anniversary catalogue of seeds, bedding
D and vegetable plants grown in the larges
e and most modern greenhouses in Yer
mont, which already have 5000 squar
: feet Of glass and are to be increased by
! large annex this spring. The catalogu
! is illustrated by an exterior view Of th
: houses, by an interior view of one OF tn
Ncarnation houses, a picture Of Easte
lilies grown by Mr.. Totman, OF n morn
ing's cut of flowers and Of the Kimbal
2 Public library, showing the pleasing
: effect of window boxes. All sorts OF veg
= etable and flower seeds, plants ant
shrubs are described and priced in th
T catalogue.
;. The annual convention of District No
g 8, Royal Arch Masons, is to be held witt
.. Whitney chapter in Randolph this after
noon and evening. The district include
/. Randolph. Montpelier, Bradford, Water
' bury and Barre, and besides represents
r tives from those chapters, Olin w. Daley
!. grand high priest, and David A. Elliott
grand lecturer. both of White Rive
Junction, and George n. Tilden of Barre
district deputy grand high priest, are ez
:, pected to be present. A chapter of Roys
y Arch Masons will be opened in form a
2:30 O'Clock by Whitney chapter. ID. I
Howe, high priest, and lodge Of Mar
Master Masons will be opened and th
degree conferred by King Solomon char
ter of Montpelier, w. II. Herrick, hig
priest. A banquet will be served at til
Randolph Inn at 6 o'clock. Whitne
chapter will confer the Royal Arch degrs
in the evening and the work will be II
viewed by Grand Lecturer Elliott.
4owe's tioppodroue Moving Picture
The Chandler Music hall directors haV
succeeded in securing the Lyman +
Howe Special New York Hippodron
company for Thursday evening, March i
r This company has been touring the lar
er cities only since its engagement at Il
- Hippodrome, perhaps the largest an
grandest staged play house in the worl'
A New York daily recently said :.
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