Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-11-25

In Riainneld alter q comparatively ehor
illness with yalvular-heart trouble. ID
had heen feeling far from wen and wal
supposed TO be suffering from a stow fevel
Tor some time before the trouble plainly
declared itself, but thereafter his decline
WAS very rapid. He was 3 member Of the
Plainfeld school board and bad been
about recently attending to his Official
duties, although be had not been able
personally 10 carry on bis farm all sum-
mer. Within ten months have occurred
the deaths Of Mr.. Noble, bis wife, who
succumbed TO tuberculosis, ana his
mother, the late Mrs. Fannie Noble, who,
during The last of her life, lived with her
sister, Mrs. J. j. Trerise, In this village.
The deceased left twin, W. A. Noble OF
Burlington, and two other brothers, Dr..
z. {. Noble Of Boston and Homer Noble
OF Tyngsborough, Mass, all of whom,
with their cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. EIwin
Scott OF Barre, we're at the funeral service
held in Plainfield Sunday.
Miss Fannie Howard and Mrs. May
Kicker have purchased Mrs. Ida Mann's
stock OF goods and have become proprie-
tors OF the Ladies' Furnishing store in
the 0'Connor block. Miss Howard has
had five years Of valuable mercantile ex-
perienee, both East and West, and for the
last three years has been the very efficient
saleswoman in charge OF the suit and
cloak department of r. A. Thomas store.
Her associate, Mrs. Kicker, possesses I'M
commonly good business ability and for
time clerked in the store Of A. q. Nichol-
son at Bell Brothers stand. Both ladies
are well and fayorably known in this vi
cinity, and, by every prospect, the new
firm seems assured OF success. Miss
Howard and Mrs. Kicker expect to go 10
Boston Sunday to lay in a fresh stock OF
ladies' furnishings, art goods, ETC., aud
Intend to be ready for business by the
first OF December. Miss Howard's place
in the Thomas store will be temporarily
filled for few weeks By Mrs. J. +.
Tewksbury.
Troubles Of Reporter
Of course, reporters have no troubles
worth mentioning as everybody knows
and what they might possibly consider
trouble resembles the real thing only as
s'the mist resembles the rain" Yet un-
der the above head, the Bellows Falls
Times recently gave utterance to this
reproachful plant -
"There are still few people left in
Bellows Falls who do not understand un-
der what classification q reporter comes.
They DO not really know whether be is q
nuisance and q busy body, or earning
legitimate bread by the lively experience Of
eyes, tongue and legs. These people
greet reporter, II they greet one at all,
in patronizing way and leave the inn
preston that they think they have done
he AA.rhofI
and that giving the information desired
il quite beyond what should be expected.
II they condeseended to give any in
formation they are careful to specify what
should appear in print and what should
not. They do not understand that when
reporter Is given an assignment Il is ex-
pected that all the facts in the case will
be faithfully reported to the newspaper
Office, and that there, what shall, and
what shall not, be printed is to be care
fully and considerably determined"
Randolph and Bellows Falls are two
very different places and. IL the ridiculous
attitude bewailed in the above paragraph |
is really a marked Characteristic Of Bel
lows Falls, the advantage in point Of
good breeding and gentle courtesy GER
tainly lies with Randolph. Civilly APP
preached, this public civilly responds, so
far as actual experience goes, and though 4
IL Is possible that there may be some I'M
planed specimens of the genus homo liv-
ing In this favored township, as vet they /
have not been Of sufficient local interest,
even, to make II worth while to ring
their doorbells. There is small likeli-
hood that any raging thirst for news re-
garding such people will develop unless
they should happen to drop dead or be
dragged into court, in which events the
can be safely left to the
coroner or the prosecuting attorney. II
does seem, however, as though the
naughty mien, from which the Times
1ffice claims to suffer, would be produc-
i've Of genuine amusement rather than ir-
,itation, and that a scribe, equipped with
ust faint sense OF humor and a moder-
ltely sharp pencil, could make said mien
10 better service by way Of an item than
III the information the naughty one
night possess on any subject In the heav-
ms above, or the earth beneath or in the
waters under the earth.
Still one touch OF human nature makes
Randolph and Bellows Falls somewhat
kin, and that Is the seemingly irresisti
lie impulse to give wise advice as to the
reatment of news. II matters not that
paper conducted according to that wise
dvice might just as well be mailed blank
o the subscribers as daubed with ink; for
here would be absolutely nothing in 1t
kept columns OF words to be found at
ny time in a dictionary. They will vol
tell you what to leave out-al- /
rays what to leave out unless they
hould wish to use your hand in the
hastisement of an offending neiRhbor,
hen they are voluble rs to what you
ught to put in. And in this gratuitous
Instruction received; the commonsense, :
be feeble glimmerings of reason and
alignment with which the advice may be 9
are not so over estimated but
bat surge OF gratitude should occasion
Ily sweep over the soul ct the thought Of
, irresponsible and dangerous 9 creature, .
J a reporter, being allowed to roam at :
Irge.
Nevertheless there is balm in Giiead,
andolph and Bellows Falls in the refiec- ,
on that the newspaper worker is not the 2
MY being deluged with advice. Every
ody has to take II and il generally Z
,mes unsought. II is the one thing In !
lie oost Of living which doesn't go up. !
is always and everywhere cheap and Z