Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-05-27

Mrs. R. J. Kimball and daughters ex-
pect to leave Brooklyn the middle of June
for their summer sojourn at Montague
Place.
Mrs. W. W. Case and younger daugh-
ter came last night from Spring Geld,
Mass, and are to be at A. A. Priests for
a week.
Mrs. W. H. Roberts arrived last night
from Manchester and will be joined at
the Hutchinson farm tomorrow By Mr..
Roberts.
Charles Thurston and Miss Marion
Harrington spent Sunday in Northheld as
the guests OF Mr.. Thurston's daughter
in-law, Mrs. Alice Thurston.
Mrs. A. T. worthiem. who had been
visiting her parents in Brookfield and her
sister, Mrs. George Bryant, in this viii
lage, returned to Richmond yesterday.
Mrs. Annie GoodeIl Of Hanover, n. H.,
is caring for her sister, Mrs. Horace H.
Howard. who has been in miserable
health for a long time from heart disease
and other troubles.
E. W. Tewksbury came back from
York Beach, Me-, Monday, leaving his
mother, Mrs. A. B. Tewksbury, quite
comfortable though in a feeble condition
from her recent snOck.
Miss Rebecca Harding. the guest of
Mrs. c. NJ. Howprd. took her departure
to Springfield, Mass, yesterday after q
sojourn Of three weeks in Randolph for
the benefit of her health.
R. B. Demeritt OF Waterbury and n.
W. Vail have been engaged this week in
distributing seed corn to the farmers, and
have already 235 acres secured for the
canning factory with fair prospect of
$50 acres before the planting season Is
over.
The Central meat market, which was
opened in the Howard block last Noyem-
Der by w. II. Giffin of Burlington and
e. A. Smith, was closed Monday by Mr..
Smith, its sole proprietor, who is negoti-
ating with g possible successor in the
business.
Rev. W. T. Sparhawk is to deliver an
address on "The Message of Modern
Evangelism before the Washington
County conference OF Cong'l churches In
Montpelier Tuesday, June /. Mr.. Spar
hawk preached before the G. A. R. at the
union service in Cabot last Sunday.
All the stores of this village-except
tbose OF v. A. Grant, H. A. Leonard and
F. II. Joslyn-will be closed from to
O'Clock Saturday afternoon, during the
Memorial day exercises OF U. s. Grant
post. The barber shops will be open un-
til 9 o'clock Friday night and will close
Saturday noon for the rest Of the day.
DR.. ]. H. Kiniry, who mas been q very
efficient assistant in the dental Office
OF DR.. f. o Blanchard, for some months,
is to leave here next week for his home in
NJ - -
his fathers business in Sthe latter's alb
sence. Later, DR.. Kiniry may open
dental Office OF his own in Bellows Falls.
One hundred and fourteen bound vol
umes of magazines and twenty-four valu-
able miscellaneous books. together with
many unbound magazines, ell from the
library Of the late Rev. Elbridge Gerry,
for many years a resident OF Randolph,
have been presented to the Kimball Pub
lie library by the authorities OF Bethany
church.
F. A. Griswold took his case Of fishing
tackle to Braintree pond a few days ago
with the intention Of hooking = mess Of
trout for supper. On opening the case,
however, he found that his reel With
from IS to 100 feet OF line had been stolen
and, as be couldn't poke the FISH out OF
the water with his rod, be had to revise
his bill OF fare.
George w. Pierce OF Brattleboro, a
former master OF the State Grange and
well known in Randolph through his
E long connection with the Patrons of Hus-
bandry, died Sunday evening at DR.. Rus
sells private sanitarium in Winchendon,
Mass. Death was due 10 heart failure.
He had been in poor physical condition
4 for year and five years ago had a severe
attack Of nervous prostration. He was
born in Westminster, Dec. 3, 1851, and
had been identified with the Grange SO
years. He had also served as secretary OF
/ the Vermont Dairymen's association and
was q member Of the special tax commits
sion appointed by Governor Pronty. He
organized the Windham County Fish and
\ Game Protective association and was a
judge at the Boston Horse show. having
been appointed i've years ago. He left a
wife, five sons aud daughter.