Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-01-13

NASSAU. lney VIII Oe away 3 month OF
more.
c. II. Ingalls, was in Northheld over
Sunday and brought home with him Mrs.
Blanche Grant of Boston, who had taken
the remains of her father to Northfeld
for interment and was on her way back
tothe city. She was the guest OF Mr..
and Mrs. Ingalls, until Tuesday.
Mrs. Eugene Briggs has received word
OF the death of her aunt, Mrs. Betsy E.
Glennie OF Philadelphia, Jan. 3 ct the age
OF 80 years. The deceased was a daughter
OF the late Elisha Ford OF Granville and
is survived by two brothers, Joel Ford OF
Los Angeles, CAL, and Jonas Ford of
Janesville, Wis.
The stockholders OF the Randolph Ma
tional bank held their annual meeting
Tuesday and elected these directors :--E.
A. Thomas, Willard Gay, o. B. Copeland
and Charles @. Dubois. Mr.. Thomas
was chosen president; Mr. Gay, vice pres
ident; Mr.. Copeland, cashier, and r. o.
Copeland, assistant cashier.
Mr.. Goodrich OF Winooski has bought
the Powers farm, which has been carried
on by Earl Powers since the death of his
father, the late Heman Powers. This
farm OF 800 acres, beautifully located,
with new buildings, 20 head OF cattle and
a large amount OF other personal property,
was sold for $1,000 to Mr.. Goodrich,
who will soon take possession.
This winter has 80 far proved uucom-
monty healthful -distressingly so the
physicians call it-and not in years has
there been so little sickness. There have
been few cases OF pneumonia hut hardly
grip enough to mention. After consider
ing this pleasant condition of things 1t
might be well for everybody to rap on
wood SO as not to spoil the charm for the
winter is not over yet.
o. r. Greene, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. W.
Campbell and Mrs. c. s. Booth drove to
Waitsheld Tuesday to install officers for
The |. o. .. +. and Rebekah lodges OF
that place Tuesday night and were in
Warren on the same business last night.
Tomorrow night they install in Williams
town. Mr.. Greene and Mrs. Booth are
district deputies and Mr.. and Mrs. Camp
bell are their marshals.
Clestic G. Stevens, who opened car
riage shop in the Cushman building on
Central street some months ago, has
bought OF ID. A. Spooner for 1890 the
house on Pearl street, in which L. j.
Blakely and family have been living.
Mr.. Stevens will move from Beanville as
soon as Mr.. Blaksly can occupy the cot
tage, which 8. A. Smith is finishing of at
the corner of Pearl and South Pleasant
streets.
r. s. Tracy has an eccentric hen that
persists in laying in the middle OF the
night and disturbing the rest OF the roost
BY her untimely cackling. A fowl Of
such disorderly habits must be decidedly
unpopular inmate of the henhouse and
even, with eggs at 40 cents q dozen,
ought to encounter some pretty sharp
pecks as we'll as indignant auaw kings
and ruffiing OF feathers until sne consents
to attend to business in business hours.
Announcement has Just been made OF
the marriage Of Miss Ellen NJ, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank g. Seymour, to |
Howard ID. Baker, Dec. IS, at South Nor
walk, Conn, where the couple are to re-
side. The bride is granddaughter OF |
the late fra Williams OF this place. The
announcement, Connecticut paper
states, was q great surprise to the South
Norwalk friends, who were not slow in
bhoWofiuB uNs auu WITS Ihker WIN cOH-
gratulations.
Lyman Hutchinson returned Saturday
from Christmas visit to his daughter,
Mrs. Carl Thresher, in Melrose High
lands, Mass, and to his other children in
Manchester and Barre. His brother, Hon.
James Hutchinson, whose Washington
trip was delayed by an attack of illness in
New York, recovered so that he finally
continued his journey to the Capital under
the escort OF a nephew, William Hutchin-
son OF Washington, " ho went to New
York to bear him company. Since his ar
rival in Washington Judge Hutchinson
has been feeling better and will probably
remain there through the coldest OF the
y inter.
District Deputy Grand Patriarch Alex 9
Duncan OF Barre, assisted by District
Deputy Grand Warden II. W. Scott of the
anne place, installed the following off,
'ers for Excelsior encampment, No. "a, /. .
}. o. F., Friday night Chief Patriarch,
". w. Campbell; high priest, franklin
|. Salisbury; senior warden, Frank Saw
'er; junior warden, o. r. Greene; scribe,
". G. Emerson; treasurer, W. II. Pelton
irst guard, n. G. Buck second. V. A.
irant; third, DIR. e. II. stearns; fourth,
=. q. Erskine; inside sentinel, p. J. ]
blanchard. An oyster supper followed the \
and there we're present as
isitors Messrs. Olges and Philbrick OF
,arre.
The new fittings for the Randolph post
flee have arrived from the manufactur-
RS, the Boufn- Hadley company OF Tenn
Teton, Mass, and will he put in place
ext Sunday. In order to facilitate the
'ork, and have things In some kind OF :
hape for business the next day, the office
'ill be open TO the public Sunday from
D in the morning only, and given over
ntirely 10 the workmen the rest Of the
ay. The new box partition will extend +
ut into the outer Office several feet in the =
'ianguiar form and add thHt much space K
} the inner Office, where il il very much q
seded. All the lock boxes viii be at the :
1ex Of the triangle aud there will be 65 n
ore oi them than at present, while the
lmbeF Of call boxes will be increased By
). The carload OF fittings and furnish
.gs, which reached hers Tuesday, was 4
lied At $3.50 pounds and included post
hoe paraphernalia OF the latest and most
lproved designs. The department, in
nsentiug 10 the remodeling. signifed
intention to give this Office as good an