Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-08-04

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were recent visitors OF the formers aunt,
Mrs. Moses Spaulding, at whose home F..
z. Bacon OF Waterbury has been sick this
week, threatened with a fever. He was
so much better as to be out yesterday.
At the A. T. Neff farm, known sa the
Russlow farm, in the Tatro neighborhood,
Rev. A. c. Gilmore has been camping
this week with a party OF boys-I au-
renee Leonard, Wilmar and Olin Angel,
Paul Nef, Paul Russlow, Martin Scott,
Albert Lucia and Robert Thayer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Billings and 10
months-old twins, Lorraine and Loretta,
" no had been fhe guests OF Mr.. Billings
mother, Mrs. II. e. Morse, during weeks
vacation, departed Monday to Montpelier,
where Mr.. Billings is connected with the
National Life Insurance company.
Miss Lucinda Dupuis has changed her
place of business from Philadelphia to
Boston, where she is now operating q
monotype machine for the Boston News
Bureau and rooming at Mrs. Ida Mann's.
This substitute work she expects to finish
the first OF September and will then come
to Randolph.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. R. Sargent have been
receiving q visit from q sister-in-law, Mrs.
L. w. Fuller Of Rdtland, and a niece,
Miss Marion Mckenzie OF CGstleton, who
were conveyed to Rutland Tuesday by the
Sargent auto. They were accompanied by
Mrs. Sargent and her son, who returned
the same night.
A party consisting OF Miss Mary Ad-
ans from this place, Miss Gertrude Ed
son from the Center, Misses Gertrude Ba-
con and Zoe Hill of Chelsea, Miss Gladys
Parker Of .Brookheld, Miss Charlotte Ry-
der Of Bellows Falls, Miss Frances Harvey
Of White River Junction and Miss Isabel
Adams OF Post Mills are in camp at j. B.
Adams cottage, Fairlee lake.
Charles =. Boyer o philadelphia, a sum.
mer visitor at the Center, was taken to
the sanatorium Saturday suffering from
fever that bids fair to Keep him patient
there some time longer. In order to be
near him, Mrs. Boyer and Mrs. Jennie
Rogers OF Philadelphia, who came with
them, have left the Old Homestead for
quarters in this village and are boarding
at F. w. Jewett's.
Last Sunday Chief Judge J. W. Rowell
accompanied Rev. Joseph Hamilton to
Bethel Gilead and addressed the Sunday
school. The Judge spoke very interesting
Iy OF the days when, as q lad, he used to
attend this same church, and noted some
OF the changes that have taken place
since. The church building is about to
be painted and reshingled and some other
repairs may also be made.
A party of eight at the Inn from
Springfield, Mass., include Mr.. and Mrs.
Julian AIbee and two daughters, MIR. AL
bees business partner, O. L. Brown, Mrs.
Brown, Miss Eleanor Brown and Will
Higgins. Mrs. Albee is remembered in
Randolph as Carrie Snow, a daughter OF
N. Osgood Snow, the painter, long resi-
dent OF this village. Her husband, who
is a city official, was called to Springfield
Tuesday to give days attention to ur-
gent matters.
Postmaster ]. B. Eldredge has sent to
Washington an application for the estAb-
lishment OF q postal savings bank In the
local Office, and Cashier o. B. Copeland
has asked that the Randolph National
bank be made the repository OF its funds. |
1t win probably be some six months be-
fore the postal bank can be opened. All
the receiving of deposits and issuing OF
bank books will be done at the postofiice,
the government paying two per cent on
deposits and then placing them in lump
sums in the repository banks at rate OF
two and a half per cent.
Those whose astronomical enthusiasm
was not completely exhausted by Halley's
comet will be interested to learn that
brilliant display OF natural sky rockets
is expected to be seen next Tuesday night
when q bunch of meteors travelling at
speed will become ignited BY
friction with the earth's atmosphere and
burst into flame. The shooting stars OF
August are believed to be bodies revolv-
ing around the sun in an elliptical orbit
and the earth crosses a stream OF them
4, ,OO0. 900 miles wide. The August me-
teoric shower is supposed to have direct
effect upon the weather in preventing the
heat Of the earth from radiating into
space.
The Grange Dramatic club now has q
fund OF $3.50 towards the new town clock,
which will cost at least $500 and possibly
1850. This means an illuminated clock
IN the tower Of the railroad station but
not one that will strike, as strikers, OF all
kinds, are expensive ana il would require
$500 or $500 to purchase striking clock.
The sum Of $3.50 would, however, cover
not only the timepiece but all the prepar-
atory work that would be needed on the
tower. A standing clock, at the post
Office corner, which has also been consid-
cred. could not be bought for less than