Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-06-09
Randolph.
GEORGIA WHITE. Local Editor.

a severe illness.
The ladies of Bethany guild cleared s15
from the supper served in the Parish
house last Thursday.
c. w. & F. C. W. Hayward have sold a
22-horsepower Ford touring car to Robert
F. Waterman Of Royslton.
Clarence Emery is with his father,
Alonzo Emery, during a ten days yaca-
ton from his loan and real estate bust
ness in Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. A. Flint had with
them over Sunday Mrs. Flint's sister,
Mrs. L. F. Wheeler OF Lexington, Mass,
who was on her way to Richtord.
Mrs. Ida W. Mahoney OF Ludlow has
been giving a successful demonstration OF
Adams Mineral soap at the store OF E. W.
Tewksbury & Co. and went from this
place to Mortified yesterday.
{. NJ. Gutterson Of Springfield was at
W. r. sargent's Sunday and Monday to
sec his sister, Mrs. NJ. L. Fuller, who is
still in a feeble state OF health as the re-
suit OF slight shock sustained the mid
I die OF April.
Mr.. and Mrs A. Elbridge Holman
went to Springfield, Mass, Monday TO be
! the guests OF their brother, Frank Hol-
man, until yesterday, when Mrs. Holman
/ left for New York to sail today for Glas-
gov, Scotland She expects to stay in
her native country all summer at least.
The Public Service commission has
fixed on Friday, July list, as the date OF
! its appearance in Randolph to investigate
the grade crossing on School street and
the South Main street crossing, in re-
Spouse TO a petition presented to It re-
Gently. There will be a public hearing,
to which interested citizens are invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Rayner and
baby OF Rochester, who had been board
ing at F. w. Jewett's the last ten days,
began housekeeping yesterday in the low
er part Of the n. M. Draper house, which
Mr. Rayner has rented furnished. Mrs.
Draper has reserved the upper part OF the
house for her own use. Mr.. Rayner is
general agent for the Equitable Accident
Insurance company Of Boston.
The directors of the Randolph Brain
tree Brookfeld Fish and Game Protective
league met at the Randolph Inn Friday
morning and voted to have the annual
banquet 10 East Braintree the 22nd OF
June, " hen State Fish and Game Com
missioner II. q. Thomas Of Stowe will be
present. President @. w. Flagg, Secre-
tary Guy CIough, Lyman Hutchinson. A.
NJ. Vaughan, J. w. Untiedt, d. d. Howe
and X. II. Howard were at the meeting
Friday. and on Mr.. Howe was placed the
responsibility OF securing speakers for the
banquet.
Miss sibyl Carr, who died at the
Waterbury hospital the 3lst ult., had
been in poor health for the last five years,
but her condition was not considered crit
ical, and her immediate decease was
quite unexpected miss Carr, !" saws the
Waterbury Record, chad spent most Of
her life in Waterbury and for many years
was faithful employee at the Waterbury
Inn, v here she won the esteem OF all. She
was so years OF age, and is survived by
one brot her, Matthew Carr Of this place,
who has been a true brother and has done
everything to make the last years Of his
sisters life happy ones. "
Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Morton are enter
tanning Mrs. Louise (Chittenden) smyth
OF New York, whose girlhood days were
spent in Randolph and who was married
here in 1851 to the late q. B. Smyth. II
Is about IS years since she has been in
town before. Mrs. Smyth il a great
granddaughter OF Thomas Chittendeni
the first governor OF this state snd one OF
Vermontis famous men. Her grandfath-
err. Martin Chittenden, son OF Thomas,
was the second governor, and her mater
nal prandsire, Huckins storrs, was a lieu
tenant in the army. His commission,
n lanes
Monroe. hangs in Kimball Public library
with the picture Of Martin Chittenden,
both having been presented BY Mrs.
smyth.
The fire alarm sounded at 8 O'Clock Fri |
day afternoon for a blaze at the G. NJ |
Howard house on South Main street, but
the fire was extinguished by Mrs. Walter
Howard with a few pals Of water before
the hose company could reach the scene
Mrs. Howard's daughter, Mrs. Frank /
Dewey, drove down from Brookheld and 1
had her horse hitched in the barn just be- |
fore noon. When she went out to get 4
the team in the afternoon she found the
manRer afire in front OF the horse and 4
the flames soaring up through the feed /
hole TO the hay in the loft. Il is sup /
posed that when the horse was put in the
barn, a spark or ashes from pipe must 4
have dropped into the manger aud 1
smouldered there until it burst into \
blaze which was discovered just in time to /
prevent disastrous results.
Tuesday, June IA, viii be the lsSrd snni-
yersarv OF the adoption of the national
flae and the American Flag association
hopes that the Star SpanRled Banner will
lloat from every home and place Of husi'
ness on that day. June IA, 1877, Con-
gress adopted resolution providing that
the flag Of the Is states in the union
should be 10 stripes, alternating red and
v bite, and the union should be ID stars,
y bite in blue field. The 13 stripes still
the IS original states but the
y bite stars on the blue field have in
creased to 46 for the states Of the union,
which has seven territories besides. Al
though not holiday, Flag day has come
10 be quite generally observed all over the
country through the efforts OF patriotic
societies and on Tuesday next let Old
Glory be fiung TO the breeze in Randolph,
which has never yet been found lacking
n love Of country or in honor to the EN-