Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-02-10
Randolph.
GEORGIA WHITE. Local Editor.

Norwich university over Saturday and
Sunday.
Misses Laura and Pauline Hutchinson
are staying with their aunt, Miss Annie
Whitcomb, in Pitts6eId.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Braman of Wash
ington and Mrs. Fred Field OF Mortified
Foster.
Miss Katherine p. Wood is teaching in
Brownsville to- complete the last three
weeks of term begun by another
teacher.
Mr.. aud Mrs. C. NJ. Ayers and grand
son of Montpelier were guests OF Mrs.
Ayers sister, Mrs. j. II. Williams, and
family Sunday.
Mrs. George c. Flint and daughter re-
I turned Monday from a visit Of several
days to Mrs. Flint's sister, Mrs. Arthur
Brown, in Berlin.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. P. Sanford have gone
I to Winchester, Mass, to remain some
\ time with their daughters, Mrs. John Alb
bolt and Mrs. Charles q. Dubois.
I Miss Jessie Chedel, student at Tilton
seminary, near franklin, N. H., has
7 fallen a victim to measles, OF which there
are reported to be so cases at Iilton.
Miss Blanche Sparhawk is visiting
Miss Alice Warden in st. Johnsbury and
attended the Guest Night gathering Of the
st. Johnsbury Woman's club Monday.
The swauton Courier has not forgotten
r. w. Morse's sensational bath in Berlin
pond last summer and suggests, "Sinee
Montpelier's water supply is low and
needs raising, why not let Kim do il by
taking another plunge"
Frank Palmer, the 2s-year-old baker
from Montpelier who was arrested in this
place the I'd inst, pleaded guilty in
police court last Thursday morning to q
first offence Of intox ication and was sent
to Chelsea jail for 20 days.
A. F. Adams, manager OF the Randolph
branch OF Clark Il McMaster's music
store in Montpelier, has lately sold a nice
Merrill piano to Miss Agnes st0ddard OF
Montpelier and one OF the Norris q Hyde
make to Fred Washburn of the Center.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jasper n. Lamson, who
joined a Raymond a Whitcomb travel
party Jan. ~ in a trip TO Florida and the
Bahama Islands, have had a very pleasant
month in the Bahamas and are now at
Jacksonville, Fla, for another month.
Earl Powers left town Saturday for q
months sbsence, during which he will
visit his sisters, Mrs. c. B. Ford, in
Brattleboro, Mrs. II. J. Corwin, in
Lowell, Mass, and Mrs. Sadie Bruce,
who is living in the family Of Pearl Brad
ford at New buryport, Mass.
Mrs. Jane Dutton, who had been
spending a fortnight with her sister,
Mrs. Ruth Abbott, at Walter Howard's,
returned to Greenfield Mass, Saturday,
taking Mrs. Abbott With her in the hope
that change may hasten the latter's
complete recovery from a hard bronchial
cold.
Over 80 OF the woman's Relief corps
had q fine sleigh ride Friday afternoon to
the Soper farm where they we're cordially
greeted and most pleasantly entertained
by Mr.. aud Mrs. Frank Fish. A few
members of L. s. Grant post joined the
ladies' in the bountiful oyster supper and
the social evening following it.
Gov. @. H. Prouty OF Newport, o. ID.
Mathewson, principal Of the Barre high
school, Prof. Walter r. Howard OF Mid
dlebury college and II. ]. Stannard, prin-
cipal Of the Barton high school, members
OF the State Board OF Education, met at
the Randolph Inn Friday night in regu-
lar monthly session OF the Board. Only
ordinary educational matters occupied
their attention, and the next day was
spent by Mr.. stannard at the Normal
school.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Keefe OF Barre
brought the body of their daughter,
~ RanAnlnh
Sunday for burial in the Catholic ceme-
terry. The little girl was taken i'll the LIST
inst. with appendicitis, from which II
was thought she might recover without
an operation. Friday she grew so much
worse that she was hurried to the Barre
hospital but died before anything could
be done for her relief. Mrs. Keete, who
is a daughter Of Jerry Goodhart OF this
village, has buried four children and has
Ave living. A son died about three years
ago.
]. c. Rockwell, who used to be in part
nership with II. ID. Sault in the black
smithing business here, has been em-
nloyed Of late Is blacksmith in the round
house OF the Central Vermont railway at
White River junction and narrowly es-
capped fatal injury there some days ago.
He was holding a drill for another man
to strike " hen the hammer slipped from
the drill and struck Mr.. Rockwell slant
ing blow back OF the ear. He fell uncon-
scious, and though the blow just missed
being a fatal one, he received an injury
that kept him under the Doctors care
several days.
DR.. Charles Paine ThaYer, who died at
Atlantic City, N. j., Feb. /, was born in
this town Jan. %, 1S4a, and had, conse-
quently, just passed his 9th birthday an
niversary. He was the only son al the
late DR.. S. w. Tbayer and his mother
was sister of DR.. E. H. Williams OF Phila-
delphia, benefactor OF the University OF
Vermont. DR.. Charles Thayer entered !
the University OF Vermont in the class oil
1854 but, like many OF his fellow stu
dents, he left college to serve in the Civil
war. However, he was graduated from
the medical department in 1855, and the
academic department gave him the degree
of A. NJ. in 1899.
The Randolph Woman's Literary club
met Saturday afternoon with Miss Z.
Rate Howard at the home OF Mrs. Z. +.