Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-09
AROUND TOWN IN BETHEL.

Miss Maybelle Aspinwall. of Lebanon,
N. H., has been visiting friends in town.
Allen Durham has bought the farm
now occupied by VIM. j. Rogers.
Miss Kate Martin of Rochester is the
guest of f. l.. Martin, her brother
J.D. Cushing has sold the Thomas
Lynch farm to Franklin White OF Barn
ard.
For sALE.-A set of two-horse tray
erse sleds. Enquire Of GALE OsGooD,
Bethel, VT.
Il. b. Martin of Rochester spent the
Sabbath with his son, F. l.. Martin
in this village.
Alley Bros q Place are buildings bark
shed 100 feet long at their tannery' WITH
Deacon Edwin Fisher as master builder
and architect.
4 novel sight for this season of the
year was base ball playing by the school
boys on New Years day.
The Arad Benson place in the west
part of the town has been sold to X. I.
West of stockbridge.
Alvertus Corey, the hedgehog hunter,
killed twelve of those animals during the
INST year. vert" is death on the var
mints.
Harvey WEIGH of Montpelier was the
guest of his sister, Miss Hattie WEIGH,
over Sunday.
The high school scholars are to pre-
sent the drama Under the Laurels near
| tho close of the prpspnt term.
Miss Carrie Curtis has gone to Laconia,
N. H., where she has lucrative sltua-
ton teaching.
Lee Cadv has so far recovered from his
recent illness as to be able to resume his
duties as clerk in the hardware store OF
Upper & Martin.
George Abbott was in town several
DAYS last week and moved his family anu |
household goods to Quechee.
Miss jessie Whitaker is visiting her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Web
ster.
The Week of Prayer is being observed |
by the Congregational church.
Six car loads of fat sheep were shipped |
from this station on Monday, 9. ii. Kid |
der loading cars and Whipple & Farm
ham and Forrest Southland cars.
The ring of the hammer at the black
smith shop of James Mannix has not
been heard during the past week, the
proprietor giving his entire attention to
an attack of humps.
The handsomest ard most artistic cal
endar we have received comes from the
Smith & Anthony Stove Co., of Boston.
1t is sold for 25c. in stamps.
Only ten marriages were recorded at
the town clerks office during the year
1888. As this is less than half the aver
age number in previous years it would
indicate that the many, merry, modest,
manageable maids of this town did not
take advantage of their leap year priyil-
eyes to any great extent.
The lecture which was to have been
delivered at the Universalist church
by Rev. John kimball on sunday evening
last was postponed owing to the storm,
until next Sunday evening at the same
place Subject, Universal Religion
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders OF the National White River
Bank, held on Tuesday. the eutire board
of officers We're reelected.
The annual meeting of the Unyersalist
Society which was to have been held last
Monday evening was postponed until
Monday evening OF next week
o. r. Blossom who has something of
a reputation in this town as a sugar max
or, took advantage of the favorable wealth
er and tapped portion of his sugar or
chard. He was rewarded by a fair run
of sap and brought To the village the first
maple sugar made and marketed in 1883.
A planning mill for dressing clapboards I
has been placed in the basement of +.
NJ. Weston's building, the water wheel
in the old chair shop notdeveloping pow
er enough to do the business. {
Miss Ella Hutchins, clerk in the post
Office, has been on the sick list for sever
al days and her place has been supplied
by James A. Graham.
merry party of young people enjoy
ed ''straw ride to South Royaton and
return last Saturday afternoon. The trip
was made In large farm wagon, clean
straw being used as "A substitute for seats
and iap-robes, etc, and the bumpity /
bump of the heavy wagon over the rough
frozen ground was said to heighten ratn-
er than lessen the enjoyment of the occa-
sion.
Owing to the illness of one of the mem
bers of the company, the dramatic enter
which was advertised to be Civ q
Ell on Thursday and Friday evenings last :
week, was postponed one night to allow 9
another actor to learn the part. A good
sized audience attended the entertainment
Friday evening but Saturday eve the
number was rather meager. A social ,
dance was held each evening.
There is one individual ia town who :
has reason to doubt his ability as a man
ager of dances and as pugilist. 1t was
clearly demonstrated to the aforesaid
citizen, and hammered into his Uranium !
with considerable muscular force. that
he was no great shakes" as dictator.
The way il occurred was thus: On Nom
day evening dance was in progress am !
Ong the French tenants in the s'Beehiye'-
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