Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-07-04
AROUND TOWN IN BETHEL.

hhuUUU iUUN IN DE- HELs
Miss Alice Willard of Boston lis visit
ing her home.
l.. ;. Bird is enjoying new potatoes
from his garden.
William Bliss has had his farm house
covered with metal roofing.
Mrs. f. Adelaide Shedd is visiting
friends in Haydenville, Mass.
Miss Mary Chamberlain is visiting
friends in Maine and Massachusetts,.
The many friends in town of Miss
Catherine Southwick of New York City
were pleased to have her visit in Bethel
several days during the past week.
Edwin Kittredge has entered his trot
ting mare '.Wypsey'' for the races in
Barre to-day DULY y and at the Yer
mont Horse Breeders meeting at Rut-
land Aug. 2s-30.
David Dyke has improved his residence
by the addition of double piazza and a
bay window.
Ira Ellis was one of the graduates at
Goddard Seminary, Barre last week and
has returned home.
Miss Abbie Fisher, who is engaged in
teaching in Attleboro, Mass. is spending
her vacation at home.
Rev. A. j. Smith of Pittsfield exchang-
ed pulpits with Rev. A. X. Crawford
last Sabbath.
silas Blakely is going to give the mar
ried life another trial as will be seen by
the marriage column.
Daniel Putnam, son of J. b. Putnam
is TO enter Dartmouth the next term.
Druggist Millers son has gone to Que
bee and Montreal where he Is to enter a
school.
Dean Upper has broken up house
keeping in sylvester's block and is TO
live with Rev. ;. A. Parker through the
winter. Mr. Tupper's daughter, Nan,
with friend came Tuesday for yaea-
ton.
Workmen are repairing the X. II.
bridge at the upper end OF the village.
Mrs. Hiram Blodgett of Mortified
was in town Tuesday.
Mrs. G. G. Stearns and daughter Ade-
laide visited IN Northfield last week.
There was quite lively game of base
ball here last week especially the last
inning between the Bethels and West
Randolph clubs. Score, Randolphs 20,
Bethels Is, the Bethels made II runs in
the last inning.
We are very glad to learn that our
young friend George Ballou whose home
i just beyond the town line in Royalton
received the 2nd prize for speaking at
the commencement az Norwich Universe
" last week. We wish it had been the
LIST prize but never mind we think he
twill get there next time.
The Universalist ladies held an ice
cream party last evening, Wed, on the
lawn at the residence OF j. ID. Gushing.
ID. w. Bliss went to Hartford, Conn.
last Monday 10 get the trotting gelding
squirrel, the property Of Hon. Joseph
Batsell of Middlebury.
Miss Kate Campbell who formerly
clerked in our postoilice but now resides
in y. Y. City visited her sister Mrs.
Martin the first of the week.
Those farmers who think that they
cannot have flower garden TO help
beautify their homes should 20 70 sam.
uel Bowen's upon the mountain side to-
wards Rochester and see her garden. We
think she has the finest pansy bed In this
section.
Geo. /. Abbott and family of Queehee
visited friends in this village this week.
A number of our young friends attend
ed commencement bail at Northiield on
Thursday of last week.
Hon. A. W. Beard and family of Bos-
ton were registered at the Wilson House
on Friday of last week.
Mrs Reuben Brooks is very low from
some disease OF the stomach.
G. IL. Upper was the recipient of a
fine twelve pound salmon AS present
from a friend in Boston.
Orville Bowen, an old time resident of
this place but now of Waterbury, Conn.
is visiting in town.
Postmaster r. l.. Martin took posses
sion of the post office on Monday. We
hope that he will run il TO the satistac
tion of the public as well as his predc-
cessor Upper has done
Richard Wiswel of Shoreham, col
lege friend of March Wilson Is spending
some time with him at his home in this
village.
Miss Mary Chamberlain has gone to
Springfield, Mass. for week, then goes
to her friends in Gardner, Me. until
Sept.
Miss 4. J. Child, who has been at the
Medical College in Ann Arbor. Mich. |
81, ta.ef raaaixaH /
her diploma and has the offer of an adj
vantageous position in hospital.
DR. b. H. Paddock, who has been
stopping at the Bascom House for sever
al years past, has gone to Montpelier to
live where his daughter is TO attend
school.