Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-06-20
AROUND TOWN IN BETHEL.

Geo. |. Abbott was In town on Mon
day.
The Bascom House is being painted in
eolors.
Remember school meeting is next
Tuesday evening.
a fat hog was CARED at this station
Monday that weighed go pounds.
Frank, the young son of E. E. Wal
lace was severely bitten last saturday
by his dog.
The Windsor County Soldiers re-un-
ion which was to have been held at
Windsor July has been postponed.
DIR. l.. NJ. Greene has sold the house
he recently purchased on River street to
John Sanspra.
Mrs. f. III. Bascom and children of
Montpelier are stopping at the Bascom
House.
DR.. Ii. l.. Williams and wife Of Wind
sor visited his parents in town last week.
Miss Ella Lincoln has finished work
ing at White River junction and return
ed to her home.
Chas. p. Webster reserved two acres
of the farm he recently sold and will
build a house thereon.
Carl ID. Cushing of Tufts College and
March Wilson OF Vermont University
are spending their vacation at home.
Prof. and Mrs. Gilmore W. Bryant of
Wesleyan Female Institute, Staunton,
Va. are visiting his parents in this town.
Mrs. A. Il. Willard, who has been in
Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington for
several weeks for medical treatment re-
turned to her home last Saturday.
Clarence Chadwick is selling lime and
IL is not sold at the tannery as formerly.
Miss Kate Nichols Of Salem, Mass. Is
the guest of Mrs. G. q. Pierce, her aunt
Miss Alice Sheldon, who recently
graduated from the High school has
gone to Boston TO visit her brother.
ID. w. Bliss lost his poeket-book con-
tanning thirty dollars in bank notes last
Monday. While purchasing stamps at
the postofiice he laid his wallet on the
desk near the stamp window aud after
mailing some letters walked out leaving
it there. Missing the money shortly az
forwards he returned but it was gone.
The party who took II is known and will
be made to realize that the way of the
trangressor is hard.
Willis Davis, who is driving four
horses on one Of the road machines,
stopped his team IN the road in front OF
the residence of John Aldrich up Camp
Brook last Saturday afternoon and left
his horses to leave some tools in the
shed. While he was gone travelling
man came along and started the team a.
head so he could pass it. which he did |
and drove on without stopping Davis
horses which started on a run down the /
road after the travellers team. BY live 1
ly running Davis caught onto the rear /
end of the road machine and worked his /
way forward until he secured the reins |
ana stopped the runaways. This was no /
light task for during the run the ma
chine encountered distractions which /
broke two heavy timbers and crossed a
bridge with the wheels Oh one side of
the machine out side of the log or guard
rail. At the. bridge the runaway team
met Mrs. Charles Spaulding with horse
and carriage accompanied by her young
grandson. Her carriage was thrown
down the embankment, the boy saving
himself by clinging to the branches of a
tree. Mrs. Spaulaing, who was driving
was pulled out of the wagon by the
horse and escaped going down the EN-
bankment but was seriously famed by
the shock.
Miss Sue Simmons is visiting relatives
and friends in Lawrence, Mass.
Mary and Thomas james have been
spending some time visiting friends in
this place previous to going TO join their
parents in their new home at Springfield,
Mass.
Mrs. Edwin Fisher visited her son VIII
at Claremonf, n. II. last week.