Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-11-05
BETHEL HOME NEWS

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charge. being 81 for the obituary and ~
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presume, well understood, but few may
not know how many such notices paper
is asked to publish and how much space Il
would take il all were published. Dld TINS
paper publish all handed in some weeks IL
would give very little local news. NO
charge is made for notices OF deaths,
news item OF this class, but obituary no.
tees are not news and for these charge
is always made.
Mrs. @. S. Stoddard of Boston and Mrs.
Frederick Gay of Burlington have been
visiting at II. H. Gilson's.
During the absence of Mrs. Harrington
in Philadelphia ID. B. Topper is occupying
her house.
Among the many Bethelites rusticating
in Boston the past week were DR. .L.Greene
and wife, postmaster +; L. Martin ano
wife, Mrs. w. E. Heath, Mrs. Frank Bal
lev. Miss Jane Todd, Miss Alice Barrowsi
Oryille Blossom, Mrs. Will Blossom and
children, Mrs. Ellen Waldo Hackett, Geo.
II. Upper, Edwin Kittredge, X. Nj. Chase
and M. g. Stafford.
Myron Savage was in Lebanon, N. H.,
last week.
Fred West has returned to Lexington,
Mass, where he has employment in a
store.
Gardner Wheeler was the victim OF a
novel prohibition lecture Wednesday OF
last week. His residence is on com,
manding elevation above the road ana
with quite high stone embankment on
the road side. A full cider barrel in front
of his house yielded to the force OF gravity
and rolled down the hill, jumped the en-
bnnkment and fell in the middle OF the
road with crash and then the streets OF
Bethel flowed, not with blood, but with
????? The barrel was broken almost
entirely in two.
In 1926 Ira Bartlett, then living on the
Granger place in Bethel Gilead, moved To
Melbourne, p. Q.,and from there TO North
Ely, p. O., where his family have since re-
sided His son, W. Bartlett, is at present
postmaster and named his postoffice" Beth
ell" from old Bethel in Vermont. He IL
also "sec'y-treas. of the municipality oil
North Ety." an Office corresponding with
our town clerk. He has recently written
for information as to Bethel, saying that
he has relatives in Gilead, Lillieville, Lynn
pus and West Randolph.
The primary department of the villag,
school has been taking a vacation OF sever
al days, owing to the illness OF the teacher
Miss Anna Upper.
Mrs. Addie Davis has gone to Boston
for stay of several months.
VIII. Dreamer, Supt. of the Shoe Shop
is moving into the David Waller house on
River st. this week.
Henry Dutton has gone to Somerville
Mass, for treatment for nervous troubles
Alfred Bigelow,wh drives the Gaysvill'
stage, recently fell on the stone banking K
the sidewalk in front of the postoffice, re
ceiving some painful bruises and laying
him up so that his brother, Joseph Bige
low, has been driving the stage for thu
past week.
e. P. Fisher has been working in tn,
postoffice during the absence OF postmas
ter Martin.
NJ. NJ. Wilson was in Burlington las
week.
Brooks & Washburn have just received
a large line of "Lowell" all wool carpets
which they offer at low prices. 2w
Just arrived.-At M. l.. Furman's, fv,
thousand of those Gilt Edge Cigars. Are
you in it? tft
When sick or sore and full of pain,
Use Maxham's Balm and soon be well a.
gain.
There you have just what every one who
has used it says and believes. Elijah Ba-
ker OF tockbridge believes, it for only a
few days ago he said, 81 had horse tax
en- few days ago with very severe at
tack of lung fever. / gave him dose OF
Maxham's Balm in the evening and found
him well tine next morning." K. Z. Ev-
ans & Co. sell it at West Randolph, H. b.
Chapman at Woodstock. c. M. Trask &
Co., at w. r. junction, VIM. p. Smith at
East Bethel and ]. V. Babcock at Mont
pelier.
The following is the rank of the first 10
of the High School exclusive of Arithme-
tic and Physical Geography, for the first
half of the fall term: Alice Whitney .95.1
Bessie Lyman, GAS; Jessie Bird, 94.2; An
ME Miller, GAL; Martha Gilbert, 93.s;
Blanche Bird, 931; Stella Adams, 921;
Ernest Wood, 81; six out OF the ten being
pupils not residing in this district.
Must be sold: nice yearling Wilkes
colt. Price low. o. N. BARRows.
Miss Abbie Clark, who has been the or
ganist of the Cong'l church for the past
year, has been engaged in that capacity by
the Christian church at West Randolph,
and Mrs. j. II. Blaisdell is playing at pres
ent for the Congregationalists.
The friends and relatives of MIR. and
Mrs. Alexander Morse gave them pleas
:
the occasion being the fiftieth anniversary
of their marriage. Each of them were pre-
scented with pair OF gold bowed specta-
cles.
Mrs. Marietta Richardson has moved
back to Montpelier.
ID. w. Clough has been appointed guar
dian of Lucy Paige.
Eunice and Mary Byam have moved in
to to the Newell B. Byam house.
There were fifty tickets sold from here
for the Boston excursion last week.
Big line Of new style braids and gimps
Just opened at Brooks & Washburn's.
Prices low.
Miss Kate Mcmahon, the popular and
efficient tele0raphic operator here leaves
that position this week and returns to her
home at Waterbury.
Frank Williams and daughter Miss
Alice have gone to Boston to live.
Mrs W. c. Lattimer and son are visit
ing at Wells River.