Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-08-27

The Premium List for our fair is now
published and any one wishing one can
obtain it by addressing the Sec. Fred ar
mold, Bethel, VT.
Mrs Jane Warrington and grand
daughter of Hartford, Conn.,, are visiting
her sister, Mrs. M. b. Sargent and family
in this town, the two sisters not having
met before for forty years.
Mrs. j. g. Sargent and sister Miss Ann
Sargent recently spent week in Boston.
Reporters may sometimes get slow and la
" but they generally ssget there
Miss Josie Heath who has been at her
uncle's, DIR. S. n. WEIGH in Sutton, \. H.,
for the past few weeks on a visit, returned
home on Monday.
Miss Flora Barrows OF Woodstock is
visiting at Charles Spalding's in this
town for few days.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Markham were called
to Mortified on Wednesday of last week
to attend the funeral of their aunt, Mrs.
died very suddenly of apoplexy on the
Monday morning before. Her husband
was son of Gideon Markham of Pomfret
whose family consisted of 10 own and one
adopted child. The present death takes
the last one of the family, each child,
their wives or husbands having gone be-
fore. OF the original family of Is chill
QICii dl1 4&NCA Win AhC tANtpt4OH VI oHN
who died in infancy. The youngest of
the children was past 30 years Of age be-
fore any other death occurred in the fam
lily.
The recent dry spell has set great many
of our village folks thinking about wa
ter supply for the village. A great many
OF the springs supplying the houses are
dry and water must be brought from the
river or from some more fortunate neigh
Dor Probably one-half of the families in
this village have not had running water
at their houses the past week. The first
of the week the railroad shut off the sup
ply of the families that had water of them.
And this is only one side of. the question.
There would be direct financial advan-
tage that would accrue to this village with
good water supply, in the way of saving
on insurance rates. The amount OF year
ly insurance carried by the business men
OF Bethel within the limits of the first
district is Sl25,044 and the yearly premi-
ums on the same is S1923. 20. The term
insurance, that is, the five year risks, a.
mount TO $98, 500 and the premiums on the
same amount to $1,000. The saving with
good reservoir would be at least 20 per
cent. of the premiums on the yearly risks
and 40 per cent. on the term risks, /. e.,
yearly risk that is now paying Sl.50 would
pay about sl.20 TO sl.25 and a five year
risk that was paying / per cent. would
pay about 80 cents THE above estimates
do not include anything on Church or
Pleasant streets.) And with a reservoir
with plenty of fall our district would be /
much larger and OF course the saving
would be greater than above or to make il /
plain affect more risks. Where you now
pay twenty dollars for two thousand in /
surance for five years you then pay twelve 1
dollars for the same, where you now pay /
fifteen dollars for one thousand for one +
year you would then pay twelve or twelve (
and one-h half dollars for the same. Each 4
owner can thus see whether this I
Is to be a direct cost to him or whether he
really saves il all in cash, say nothing a.
bout the general welfare OF the village and (
the immense value of such a water supply. 4
1t is worth considering and no man can /
bring one honest objection or give one /
valid reason why we should not have it.At I
the last annual school meeting commit
lee was appointed to investigate the mat
Ter of a water supply for the schoolhouse
and to report at future meeting. The
school district is composed largely OF the
same tax payers who form the fire dis
.rict. III water is to be introduced at con-
expense to the schoolhouse, it
would be well for the school district to
lid the fire district in getting good sup
ply for all needs. There are several
sources mentioned. 1t IS said that good /
springs can be found in the pasture back 4
u Lyman Child's on James McCollough's
but the source that seems best to
meet the demand of large supply and
good water is the so called Cleveland
Brook, The distance as measured in the
Dad from the Cleveland brook bridge to
he White River bridge is about 800 feet.
/ is about 1000 feet more to the McCol-
ough springs by the way Of the road.