Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-10-20
BETHEL HOME NEWS

M. Carey for s140O.
Bertha Gillette stakes the cake" on
husking corn, doing 80 bushels one oay
last week.
Iobn Williams visited in Windsor last
week.
The new road embankment near A. 7.
Hnnton's has been rendered more saie oy
heavy railing secured by stout IRON posi-
to heavy granite blocks placed on INC
edge OF the embankment'
Hon W. r. Johnson of Woodstock was
=, toTn last Monday as auditor in the
county court case of j x. Williams VS.. Al
bert barnes and as referee in the county
court case of Guy Wilson VS.. u. ), wal
| lace.
Mrs. willard Brooks and daughter, VINO
have been spending the summer Win nj.
Brooks mother in Barnard, returned 70
town last Friday.
DIR. R M. Chase was in Montpelier last
week, attending the meeting OF tne w.
Medical Association.
II. H, Ellis and wife of Middlebury have
been visiting her uncle, Lioyo Johnson'
Miss Lila Martin has been visiting IN
| Rochester.
giles p. Stockwell, the suave server oil
customers in Brooks q Washburn's store,
went to his home in Rochester last MOL
day on account OF illness.
Carpenters are at work upon the super
structure of the new Cong'l churcn.
Mrs. b. L. Haskins and son OF Ruther-
ford. N. j.. have been visiting Mrs. A. l..
Stearns.
The wife of DR.. NJ. C. spaulding OF Ash
land. n. H., has been visiting old friends
in town.
Miss Ida Rice has been acting as assist :
ant bookkeeper at the shoe shop the past
week.
Bethel village was left to the ten
der mercies OF satan last Sunday, as lar
as actual presence OF ministers OF tne gos-
pel was concerned. There was lay reading
ar the Episcopal church; the Congrega-
tionalists had Sunday School ana Inc
young people OF the Universalist society
held meeting.
Mrs. Chas. Lille OF Independence, Ia,
;s Visiting her brother, Lyman Child. MT.
Lille died about two months ago and mrs.
Lille will probably stay IN Vermont lot
several months.
Geo. H. Adams OF Gaysville is assisting
his brother, X. 5. Adams, IN ms le"ely
store. and will move to town II he can
find rooms.
. Miss Kate Marsh is working for Miss
Julana Sylvester in her millinery shop.
Edwin Kittredge visited last week in
! Ieomipster, Groton and other points IN
Mass.
. The observance OF Columbus Day next
: Friday by the village schools includes the
following program: At $50 a. m. the
three lower departments will meet in Miss
Tupper's room and the two upper depart
!. ments will meet in Prin. BlaisdelPs room
$ where the program adopted by the nation
S al committee will be observed. The p. m
session ofthe school will be omitted.
To correct an error we are requested tc
saw that the terms OF the Topper Stafford
trade mentioned last week was three dol
4. lars and fifty cents.
' The Y. p. S. c. f. OF the Congl church
is preparing for presentation upon INT
!. stage in the near future, the mock suit. -
Ready made Suit, the proceeds going iol
!. the benefit OF the building fund.
The subscription paper for the Librar,
: Association has been left at the postoffic'
for the convenience OF those who may
wish to become members OF the associa
ton.
A meeting Of the stock holders in thu
shoe shop is called for Wednesday even
}. ing of this week, at which the annual re
= mort of the directors will be rendered ane
a proposition to increase the capital stool
will be considered. The past year has beer
a PROSPEROUS one, notwithstanding TN
fact that he shop did not get fairly u
!, work until July and only paid expense
up to that date.
/ AT a meeting OF those interested II
: forming library association last Saturday
a report was received of committee ap
pointed to draft articles OF association ant
n BIZ laws; but the formal organization o
the association and the election OF off1cer
was d. ferred two weeks, In o. d r that tn
subject might be more generally under
I stood and opportunity given to more Z
ioin the association. As the imitation
Zee is only 81 1t would seem that grea
number would take advantage OF this eco
nomical way OF reaching good reading
DR.. +. ]. Child has kindly onered the US
OF her office for library rooms until the d
{. nances of the association shall warran
- rooms OF their own.
Much interest has been manifested u
the Christian Hill granite quarries lately
as capitalists have become interested Il
"a them, and there is a vny excellent pros
l. pect that they will be worked again. Abou
$50, 900 worth of the top layers from thes
t. quarries have been taken out in the pas
- and the under granite shows up much Del
ter than the top, which has been slight
discolored by the water oozing down, etc
Specimens from the ledge have been teste
;. by experts and pronounced free from iro
ID and other impurities and OF excellen
quality, much resem bling the products G
Z. the Westerly r. |. quarries. The Christia
- Hill QuarrloS produce bDrtc ktnur oi krhil
lite, light, dark and medium, and one strik
ing advantage of the Bethel granite is tina
upon polishing, it shows the contrast be
tween the ''cut' and the main surface with
= out any addition of paint, as is necessar
on with the Barre granite. There are 75 acre
in this ledge. In the past, stones so fec
Z. long have been quarried and pieces can b
= taken out over 100 feet long, the QUAR-
being situated very favorably for thi
as il has a dip of only two feet in Is.
stock company is being organized, with
capital OF 200, 900, for the purpose OF quar-
t rying, cutting and polishing this stone i
Bethel. The addition OF business Of thi
Z character to Bethel will give great booI
: to the financial prosperity OF every ma
in business or owning property in Bethe
We have the largest assortment of axe
and helves ever shown in town.
m. g. H. UPPER Co.
Al John Wallace of Rutland is visiting i
N town.
IA The selectmen are at work on the Orc