Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-10-26
Bethel Local Intelligence.


week with his parents az LaeOnis, n. II
The Guild of the Episcopal church meets
with Miss Carrie Curtis, Thursday after.
noon and evening OF this week.
Matthew Hussey and wife of Rutland
have been visiting al Myron Burnett's.
Large line of millinery and trimmed
| goods at MitchelIs. Choice selection.
easily made. Mitchell always pleases.
The ladies Of the Congregationalist so.
ciety cleared so through their - scheme
last Wednesday.
i The Congrega tionalist parsonage is to
be newly painted, shingled and papered
and other improvements will be made.
Albert Bradbury has moved from the
Congregationalistp parsonage into the brick
house owned by j. H. Waldo, and Waldo
has moved into his new house.
George L. Dryer and Miss Gertrude M.
Davis, both OF Randolph, were married
last Saturday by Rev. S. A. Parker.
Rev. Mr.. Blackman and family are in town
and are staying at the Wilson House I'M
til the parsonage is ready for them.
c. r. Noble and Mrs. Noble returned
Tuesday of this week from an extended
tour in the West and at the Great Fair.
Thursday night, as people were going
| by the house occupied by Frank Carroll
in the north end of the village, the most
blood curdling yells and walls were heard
proceeding from the interior OF the house.
On investigating, two small children Of
the CAROLS, aged five and three respec-
lively, were found alone, half naked ,shiv-
ering and half terrorized with fear. Two
| lamps were burning, but no one could be
| found in the house, Carroll and his wife
were found at an entertainment in the
townhall. Their excuse for the above con-
dtion of affairs was that they had left the
children in the care OF one Goodell and
his wife; but the neighbors say that this
is not the first time this thing has hap
pened.
At the annual meeting OF the Library
association last Saturday, j. II. Blaisdeli
was elected president; Miss Nellie Adams,
LIST vice president; j. W. Miller, second,
and Mrs. F. H. Moore, third vice prssi-
dent; Miss Nellie Adams, secretary; Guy
Wilson, treasurer; Fred Arnold, member
OF the executive committee, and Miss
Clara Barrows, member of the book COM
mittee; NJ. NJ Wilson, Mrs. c. w. Read
and Mrs. F. L. Martin, wavs and means
committee; Miss Clara Barrows, librari.
an; Mrs. c. w. Read, assistant librarian.
The report of the librarian showed that
an average of ABOUT sixty seven books
were drawn out each week during the past
year, and the treasurer's report showed
about s35 in the treasury. vote OF
thanks was extended to the Librarian, Miss
Clara. Barrows, and to her assistants, Mrs.
G. W. Read and Miss Kate Marsh, who
have served faithfully the past year with
out remuneration.
Abel La Francis OF Stockbridge has
rented land back of the Bascom House
barn and will build thereon blacksmith
shop.
Willis Hayes and Chas. f. Flint of So.
Royalton have gone into partnership, TO
deal in wall paper, window shades, paints,
o Is, etc,
Miss Mary Buchanan has gone to West
Randolph, where she is in charge of a
millinery store for her sister, Mrs. +. 5.
Rood.
s. B. Day caught fifty suckers the other
day that averaged one and one-fourth
pounds each.
N. L.McIntire has been visiting in Bris-
toll his former home.
c. II. Rood has been confined to the
house by bad cold the past week.
Griffin Place was in town over Sunday, |
accompanied by his wife.
Miss Nellie Terry has resigned her po-
sition as teacher in the public schools in
Brattleboro, and will accompany her sis.
ter, Mrs. Coleman, West this week and /
will stop for few days at the Chicago |
FAIR.
Mrs. C. C. Stearns spent Sunday at Ran
dolph Centre, with her sister, Mrs. III. G. I
Gilbert.
Henry Upper, son of Postmaster Tup- |
per, gave a party to his young friends last !
the occasion being his seventh |
birthday.
John Jackson OF Roxbury, Mass. one of
the winners in the Boston Globe contest, /
has been visiting Misses Fan NJ. Fisher of /
Bethel and Kate West of barre, who were
also winners in the same contest.
Bert Rogers is at work at the railroad |
freight station, assisting Station Agenl j.
II. Waldo.
Elmer A. Woodward of So. Royalton
was in town Saturday.
c. d. Cushing is making extensive re-
pairs and Improvements upon the old j..
d. Gushing house, preparatory to occupy \
ing it.
C.H.Kidder and wife were in West Ran
dolph last Thursday to attend the funeral
of their aunt, Mrs. Samuel Mcintosh.
E. A. Markham is in Boston this week,
buying his holiday stock Of goods.
f. H. Dutton and wife of Barton have
been spending several days with Mr.Dut-
toms niece, Mrs. c. H. Kidder.
BENZ. Heath has gone to Cabot, with the
expectation of making that town his home
for some time to come.
Chester Foster fell some IS or 20 feet
from building be was Singing last
week, but escaped serious injury.
A special meeting OF the Library associ-
alton has been called for the purpose of
seeing ii il will be voted to change the
time OF paying the annual dues from sept.
TENDER to January next.
G. and E. G. Place & Co. are making
some repairs and improvements in their
tannery. Melvin Chamberlin and Wesley
Baker are doing the work.
The Beedles, assisted by Mr.. F. W Ban
croft OF Montpelier, will give in Dubois
\ Gays hall, West Randolph, next Tues
lay evening, a concert which lovers OF /,
good music viii find worth attending. Mr.. /,
is acknowledged to be the best ,
enor singer in Vermont, and the Beedies
leed no introduction.
Special Meeting of the Bethel Library !
Association.
Pursuant to the request Of the exeeu-