Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-03-30
Bethel Local Intelligence.
NJ. u. Stafford and Dennis Wynn are
both reported to be gaining.


tribution OF palms followed the close o
the services, it being Palm Sunday.
Among the railroad men in attendant
at Conductor Wheeler's funeral last weel
Wednesday were Train Master E. ID. Nasl
of St. Adams; Chas. McCarty of North
field, lost freight agent; Edwin Jackson
conductor, and Messrs. Whitney ,Chloran
Clarence Kempton, F.. P. Russ, L. Hol
land and Austin Emery, the last four be
ing the bearers. The interment was mad
in the cemetery south of the village, Rev
g. A. Wilkins officiating.
Wallace Slack, who works in the sho,
shop, went to his home in South Royal
ton last Thursday, sick with what wa
at first supposed to be diphtherfa; but i
turned out to be only form of tonsilitis
which is quite common in Bethel at the
present time.
A. L. Stearns let his horse, sfNed," ia
miliar to all Bethel eyes, to go to NORTH
Randolph last Saturday The horse waI
taken with sickness on the way and died
soon after reaching East Randolph. This
makes the second horse that Mr.. Stearns
has lost within very short time.
Ladies, clean your kid gloves with Nous.
quetaire Glove Cleaner, for sale only by
Brooks & Washburn, headquarters FOL
dressed and undressed kid gloves in all
in all the most desirable shades II
Some very tasty quarters are being fit
ted up in the new Bascom House block
and they will be occupied by Mrs. +. ii
Rood for a millinery shop.
1t is expected that work will be begun
this week upon the long contemplated
Improvements on the shoe shop build
| ing, So as to render the ground floor suit
able for occupation with machinery.
| The selectmen met last Friday and d.
yided the public money as follows Dist.
No. 1, s23,37; No. :, 1925; No. 3, s96 .5s;
No !, 1863; No. 8, sl7; No. Z, 1885; No.
s, Sl6.45; No. 10, S1455; No. II, si3.G3; No.
~ IS 10; No. 13, s15.95.
The Easter services at Christ church
next Sunday will begin with morning
prayer at 8 a. m. At 1880, there will be a
choral celebration of the holy commun-
ion, with sermon and singing, including
professional and recessional by the vested
choir. The usual Easter offertory will be
taken. The evening prayer viii be at
730, with choral services and singing by
mixed choir. Hearty welcome to ALL
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur L. Lane of West
Randolph were in town last Wednesday
to attend the funeral OF Conductor Wheel
err.
j. A. Bryant, formerly of this town, is
now at Abingdon, Virginia, with his son,
Prof. Gilmore Bryant.
Henry l.. Chad wick of st. Adams visit
ed his father, Jason Chadwick, last week.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs. d.
II. Dyke last Friday.
Up to last Monday morning, none OF the
five grand jurors elected at the last March
meeting had qualified. This fact came out
through the too pugnacious prcclivities
of certain intoxicated individual whom
it became necessary to remove by the arm
of the law. IL was found that the town of
Bethel, with five elected grand jurors, was
without single one qualified to do bust
ness.
George Buchanan has been visiting in
town the past week.
Miss Maude wilkins OF Bishop Hopkins
Hall at Burlington is spending the Easter
vacation with her father.
When Ansel Burbank went out to his
stable last Saturday morning, he found
that his valuable sorrel mare had broken
through the floor the night before; but
the halter attached to the neck held, and
theIanlmal was strangled to death.
A gang of tramps passed through this
village last Saturday. Stopping at the up
per end of the railroad yard, one OF them
placed his hand in crossed position in
front of his coat and came hack to the viii
lage, telling pitiable story about brok-
en- arm, etc, thus working upon the SYM
pathies OF the villagers, some of them CIV
ing money and food, which the poor man
carried back to friends in a car, passed il
to them and then nimbly climbed up af
ter. Probably not a day passes that num-
her of tramps do not work their way thro' |
Bethel in some such way. Recently an
apparently one armed individual applied |
for something to eat at Mr.. As in this |
village. He was provided with food, which |
be put into bis pocket and departed. I'm
after, Mr.. A had occasion to
drive mile south OF the village, and on /
his way he passed hisquondam guest, who /
had two arms in plain sight seated on the 1
railroad ties and eating substantial din
ner with two friends OF the same ilk. The |
Jaw defines tramp thus: ga male per-
son over Is years of age mot blind per-
SOM going about from place to place and |
asking or subsisting upon charity, or who
IS without ascertainable means of legiti-
nate subsistence" A tramp who asks |
or, or receives from any one, food or lodg-
ng may be required by that person giving
same to do a reasonable amount of work |
n return; and il he does not do it, he may
De fined ten dollars.
Mrs. Lucy House was severely burned
IN one hand recently while drying gloves
hat she had cleaned with benzine, holding
hem over the fire. She Immediately Dip
,ed her hands into water and prevented
What might have proved to be very Sc
ious accident.