Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-02-23
Trains Going North
Bethel Local Intelligence

DR.. r. NJ Chase has presented the Lii
brary Association with pictures OF Gov.
Fuller and Lieut.. Governor Stranahan ito
be hung in the library room. All those
who intend to give books to the library
are asked to bring them in at once that
they may be included in the catalogue
which is now being made.
w. NJ. Fisher, a postal railway clerk
from Bethel ON the Newport and SPRING
field route, has just finished his annual ex-
animation, with this result he "put up''
Vermont(55S cards) perfectly; New Hamp-
shire (549 cards., errors; Connecticut
1905 cards., 6 errors; Massachusetts 1895
cards., 2 errors, making general average
of 80 81 100.
In 1851 j. d. Cushing and Jacob Smith,
owning the so-called Smith block, enter
edinto an agreement with the town of
Bethel, then owning the Bascom House,
by which they were to always keep in re-
pair rs rods of drain, in return for certain
sheds given to them. This old agreement
passed into obscurity and became un-
known to the present generation until the
town, in looking up the title to buy for
the townhall, discovered the old agree
ment. The heirs of Cushing and Smith
have just put in durable tile drain and
have been released by the town from all
future burdens from the agreement.
1t is currently reported that NJ. G. SAT-
ford is to leave town this spring. If this
is so, the genial presence and irrepressible
jokings of "Myron" will be missed on all
sides.
Miss Abbie Clark has been confined to
the house by illness the past week.
The winter term OF Whitcomb High
School closes next week, and the larger
part of next week is to be taken up with
the customary examinations.
Scene" Owen of Boston has been visit
ing his parents.
Mrs. L. H. Edison has sold the moving
land owned by the late Mr.. Edison, just
over the Royalton line, to Mrs. Ella Hois-
ington Ordway of Woodstock.
Rodman Dean died last Wednesday aged
80 years; and few days before, Obadiah
Lille, aged SO years. passed away, one
week thus removing two from among the
Oldest inhabitants of Bethel.
Mrs. S. B. Carpenter of Randolph has
been visiting at A. l.. Stearns'.
Miss Lulu Graham and Miss Emma
Clatiin of Childs Business College, Spring
neld, Mass, are stopping in town for
few days.
Capt. II. c. Lull of Montpelier was in
town last week to attend the funeral of
L. F. Chadwick.
Mr.. Sherman of North Adams, Mass,
spent Sunday at F. L. Martins.
Remember the adjourned meeting of the |
Cong1 society next Tuesday, Feb 28 at |
80 p M, for the completion of the cleo
tion of officers.
A few pieces of choice commercial paper |
having from three to six months to run.
Secured to us by strong collateral and
guaranteed by us to the purchaser at per
cent. THE VERMONT INVESTMENT Co.
144 College St., Burlington, VT.
Charles Merritt of Burlington has been
engaged as porter at the Wilson House
and Mrs. Merritt is cook at the same
house.
Miss Mary Leonard, a former teacher in
the Graded School, but now of Penacook.
N. H., has been visiting friends in this vi
cinity.
DR.. H. w. Barrows OF Stowe has been
visiting relatives in town.
Fred Frink of Montpelier, former res
ident, was in town last week.
DR.. NJ. c. Spaulding of Ashland, NH,
visited old friends in town last week. Dr.
Spaulding is at present travelling salesman
for the medicine manufacturing firm of
p. j. Noyes & Co., of Lancaster, N. H.,
with lucrative salary.
Services were held at Christ church,
Episcopal, last Wednesday, it being Ash
Wednesday.
Gov. Fuller was registered at the Wilson
House last week and there was a pleasant {
little tea party gotten up in his honor By 6
Hon. A. P. Hunton, which was attended {
by those two gentlemen and by Represen-
tatives' Arnold.cf Beth and Enrfght of q
Windsor ofthe Legislature Of 1889. =.