Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-11-23
Bethel Local Intelligence.

-
George Wilkins went to StAlbans, Mon
day, for two weeks visit.
Mrs. E. Wilson spent Sunday at Thet-
ford with Mr.. Wilson.
Geo. ingalls, made trip to Rochester
and vicinity last week, selling shoes, the
manufacture OF the Bethel Shoe Co.
Mrs. Z. G Carpenter has been quite sick
and confined to the bed the past month.
Henry Harris, a fireman from Lowell,
Mass, has been spending week in town,
the guest of e. H. Hoisington.
Hon. Elisha May of st. Johnsbury. Ma
tional Bank examiner, was in town on Of
fetal business, Wednesday and Thursday
of last week.
Mrs. LIS. Bird went to Boston last week.
Benz. Heath was down from Cabot last
week, and has moved his goods to that
place, where he has rented a house and
will make his home in the future.
Mrs. David Tolles went to Bradford last
week to visit her daughter, Mrs. Colburn.
Austin Emery has gone to housekeeping
in the tenement in the Gardner Wheeler
house, recently vacated by A. b. Brooks.
Fred Gay of Burlington was in town
last week.
They are having a booming singing
ership of Robert West.
Misses Mollie and Lizzie Kimball gave a
party to their young friends.
r. S. James and wife and d. L. Horton
and wife OF Springfield, Mass, were in
town last week attending the dedication
OF the new Cong'l church.
The school in Foxville closed Wednes-
day, Nov. is. II was the sixth term in that
district taught by o. n. Barrows. Jessie
Ellis was neither absent nor tardy. Oliver
Ellis, Lena Pierce, Henry Rogers, Charlie,
George and Mabel Waterman were not
tardy. Those standing highest in spelling
in their respective classes were Warren
Bean and Oliver Ellis, George Water
man and Jessie Ellis, Harlan Morse
and Lethia Morse.
The sidewalks in front of the E. F. Will
son block and the recent addition to the
Bascom House, have recently been put IN
condition for concrete, and the road COM
missioner has leveled repaired and gravel
ed the sidewalks throughout the village,
putting them in the best condition they
have been for years.
At the annual meeting for the election
OF officers of the Guild OF the Episcopal
church, held last Thursday afternoon at
the home OF Mrs. M. G.. Stafford, Mrs. q. H.
Kimball was elected president and Miss
Millicent Fogg, secretary and treasurer.
The senior class OF the Whitcomb High
school, which graduates next June, in
cludes the following pupils residing in
Bethel village: Arthur and Stella Adams,
Nellie Bascom, Susie Wilson, Stella Clark,
Addie Bradbury and VIM. Stickney; and
out OF the district, Fannie and Arthur
Leavitt, living on the Gaysville road, Celia
French of Barnard and Frank Everett and
John Noonan OF Gaysville.
R. 8. Adams is in receipt OF the follow
ing interesting letter:
Middlesex Station, Nov. is, 1888.
Mr.. ADAMS, DEAR SIR:-If you remem-
Der, you cleaned this watch two years ago
last July, think it was, III was three
years. and was SO well pleased with your
work and the watch has kept such good
time since, / send it to you again to clean:
As soon as you get it cleaned and well
regulated. please enclose in same box and
hand to Mr.. Waldo, who will pay you for
cleaning.
Yonrs truly, E-E--C--
P.S. The time you cleaned it before
was when was working there at the sta
tion in Mr.. Waldo's place.
April l4th, 1892, destructive fire visited
Bethel. totally destroying the brick Cong
church built sixty years before, and the
new chapel built that year and Just nnlsh-
ed. Since then the members OF the society
have increasingly worked for the erection
OF new church, and last Wednesday the
goal OF all efforts was reached when the
beautiful new church was dedicated in the
presence of about thirty visiting pastors
and a large humber Of friends. Before the
services, the out of town friends sat down
to a bountiful repast served by the ladies'
of the society in their new dining rooms.
The meeting was called to order by Rev.
V. G. Blackman, the pastor. The services
began with an anthem OF praise and
thanksgiving, after which an invocation
was made by Rev. V. NJ. Hardy of West
Randolph. After that, Deacon Alonzo
Emery read a historical sketch of the
church. The report of the building COM
mittee was then listened to and showed
the cost of the building to have been about
q, 900, of which about 81 900 is still ow-
ing. Rev. Mr.. Goddard of South Royal
ton read from /. Kings, viii. and was
followed by the sermon of the day preach
ed by Rev. g. w. Wright, a former pastor
but now in Boston, who took for his text,
40, l am with you Away, even unto the
end OF the world. Matt. xviii. 20. Rev.
4. 8. Fiske OF Waitsheld, also former
pastor, offered the dedicatory prayer. The
choir sang an original hymn written by
Fannie NJ Fisher, and the benediction
was pronounced by the pastor. Two per-
ns-Mrs. Julia Weston and Deacon s..
@. Dunham-were present, who were pres
ent at the dedication of the old church
building over sixty years ago.
The succulent oyster is now in season,
and among the many wholesale dealers in,
and planters of, the delicious bivalves, no
firm is better or more favorably known
than r. r. Higgins & Co., 80 Howard st.,
Boston, whose advertisement appears in
another column, and to which attention
is asked.
Established in 1928, the firm stands be-
fore the public with record OF IS years,
during which it has been its constant en-
deavor to supply dealers with only the
best oysters at the lowest market prices.
They also deal largely in CLANS, Scallops
and HOLSTERS, which are received, togeth-
er with the oysters, fresh from the firms
own beds daily, thus ensuring the prompt
est shipments of all orders with which
they are favored.
/ have oil paintings on hand for sale or
will paint to order. JULIA FOSTER. 4w
G. A. Beckwith OF Pittsfield has been in
town the past week in attendance upon
his daughter, who has been very sick at d.
T. Dykes, but lie now recovering.
Mrs. W. n. Creamer has returned from
har cfrrn mar vo1offNo