Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-07-18
Bethel Local Intelligence.

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at Waterbury last week.
/ Miss Nellie Flynn is spending feS
with friends at Randolph.
John Keleher and Fred Arnold went t
Enfield, N. H., fishing last week.
| Edwin Fisher and wife are visiting II
Burlington and Cabot this week.
Arthur Lewis OF Boston is spending tn
summer with his father, g. F. Lewis.
Mrs. Emma Huntington and Miss Cor
RE Dickey are in Washington this week
Mr.. and Mrs. Maynard of Brooklyn, N
| Y, are the guests OF Mrs. M. E. Harring
ton.
E. l.. Harrington and wife OF Philadel
phia are at Mrs. M. E. Harrington's thi
| week.
J.P. Marsh is at Montpelier this weel
in attendance as juror upon the US
court
| Mrs. Walter Allen and daughter OF New
Haven, Conn, are visiting Mrs. Irvir
Weston.
| F. p. Holden and wife of PenacoOk wer'
in this vicinity over Sunday, visiting
relatives.
E. E. Clogston Of Montpelier was In
town last week, accompanied by Mrs
| Clogston.
Mrs. Fred Williamson, who resides or
M. M. Whipple's farm, is dangerously IL
with pneumonia.
Miss Carrie Heath OF Boston has been
spending the past week with her mother
Mrs. g. j. Wallace.
Samuel Mccullough, railway mail agent
on the Essex Junction and Boston route
was in town over Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Lille ana Charles Belt
and wife OF Independence, Ia, are the
guests OF Mrs Lyman Child.
Mrs. Albert Day, one OF our oldest and
most esteemed ladies, died last Wednesday
at the home OF her son, 8. B. Day, Esq.
Mrs. G. E. Foster entertained the mem
bers OF her Sunday school class Wednes-
day afternoon with party at her home.
Child, Arnold and Cushing have begun
the construction OF an aqueduct to bring
water to the village from the farm of Dan
lei Stoddard.
The Y. P. 8. U. OF the Universalist soci-
ETY. has been reorganized and held its first
meeting under the new organization last
Sunday evening.
The Christian Crusaders are holding
religious meetings in the Methodist
church in Bethel Gilead and much inter-
est seems to be manifested.
G. J. Wallace contemplates building a
dam below the large springs in his hill
pasture and bringing water in an aque-
duct to the north end OF the village.
A. L. Stearns was at York Beach, Me-,
over Sunday, with Mrs. Stearns at the
summer cottage OF DR.. Manchester OF Leb-
anon. Mrs. Manchester will be remem-
bered as Miss Minnie Tarbell, formerly OF
Bethel.
The young people OF the peighborhood
gave Miss Nina Cutler very pleasant sur
prise Saturday evening, July Is, it being
her 18th birthday. Ice cream, cake and
fruit were served and all enjoyed very
pleasant evening. She received several
nice presents.
The friends and neighbors Of A. d.
Sanders gave him housewarming party
last Wednesday, that was intended for a
surprise, but Albert had his ears close to
the ground and had his best clothes on
ready to meet them.
H. F. Woods, who drives team for r.
W. Morse, was badly hurt last Saturday
by the horse taking fright at passing
locomotive and running and throwing Mr..
Woods against freight car in the freight
depot yard. The first OF this week he was
able to be about the house.
Parkhurst Swinyer, living between
Bethel and Gaysville, was chopping in the
woods with his father last Monday and
leaned over to pick some boughs out OF the
way, when the ak in his fathers hands
came down and struck his foot, cutting
very bad cash over the ankle.
Judge Taft went to Woodstock this
week Tuesday to hold an adjourned SEES.
sion OF the May term OF Windsor county
court. 1t was expected court would rise
sine die this time but all the business was
not in shape to be disposed Of, so court
was adjourned into next August.
Miss Olave Johnson, living with Miss
Millicent Fogg, tried to make too near an
acquaintance last Wednesday with COW
that had calf at her side. The maternal
instincts OF the mother rose in defense OF
the calf and before Miss Olave could get
out of the way, the COW had torn her
clothes almost completely of her, but for
not injuring her much.
Officer Wheelock OF Hancock was in
town last Friday and arrested Sherman
Spooner on the charge OF killing a horse
belonging to Fay Child. Spooners side
Of the story is that he was taking the
horse home to Child over the mountain
and that when near the old Way place
the horse becameSso sick that it could
not proceed further, and out Of mercy to
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