Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-02-28
Bethel Local intelligence.

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Charles Farr OF North Randolph visited
at Henry Rice's the first OF this week.
Many springs are falling in this vicinity
owing to the long continued want OF rain.
d. b. Topper has sold his place on River
street to Frank Angel Of Barnard for
81 900.
The subject OF Rev. j. B. Trevett's SER
mon next Sunday morning will be "The
Son of God"
| Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Wheeler have been
visiting on the west side OF the mountain
the past week.
Dan Bliss has recently bought through
the agency of E. H. Kittredge a $3.50
Schubert piano.
Joseph Reagan has broken up house,
keeping, and Miss Reagan has gone to her
fathers home in Barnard.
Miss E. Mayo will occupy the rooms in
the Gardner Wheeler house, until lately
occupied by Joseph Reagan.
George johnson has bought lot OF
Miss Sarah Gay on Church street and will
| build house thereon this spring.
H. A. Putnam was in town Monday and
Albert K. Aikens and Mrs. F. d. Angel
on Tuesday, all hailing from Barnard.
The ladies OF the Universalist society
gave supper at Harrington parlors on
Wednesday, which was well attended.
Alonzo Emery has been confined to the
house with the grip the past week, and
Harrison Powers has suffered slight at
tack of the same.
Letters for the following persons are
advertised at the postoffice: Mrs. r. At.
kiDs, Monsieur Arsine Lambert, Fred
Riley and George r. Beyerle.
CARD.-We most sincerely thank our
neighbors and friends for their Kindness
and sympathy during the illness and
burial of hushandand father.
MRS. HOLDEN HATCH AND CHILDREN.
Doing business among reading public
without advertising is a good deal like
climbing the stairs OF a twenty STORY
building when the elevator is running
Printers Ink. To which the Boston Globe
adds, "except that you never get there"
Warren Preston has moved from the
Myron Burnett farm on the Gaysville road
back to his hill farm on the hill road to
Lillieville. Ed Ash has moved upon the
Burnett place and will carry on the same
this year for Z. T. Arnold.
The Lucier Minstrels appeared in the
town hall last Wednesday and were
greeted by very large and appreciative
audience, the house being crowded and
the gallery filled. The solos with trio
chorus were repeatedly encored, as were
the quartettes. Hank White, the veteran,
who has not appeared here for years, was
again and again called back. ss&
We clip the following in regardl to a
Bethel boy from the Middlebury Register |
of last week: "The school that has been
taught in the "hollow" this winter by c. |
E. Durham of Bethel closes this week. 1t
has been in every sense of the term sue
cess. Mr.. Durham has been faithful to |
the trust committed to him, and il those
under his care have not improved, the
fault has been their own
About thirty of the friends and neigh |
bors of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwy Davis assem-
bled at their cosy cottage Feb. Goth, it |
being the sixteenth anniversary of their |
marriage. A most enjoyable time they |
ing to music. bountiful repast was
DIR. Clough made the presenta- |
ton speech. Mr.. Davis responded in a |
gentlemanly manner. After which, at |
late hour all went home feeling that they |
had had rare good time. Aaron saluted |
the bride in very agreeable manner,
judging from appearances.
The letter we publish below is from the |
pen of Mrs. Olivia SaffordIof Portland Ore |
gon, a daughter of Paul Flynn, who |
formerly lived on the Charles Curtis place,
and the school teacher named was her |
sister, Jennie, who married j. j. Wilson.
The schoolhouse named is now standing,
on the Gaysville road on the
north side OF White river about two
miles below Gaysvile, opposite Charles
H. Arnold's. The fresbet named is well
re nemhered by old residents and it
ad ont ~ 81 ha nj I
by 81 that the remains of bodies were ex-
posed to view and it also necessitated
changing the road. A brick yard stand
ing near the mouth of Lillieville brook
was destroyed, and the bricks can be
found to this day scattered over the soil be.
low. The following is the letter: "The
sketch OF the wedding celebrated in the
old Bethel church fifty years ago, which
you recently published, interested me
much. was at that wedding and re-
member the folds of satin on that we'd
ding dress as il saw it yesterday. The
bride was happy and lovely and though
older by half century, she is happy and
lovely still. l. too, belong to Bethel as it
was, and the old Bethel seems to me in
retrospect very desirable place. How
beautiful its hills and streams and how
free from envy, hatred and malice its
people The "reminiscences crowd my
unbldden, and lind myself in
Hollow or walking through
Finley bridge. wonder who is living in
Olympus where | once taught winter
school. My popularity was much i'm
paired in that place because / tried to
make the youngsters believe that the
world was round. "My Pa says taintn-
| wonder if that boy is living there still.
But there is, or was, little schoohouse at
the entrancelof the Olympus road, close
up under hill, about which / want to
tell you true and strange story. MY
sister was teaching the summer school
and the July day was exceedingly hot and
sultry. The little school OF twelve were
weary and sleepy, and the dull ideas were
slow to start. Suddenly there came ter
rifle report like near thunder which
brought every child to the side of the
teacher, whose face was as blanched as
the faces of those who chung to her for
safety. At the second report, everything
seemed to be enveloped in partial dark
ness and the little group waited with bated
breath unable to stir. Next came a dull,
d eep roar like the voice OF many waters,
and as the darkness lifted, the Mortified
but not helpless teacher saw coming tow
ards them wall of water several feet in
height and filling the space between the
hills The little frail snhoolhouca uoo