Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-12-27
Bethel Local Intelligence.

Perry Durham is home from Woodstock
J. q. Topper Of Rochester was in town
Monday.
Chester Foster is home from st. Albani
for the holidays.
E. G.Carpenter has the frame to bis new
house up and covered.
Foster e. Moore and family spent Christ
mas at their old home In Warren.
Mr.. J. P. DAWSON Of Lunenburg is the
guest OF his son, Prin. F. z. Dawson.
Mrs. g. @. Whipple OF Lebanon, N. H.,
was recently the guest Of Mrs. Austin.
Ed Ash has moved from the E. F. Will
son block into the house OF Miss Lucy
Paine.
p, B. Kimball OF Burlington visited his
brother, G. H. Kimball, the first OF the
week.
Married by Rev. Virgil VIM. Blackman,
Walter Martin and Miss Eula Washburn,
both of Bethel. r. Fs4s4
Our village schools, closed on Friday
and the teachers are at their several homes
for the vacation.
Alonzo Emery returned last week from
a visit to his brothers, George and Lyman,
at Washington, D. G.
E.Salter is to move from the Lucy Paine
house to the tenement in the Kittredge
house, vacated by @. H. Rood.
Foster Parmenter, who has been en-
ployed in the Bethel mills for the past two
months, has returned to his home In Ches-
ter.
Miss Emma Claflin, bookkeeper at the
shoe shop, has been i'll the past two weeks
and her place has been filled by Miss Jessie
Spaulding.
All persons having books belonging to
the Bethel Public library are requested to
leave them there Saturday, Jan. 4, 1895.
No books will be given out on that day.2w
The high water the first OF the week
worked devastation to highways and
bridges. On Locust Creek, two bridges
were carried away, the one near the Bry-
ant place and the second bridge above
this.
The creditors OF Daniel Rix have petit.
toned the insolvency court to adjudge
Mr.. Rix insolyent. His debts are sup
posed to amount to about 81 300 aud the
main assets his home place, upon which
he has recently erected fine house. Mr..
Xix recently lost quite heavily through a
Burlington dealer In last blocks.
Last Sunday evening the house OF e. s.
Paine was the scene Of a lively disturb
ance, the component factors Of which
were an Italian with an unutterable name,
some Christmas liquid refreshment and
SIT in bills lost by the Italian. He at
tempted to make some bystanders dis
gorge $17 at the point of the knife, but
was finally Gained down.
The Christmas cantata presented at the
town hall Monday evening by the mem
bers OF the Methodist Episcopal society,
assisted by singers from the other denom-
nations, was great success and drew
urbn v,not uoC
under the direction OF Mr.E. r. Chase and |
it was due to his zeal that such success
was achieved. During the entertainment
an easy chair was presented to Rev. Ches-
ter Dingman and substantial cash re.
minder to Rev. e. w. Sharpe.
4 Vermont has reason to feel proud OF the
ability and high standing OF her SONS as
shown during the past week. In the as
signment OF committee chairmanships by |
Speaker Reed, Vermont gets two, aitho'
there are thirty four states that only get |
one or none at all, and OF the three or four |
names mentioned most prominently for
the Venezuela commission, two are YER
monters, ex-senator G. F. Edmunds and
Hon. e. J.. Phelps, late minister to Eng
land.
Bethel citizens have long had reputa-
ton for longevity. Saturday was the 85th
birthday OF Joel Blackman and an old
peoples party was held In honor OF the
occasion at the home Of his son, Rev. vir-
gil Willism BIackman. The bill OF fare
included roast pork, bean porridge, old
fashioned pancakes, Indian pudding,
baked beans and brown bread. The fol-
lowing are the ages OF those in attend.
ance: John Marshall Shaw, "a; Sarah
Blanchard Chapman, 93; Laura Fits Spar
hawk, 81; Orville Bowen, S.; Joel Black
man, IS; Charles Pllmpton Webster, 81;
Moses Belknap Sargent, "a; Mary Ann
Tyler, SO; Miss Lucena Parker, SO; Julia
Morris Weston, 81; Simeon Alton Web.
ster, so; Orrin Davieson Wood, 80; Nancy
Brooks Webster, so.