Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-06-18

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Bethel Local Intelligence
George Bixhy has gone to Derry, N. II
Miss Mary ellison is visiting in Burline
ton.
$. T. Coy OF Bellows Falls was in tow
Monday.
There are rumors OF new firm dealing
in coal in town.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Wynn
| Savage June ia.
DR.. Pearl Ellis OF Swanton has been Wis
ting friends in town this week.
Mrs. Walter Webster visited friends il
| So. Royalton since our last issue.
Willie Sylvester OF Boston is visiting
his grandfather, Merrick Sylvester.
Miss Ann Sargent is visiting in BostoI
and vicinity for two or three weeks.
Mrs. 8. N. WEIGH Of Sutton, N. H., is tn,
guest OF her sister, Mrs.sG J,lWallsce,
Misses MayoEpalding and Nellie Flynn
visited at Mrs. Chspman's In Royalton.
Mrs.D. 6, Phillips and Miss ,virgini,
! Kimball are visiting friends In Moretown
Mrs. James Mccullough is visiting be-
daughter, Mrs. Fred Fay. in Everett, Mass
Mr.. and Mrs. ia Graham OF Barre hav,
been visiting the past week at A. j. Ora
hams.
E.W. Wetmore OF Roxbury has been Wis.
iting his son, F. J.. Wetmore, the pas
week.
Children's Sunday was observed at the
| Universalist church by concert In tbs
evening.
The Guild OF the Episcopal church meets
with Misses Fogg and Wilson Thursday
afternoon and evening.
Prin. Ftp. Dawson ana family are alb.
sent on a two weeks visit at the home OF
Mrs. Dawson In Barnet.
e. F. Wilson, who is on the road selling
stoves for Lord & Stone OF Otter River,
Mass, was home over Sunday.
D. L. Pal ker is at work with an engi-
neering party surveying for the Shelburne
Falls and Coleraine, Mass, electric rail-
way.
Rev. ]. B. Trevett and John Wilson are
attending the diocesan convention OF the
Episcopal church at Middlebury this
week.
Rev. E. Eppeus, late graduate OF Yale
Divinity school, preached at the Cong'l
church Sunday,in exchange with Rev. Mr.,
Blackman.
Children's day will be observed at the
CongI church next Sunday morning.
There will be an interesting program. All
are invited.
Ned Wheeler went to Bellows Falls
Monday, where he has a position in the
office Of the Fitchburg railroad under Will
Perley, station agent.
Fourteen mem bers OF the local organiza-
ton OF Christian Endeavor society attend
ed meeting OF the Golden Rule union at
East Brooktield Saturday.
On account of the great number OF po-
litical and religious conventions to be held
this week Windsor county court adjourned
from last Friday morning to Thursday,
the 18th.
A. F. Gillette had quite fire on his
premises last week by which two horses
and barrel of hams were destroyed. Mr..
Gillette has the sympathy OF his neigh
bors in his loss. (P. s. We forgot to mem
tion that they were wooden horses.) &
A tree fell onto the electric light line
just out OF the village last Friday, break
ing the three wires in two. Fortunately
the accident happened early in the morn
ing so that no serious Inconvenience was
experienced and the line was fully re-
paired by the next night.
Mrs. Elias Bowen has been great suf-
ferer the past year from the result OF hav-
ing her teeth pulled by travelling den
tist who held forth to do the work with
out pain. Some powerful medicine was
injected into the jaw, which seems to have
poisoned Mrs. Bowen and her head be-
came greatly swollen and painful. 81.
F. c. Bundy was drawing the piano OF
Gilmore Bry ant away from the railroad
station last Tuesday morning and left his
team in front OF Abbott q Cady's store
and went in to do some trading. The
mouths OF the horses wandered towards
green pastures beside the road and in do
ing SO inadvertently tipped the wagon up
and spilled the piano to the ground.
At the Republican caucus held in the
town hall lsst Friday afternoon 20 voters
pulled themselves together enough TO at.
tend. The following delegates we're elect
ed: To the state convention, w. B. q.
Fred Arnold and Geo. Clark; to
the congressional, l.. Nj. Greene, g, X.
Noble and A. A. Brooks. The state dele.
and the congressional delegation for w.
w. Grout. The delegates were authorized
to appoint their own substitutes 8. NJ.
Washburn, Fred Arnold and l.. M. Greene
were elected town committee for the
next two years. Obj
The first arrivals at Echo Farm this year
came last Friday and were Mrs. M. E.
Chadwick OF Englewood, N. j., and her
liter, Mrs. Edward Kent Of Den.
yer, Col. Mr.. Kent comes Of good old New
stock. His father, Judge Kent
OF Maine, will be remembered by the old
Of the Harrison and Tyler
election in 1910, when he was referred to
in the campaign song thus:
Maine went
He'll bent