Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-10-29
Bethel Local Intelligence.

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fever.
E.. A. Davis was in Boston the first o
the week.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs
W. G. Shaw Wednesday.
Ell. Messer and wife visited in Roch
ester the first of the week.
Rev. Mr.. Hartwell of Cabot preached al
the Cong'l church last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. fl. H. Paige are spending
a week at their former home in Cabot.
Mrs. K. p. Stockwell holds Christian
Endeayor sociable Friday evening OF this
week.
Mrs. A. ID. Sanders has returned from q
months visit with relatives at Northamp-
ton, Mass.
Mrs. Gage OF Wells River is visiting at
The home OF her brother, w. c. Lattimer,
in this village.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Wbitcomb are Wis
| iting their son, f. M. Whitcomb, and
wife in this place.
| Do not fail to be at the polls next Tues
day. The honor and prosperity OF the
nation requires it.
A large delegation from the Bethel Sum
day schools attended the convention at
Rochester Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter O'Connell visited
their daughter, Mrs. Rourke. in Somer-
vile, Mass, last week.
John r. Upper, assignee OF d. NJ. Rix,
has sold the so-called Angel farm to the
Fall Mt. Paper company.
o. n. Barr 1ws has moved into the new
dwelling house on Highland valley
which be bought OF ID. I. Dyke.
A. l.. Stearns and wife we're called to
Randolph Sunday TO attend the funeral Of
I 81. l., 10 ( Ian A
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Thurston were
called to MoTetoWn last week to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Thurston's mother.
Our village now makes a very handsome
appearance in the evening when its sew
eral thousand electric lights are burning.
Mrs, L. n. Veo returned to her home at
Newtonville, Mass, last Monday after
spending several days with her father,
Frank Williams.
Mrs. S. Abbott, who has been the guest
OF her son, George Abbott, left Monday
for Pittsield, where she will spend the
winter with her daughter.
Many friends called upon Dea. S. G.
Durham last Tuesday afternoon to con-
graduate him upon his recovery from his
recent railroad accident.
c. ID. Cushing ana Isaac Frost are max
irg arrangements to give the election
bulletins bs stereopticon in front OF Nj.
A. Moody's store on the evening OF Nov.3.
Among the visitors to town last Mon
day were County Clerk Pember Of Wood.
stock. John II. Topper and c. II. Green, OF
Rochester and p. B. Hadley OF Marion,
Mass.
Rev. S. p Fairbanks OF Olcott preached
at the Methodist chapel last Sunday in ex
change with Rev. r. w. Sharp. He was
assisted by Rev. c. Il. Flint OF So. Tun-
bridge.
Mrs O. z. Northrop was called to the
north part OF the state recently to attend
the funeral of a sister, and she is now
confined to ner bed at her home in this
village by illress.
The Central Vermont railroad has ar
ranged for an excursion to Burlington
and st. Adams Friday, Oct. 30th, at the
uniform rate OF 81 so for ali points from
Windsor to West Berlin inclusive.
Among the Bethel people who went on
the excursion to Boston last week were j.
p. Marsh, II. f. Adams, w. II. Creamer,
Mrs. o. II. Blossom, Leon Baker, Otto
Greene and Rufus Wilson.
Unlike many articles, Maxhams balm 1
is the most popular where it is made-at 4
its home in Bethel. The reason is that il /
is the best known there and when IL is 4
known anywhere it becomes the family 4
medicine OF those using il.
The New England Telephone company
has agreed to furnish election bulletins
next Tuesday night free of cost to the
people of Bethel. This is quite a saving
as those interested have generally paid
the Western Union Telegraph company
ia the vicinity OF SO for the same service
Ii is proposed that every Republican
hang out Mckinley and Hobart flag next
saturday, Oct. 3lst, and also start a bon
lire in every town, lighting il at just $3.50
D. m. Would ii not be a good thing II
every man, woman and child wherever
thew may be would give three cheers for
q Hobart just at the time OF
lighting the bonfires?
There was a hearing last Tuesday at the
office of j. J. Wilson before f. c. South
gate, referee, OF Woodstock The parties
were Hadley Bros. OF Marion, Mass. plain
tifs, and Austin Howard OF Hartford, de-
tendant. The Hadleys claimed that Mr.
Howard had cut about 200 900 feet OF lum-
Der from wood lot owned by them in
Barnard j. j Wilson appeared for plain.
Liff and ID. G. Denison for defendant.
A silver gray fox has been tantalizing
he local huntsmen for the past week. Ii
vas seen by David w. Allen on the Roy
liton hill road near his place. As The
lkins Of these animal bring anywhere
rom 80 to $50 they are well worth con- !
lderable hunting for. 1t is understood I
hat silver grey fox does not trans nit
is popularity to its posterity, else there
would be considerable profit in fox farm !
ng OF this variety. II