Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-05-28
Bethel Local Intelligence

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W. w. Parks OF Keene, NH, spent Sun
day in town.
A. L stearns is in Massachusetts on q
business trip.
M. e. Savage visited In Pittsfeld one
day last week.
s. T, Coy OF Bellows Falls was the guest
of A. j. Davis last week. Ri
Potatoes are 25c bushel, eggs,8c. doz-
en- and butter 13c. pound.
Will Parsons has his double -tenement
house up and nearly covered.
Frank Deering is petit juror at the May
term OF Windsor county court.
Deputy U. s. Collector A. L. Weeks Of
st. Adams was In town Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. B. Kitnbal OF Burling
ton spent Sunday with his brother, Q, H.
Kimball.
The Shepard Family gave concert to q
fair sized audience in the town hall Mon
day evening.
| DR.. 0. d. Greene's dwelling house and
the Bascom House are smiling with new
coats OF paint.
Alvin Ringe has been laid up the past
week with foot injured by getting q
rusty nail into 1t.
Merrill A. Owen OF Lebanon, former
resident Of Bethel, has been spending the
past week in Bethel.
| The selectmen are having placed eight
80. candle power electric lights in the
streets OF the village.
Mrs. v. e. Kimball and Misses Anna
and Nellie Harty visited Miss Alice Lamb
in South Royalton Saturday.
About 10 from this place attended the
InterschoIastic prize speaking at White
River Junction Wednesday evening.
DR.. Orison WEIGH OF Clinton, Mass, a
brother OF the late DR.. WEIGH, spent Sum
day with the family OF e. F. Wilson.
G. d. Cushing has fine new trap for
firing clay pigeons into the air with the
proper velocity to make it easy to hit them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lyman were called
to Tun bridge Wednesday to attend the fu !.
neral of Ichabod Tucker, Mrs Lyman's ia
Their.
Henry Gero has bought the place OF
now occupying the same. Mr.. Zero halls
from Middlebury.
Mrs. George Bundy, aged IA years, is
quite low with Bright's disease at the
home Of her daughter, Mrs. Burt Buttles
in Bethel Olympus.
The Second Bethel baseball nine has
been organized with Jesse Moriarty cap
tain and Harry Adams manager. They
will play the nine from Montpelier at
Bethel the Both.
Prin. F. p. Dawson, OF the Whitcomb
High school. and Mrs Dawson gave very
pleasant reception Friday evening to the
members OF the Senior and Junior classes
and the other teachers.
e. d. ellison is making an excavation in
the rear of the Bascom House stables upon
which he will probably erect blacksmith
shop. and then will alter t he building now
used for that purpose into tenement
house.
A special meeting OF the voters in Fire
District No has been called for the
evening OF June 18th for the purpose OF
electing new officers and to see II he dis.
trict will vote tax to pay the indebted
ness OF the district.
The May Term OF Windsor county court
which was legally due to begin May 26th
was adjourned one week on account OF the
inability OF Judge M. Tyler, the presiding
judge, to attend, as supreme court is 10
session at Montpelier. eN
Work is being begun at the Dingman
quarry on Christian Hill. Workmen are
being put on the work OF getting the
stone out OF the earth, and as the work
progresses 80 as to give employment to
more, additional workmen will be put on.
Chas Hoisington OF Lowell has been WIS.,
iting his many friends in town the past
week. Mr.. Hoisington will be pleasantly
remembered as the patron saint OF Bethel
baseballdom and the organizer ofa Hoisie's
Aggregation" the crack nine from Bethel
some years ago.
The sixth annual banquet and reunion
OF the Alumni Of the Whitcomb High
school will take place at the Wilson House
Friday evening, June 9Th. The committee
having In charge the arrangements for the
reunion are Mrs. A. l.. Cady, Leon II.
Richardson and Harry E. Adams,
Mr.. and Mrs. franklin White, living on
the Barnard stage road, celebrated the fif-
tieth anniversary of their marriage last
week Wednesday evening, many OF their
neighbors and friends calling on them.
Mr.. and Mrs. White have six living chill
dren, three sons and three daughters.
Z. A. Davis spent last Sunday at Hano-
yer, where his brother, Rev. VIM. Davis
OF Newton, Mass, preached at the Cong'l
church. Monday, In company with Mayor
Cobb OF Newton and John Bacon OF w. r.
Junction, they spent the day fisiug at
averaging about three fourths OF pound
apiece.
A COW belonging to Henry Preston gave
birth to cali last week that bore a strik-
ing resemblance to bull dog. Its head
was round, nose turned up,neck short and
1t had dogs tongue, and although 1t had
a calf's hoof,yet the leg and the remainder
OF the body was the exact counterpart OF
the representatives OF the canine race. The
animal was stillborn.
About rs of the young friends OF Roland
Reynolds called on him last Thursday
evening to assist him in celebrating the
fact that he had arrived at the age OF ma
jority. Rev. J. 0. Bennett, in graceful
speech, presented Mr.. Reynolds with a
handsome meerschaum pipe in behalf OF
the friends, and the evening was very
pleasantly passed In listening to varied
musical program.
The boys devoted last Saturday to base
ball. The Whitcomb High school nine de-
feated the Grammar department by score
OF q to 10 in an exciting game. George
B. Chase acted as umpire. The same day
the High school nine defeated the village
nine by score OF 10 to IL. John Keleher
was umpire for three innings but being
nearly killed, resigned, and Roland Rey.
nolds completed the game.