Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-12-24
Bethel Local Intelligence.

Bethel Local Intelligence.
Mrs. L. II. Edison is visiting relatives in
Concord, Mass.
Fred j. Fassett Of Yale college was in
town last week.
Horace c. Ballou has received an in
/ crease OF pension.
Miss Nellie Pease is visiting relatives in
/ Springfield, Mass.
Mrs. L. II. Edison has gone to Concord,
4 Mass, for he winter.
Mrs. F. G. Cox OF Boston is visiting her
/ father, G. &. buchanan.
VIM. Stickney is home from Dartmouth
college sick with iaundice.
Miss Annie Kimbail is homo from East
4 Walpole, Mass, for the holidays.
Mrs. w. II. Cream r has returned from
/ months trip 10 Massachusetts.
There viii be the usual Christ mas SER
vices at Christ church Friday al 10 a. IN.
The Harrington creamery paid its pa
irons 20c. per 10. net for November butter
fat
The Guild of the Episcopal church met
with Mrs. &. Z. Stearns Wednesday OF last
week.
Mi SEES Carrie Curtis and Olive johnson
of Lancaster are at Z. W. Curtis for the
| holidays.
Mrs. F. G. Quimby has built new barn
on the premises occupied by her west oil
the village.
Presiding Elder Beeman will preside at
quarterly meeting at the Methodist chapel
next Sunday.
A young son OF Perkins Ward was bad
Iy bitten by dog while on his way TO
school last week.
About 20 couples are attending the
dancing school conducted By Ed D.Gilson
and Mrs. Pollock.
Letters remaining unclaimed at this
Office are for w. j. Burns (sailor) and
Mrs. Betsy Davis
Miss Julia Trask spent several days in
town last week on her way home from
Boston to Rochester.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Trask OF Newark,
So. Da., are staying with Mrs. Irask Is Sis
ter, Mrs. Ellen ellison.
William r. Adams has sold to Levi Kid
der the Bagiey lot which he recently
bought OF G. J. Robinson.
Mrs. l.. d. Horton and Frank and VIII
Horton of Chicago were in town last week
to attend the funeral Of l. ID. Horton.
Mrs. j. p. Stock we'll and George Stock
well OF Rochester were at X. p. Stock
wells Thursday and Friday OF last week.
Mr. and Mrs. e. f. 5paulding of Gloy
ersvile, n. Y, are spending two weeks
with W. J. Rogers, father OF Mrs. Spauld-
ing.
An old and young folks invitation ball
Is to be given at the Bascom House hall
the evening OF Dec. 3lst With music by
Gibson orchestra.
The second edition OF the souvenir
Views OF Betheln has been exhausted and
William r. Adams a. Son have now the
third edition in press.
Alton Billiard and three children have
returned from Willoug %, where they
nave been spending the summer, and are
now at Penfleld Billiards..
Hamlin g. Barnes of Dinvers, Mass,
has rented for three years The Myron Bur
nett farm belonging 70 T.. I. Arnold aud
VIII take possession Jan. let.
Mrs. II. Alvin Hatch was in town last
week and returned TO Williamsett, Mass,
Monday, taking her youngest daughter,
Mary Cornelia Hatch, with her
Uncle Sans mail box was the recipient
last week OF the following modest letter
from little -four year-old: "Dear Santa
Claus, 1 want a cart and / want wooden
tran OF cars and a nice ship and get me a
game ana horn. Good bye from"
Massachusetts, ana Connecticut people
will yet come To Vermont to spend the
winter. Wednesday OF last week there
was a foot OF snow in New Haven, Conn,
and but little less in eastern Massachu.
sets while Vermont was enjoying dry
ana pleasant weather.
Lawyer j. j. Enright OF Burlington was
in town Saturday. Mr. Enright is pro
curing signatures to petition to the su-
preme court to reinstate him as an attor-
ney at law and solicitor in chancery, from
which Offices he was debarred in February,
1895, in accordance with tine recommended
tions of the committee OF the Vermont
Bar association.
The Bethel Dramatic club will give their
farewell performance OF "Roger the Out.
cast Wednesday, Jan. 9th, for the bene-
fit of the Whitcomb High school class 81
1917. MIR. Beers and our home talent give
a performance OF this wonderfully c.ever
play which will live in the memory of our
fhestre-g oers as one OF the best produc.
tions ever given here by our local players.
1t is an entertainment which in every way
will bear repetition. Local singers will
lend special interest to the occasion.
There will be union Christmas service
in the town hall Thursday evening, con-
Quoted by DIR. W. O. Perkins of Boston,
assisted by Gilson's orchestra Dr. Per-
kins has composed Christmas song for
the occasion, which he will sing during
the evening. There will be trees for the
children, speaking, etc., and general
good time may be expected as no pains
are being spared to make the program an
interesting one. All are cordially invited
to be present.
The Bethel Shoe company has recently
been conducting an interesting course OF
experiments to determine the relative cost
OF wood and coal for fuel in the engine.
They use, when they burn coal, mixture
of two thirds coal screenings costing - so
a ton and one-third soft coal costing "a 60
ton. The cost OF this mixed fuel was
Sl.S0 n day. For wood fuel spruce slabs
from the Roxbury mills were used, cost
ing 3 a cord, and the expense of this fuel
was $3.50 day, so that this fuel would
have to be bought at price OF about S1.Ii
per cord to make 1t as cheap as the coal.
East Bethel.