Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-10-22
Bethel Local Intelligence.

Mrs. E. A. Davis has been in Boston tht
past week.
Miss Stella Clark went Tuesday TO visit
friends in Bellows Falls.
Miss Mary Blodgett of Mortified Wis
tied in town on Monday.
Will Parsons is spending two weeks OF
more at his home in Warren.
Mrs. Henry Rice spent day with
friends in Randolph.last week.
Rev. Mr.. Waldron preached at the
Congregationalist church last Sunday.
Miss Sylvia Whitaker, former resi-
dent, visited friends in town last week.
N.F. Clark OF St. Adams was at d. l..
Childs' Friday and Saturday OF last week.
Mrs. s. B. Days is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Adelaide Shedd, at Haydenville,
Mass.
Eugene Osha has bought out and taken
possession of the barber shop OF Z. Z.
Maynard.
MIR. and Mrs. Winn Savage spent day
or two with friends in Rnyalton the last
of the week.
DIR. and Mrs. l.. N.veo nf Maiden, Mass,
spent Sunday with e. d. Williams, Mrs.
Veo's father.
Mrs. .. r. Blossom and daughter. Miss
May, are moving into Miss Jane Todd's
tent ment on igbland Valley.
The E. F. Wilson block had a narrow
escape from destruction by fire caused by
an oil stove last Tuesday evening.
Charles Curtis returned Tuesday from a
two weeks visit to his daughter, Miss
Carrie A. Curtis, at Lancaster, N. II.
Miss Gertie Davis is spending some
time in visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr..
and Mrs. s. I. Coy, in Bellows Falls.
Misses Kate and Grace Bascom have en-
tered upon a three years course OF music
at the New England Conservatory OF Mu-
sic.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. H. Edmunds were
called to Ward Hill last week by the Sc.
rious illness OF their daughter, Mrs. Ed
McIntire.
Mrs. A. p. Severance OF East Middle
bury spent several days at the home OF
] her nephew, Henry Rice, in this village
recently.
| DIR. and Mrs. l.. w. Clough entertained
/ their friends in Bascom House hall last
Tuesday evening, it being their wedding
anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Kimball returned
| from their two weeks visit at Mrs. Kim.
balls old home in East Walpole, Mass,
on Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Waller and Mrs. Graham are get
ting their houses well advanced towards
completion and both OF them will have
fine houses beautifully located.
The event OF the season will be the mu
steal convention at the town hall Oct. ~
and 2S, by q. b. Fisk OF Brookfield and
DR.. W. o. Perkins OF Boston. See posters.
A. Lee Cady, representative from Bethel
in the general assembly, has been APP
pointed a member OF the general commit
tee, one OF the more important commit
tees CT the House.
The tannery of the Vermont Hide and
Leather company shuts down this week.
having manufactured all their present
stock. 1t is not expected that the shut
down will be permanent.
The annual report OF Miss Kate Marsh,
librarian OF the Bethel Free library for
the year ending Oct 18th, shows that there
are 422 cards out and that there has been
an average OF 106 books taken out per
week.
Mr.. Harry Shannon, who is the popular
advance agent of the Lillian Mortimer
company, which plays here this week,
will be remembered as connected with
the Belts Lossee company which was here |
last season.
The New England Telephone company /,
has generously made arrangements to |
furnish the election news free to the citi- /
zens OF Bethel on the night OF the presi- /
dental election.
The White River District Sunday school {
association will hold its second conven
tion in toe NJ. =. church. Rochester, Oct.
20h, The Rochester people viii enter
tain all corners and are DESTROYS OF a +
large attendance.
Dea. 5. e. Dunnam has continued to
improve from the result OF his accident at
the Church street crossing last month
and is now in his usual state OF health 4
and STRENGTH " bfnn tE Kunnnarfnl tor I'D, /
man OF his advanced age.
The shop smoke stack, having be.
come badly corroded and unsafe, was
taken down Sunday and a new one
erected. Manager w. II. Creamer has bad
the top OF the new stack painted an old
gold color at a ratio OF 81 to
At the annual meeting OF the Bethel
Free Library association last Saturday,
w. b. 9. Stickney was elected president;
Miss Nellie Adams. secretary; Guy vii.
son. TREASURED Miss Kate Marsh libra rian,
and Mrs. S. A. Parker, member OF book
committee for three years.
The alarm over diphtheris has subsidized
considerably since last week and the vii.
lage schools opened again Monday morn
ing. There have been no cases except in
the two families in which it first ap.
peared and all the patients are doing we'll,
while some have recovered so as to be out.
n htdilnS II btluB nelu TINS week DeIOre /,
Special Master VIM. Batchelder OF White
River junction in the chancery case of j.
e. Stafford against the Gaysville Manu- !.
featuring company and the Bethel Elec- !
trio Light and Power company, the prin-
cipal matter in dispute being the rights
Of the respective parties in the water
power at Gaysville. Hon. w. f. johnson
Of Woodstock and ex Gov. w. p. Dilling-
ham OF Waterbury appear for Mr. Stafford
ano w p. c. Stickney and J. J. Wilson 5
Tor the defendants. 4
Capt. George Hollis and Mrs. Hollis of T
Maiden, Mass, have been spending the /
past week with F. ID. Williams and enjoy a
ing the fine hunting afforded in the vicin- d
ty OF Bethel. A few rods easterly of the
Locust Creek house he started up fine
ieer and fawn, which were so tame that he :
approached within few rods and re- i
NAMED Watching them several minutes
without their taking fright. Capt. Hollis
S at present connected with the Boston
,ustom house but was consul at Cape
Town under Pres. Harrison, where he did
much to further the interests not only OF
he United States hut of the Cape Colony.
lie induced CIR. Witherell to take the first
OF OF Vermont Merinos to Cape Town and
TIRED up such an interest in the sheep in |
he minds of the South Africans that the
heep were sold at prices ranging from