Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-01-21
Bethel Local Intelligence.
ne has promised to come.

Miss Mabel Brooks spent several days
last week with friends AT Enfield, N. h.
Mrs. Gould OF East Bethel las been
spending the past week with friends IN
this village.
The thermometer registered change OF
80 degrees in temperature from Monday
to Tuesday mornings.
viii Allen is recovering from severe
attack OF the grip, followed by blood pol
soning and erysipelas.
Misses Eva and Hazel Swan OF Ram
dolph are spending the winter with Mrs.
c. c. Stsarns ana attending the village
school
The local camera fiends are organizing
an amateur photographers club for the
more effectual accomplishment OF their
fiendish purposes.
Miss Nellie Hsrty, instructor in the pri
mary department OF the Nhiteomo High
scnool, is sick with tousilitis and her
school is closed for the present.
b. V. johnson, the tailor formerly To-
Gated in tie Wilson House, has opened
tailor shop at Windsor TO be run in con-
nection with his shop at Claremont.
e X. Dohoney of Mortified was in town
over sunday. Mr.. DOhoney was the pitch.
er the past season for the New York league
team and has been engaged the coming
season for tie same team.
The lecture by Rev. Mr.Roscoe of Roch-
ester at the town hall Monday is said to
have been quite interesting and worthy OF
larger attendance than it received. A
more extended use OF printers ink would
probably have brought the fact 10 the mo-
lice OF more people,
Next Wednesday evening, Jan. p, Miss
Anna Upper, Bethel's talented elocution-
st,Will give an entertainment at he town
hall, assisted Dy Mrs Chase, Mr. REYNOLDS
and Miss Welch, accompanies. The pro-
ceeds will 90 to he free library aud
large attendahce Is hoped for.
The cold weather Of the past week con-.
bined With the. open season, has worked
disast rously to the water supplies OF this
town. Wednesday night The system Of
Stearns and Durham nn South Main street
ard the system OF the White River Water
company on River street were frozen, shut
ting OFF the supply Of many families.
Saturday morning the four candidates
for the postofIice under the new admins
tration-Fre1 Arnold, George Marsh, w
J Brooks ana X. p Stock well-received a
circular letter from Congressman Grout
stating that the appointment would be
settled by petition 1T this office Accord
ingly the petitions were thicker than
four candidates named above, the names
of Miss Ann Sargent, T.. 5 Rood, Walter
Baker and q n. kimball have been men.
toned for the appointment.
Mss Anna Upper, " no is TO read at the
town hail next Wednesday evening, has
lately given entertainments in Worcester,
Quincy Lynn and other Massachusetts,
cities before well-pleased audiences. Her
engagements are controlled by a well
known Boston entertainment bureau, but
she Is coming TO Bethel at much less than
her usual charge, desiring TO see her
friends here ana willing at the same time
to do the library a favor. The musical
part of the entertainment, under the di
rection OF Mrs. Chase, is sure TO be OF
high order.
The congregation OF the Universalist
church narrowly escaped receiving dose
of heterodox doctrine last Sunday morn
ing. By mistake Rev Mr.. Marsh, who
was to preach at the Cong' church, wan
dered into the Universalist edifice and took
q seat well up in front ready TO go up into
the pulpit at the proper moment. But for
the timely arrival OF Rev. j. q. Bennett
and a consequent cognizauce on the part
OF Mr.. Marsh of his mistake, there is no
telling what unheard OF doctrine would
have been preached that day in the Uni
yersalist church. But seriously, we ask
would the hearers have noticed the differ
ence The text was "For God so loved the
world that be gave his only bogptten son,
etc, - which would have been appropriate
anywhere.
There win be Farmers institute here
Thursday and FRIDAY, Jan. IS aud 20, I'M
der the direction of he state board of ag.
riculture. The meetings are all free and
the ladies are especially invited to be
present. Following is the program: .
Thursday forenoon, Address Of welcome; /
Relation OF the State TO tuberculosis, V. |. 4
Spear, Braintree; discussion. Afternoon, .
Fertilizers Natural and Artificial, Prot j.
l. Hills, Burlington; discussion. Even
ing, music; Horse Breeding, illustrated
with stereopticon, Il. {. Williams. Coven.
try; Sanitation, member OF the board OF
health; discussion. Friday forenoon, t
Raising and harvesting the Corn Crop, j. (
X. Curtis, Georgia; Management OF Roads.
j. II. Ware, ToNnshend. Afternoon, Feed (
and Care of Dairy Stock, j. .. Sanford, /
Stamford; The Maple Sugar Industry, c. I
j. Bell, Walden; discussion. Evening, /
music; Organization as a Means OF Sue. /
cess at the Present Time. ALPHA Messer, I
Rochester; TURNING the Grindstone. {. j.
Bell, Walden; question box.
man came to us last wee k and wanted
to know why we had not had an item in
the paper about an important event that
had occurred in his family. He was quite
angry that the event had not been noticed
With conscience void OF offense we tried
TO snow MN that THIS event had not been
within the range of our observation nor
had our office cat, in his nocturnal wan.
derings, beard Of it. This paper desires to
publish the news OF Bet bel and to get out
a paper that the people residing away
from Bethel, but interested in Bethel news,
as well az our home people can take each
week and learn what has happened here.
But to dothis we must have the co opera
tion OF the people residing in Bethel them
selves, and when an item of interest oe.
ours in their families or vicinity let them
hand it in to us,either written or by word
of mouth. Don't think that becsuse it is
perhaps OF no great importance that it is
not of interest to the readers OF the paper.
A Sickness in the family, a serious acct
dent, family gatherings, q large yield of
crops, husklng bee and many others of
similar nature are items that your neigh
bors and acquaintance like to hear of and
il YOU don't tell US of them they may never
know anything about them.
S. B. Day relates an experience on his
southern trip by which he nearly lost his
watch. The train had stopped at station
for refreshments and just as Mr.. Day step
ped off the train he looked at his watch to
see W hat time he mad. There was large
number of travellers and townspeople
around the station and there was consid-
cradle pushing and crowding. When the
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