Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-06-10
Bethel Local Intelligence,

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Assistant Postmaster Willis c. Waldo is
sick and confined to the house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Blake of st. Adams
spent Sunday with +. A. Davis.
VIM. Fisher is assisting in the postoffice
during the absence of Postmaster Topper.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Graham are visiting
their daughter, Mrs. J. H. Bradley, at
Ludlow.
Willis Waldo went to Burlington
Wednesday for treatment at the Vermont
medical college.
A. Lee Cady is at Montpelier this week,
serving as juryman at the session OF the
u. S. district court.
Postmaster G. II. Topper and Myron G.
Stafford left Wednesday for fishing trip
in .he Adirondaeks.
Hiram mberlain went to Springfield,
Mass, Friday TO spend several weeks with
relatives in that city.
Mrs. George Wyman and two children
of East Walpole, Mass, are stopping With
her father, G. III. Kimball.
Samuel Z. Cady has four unsteady in
eli ned pigs which sing to him when he
sets his foot on he barn floor.
Prof Gilmore Bryant OF Raleigh, n. C.,
is spending the summer with his family
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The Carter railroad accident suit at st.
Johnsbury against the &. V. X. X. is now
set for trial the 18th, OF this month.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. X. Foster and family
OF Ripton have been spending several
days With his brother, Chester f. Foster.
Mrs. G. j. Wallace went to Concord, n.
H., last Saturday, where her daughter,
Miss Carrie Heath, is employed in a hos
pital.
Frank II. Fisher OF Burlington was in
town over Sunday. He was called here by
the serious illness OF his father, Edwin
Fisher.
Richard C.. ID. Ives, soliciting freight
agent of the Canadian Pacific r. r., was
in town last week, stopping with his
sister, Mrs. w. II. Dreamer.
The pastoral year OF the Rev. j. o. Ben.
net as pastor Of the Universalist church
ends July LIST. Mr.. Bennett expects to
enter Harvard college this fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin c. Bigelow OF
Detroit, Mich, Mrs. A. A. Smith and
Mrs. l.. P. Thayer OF Randolph were
guests Of A. l.. Stearns Sunday.
Ex.Gov. 5. L. Pingree OF Hartford was
in town Monday. Mr.. Pingree was for
merly resident in town, having studied
law in company with his brother, the late
Stephen Pingree, in the office OF Hon. A..
p. Hunton.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. p. Dawson gave re.
ception last Friday evening 10 the teach
ers OF the w hitcomb High school ana the
classes of 81 and 'gs. Ice cream and cake
were served and a very pleasant literary
entertainment given.
The following delegates from Bethel
attended the Windsor County Sunday
School convention at Windsor Thursday
and Friday Of last week: Mrs. Z. l..
Messer, Mrs. g. b. Neazie, Miss Comic
Dickey and j. w. Miller.
G. II. Topper, Fred Arnold, F. l.. Mar
tin, DR.. X. NJ. Chase, NJ. g. Stafford and +.
A. Davis, accompanied by their wives,
attended the presentation OF Hoyt's new
play, "Stranger in New York" at Mont
pelier last Thursday evening.
The class of '97 OF the w. II. S. have
elected the following officers: President,
James +. Waterman; vice president,
Miss Florence A. Bowen; treasurer,
Robert II. Coy; secretary, Mabel V.
Hutchinson; poet, Richardson ID. Will
son.
Six new members were initiated into
the Grange last Saturday evening. This
organization is developing surprising
popularity among the local farmers. IL
already has forty-four members and there
are now nine applicants on the list for
admission.
Several carloads of granite from Barre
were received last week for the sustaining
wall between the railroad and the new
bicycle rim shop. Two OF the stones were
so large that the derrick could not handle
them and it will be necessary to split
them upon the car.
The Bethel baseball team will cross bats
with the Goddard Seminary nine at Beth
ell next Saturday. The game will
undoubtedly be very interesting one as
Goddard has a very strong team this year
and has just won the championship of the
Vermont colleges and high schools.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Bentley of Rutland
are taking bicycle trip through the state
and arrived here last Friday night, stop
ping with Myron Morse and family.
From here they went to White River
Junction and will go home by way of
Claremont, n. H., then up the Black
River and through Ludlow.
Night Waterman Chadwick states that
during the month of May he posted, on
the night mail, eight hundred and
twenty-four letters. 1t is presumed that
most il not nearly all of these letters were
too late for mailing at the postotiice. Ii
would seem that it would be great
accommodation to have postboX at the
depot into which this mail could be put.
Word was received here Monday OF the
death Sunday at Hartford, Conn.,, OF Mrs.
Josephine NJ. Bisse!l, daughter OF Rev. S.
A. Davis, former pastor OF the Universal
list church at Bethel and sister OF Mrs.
William X. Adams. Mrs. Bissel had a
shock about two months ago from which
she had not recovered. Mrs. Adams went
to Hartford Monday to attend the funer-
al.
l. NJ. Frost and Roy l.. Stearns were in
town over Sunday, having completed the
installation of the electric plant at Enfield,
n. H. Mr.. Frost has Just taken the con-
tract to install an electric light plant at
Wolfsboro, N. IT,, for the Wolfsboro
fire precinct, to cost $4,000. There win
be seven miles of pole line and the con-
tract calls for the completion of the work
by August 18th.
At meeting of the vestry OF Christ
church last Friday Rev. George B. Clark
was elected rector to succeed Rev. j. b. 7
rrevett, who recently resigned and went
to Gainesville, Texas. Mir. Clark is now
located at West Superior, Wis, but was
born in New England and is DESTROYS OF
on account of shis health. He
px meets tn he in Vermont in season tn at-