Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-12-16

store, Bascom House block. b thel. 2.
Pearl Wilson has gone TO Rutland g.
join his father.
Miss Ida Rice visited friends in Ran
dolph laet Tuesday.
Mrs r. II Baseom aud Kittridge Bas
com nre ut the Basc5m House.
Miss Jessie Chadwick has gone to
Exeter, n. H., to work in shoe shop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gidpan OF Barnet ara
visiting their daughter, Mrs. +. 2. Davi-
son.
CT. Upper, z. A. Davis, ". H.Cream-
or and r. VI. Chase are in Boston this
week,
Willis Maynard has opened boot aud
shoe repair shep over the store OF NJ. A.
Moody.
Tue Y.P. c. q. meeting next SUNDAY
will be led by siss Florence Soper, Topic,
eheerfulaess.
AFRO Flint has bought Of John French
thr Andrew Nasuburn place on the road
to Liliievi!ie.
Mrs. Hottie Bui'ard and Miss Kate Bul-
lard bave engaged tenement IN the mouse
OF q. r. Lewis
Miss Carrie Curtis has returned from
Lancaster, y. T., where she has been
ltatnlhE fChool'
The VILLAGE schools close next Friday
for the Christmas holidays aud will open
again Jan. 81, lsa3.
The Guild * the Episcopal church will
meet with Mrs. e. e.. Stearus Thursday
afternoon ana evening OF this week.
There is unclaimed mail matter at this
Office for Frank c. Howard, Mrs John
Moran, Ernest W. Rich and Mrs. Nation
MimUn.
Chas. Waldo has bought The Amnsa
Bowen place in Barnard OF Herbert Brow
nCH, administrator OF the late Amasa
Bow ems est-te.
Forrest Montgomery, who hiss b en-
working in nc harrington creamery the
past season, went to his home at Hines
burgh last Monday. His place st teo
creamery viii tie taken by FRANK
BlaCkmcr.
Miss Ida Z. Gordon, forewoman in the
s on, cave Whist party at the Bascom
House last Saturday. Some wicked pagan
SCI back the aands ~ the clock, causing
portion OF Tie play ers to unwittingly
break one OF TIE commandments.
Cards are cut announcing the marriage
OF George kui.noter, of br firm OF kell-
hoter q Cover, OF Bethel and Miss Josie
Wood OF Randolph, 10 taEu place Dec
29lh. The newly married couple will
occupy rooms in the Fiske biors.
John Foley, formerly blsc ,,miih ia
town, received a serious injury u bile
Wo. king SO bis trade in Brockton, Mass.
A piece OF iruis Weighing about 80 pounds
fell. striking on bis head and cracking his
skull, so that t~u small piec were
removed.
The annual session of Mt Sinai Temple,
Ancient Arabian Osuur OF the MOBILES III
tue Mystic Shrine, was held at Montpelier
last Friday aud the dusiy plains were
trRversed nv =. A. Davis. T. NJ. Heath and
w. NJ. Fisher Of this town. Mr.. Davis
was elected treasurer.
Merton Richardson and Miss Ada
French, who have worked in the shoe
shop until lately. We're married at Rox
bury "Wednesday Of last week. "Mertr Is
very popular among the young men here
and is to be ccngral uiated on his advance
ment in life. MIR. ana Mrs. Richardson
will reside in Hsnniker, n. II.
At the annual grange meeting as
Saturday night the old board OF officers
was reelected in full. Three OF these
resigned and new officers were elected in
their places, 50 that now the list stands:
Worthy master, ID w. bliss; Oycrseer, l..
E. Spaulding; lecturer Hiss Nellie Gil
lettc; chaplain, Mrs Samuel Howard;
secretary, Mrs. (. f. Waldo: treasurer
W. L. tlsh; steward, 3. +. Davis; assist
ant steward, o-Dtt Iiiltltes lazy assistant
steward, airs. Allen Durham; Pomona,
Miss Jessie Spauldinp; Ceres. Mrs. Dora
Jordan; Flora, Miss ] ia Rice; gatekeeper.
e. F. Nald0; ofgsni,r, Mrs. l.. w. BIZ s.
Fourteen rev members were initiated
into tue third aud fourth degrees.
Last Saturday, Dec. II, was the twenti-
eth annive sary OF the great Bethel fire
which burned over that part of Bethel
village which is Jov bounded on tho west
side of Main street by the shop OF E. M.
Weston on the north, and the store Of J.
g. Sargent on the south, and on the east
side of Main street Dy the kittredge house
on the north, and the house of Mrs. L. IL.
Edison on the south. The fire broke out
in the middle of the night in the old
White River house, tenement house thst
covered the present site of the Arnaid
block and the store OF Brooks az Nash
burn. This was occupied, we believe, by
four families. To the north was the fur
Diture store OF Frank Williams on the site
of the Wilson block. This building was
burned, but by great effort the shop in the
rear, now standing, was saved. To the
south the flames first destroyed tie livery
stable CT Albert StearDs, then the new
block OF q. Z. Graham, which was occu-
pied by tailor sbOp; the postoffice, then
run 10y Edwin Fisher; q millinery shop of
Ers. TarbeH and the harness shop OF T.
A. Chad wick. Next south the fire con-
suuel the sfore aud house OF Clark aud
Aaron j Davis. Across the street the fire
q ID. ~ 9 s.-.asA