Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-03-25
Bethel Local Intelligence

ton last week.
Mrs.Julius Dyke is visiting at the home
OF ID. I. Dyke.
Mrs. P. l.. Ellis OF Swanton is visiting
| friends in town.
CIV. Gage Of Newport was in town the
| fret of the week.
Principal C. l.. Curtis OF Royalton WAS
in town Tuesday.
George Chase of Goddard seminary Is
at home for vacation.
Jesse Moriarty of Mortified was in town
Thursday OF last week.
Harry Chadwick returned last week to
his work in st. Adams.
Young George Blossom End visited his
mother in Pittsfield last week.
Mrs. Oliver II. Barrows and Miss Flora
Shaw visited friends in Sganton last week.
Mrs. o. r.. Blossom and daug hter, Miss
May, are confined to the house by illness.
VIC. Lattilner was called to Rochester
| last week by the serious illness OF MS
| father.
Assistant Postmaster Willis e. Waldo is
slowly recovering from his recent severe
Joseph somerville was called to Middle
sex Saturday by the serious illness OF his
mother.
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Bowen returned last
week from a two weeks visit at WINDSOR
and vicinity.
Mrs. Morgan Sullivan and children
went to Boston on Friday OF last week for
a two weeks visit.
Winn Savage is to carry on his grand
fathers, II. A. Putnam's, sugar place in
Barnard this season.
o. A. Dean found a fine specimen OF
rainbow crystal in the road near William
! Magiyenyis last week.
Mrs. A. A. Wainwright OF East Middle
bury spent Sunday with her slstel, Mrs
II. {. Rice, and family in this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Thayer we're called
TO Cornish Wednesday by the serious ILL
ness OF their daughter, Mrs. Fred Fiheld.
Alba Dartt had the misfortune 10 have a
horse die last week and his neighbors and
acqusintances made up "a purse with which
to buy him new one.
Miss Annie Kimball, bookkeeper in the
+. W. Bird paper mills at East Walpole,
Mass, is at the bone OF her father, u. II.
ball, for weeks visit
Quite a number OF the Bethel Methodist
society went to Randolph Thursday even
ing OF last week to attend the sociabe
given by the Randolph society.
c. II. Tyler, the contractor from Orange,
Mass, was in town Tuesday in regard to
the contract for putting up the new power
house at Blue Hills for the Bethel Electric
Light and Power Co.
Principal r. p. Dawson, J. +. Waterman
and Robert Coy attended the prize speak
ing OF the White River Junction High
school last Friday evening, Principal
Dawson acting as one OF the Judges.
Mrs. Sarah Morse, widow OF the late
Calvin Morse OF this town and sister OF
Augustus NJ. Marsh and the late Charles
Marsh and Joel Marsh OF Bethel, is visit
ing friends and relatives in town, stopping
with Mrs. Edwin Morse.
&. II. Kid der sent 10 Boston Monday l46
hogs, paying from 3 1-ic. per pound to
BIZ Also quite number OF calves and
sheep and a pair OF very handsome oxen
from West Hartford, weighing 3,735 lbs,
for which he paid &c. per pound.
The board OF school directors viii hold
meeting at East Bethel Friday, March
10Th, al 10 a. m. to consider plans about a
new schoolhouse at that place. They
will be pleased to have all interested par
ties present and make known their views.
The New England Telegraph and Tele-
phone company unloaded from the cars
here this week four car loads OF some OF
the largest telephone poles ever seen IN
this vicinity. 1t is their purpose 10 re.
place the old poles in this vicinity with
these new ones and TO extend the line to
Z
line from Boston TO Burlington. AT pres
ent use is made OF Browns line from here
To Montpelier.
Prof Madden's sparring class gave a
very pleasant entertainment Tuesday
evening, consisting of scientific boxing,
bag punching and wrestling. The fastest
bout OF the evening was four-round
draw between Jack Weaver, Jr., and Spi-
der Burrelle. An exciting representation
OF the Corbett -FitZsimmons fight and
other features were well received by the
large gathering present. Prof. Madden
deserves considerable credit for the clean
exhibition given and the goodwill shown
by all the contestants,
The school directors have engaged the
following teachers for the coming spring
term; Miss Lavira Farnham, East Bethel;
Miss Anna Hatch, Christian Hill; Miss
Nellie Gillette, Locust Creek; Miss Jose
phine merry, Finley Bridge; Mrs. j. NJ.
Dyke, Old Church district; Miss Abbie
Fisher, Gilead; Mrs. Carrie Jackman,
Camp Brook; Miss Lula Chamberlin,
Lilieyilie; Miss Lulu Bowen, Olympus;
Pearl Whitaker, Rochester Mountain.
The board have appointed W. G. Whit
taker, chairman; II. w. Fowler, clerk, ana
Mrs. Carrie Jackman, superintendent.
Bethel inventors are To the front.
short time ago we chronicled +. l.. Mes
ser's scheme for starting coal fires with
kerosene and now ii. III. Paige has dis
covered how to start frozen water systems.
IL seems that Mr.. Paige's system frozs up
last winter during the open cold season
and he has been obliged to bring his water
by hand. Last week Mr.. Paige and fam
lily left for a several days absence and the
fires were allowed to go out in the house,
leaving the water pipes much colder than
before. On Mir. Paige's return, much TO
his surprise, he found the water running
all right in the house.
Saturdays night train brought the fol-
lowing party from New York to inspect
the Stockbridge gold fields: DIR. l.. A.
Wilder, Fred Crichton, Chas. II. Perry, j.
V. Hall, w. b Hill, Mai. l.. NJ. Hoar and
J. A. Sanborn. The two latter are still at
Stockbridge, but the others went to New
York Monday and Tuesday. Several of
the party are interested in the new hotel at
Stockbridge Common which It Is proposed
to erect al cost OF about $4,000. The
new crusher for the Gay ilili Mining COM
pany is completed at the manuiactory and
ready for shipment. About thirty thous-
and feet OF lumber have been drawn from
Chaffee's mills onto the Elbridgc Whit
comb premises for the building OF the
gold ore crushing plant as soon as the