Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-01-14
Bethel Local intelligence,

SICK WITH pHtuLhoHia'
Mrs. Aaron Bowen is quite sick will
grip and heart trouble.
The young child of Harrison Powers il
i'll with q throat trouble
e. N. Salter returned Thursday from I
two weeks trip To Boston.
II. Richardson returned from weeks
visit in Massachusetts Monday.
Franklin Rhodes has moved from th'
Burnett farm into Bethel village
Thomas A. Madden went to Burlington
last Friday to remain few weeks.
MIR. and Mrs. l.. 2. Billiard are visiting
thoir son, Ed z. Bullard, at Springfield
Mass.
ID. =. Phillips was called to Moretown
last Saturday by the sudden illness OF his
NJ. N. Kendall has been kept from run
ming his meat cart for several weeks by
| illness.
Prof. Dawson, in the absence OF the pas
| tor. read the service at the Congl church
Sunday.
John Foley goes to Campello, Mass
Thursday, here he has secured work at
his trade.
Tue young eaughte OF A. Lee Cady is
seriously i'll with The grip and succeeding
Implications.
Emory hlhg anu fanny nhNe HoNeu ~
Bellows Falls, where MIR. King has pro-
cured employment.
w. n. Salter has moved from the Kit
tredge house into the north end of the W.
II. HartWell house.
Hamlin Barnes OF Danvers, Mass, has
moved onto the Burnett farm that he
rented OF f.. T. arnold.
DR.. Wilder is in New York this week on
business in connection with the Norton
Gold Mining company.
c. b. Weeks 81 St. Johusbury has been
appointed ad ministrator Of the estate Of
the late Wallace II. Ballou.
Mrs Adam Eglin is sick with a spinal
trouble and nervous exhaustion. Or. l..
NJ. Greene IS attending her.
George Ballou OF Buffalo, n. Y, was in
town last week, called here BY the death
OF his father, Wallace Ballou.
Clark Davis is in Roxbury this week,
" mere he has taken a large contract 10
draw logs for Heath aud Rice.
The four mont ms old son OF John
Weaver died Wednesday morning from
the effects OF an attack OF the grip,
Leo, the young son OF Alton Bullard,
died Friday. Funeral services were held
Sunday at the home OF l.. b. Bullard.
DIR. l.. NJ. Greene, health officer for the
town of Bethel, reports that dlphtheria
has been entirely stamped out in this town
and that there is not veslige OF the dis
ease left.
Elizabeth Dreamer, VINO has been spend
ing the holidays here, returned TO her
school in Montreal, p. O., Monday. She
vas accompanied by her mother, who
went for pleasure trip.
At the annual meeting OF the Congrega.
tional Ladies' Aid society last Thursday
Mrs. {. II. Allen was elected president,
Miss mn Sargent, vice president, ana
Mrs. Z. n. Fisher, secretary ana treas
urer.
Surveyors are at work on the upper
White River valley on the proposed road
from Rutland 10 Montpelier. Ii is
claimed that the ID, & II. r. K. is behind
this new move as il will furnish nearer
market TO their coal and give a nearly air.
line outlet FOR the Barre granite quarrles
TO New York and western points.
John ID. Wheeler returned from Wood
stock saturday, where he bias been serv-
ing on the petit jury, being one 4 the ju-
roTs in the Norwich robbery case. The
jury has been excused until court re.
assemblies after the present term OF SUI
preme court az Montpelier, which will
probably be some time next month.
At the annual meeting OF the stock hold
ers OF the National White River bank held
at their banking house last Tuesday, a.
A. Brooks, John X. Topper, ". b. C.stck.
ney, j. o. BelkBap and f. A. Davis were !
CHOSEN directors. At a subsequent meet /
ing OF the directors W. b. Z. S,igkney was
elected president and +. A. Davis cas- hier. !
At the annual meeting OF the Uni. /
versalist society held last Tuesday 4
evening, Jan. -, the following OH 4
GERS were elected; c. ID. Cushing, moder- I
ator; VIM. r. Adams, clerk; NJ Sylvester, (
treasurer; Mrs. l.. IA. Greene, collector;
{. ID. Cushing and O. p. Shaw, yestr, men.
Z. L. Messer is periecting a new system
Of assisting coal fires with kerosene oil,
and Tuesday of last week had very Ia
Vorable opportunity as the coal fire was
quite low. The frs. application OF kero-
S. ne gave no apparent result, 50 a second
was tried. This time the fire went and so
sid all the stove doors ana the stovepipe .
In that room and the adjoining one. To
anyone desiring more definite informa.
ton as TO the process, Mr.. Messer will
gladly give any facts.
About 20 teachers attended the first
meeting of the Windsor County High
school Teachers association last Satur-
lay. An organization was effected with
he following officers: Prin. Gibson Of
Chester, president; +. Z. Dawson of Beth
Il, vice president; Miss Oaks OF Windsor,
secretary; Miss Virginia L. Kimball of
" bite River Junction, treasurer; Prin. T..
Whitehill Of Woodstock, Prin. w. G.
hopkins OF South RoyaiJon and Mrs. n.
Dressed Of Springfield, executive com.
nittee. II is proposed TO hold three meet
ngs year and the next meeting will be
leld at Woodstock in May.
Word was received last Sunday OF the
ieath at $50 q. m. that day at Concord,
\. H., Of 1heophius +. Wilson. Mr.Wil-
on was born in Cabot May S, 1914. The
arlier years of his life were spent in farm
ng but in 1858 he began the keeping OF
he hotel at Cabot, which he continued
lntil 1870, when he purchased the hotel
I Bethel OF Royal II. Topper and for the
10 years kept this hosiery,
.nown as the Wilson House among the
ront rank of country hotels. In 1859 ne
old the Wilson House to John D. Law :
ence and bad since lived with his chill
ren, at the time of his death being with
is oldest daughter. Mrs. ;. n. Welch. H.
Eft, in addition to Mrs. WEIGH, two chill.
rem, f. F. Wilson and Mrs. q. J. Wal
ace. Rosetta Wilson, his wife, died in
'ethel about six years ago.
East Bethel.
Adeline Abbott is still quite sick
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