Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-03-24
Bethel Local Intelligence.


FL. Wetmore, former resident, was
in town last Saturday. sis
G. d. Cushing is adding a third story 10
his brick house on Main street.
Now is the time to get your dog
licensed. The time expires April LIST.
ID. L. Parker went to Springfield, Mass,
last week to engage in the civil engineer
ing business.
George B. Chase of Goddard seminary is
spending a vacation of two weeks with
his parents in town.
Miss Beatrice Blaisdell of Laconis, N.
H., was the guest of Mrs. e. A. Davis for
several days last week.
Mr.. and Mis-. Paul Wagner, who have
been Keeping house for M. Sylvester, have
1 gone to Barton Landing,
II l. b. Taylor OF Brattleboro, general
agent OF the National Life Insurance COM
pany, was in town Fricay.
Miss Lula A. Chamberlin has been en-
gagged to teach English at Montpelier
seminary for the coming year.
Mrs. w. H. Dreamer and Miss Hilda
Talford returned last week after months
absence in Boston and vicinity.
Alonzo Bryant has returned from
Raleigh, N. c., where he has been spend
ing the winter with his son, Gilmore
w. Bryant.
! l.. p. Norton OF Bennington was in town
several days the first of the week, looking
after the gubernatorial interests OF aspir-
ant Mccullough.
At the banquet following he dental con-
vention at Rutland last week, DR.. k. NJ.
Chase OF this place responded to the toast,
''rhe Medical Profession
Mrs. l.. P. Thayer OF Randolph, Mrs. l..
ID. Wheeler OF White River Junction and
Mrs. Bigelow have been visiting at Mrs.
A. l.. Stearns' the past week.
W. ID. Adams is engaged in putting in a
steel side wall in the office of the Bascom
House, after which be will put in a steel
ceiling for Mrs. Edwin Sturtevant.
County Examiner E. H. Whitehill will
hold a public examination for teachers in
the High school building April 4th and
9TH. The work will begin promptly
at 9 a. IN.
The spring term of the Whitcomb High
school began last Monday with an aver
age attendance and with the same board
OF teachers as last term. The term will
close lune 10Th.
Myron G. Stafford and Miss Mollie SAT-
ford went to sutton, p. O., last week,
summoned by the serious illness OF the
father OF Mr.. Stafford, who is very low
from an attack OF typhoid fever.
Frank Bly, has sold his home place,
known as the Ravens place, near old
Christ church to w. l.. Hurlburt. Mr..
Hurlburt buys it for home for his faith
er and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Hurl-
burt.
The sudden slump in the winter wealth
er has left about three hundred thousand
feet OF the Fall Mountain Paper COM
pany's logs in the woods where it will be
next to impossible TO reach them until
next season.
e. p. Fisher was called to Pittsfield and
Brandon Sunday in company with Dep
uty Sheriff Graves OF Waterbury, looking
after some boys who had stolen horse at
Waterbury. The thieves were finally To-
Gated at Middebury. tF
In their strife for business the Boston
and New York daily papers have made
arrangements for earlier delivery at Beth
ell, The Boston papers now arrive here at
1:aS p. M, going by way OF Concord,
Wells River and Montpelier. The New
York papers reach here now at 2:30 r. M,
instead ri at p M, as formerly. These
earlier deliveries are made possiblsh by
running special trains from Boston TO
concord in the first case and from New
York to Springfield, Mass, in the other.
There was an extensive landslide ongthe
railroad at Blue Hill early Sunday morn
ing. The night tram north had passed
and the slide happened a short time be-
fore the night train south was due. The
railroad employs night Waterman at
this place during the dangerous SEASON,
who placed the proper signals and the
train was stopped. The track was not
cleared sufficiently for the passage, OF the
train until after seven in the morbing and |
train was employed until late Sunday
afternoon clearing away the debris. r,frf
M. Sylvester has received the report OF
the death OF his brother, Barzillai Sylves- |
ter, hose serious illness was mentioned !
in this paper last week. His demise oc-
Cured at Sundance, Wyoming, where be
had recently gone to close up his affairs,
preparatory to coming eest to live. He |
was taken with severe cold from the ef-
fects OF which he never rallied. Barzillai
Sylvester was born seventy years ago in /
Stock bridge on The farm now occupied by |
s. c. Harrington He married in early |
life lady from Illinois, who died three |
years ago. He lived in Illinois, then in
Iowa and finally moved to Wyoming.
The loo al talent of Bethel have banded
together for the purpose OF raising money |
to pay off the piano debt. On Friday and
Saturday, April LIST and ID, they will pro-
duce the new farce-comedy by Fred g. !,
Cox, entitled "a Legal Frolic," introduce |
log solos, trios. the animated song sheet !
and burlesque cake walk. This will be |
preceded by one act sketch from the I
zen OF Richard Harding Davis, entitled
ssThe Littlest Girl" Seats will be on sale |
at Msrtin's store Monday, March 2S, and |
it is expected that the hall will be crowd
ed to the doors, as numerous letters ask
ing for seats have already been received |
by the management. The musical part OF
the work is in the hands of r. II. Kit |
tredge, which is a guarantee that it will I
be first-c class