Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-08-04
Bethel Local Intelligence.

Miss Ella Holcomb OF New YORK is at
Echo farm.
Mrs. Henry Preston is quite III with ty-
phoid fever.
Birney Osgood OF Exeter is visiting
friends in town.
Miss Jessie Spaulding visited friends in
Gaysville last week.
Austin Lattimer Is With an uncle 10
Rochester for a few days.
Hon. Zed Stanton OF Roxbury was in
town on business Tuesday.
DR.. r. M. Chase spent two days in
Springfield, Mass, last week.
Robert Kimbal is making a visit with
friends at Moretown this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. +. Lewis are absent on
visit to relatives at Paris, Me.
Miss Emma J. Powers is visiting In
Lowell, Mass, and Concord, N. H.
Mrs. A. c. Blake returned last week
from two weeks visit to Norwich.
Mrs. Wescott and Mrs. l.. l.. Burroughs
of Boston art guests OF Willis Paige.
Miss Hattie Averill OF Rutland was the
guest of Mrs. A. l.. Stearns last week.
Rev. r. A. Greene of Lowell will officiate
at the Universalist church next Sunday.
Miss Hooper OF Walpole, n. H., is visit
ing her grandfather, Samuel c. Durham.
Miss Laura Braley OF Putney visited her
friend, Miss Jessie Spaulding, last week.
Miss Flora Barrows of Woodstock was
at her uncle's, CIV. Spaulding last week.
Mrs. Hattie Bradbury and son are spend
ing the summer at her fathers, Paul Gays.
Mrs.John H.Miller OF Springfield, Mass,
is staying with her father, NJ. N. Kendall.
Frank Walker of Exeter, a former en-
ploye in the shoe shop, is visiting In town.
Sheldon Il. Smith of New York arrived
Monday. This is his eleventh year at Echo
farm.
Mrs. James A. Graham entertained a
party OF friends with whist Tuesday after
noon.
Mrs. George E. Bixby OF Exeter. n. a.,
visited friends In town Thursday OF last
week.
States Attorney ]. g. Harvey was in
town on official business Friday of last
week.
John Akers and Miss Inez Holcomb OF
Meriden, Conn, ARE recent arrivals at Echo
farm.
NJ. A. Sawyer, formerly stage driver be-
tween Bethel and Woodstock, was In town
Sunday.
r. 8. Adams and wife and Robert spent
Sunday at Mrs. Adams old home in West
Hartford.
Fifty-three tickets were sold at this sta
tion TO the excursion to Providence Island
last Friday.
Miss Cattle Emery OF Boston is spending
the summer months with her cousin, Mrs.
HAL Putnam.
Miss Hattie Spaulding OF Chicago is
spending some time at her fathers, Zebi-
ma Spaulding's.
There will be no Young Peoples meet
ings at the Universalist church during he
month of August.
Miss Celia Brooks OF Christian hill was
given surprise party by her friends last-
Saturday afternoon.
Rev. w. H. Ryder OF Gloucester, Mass,
is again spending the summer with John
ID. Wheeler on Christian hill.
Mrs. c. Z. Foster was called to Clare
mont, n. H., last Saturday by the death OF
her aunt, Mrs. Martha Alexander.
Misses Mollie Kimball, Florence Bowen
and Mary Wilson are attending the sum
mer school at Randolph this week. \
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. 8. Bird have been alb
sent the past week on trip to Burlington,
Pittsburgh and Willoughby Point.
Gardner Wheeler went to Claremont, N.
H., last week on his wheel, stopping at
Woodstock and Windsor on the way.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. j. Paige and grand.
daughter OF Burlington visited Mrs. Geo.
Brooks, sister OF Mrs. Paige, last week.
Mrs. Chas. Copeland OF Jefferson, Wis,
Is visiting her sister, Mrs. Z. G. Stearns,
after an absence of ten years from Ver-
mont.
Frank Field, postal clerk between
Springfield and Newport, and Mrs. Field
have been spending the past week at Lake
Ansel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Arnold have returned
from three weeks trip to Providence, X.
l. The health OF Mr.. Arnold is much i'm
proved.
Miss Celia Brooks, willard @. Brooks.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. III. Baker and Miss Ada
Rice took carriage drive to Tunbridge
the first OF the week.
Miss Martha Richards OF Unionville,
Conn.,, and Miss Louise Pease of SPRING
field, Mass, returned home last week after
making visit of several weeks to Mrs.
Hannah Wilson.
DR.. Mary F. Taft of Newtonville, Mass,
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Cleveland of New York,
Mr.. Tresdwell Cleveland and Master Reg
inald Cleveland are at Mrs. Mary Walters |
for few weeks in August.
Miss Hattie Pier OF Milwaukee was the |
guest OF Mrs. A. l.. Stearns, her cousin, |
last week. mft. fitf 10 tue Hfd0QuduHn- /
ter OF Edward Pier, who emigrated from |
Vermont early in the century and was one |
OF the first settlers in Milwaukee. Miss |
Pier, her two sisters and her mother are |
all members OF the Milwaukee bar, and |
her father, the late Colwart Pier, was also |
a lawyer.
E. c. Waite Of Hartland, the contractor |
who built the dam of the Bethel Electric /
Light and Power company at Blue hill, |
was in town the first OF the week to see |
about taxing a contract to build wing to
the dam on the side next to lands of For
rest Southland. During the high water |
last spring the river made some inroads /
on this side which necessitate some fur
her protection on this side.
The game of baseball at Athletic park on
in which the home team had for
opponents the Dartmouth NEEDLES, resulted
in a rather easy victory for the former.
Both teams were out for victory and each |
played a creditable game. 1t was a pitch
ers' battle in which Dutton was steadiest /
at critical periods--in fact to his pitching |
and the brilliant manner in W hich he bait
ted and fielded bis position Bethel largely
owes the victory. He was ably supported |