Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-04-13
Bethel Local Intelligence.


ing friends In toWn this week.
Miss Julana Sylvester and Miss Kat
Marsh went to Boston Monday.
Clinton Clahin, the Rochester stag
driver, is sick with diphtherIa.
q. r. Noble made a short visit to rela-
tives in Ulvertou, p. @, last week.
Alfred Blake, who has been working in
Concord, n. a., is visiting his family.
Miss Evelyn Morse, daughter OF Roscoe
W. Morse, is quite i'll with pneumonia.
Mrs. Bertha Morse Allen will open a
millinery shop 10 South STAFFORD soon.
Miss Mabel Preston has been engaged
to teach the village school at South Barre,
Louis Parrott, who was recently burned
out, will move to Adams, Mass, next
week.
Miss Vera Foster entertained her young
friends with 8 party Monday afternoon,
it being her ninth birthday.
Miss Ehie swinyer has gone to Wake
field, Mass, to work for Mrs. w. A.
Nudge, formerly Of this town.
Rev. O.. J.. Sutherland OF Mortified Will
o~ficiate az Christ church next Sunday at
the usual hour in the morning.
Frank Weston went to Burlington on
the paper train Sunday, intending TO take
tine civil service examination Monday.
Rev. Clayton Bowen OF Haverhill, \.
r., accompanied by his wife, Is visiting
Aaron A. Bowen, father OF Mrs. Bowen.
Gsius n. Barnes, VINO has been making
bis home the past threa years With bis
SOD, Hamlin g.. Barnes, has gone To
MtrLueu, Mass.
Make your plans 10 attend the gTadua-
unn exercises OF the Whitcomb High
school. Full particulars will be printed
IN an early issue.
Andfe Boer Of stockbridge is to carry
. on the John Robinson farm on Royalton
bill, recently bought by George Il. Waldo
OF Chas. II. htduer.
Mrs. Jason c. Chad lex went to Mont
pelier last Friday to attend the funeral OF
Mrs. II. c. Lull, who was a sister OF the
late Jason Z. Chadwick.
James Aiken. boss on the section OF the
Z. V. II. X. south Of the village, went to
Kingston, Outario, Monday where he was
called by the serious illness Of his father.
G.. ". Smith, president of toe National
bank of White River Junction, was ia
town last Thursday and conducted a sale
OF some boHds at the National White
River bank.
James Aiken has moved from the Lucy
Paine house recently bought by Mrs.
Flora Persons to the tenement house OF
Peter OfConnell, situated at the south end
OF the village.
Mrs. Mary Walker OF BrookfieId, Mass,
and Mrs. Z, Mack OF Springfield, Mass,
returned 70 their homes tuesday, after
spending a few days in town with their
sister, Mrs. p. p. Wynn.
Last week Levi Kidder advertised In
this paper three farms for sale. He has
already disposed of two without stirring
out Of his dooryard for hat purpose. be
says it pays TO advertise. 4
The loss OF Alfred S~winyer, who was in
sured through the agency OF Arnold &
Wilson in the Nermont Mutual, has been
settled, Mr.. Swinyer receiving $500, the
full amount OF his insurance.
Mrs. Ray Adams and Miss Jennie But
Ter of Randolph spent two days IN town
last week, most OF the time being en-
plOyed in studying the methods OF in-
struetion in the Whitcomb High school.
Constable A. Lee Cady has just received
for collection from II. V. French, county
treasurer, a tax bill on the list of 1895 OF
5 per cent. This rate raises about 500 hl Z
this town. Tue tax is understood TO de-
fray the expense Of recent repairs on the
county building at Woodstock.
Word was received Tuesday Of the death
that morning at Concord of Daniel Hol-
den. Mr.. Holden was the father OF Wy
man W. Holden Of this town and OF F. p.
Holden, formerly cashier OF the National
w hite River oank. Mr.. Holden vas a
prominent woolen manufacturer and was
be president at the Concord Manufactur-
ing company. Tie had reached the ripe
age OF 30 years.
VIM. r. Adams thinks that a. g..
Wheeler OF Randolph did not quite under.
bis weather report item in a late
In that item Mr.. Adams referred
TO the first 20 days OF March, not to the
month as Mr.. Wheeler inferred.
the whole ont of March The re-
ports of the Bethel observer were 1898,
% 5-31 >; 1899, 20 Z 319. Randolph, 1895,
25 % 81 . 1899, p S-31 ..
Henry II. Pettengill died at the Idaho
Soldiers Home, Boise, Idaho, March Is,
1899, of hemorrhage OF the lungs, aged 81
years, 5 months. He served as private in
the Civil war and was a member Of Co. B,
llth VT. infantry. He was the only son
Rev. +. Pettengill, late of Vermont
conference, and Mrs. l.. A. Pettengiil,
Streator, H., formerly OF East Barnard.
In the town district the following tesch-
ers have been engaged for the spring
term:-Miss Caroline b. Weymouth, East
Bethei, Miss Stella M. Newell OF stock
Christian Hill; Miss Josephine
Emery, old church district; Miss May
OF Pittsfield, Gilead; Mrs. q. Ii
+ Durham, Camp Brook; Miss Gillette,
Bethel tLympus; Mrs. Jackson, Finley
bridge, and Miss Cutler, mountain dis
trict. The terms will begin April oath II
the travelling will permit.
The following item in regard to the cost
Of the schools in the town district for the
past year NAV be Of interest;-Total cost
Of schools, S2,2S5. 43, from which should
be deducted go paid for wood tor the
year; teachers wages, SlS32;
paid tuition to Royalton, Rochester, am
dolph and Bethel graded school districts,
s227.61; paid transportation, SIP Sc; re-
pairs, S17S 40; furniture, sos 95; superin-
teudent's services, $3.50. Tue remainder
Of the expense. vas Tor fuel, Ianitors,
reference books, Supplies and Appliances,
insurance, textbooks, directors services
and incidentsis. We have no figures be-
fore US giving the total nmbe OF pupils,
but presume that il is in the neighbor-
hoo OF 100, making the average expense
per pupil about 20. In a recently pub
lished statement OF the expense per
scholar in the city Of Boston where il
would seem that the large number OF pu-
pills under one teacher would make the
average much less, il appeared that the
cost per pupil varied from about rs per