Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-05-11
Bethel Local Intelligence.

n IN town Saturday.
' A daughter was born to MI. and Mrs
Bert Spooner May Sth.
Hiram Owen OF Lebanon, n. H., ha
been in town the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Msxham spent Sun
day with friends in Royalton.
Robert Wilson went to Reading Satur
! day where he is to teach this spring.
Mrs. NJ. j. Granger has returned from
Boston after a four months stay there.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. f. Wilson OF Franklin
N. H., were in town Sunday and Monday
DIR. X. NJ. Chase is making improve
ments on his tenement house on Main
street.
Scott Tower and Willie Maynard have
been working in the shoe shop at South
Royalton.
Rev. Homer White OF Randolph will
o~ffieiate at Christ church next sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. W. S. Chase was in White River
Junction last week attending the musical
convention.
II you don't know how to cure your sick
COW, ask W. f.. Baker. He will tell you
free OF expense.
Mrs. Augusta Freeman, with her nurse
and children, is the guest OF her aunt, Mrs.
Sara Sturtevant.
Mr.. and Mrs. b, G. Sterling of Warren
were guests over Sunday of Mrs. w. G..
Shaw, sister OF Mrs. sterling.
The different departments of the Whit
comb High school had their photographs
taken Monday by j. ii. Edison.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. NJ. Rix we're called to
Roxbury last week by the serious illness
of Mrs. George, sister of Mrs. Rix.
b. @. Noble has o very fiattering offer to
/ QnOanp in uFnrk of NNfndGnr and haa about
concluded to remove to that town.
Mrs. H. {. F. Atwood, who has been
making her home with her son, Willard
j. Brooks, has gone to South Barnard TO
live.
There are letters remaining in the Beth
ell postofiice addressed to Mrs. Mary
Bowen, Mrs. William Pike and Mrs. War
rem Sanborn.
Mrs. Robinson, who has been spending
the winter with her daughter, Mrs. F. fl.
Moore, returned to her home at Waits
field Saturday.
Harry Kerr is moving from the house Of
Mrs. Spencer Lincoln to the tenement in
the Gardner Wheeler house, formerly oe-
cupied by Austin Emery.
Deputy u. s. Marshal Luke Parish was
in town Thursday OF last week gathering
barberry plants, OF which there are a great
number growing on Christian Hill.
G. S. Davis has been summoned as grand
juror before the u. s. district court that
sits at Windsor the 10th. Henry Gilbert
has been summoned from Randolph.
Mrs. e. f.. Wilson has sold the Wilson
block to G. W. Marston. Mr.. Marston
will do considerable repairing on the
building and will make some additions on
the rear.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. f.. Gillette were called
to Lebanon, n. d., last week to attend the
funeral Of their nephew, Charlie Cham.
berlin, son OF Newton Chamberlin, for
merry OF this town.
Word was received last week of the
death OF Everett Place OF Woburn, Mass.
Mr.. Place was well known in Bethel
where he spent considerable time In the
tannery when the same was run by Alley
Bros. & Place.
The famous Sweet family will make its
appearance in the town hall Thursday
evening of next week, May 18th, under
the auspices OF Home Rebekah lodge, No.
IS. The entertainment will conclude with
a laughable farce.
s. X. Stanton OF Detroit and son, Sam.
uel Stanton, arrived in town the first OF
the week. Their stay now will be short
as they are only on for the purpose of
making arrangements for the coming of
their families later.
new r. ". hhlney, the new Methodist
minister, preached Sunday and made a
good impression. Rev. W. r. Davenport
was present and assisted in the services.
Next Sunday Mr.. Rainey will preach at 3
p. m. and Mr.. Davenport at 1880 p. m.
Frary Bros. Of Waterbury, bobbin man
ufacturers, are looking for 9 new location,
having practically exhausted the supply
OF bobbin WOO 10 the vicinity of Water.
bury. II. H.. Frary of the firm was in
town Wednesday OF last week ana r. S.
Frary the first OF this week. The firm EN-
ploy about fifteen hands and are engaged
in the manufacture of spools for silk
thread. They use white birch only and
pay $3.50 per cord, using about 1000 cords
a year.
While excavating for the addition to I
the house Of l.. NJ. Heath the workmen
ran across the remains OF old tanning
watts. The wood was in fair condition OF ,
as was some leather that s
was found. 1t seems that about 10 years
age DANIEL Alnsworth, great-grandfather
OF Town Clerk VIM r. Adams, had a tan. !
merry in the rear of the house OF Mrs. Rod
ney Shedd, and he did not have room
enough there for all of his business so !
these watts we're put in. Mr.. Ainsworth !
also had a cobbler's shop.
Efforts are being made to raise funds to |
enable the starving Cubans to buy seed, /
eAC. Inc NOfk is I'D charge OF the cuban I
Industrial Relief, rs Tribune Building, I
New York city. The COURIER will receive
funds for this purpose. All receipts will
ackno Wledged through these columns.
We start out with a donation OF 81 from Z
A. Chatheld. IL one cannot give none
seed, beans, peas. corn and potatoes will
be OF assistance. II you can do this write
once to the Cuban Relief, 70 Tribune.
building, New York, saying what ana '
how much you can give and you will re-
ceive directions how to send. 2
The entertainment in the town hall :
w Wednesday OF last week was a great sue I
both financially and arlistically. 1t was
given by the young ladies Of the gradual. I
Ing class OF the Whitcomb High school to
help defray their graduation expenses. h
About 500 was cleared. The first on the
bills was a farce in which all the parts Z
we're taken by the young ladies. The Z
story was that Of a girl student who had
oesn given 300 by her mother with which >
20 furnish her rooms but who had spent
he money otherwise and then receives a b
etter from her mother announcing that