Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-05-18
Bethel Local Intelligence.

WEEK.
Mrs. c. Fl. Alien went to Montpelie
Monday.
H. E. Adams was in Boston several day
last week.
Mrs. Ida Savage OF Royslton is visiting
the family Of Myron Savage.
Bishop Hall held services at Chris
church Wednesday morning.
The road machine started out last week
under the charge of q. l.. Sanders.
Mrs. Guy Wilson is visiting her sister,
Mrs. ii. II. Dewey, at South Framing ham
John r. Topper OF Rochester and w. II.
Creamer of Lynn, Mass were in town
Tuesday. &c
Mrs. Lucy L. Abbott of Pittsield was
the guest the first OF the week OF her son
Geo. l. Abbott.
Mrs. Lucinda Bingham is absent on a
two weeks trip to Keene, N. H., and
~Fitchburg, Mass.
States Attorney John Sargent OF Lud-
low was in own Tuesday and Wednesday
looking up a state case.
DIR. L. M. Greene went to New York
yesterday for a week or ten days visit at
| the hospitals OF that city.
Frederick Kelsey OF Lowell, Mass, was
in town over Sunday, the guest OF his sis
ter, Mrs. Harrison Powers.
mEbs 0dfdu nCDbttI htTbUdW OI Law
renee, Mass, has been the guest OF Mrs.
David Tolles the past week.
Miss Emma Clafiin, who has been en-
ployed in the store Of Q. W. Marston, has
gone to her home at Hancock.
Tit tannery whistle sounded again
Monday morning, a pleasing tune to the
strain1ng ears OF our residents.
Eugene Emery of Barnard has moved
into the in the house OF Mrs.
EUnice Lincoln vacated by Mr.. Kerr.
The ladies OF Rising Star grange will
furnish dinner, ice cream, cake, etc., to
the public at Cushing hall Memorial day.
Harry J. Chadwick went to Madison, n.
h., Tuesday where he has a situation with
George ingalls, painting a large summer
hotel.
W. II. Edmunds Of Bethel and Henry
Wood OF Barnard attended the meeting OF
the road commissioners at White River
Junction Wednesday.
Word was received last week Of the
death at her home in As~cutneyville of
Mrs. Sally Davis. Mrs. Davis was related
to several families in this town.
Among those ia town on legal business
Tuesday were Lawyers w. T.. johnson
ana William Batchelder Of Woodstock
and M. M. Wilson OF Randolph.
The entertainment by the ladies OF the
CuuTCu ntuHttudN Oh lhSl 4
week was greeted by a large audience and
was a success in every particular.
DIR. r. NJ. Chase went to Montpelier
Wednesday to attend the annual examina-
ton of students to practice dentistry.
There are fifteen candidates this year.
w. Il. Dunbar, Robert Soper, Carl Pip
pin and Gardner Wallace went to North
field Tuesday to receive the badges given
to the Cuban volunteers by DR.. Webb.
Charles Hoisington of Lowell, Mass,
the organizer of "Hoisey's Aggregation, .
the crack baseball team OF five years ago,
was in town this week on his annual va.
cation and fishing trip,
ID. t. Dyke is in Barnard this week en-
gagged in building a summer cottage for
Z. ID. Cushing. Mr.. Cushing has sold the
cottage erected by him last season to par
ties from Pomfret and Woodstock.
A person OF an investigating turn OF
mind has taken a census and finds that
there are in the village OF Bethel more re-
tired men who have followed agricultural
pursuits than all other pursuits combined.
Mrs. Roy Wheeler of Springfield, Mass,
has been spending several days with Mrs.
Il. N. smith. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith have
situations in the new shoe shop at Spring.
field, the former as foreman and the lat
ter as forewoman. 1
The Junior baseball teams OF Bethel and
Randolph crossed bats at Athletic park
last Saturday afternoon. The game was {
called at the end OF the sixth inning on {
account OF rain. The score then stood IA
to IL in favor Of the Bethel team.
BY the will of the late Lucinda Packard !
OF Milton, Mass. the Universalist society !
OF Bethel is the recipient of a gift OF 500. !
Mrs. Packard was the daughter of the T,
late Solomon Sanford and lived in Bethel !
in the house now occupied by Mrs. G.. q.
The program as carried out by the
ladies OF Rising Star grange Saturday
evening was a success. They were pleased
TO welcome National Lecturer Alpha (
Messer aud his daughter, Miss Annie
Messer, at the meeting. At the next
meeting in two weeks the lecturer Will
give a bird program when each member
will be expected to tell something of his =
bird.
The annual spring cleaning fever is !
in the land and IL is noticed that
a large portion OF the rubbish found in c
the village yards consists OF scraps OF
pasteboard, etc, dropped without a
on the street. IL everyone would
throw their old envelopes, advertising /,
matter received by mail and other such
matter into a waste barrel at home il .
would help much to keep our streets :
looking neat and tasty. Q
Roland Reynolds, formerly assistant
at Bethel, is nov located at 7
Middleboro, Mass, where be has charge I
OF the STANDARD screw work in the shoe
shop of Leonard a Barrows. "Ronn is 4
following his musical instincts as is evil a
denoed by the Tact that he is a member OF
the band and sings in the Congregational q
church. He received many congratula- a
ions for his solo last Sunday, ''The Shep.
ard is the Lord my God" n
Work is progressing on the electric Z
in fine shape. The first Of the week
there arrived two cars OF spikes and fish n
plates. Eighty cars of rails have left q
scranton, Pa, and are expected any day. :
The rails are so feet long and it requires y
cars for each lot of rails. This ship
ment OF rails comprises three. fiths Of the
whole number required for the road.
They will be unloaded and stored in the Z,
yard near the freight depot. q
Chedel Of rittsield has taken the i,
contract to put up "a shanties for the help, g
o be erected about a mile above Gaysville. 1
The forest worms have begun to be in b
evidence, although they are yet in such an Ct
sarly stage that ii is impossible to say c
whether they will amount to such a pest u
Is last year. Ii is now seen that many of s.
he NAPLES that were attacked last wear Il
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