Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-03-16
Bethel Local Intelligence,

Miss Stella Adams went to Boston Sat
urday.
Miss Mary Gibson is visiting Miss Saral
NJ. Gay in Boston.
Miss Etbelyn Heath is visiting friend
at White River Junction.
Miss Katie Reed has gone to Concord
N. H., to work in shoe shop.
Abbott & Cady are buying and earring
potatoes 10 the Boston market.
Miss Mollie Kimball has gone to Boston
to study the Taylor system of dressmak
ing.
Norman Robinson OF Warren was tn,
guest this week Of his sister, Mrs. f. II
Moore.
Miss Ruth Holman, formerly telegraph
operator at Bethel, is visiting Mrs. Sophia
Harding.
Mrs. l.. W. Edison is absent on trip
visiting relatives at White River Junction
and Bellows Falls.
Rev. G. j. Sunderland OF Mortified will
officiate at Christ church Sunday, March
/ 10, at the usual hour.
| Mr. and Mrs. c. w. Gage and son of
Wells River and Mrs. e. NJ. Lattimer are
guests of w. G. Lattimer.
Herbert Kimball OF this town and Miss
Fannie Chapman of Sharon were married
Lhtbhh1 ~ AAtNs - ~ 4 a. MI
Il. t. Arnold left last week for Pennsyl-
vania to inspect the opening there for a
wood alcohol distilling plant.
The school committee has decided that
the vacation shall continue at least one
week in addition to the present week.
Adelbert Dyke, who has been cIerking
the past year for q. II. Kimball, is work.
ing for G. d. Cushing in the saw mill.
John Reed has left the employ OF Ran
som Dickey in the Wilson House stable
and his place is filled by Earl Wilson.
Herbert W. Belding was ia town over
SUNDAY on a visit He is at present en-
ployed in laundry at Richmond, p. Q.
The graduating class Of the Whitcomb
High school gave a sugar party and enter
tainment at Cushing ball last Saturday
evening.
Mrs. Sara Sturtevsnt recently gave
very pleasant whist party Of four tables IN
honor Of her guest, Miss Susan Brown Of
Gaysville.
s. NJ. Washburn returns from New |
York this week. He has been in market /
for the past ten days making selections |
for spring trade.
Isaac Hartman OF South Royalton was
in town Monday and in company with the |
OF her appraisers, q. +. Lewis and q. II. |
Topper, made an appraisal OF the property |
Of the Bethel Shoe company, bankrupt.
The horse of S G. Bent slipped its bride .
while hitched near the upper end OF the
village last Saturday and made lively run
through Main street, being stopped with.
out much damage near the store OF Geo.
II. Upper.
Mrs. e. f. Wilson has bought a milli-
merry store at franklin, n. H., and is to
move there April 1st and is disposing of
her stock here. c. W. Msrstnn has rented
the stores in the Wilson clock occupied
by Mrs. Wilson and j. q. Mann the past
year.
Lucier's Merry Makers gave a very
pleasing entertainment in the town hall
evening OF last week. Its OBJ.
ect vas to dispel melancholy and il ful
illed its object to perfection. The pro.
gram was clean and wholesome and a sec
md visit by the same troups will be at.
ended ny all that heard il last week and
many more.
viii G.. Brooks OF Christian hill had
quite an exciting time with rats in his silo {
asst week. He noticed black mass in the
mo which seemed to him to be cat and
umped over IN to investigate The sup
posed cat turned out to be a clump OF very !
Ictive rats and for few minutes ii was
,ut and slay with no quarter The rats {
ould not get out and Mr.. Brooks did not {
rave a fair opportunity to do so. The /
ouBd.up showed twenty-one dead rats /
nd one live Brooks. 7
Mrs. Julia Morris Weston died quite I'M |
xpectedly Monday OF heart failure. uen- t
ion WIS made last week OF Mrs. Weston |
celebrating her birthday last Saturday. c
FOR the last few days OF her life Mrs Wes- a
on had not been quite so well as usual 4
ut her condition vas not such as to cause G
ny alarm. She vas the widow OF Irving I
Weston, who dier Oct. 23d. 1874, and was {
he daughter OF Ephraim Morris, who for Z
many years lived Ga he house nov owned
" Mrs. Rodney Shedd Mrs. Weston was
n estimable lady, q faithful member of
he Congregational church and much be-
owed in the community She is survived
" her son, Ephraim Weston. Mrs. Yves.
on was born March 18th, 1914, and conse-
uently IL was her s5th and not her sith Il
birthday last week.