Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-03-10
BETHEL.
THE TOWN MEETING.

| tendance ut town meeting was much
smaller than usual, hut every part
of the town was represented. On
no ballot were more than 40 votes
cast. Besides the election OF officers
several other matters were disposed
OF without much discussion. Ex.
emption from taxation was voted the
! Querin & Pippin tannery and the
Lympus Cooperative creamery.
Fifty dollars each were voted for
Decoration day and the free libra.
ries. The question Of raising the
White River bridge was lett to the
selectmen.
The principal offices were filed
rs follows CLERK, ". r. Adams ;
moderator, Royal !. Flint; select
men, Robert Noble, r. J. Flint,
Frank Wight; treasurer, ]. G. Sar-
gent; constable, B. &. Rogers; lis.
tiers, E. Z. Spaulding, A. A. Bowen,
w. G. Whitaker; overseer, Robert
Noble; agent, W. b. {. Stickney ;
road commissioner, w. II. Ed
munds; auditors, Guy Wilson, S.
NJ. Washburn, J. G. Burnett; school
director for three years, W. g.
Brooks; for two years, to succeed
Alonzo Emery, resigned, ]. N. Tag
gait. The third member of the
school boa,d, who will he it's chair
, man this year, is w. 6. Whitaker.
The town district refused to vote
free tuition to the children OF Omer
Rogers at the Randolph High school
on the ground that it would he a
dangerous precedent.
Generally viva. voce vote sufiiced
to elect, but ballots were required
for third selectman, third lister, road
missioner and school directors.
There was not much fight and not
much oratory, but good list Of Off
GERS were elected, and there was no
evidence of the sectional bitterness
Of former years. The town is
always generous with the minority
party in the matter of town officers,
and is apparently quite content to
retain its Democratic i's. "electman.
who was chosen. that Bnnu, N" the
fourth time, and alived until the ne.s
twelfth time. - "e"''
disappointment of q receiver for
the White River Railroad company
at the request of Boston creditors
has been followed BY a petition from
28 local creditors whose claims az.
gregate $4,000 setting forth the
facts of the case somewhat different
ly from the original bill. A hearing
before Judge Wheeler at Brattleboro
next Wednesday is expected to be
decisive and it is thought by so ne
that the receivership will he set
aside. On the whole the petitioners
favor the completion of the road and
they believe the receivership would
defeat that object.
Rev. ]. B. Trevett, former rector
of Christ church, who after several
years. absence returned last summer
and has since had rooms in w. H.
Edmunds' tenement, has gone to
live in Norwood, N. y. Mrs. Trev-
EFT is in an insane hospital, it is
feared permanently. DR.. 1'revett's
household effects were sold at auc.
ton last Saturday.
Querin & Pippin are awaiting a
large consignment Of calf skins and
on their arrival work at the new tan
merry will begin in earnest. This
will be within day or two.
The committee appointed to So
licit funds for the erection of tam
merry building has made good pro-
gress, having already secured sub.
scriptions amounting to $4,000. AS
the amount aimed at was $1,000,
there are now good hopes of sue.
cess.
After an illness of several weeks
Orrin D. Wood died last Saturday
morning of old age. He was one
of the most active of Bethers large
company of old men, and was fire.
seen in the village until
seized with his final illness. Read
ers Of this paper will remember that
last April he and his wife passed
their Goth wedding anniversary. AT
that time we published sketch of
their lives. Mrs. Wood died soon
after the anniversary and Mr.. Wood
had never seemed so we'll since.
Daughters cared for him as hest
they could but none could take the
place of his companion of 60 years.
Funeral services were held Monday
forenoon, Rev. Wilmond A. Warn.
Ell officiating, and the remains were
inferred in the family lot in the town
John Rogers, formerly of Clark's
barber shop, has opened shop of
his own above NJ. A. Mooty's store.
DR.. II. NJ. Chase will read pa.
per ut the meeting of the Vermont
Dental association in St Johnsbury
March -, 20 and e.
Mrs. D. S. Phillips has spent the
week with her parents in Moretown.
Mrs. X. NJ. Chase and Miss Sue
Chase have returned from Il three
weeks visit in Charlestown, Mass
Miss May Haley, who has spen,
the winter with her sister, Mrs.