Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-05-23

r. w. REYNOLDS is at home for few
weeks vacation. He has been West al
travelling agent for the Atwood Suspendel
Co. of Swanton.
John Gilman has left the Robinson farm
owned by c. o. Hopkins and has leased
the farm of his father, Frank b. Gilman
on the Royalton road.
There are unclaimed letters at the Bethel
postoffice addressed to Jack II. Carter,
Miss Mary f. Carter, Mr. Chas. Earnshaw
and Miss Maria A. Pollock.
Greene Bros. are to move their office
June LIST into the Child block from the
location occupied by them for many years
in the Bascom House block.
DIR. p. l.. Ellis and Mrs. Ellis have re-
turned from their trip to California and
are now visiting friends in Swanton, but
are expected soon in Bethel.
Charles Webster has so far recovered
from his recent severe illness as to be re-
moved to John Byam's, where he VIII
make his home in the future.
Miss Lydia Hartig, state missionary OF
the Congl church, gave a lecture in the
Congl church Tuesday evening on her
travels i'm the West and South.
Mrs. John Kimball made short visit
home from Saturday until Tuesday from
North Bennington, where she is assisting
in the care of her mother, who is very i'll,
Charles w. Skinner, formerly a ieweler
in this place, now a mine broker IN New
York city, is spending some days in this
town examining mineral and stone prop
critics.
There will be no morning service at the
Cong' church next Sunday. union ser
vice at Christ church.) Sunday school at
II o'clock and lecture at 1880, to which all
are invited.
A Rochester special train Thursday was
delayed eight hours on the way by large
fallen maple tree which took the united
efforts Of Ii men and the engine that time
TO remove.
In response to urgent invitations the
members Of the Y. p. G. U. Of the Univer-
salist church will repeat the romantic
drama, because | Love You" the evening
OF May Both in the town hall.
Rollin ellison, proprietor of the Bascom
House, is taking much pains in beautify-
ing the grounds in the rear Of the hotel.
Two hundred ferns have been set out and
new summer house is being erected.
Mrs. l.. II. Edison, who has been spend
ing several weeks with her son, G.. S. Ed
son, at West Lebanon, n. H., and her
daughter, Mrs A. j. Damien, at Bellows
Falls, returned to her home in this village
last week.
$. c. Durham was taken seriously i'll
Tuesday with pneumonia. Miss Emma
Bruce, the nurse, is caring for him. His
daughter, Mrs Emma Holmes OF West
moreland, n. H., arrived Wednesday
morning.
About 25,OO0 trout fry were received at
this station and distributed in White
River and its tributaries. They came from
the Roxbury hatchery and were of the
Brown German variety that is said to at
tain size considerably larger than the
common brook trout.
X. p. Stockwell came from Worcester,
Mass, last week to make arrangements for
his complete removal to that city where
he is engaged in the Life Insurance bust
ness. He has sold to w. c. Waldo his ac-
cident insurance business and collections
and his fire insurance business to Guy
Wilson.
Rising Star grange met at Cushing's hall
Saturday evening with good attendance.
Mrs. Ida and Mrs. Annie Davis furnished
very interesting social program, which
was heartily enjoyed by all. The next
meeting will be in three weeks. Please
try and get all the new names in at that
meeting. Mrs. Putnam will furnish very
interesting program at that time.
At the hearing at Brattleboro Friday in
regard to the affairs of the Rochester r. r.
receivership, the petition was heard and
granted to Moses Williams of Boston to be
allowed to enter as a party to the proceed
ings. 1t is pretty generally understood
that the ENHANCEMENT of the affairs of this
company will now have TO await the re-
suit of the appeal of Jose Parker & Co. of
Boston TO the order of last summer allow
ing the receiver to issue certificates for
raising money to complete the road which
certificates were to be first lied on the
property of the road and ahead of all pre-
ceding mortgages, and receivers scrip and
certificates. The time that this appeal
will be settled is very uncertain; it may
be this fall and it may not be.
The Y. p. c. U. OF the Universalist
church presented the romantic drama,
because Love YOU" at the town hall
May 18th. The cast was a strong one and
the production would have done credit to
| a pretentious troupe. Following is the
cast Imogene Courtleigh, the heroine,
Maybelle Greene; Ginger, a gypsy waif
Pauline Read, Nance Tyson, her supposed
J mother, Mrs. Frank Wallace; Prudence