Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-02-14
Bethel Local Intelligence

Mrs. Lucinda Bingham Is visiting her
old home in Keene, N. H.
The Young Ladies' club met with Miss
Ethelynd Heath last week.
Hugh Wilson has a position In the
railroad Office at st. Adams.
viii Cole has leased the Albert q.
Barnes farm in Bethel Gilead
Mrs. q. II. Waldo is at the hospital in
Roxbury, Mass, for treatment.
Mrs. II. b. Lease and son arrived in
town last week from Waterbury.
+. Scott Blossom has fully recovered his
health and is on his grocery route again.
Coal bins are getting empty and n one OF
the dealers in town have any coal to sell.
Station Agent Carr recently made a
short visit to his former home in Canada.
LIP. Billiard returned Saturday from
visit to his son, Ed. Bullard, at Spring
field, Mass.
Eli Lewis, who lives with Hon. X. j.
Flint, is re covering from severe attack
OF the grip.
Miss Annie Grout OF Waterbury spent
Saturday and Sunday with her sister, Mrs
II. b. Lease.
Earl Blossom OF Rochester spent Sunday
and Monday with his grandmother, Mrs.
Orville Blossom.
Mrs. Kate Webster of South Royalton
was the guest last Friday OF her mother,
Mrs. G. II. Kimball.
A hymn board has recently been placed
in Christ church through the liberality OF
a Burlington friend.
A delegation OF Odd Fellows from the
local lodge went to Randolph Wednesday
evening Of last week.
Martin L. Washburn OF Randolph
visited his brother, 3. M. Washburn,
Thursday OF last week.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
u. Walker Friday. Mrs. Walker is seri-
ousy i'll with pneumonia.
Mrs. Lucy Pond returned to Derry,
N. H., Monday, whore she will reside with
her son, Frank Blackmer.
Miss May spaulding went to saxton's
River Monday, where she has a position
in the local telephone office.
Miss Sarah M. Gay arrived in town last
week from Boston where she has been
spending the past few months.
Harry Adams had the misfortune to
cut of the end OF one of his fingers in the
paper cutting machine Saturday.
e. A. Nichols returned Monday from
Conway, N. H., where he has been engag.
ed painting large summer hotel.
Leon Morse, the teacher in the Old
Church district, is sick with the grip and
school is discontinued for the present.
1t is not generally known that the wom-
en- are entitled to vote in town meetings
or school questions but such is the fact.
A masquerade ball will be given in The
town hall Tuesday evening, Feb. 10,
under the auspices OF the Crescent Club.
Rev. c. II. Wells will be ordained as
minister OF the Protestant Episcopal
church at Christ church, Bethel, February
2Sth.
Miss Minnie Kendall returned last week |
from Chicago, ILL.,, where she holds a
responsible position in the Prang art
store.
Mrs. Addie Sylvester end son, Will |
Sylvester, returned to keene, N. H., |
Monday, after spending two weeks in
town.
Victor Reed, who has been sick with |
typhoid fever In Clarksburg, w. Va, has
sufficiently recovered to come to Boston,
Mass.
Samuel w. Bowen recently lost a |
valuable horse from an unknown cause, |
being one OF the valuable pair lately |
purchased by him.
Dana Shaw, who lives on the farm OF |
Myron Morse on the Gaysville road, has |
hired a farm OF j. F. Kim ball in Braintree |
for the coming year.
Much complaint Is made on account OF |
the scarcity OF water. The water at the /
town fountain failed last week for the |
first time for many years.
Mrs. Barney Garland is quite low with a |
stomach trouble. She is not able to re-
tain any iond. Her daughter, Miss Belle |
Garland, has come to nurse her.
There ere unclaimed letters at the |
Bethel postofIiee addressed TO Mr.. Howard 1
Mason, Mr.. James Mullaly and Signor |
Giuseppe Francisco ID. Pelegrno.
Misses Atehinson and Buck of the |
Whitcomb High school entertained |
party OF friends at the residence OF Z. A. |
Markham Friday evening OF last week.
The members of the Crescent club were |
to entertain their lazy friends at their |
club rooms last evening but the affair was |
postponed on account OF so much sickness |
Mrs. John Kimball and Mrs. d. NJ.
Strong will give public whist party for
the benefit OF the public library at the |
rooms of Mrs. Kimball Saturday evening |
next.
Mr. and Mrs. w. j. Brooks entertained |
party Of friends at whist Friday evening. |
The fest prize for men was taken by John /
nimball and for ladies BY Mrs. Kate
Perley.
The trade that has been in negotiation
between q. n. kimball and George Marsh
and John Kimball for the sale OF the
meat market OF the former, has fallen
through.
j. L. Durgin has resigned his position
as station agent on the Rochester railway
at Stockbridge Common and accompanied
bv Mrs. Durgin returned to his home in
Boston last week.
Jane and Luna Converse OF Lowell,
Mass, have sold q wood lot formerly
belonging TO the Julius Converse estate to
Frank o. Roberts, through the real estate
sgency OF Guy Wilson.
Mr. end Mrs. j. w. Atwood OF Ply
mouth, n. H., visited in town Monday.
Mrs. Atwood will be pleasantly remem
bered as Miss Laura Flynn, a popular
teacher in the village schools in the early
S70s.
Mrs. j. J. Wilson left Monday after
noon for q three months trip to her
former nome ia New Orleans. She was
Joined in New York by her daughter,
Mics Susie Wilson, who accompanied her
to New Orleans.