Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-09-05

A public whist party will be given next
Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. f.
\. Quirin for the benefit of the Bethel
Free library.
Mrs. W. r. Adams is entertaining her
sister. Minnie S. Davis, and niece, Miss
Eleanor Bissell of Hartford, Conn, who
arrived last Friday.
Mrs. j. II. Miller and daughter return
ed to their home in Springfield, Mass,
Friday after spending month with her
father, M. n. Kendall.
Capt. c. n. Paige and grandson, Clinton
Ross, of Weathersfield were guests last
week of Rev. c. NJ. Charlton. Mr.. Paige
is a retired sea captain.
John Byam has started a children's
home in the Foster house and now has as
boarders Mrs Horatson Brown, aged 50,
and Charles Webster, IS.
Miss Bessie Mcpherson and Miss Howe
! OF Concord and 5. c. Durkee of Melrose,
Mass, visited at Mrs. Martha Cushing's
few days the past week.
Perley Spaulding has been offered a
position as assistant at the state expert
ment station at Burlington. II he accepts
his duties will begin about Oct. l.
f. H. Hundley, the painter, moved his
/ family and household goods to Montpelier
/ NJ a
position for the Wells River r. r.
! a. Wilkins Of somerville, Mass, came
I up on the paper train Sunday to join his
wife at Forrest Southard's. They returned
/ to their home the first Of the week.
/ G. II. Upper went to Boston Wednes-
day DR.. r. NJ Chase goes Friday and
next Tuesday win be joined by Mr.. and
Mrs. L. NJ. Heath and Miss Ethelynd on
trip to Nova Scotia.
A team OF Bethel baseball players de- |
feated team OF players from Locust 1
Creek last Saturday BY a score OF Is /
to 2 The game was played on Albert 1
Newton's meadow and DIR. L. w. Clough /
was umpire.
The Universalist Sunday school will /
have picnic in the grove Of Robert Noble
Saturday. All are requested to meet at
the Park that morning at $50. Lunch will
be furnished the infant classes and young
er members.
b. G. Walker returned Saturday after a
months absence and resumed his duties as
manager of the tannery. Work is pro-
crossing in the different stages in the tam
merry and is expected to reach the finishing
rooms this week.
Mrs. K. NJ. Chase went to Waterbury
Sunday to sing at the funeral services OF
Mrs. Geo. Dale. Mrs. Dale was quite well
known in Bethel where she several times
visited her sister, Mrs. d. S. Phillips. Mrs.
Dale had been an invalid for the past five
years.
Bethel is sending out large number of
teachers this fall, among them being Miss
Nellie Rogers to Woodstock, Miss Jessie
Spaulding to Gaysville, Miss Mary Wilson
to Hartland, Miss Mabel Preston to South
Barre, Mabel Dyke and Alice Tyler to
Barnard.
E. G. White of Cavendish and Julius
Davis of Stockbridge were in town Satur-
day to attend the taking of the deposition /.
of o. p. Shaw of this town to be used in
case in which they are litigants in Wind
sor county court. John J. Wilson appear
ed for Davis and f. II. Edgerton for !
White.
w. G. Lattimer has begun work on the I;
abutments for new bridge over Locust
creek near the farm owned by Horace
Hatch. The new bridge will be of steel
with forty-foot span and will be placed a :
short distance down the stream from the !
old bridge, thus Strengthening out sharp
bend in the travelled way.
The Central Vermont trains have been
having a series Of breakdowns lately S
One day last week three engines were 1
stalled by the breaking OF eceentrics, two l
Df them near this station. southbound {
freight was stalled near Blue Hill about a
?. m. and was assisted to Royalton by the l
way freight. The same evening the south Z
bound passenger was stalled from D. m. il
I'LL midnight near the upper end of Bethel I
rillage from the same cause. Monday S
morning northbound freight drawn by {
locomotive No. 329 was stalled for the same p
eason-all in the morning in Bethel viii n
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