Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-04-18

Merville II. Boynton died at Springfield
: Mass, last week, aged So years. He wa
born in Bethel but had resided in Spring
field for over 20 years, where he was al
armorer. He was member of HampdeI
lodge of Odd Fellows, who had charge o
7 the funeral Sunday afternoon. The buria
was in Bethel.
The owner OF the burglarious appear
ing bunch of keys mentioned in last
weeks issue has been found in the person
OF the young daughter OF II. +. Grant, to
whom the keys were given by Miss Helen
Wilder, former resident in town. This
is Mr.. Grants version of the affair and is
probably correct.
Geo Blossoms pet coon escaped from
bondage Monday. The animal seemed
frenzied and attacked a young child of
James Mcbride and bit it in the leg and
also attacked young Mildred Dyke. The
next day young Blossom captured the
coon which staid over night in the elm
tree in front of E. A. Maxham's house.
The graduating exercises Of the 1901
class of Whitcomb High school will take
/ place in the town hall Wednesday evening.
| June 18th. The members OF the class are
Samuel l.. Abbott, Maud +. Cady, Willis
X. Edmunds, Gertrude Gilman, Ethelynd
| Heath, Scott w. Lewis, Lena Rowe, Abbie
man and Gardner Wheeler.
The advance guard Of the log drive Of
the international Paper Co. arrived Friday
and the logs have been running down in
a very satisfactory manner since. The
rear Of the drive is expected to reach here
Friday. There are about 100000 feet in
the drive. They are held up at Sharon
pond, with an auxiliary boom at Hartford
for safety, where they will wait for the
Connecticut river drive.
Daniel Howe has been awarded the con-
tract for carrying the Woodstock and
Bethel mail for four years from july LIST |
next, at 5000 yer year This is a consider
able increase over the old con-
tract price. The new ruling OF the
department that bidders must reside on or /
near the route, has eliminated the bidding /
of many persons at ruinously low rates for /
the simple purpose OF speculation.
The town officials have received mass
OF literature from the state committee per
tanning to the Old Home Week which is
to be celebrated from Aug 18th to Aug.
nth inclusive, with appropriate services at
the churches Aug. 18th. 1t is proposed to
form an association in every town and to
issue invitations to all sons of Vermont in
other states to return to Vermont that
week and have good old fashioned visit.
The Boston Daily Globe of last Friday
published an excellent picture and biogra-
ply of Mrs. Sarah Blanchard Chapman,
Bethel's s'Grand Old Woman" who was
born IN Plainfield, n. H., Sept. 9th, 1902
Mrs. Chapman's health is very good for
one of her age and she still xnfts, sews and
does other light work. She is a great
reader, the Bible being her fayorite book.
She has been made an honorary member of
the Woodstock chapter of the Daughters
Of the American Revolution, her father,
simon blanchard, having enlisted July
10Th, 1777, as private in Capt. John Brad
lords company of the New Hampshire
troops. y
The schools in the town district will be- !
gin the spring term Apr. 20, except the i
christian hill district which will begin
Apr. p. The following teachers have been
ngaged: Lympus, Lula Bowen; Mt
district, Mae Savage; Camp Brook, Mrs.N.
\. Dustin; Findley Bridge, Josephine
emery; old church, Olive Hanks; Gilead,
hrs. Jennie Dyke; East Bethel Caroline s
Weymouth; Christian hill, Ellen Preston.
he teacher engaged for the Lillieville n
district is supposed to be Miss Fannie
.eavitt.
The w. X. V. r. II. lay under blockade
asst week caused by the washouts and land
lides. In some places the dirt covered
he track to the depth of several feet. This
'as being removed in a laborious manner r
y a iai gang Vi hAti W ntH MOSES w IL
ams OF Boston, the principal owner in Il
he road, arrived about the middle of the n
ieek with new device for removing the
irt, consisting OF box car with a pillow
Ike arrangement, throwing up the dirt
pom shelf. The shelf being filled with A
irt the box car is pulled back and the Il
irt dumped. 81
fair audience met at the town hall
Wednesday evening of last week at the
resentation of the comedy, ssBreezv
oint, by the /. o. BIG. club for the BEN
ut OF the poor. The cast was
unit Debby Dexter, Maybelle Greene.
'llnor Pearl, Grace Upper
shrael Grant, Addie Bradbury
he Twins, Lucy Washburn and Bessie S
Shepard.
lrs, Hardscratch, Mrs. f. T.. Wallace p
lehitable Doolittle, Kate Bascom.
ernice vernon, Pauline Read !,
aura Leigh, Lulu lincoln, II
larice Fenleigh, Mary ellison.
dith Norton, Esther Rogers. o
antlne, Annie Graham. a.
Id elem, Florence Bowen.
Saturday Mrs. Scatadonna Chiradonna. a
ember of the Italian colony, living in p
Re Chattield house of A. A. Brooks, did n
'me trading in the store Of Brooks e a