Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-02-07

become necessary to notify all village
scholars that the schoolhouse will not be
open to them until p. M, except the
high room.
Frank j. Donahue arrived In town
Saturday and has been engaged In max
ing a map of the village OF Bethel for the
fire insurance companies. Mr.. Donahue
is In the employ OF the Sanborn PERKS
Map Co., who make all the insurance
maps in the United States except that of
the city of Philadelphia.
The ice races announced to be held last
Monday afternoon on Blue Hill lake I'M
der the auspices of the Bethel Driving
club were postponed on account OF the
unsuitable condition OF the track. The
ice had been well scraped and ready for |
trotting when slight wind came up and |
carried the light snow In drifts on the
track.
While Mr.. and Mrs @. L. Sanders and
John Booth were recently driving to
Randolph their sleigh was tipped over in
passing a team and the horse ran
distance, running the sleigh,
which was a valuable one, and 1t was
necessary for all three persons to walk
back a considerable distance to Mr..
Sanders home.
misfortune TO fall and break the wrist OF
her right arm Thursday evening. She
had been calling at Edison Emery's and
on passing outdoors forgot to put on her
rubbers with the consequence that as
soon as che reached the icy walk she fell.
DR.. o. ID. Greene was summoned and set
the broken wrist.
The remains OF Mrs. John Hosmer we're
brought here on the paper train Sunday I
and taken to Barnard for inter.
nent. Services were held Sunday after
NJ "a Hat faN Oh. T., n y
lard Rev. Il, A, Read OF Bethel officiating
Mrs. Hosmer was hali-sisterof Mrs. w. c
y Waldo ~ this village and the daughter G
II the late Augustus Bigelow OF Barnard.
Hollis Towne OF NARROW, N. H., and a
Mrs. Belle Perry lately OF Rutland were /
married. Jan. 9Th. Both parties are we'll
,nown in Bethel, having been residents 4
many years ago. DR.. and Mrs. q. q. /
'erry lived in the house now owned by 4
4. A. Moody and Mr.. and Mrs. Hollis f.
'owne lived in the house now owned by
lollin ellison and occupied by Chas Shep-
I'd. Recent divorces have divided both :,
he Towne and the Perry families.
Weather Reporter VIM. II. Adams has
ompiled the following statistics relative u
. January weather for the past five years:
500, average temperature above zero, 10; 81
597, ID; 1898, 8; 1899, 8; 1900, 10; 1901, ~.
he two coolest DAYS we're Jan. 18th, 1899, 81
y and Jan. 10th, 1901, 21o. The warm "
II day was Jan. 5th, 1899, $50. The av-
rage for the six years, 1lo above. In IN
500 there were eight mornings below A
'ro; 10 1897, eight; in 1898, eleven; in
1913 eleven; In 1900, four and In 1901, 9. n,
w. Z. Lattimer received a message NJ
londay announcing the death OF his in
rother, Charles Lattimer, al Otto, Iowa, as
q January 2s. The remains were Inferred CT
Atlantic City, Iowa, beside those OF his
lie and son. Charles Lattimer was born
Rochester and left the East about %
'ars ago and had been engaged in the W
1tel business at Otto. He is survived by "
s mother, Mrs. Susan Lattimer, who
yes In Rochester, and by one brother, &c
{. Z. Lattimer, and sister, Mrs. Addie
age. Nj
The bravado with which Frank Shaw
eets his sentence to be hung recalls re- Be
ark he made last winter when stopping
Mount Hunger. He happened into ri
Q house OF Chas. Townsend one day and ca
= looking at picture OF bible charac. :
hanging on the wall aud was scoffing ~,
d making irreligeous remarks when y.
me one said to him 81 should not think WI
u would dare to talk that way" Shaw an
piled, "Well, IL don't make much diff GU
ence anyway, was born to be hung
am bound to be-"
Deer seem to be lutte plentiful and
ne this winter. herd OF about a
zen are wintering in the spruce thicket I'M
the south side OF White river near 7
bert Sheldon's in Stock bridge and are me
N almost daily by passersby. The
sr come to an old orchard near be to o.,
their meals. This orchard had a ~,
itful year In 1900 and the apples we're
harvested. The deer paw away the a |
Nv from the ground and eat their fill
n. smith, who lives near by on the an
'mises formerly owned by N. M. Grant, Sal
emily found a 300 pound doe dead,
oarently killed by choking while NJ,
ing apples. Three deer were recently r.,
n In plain view from the streets OF this
age, picking their way across the
dams" pasture owned by e. II. Kidder. DE