Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-08-22

| Robert ii. Ford, civil engineer OF the Z.
V. r. r., was in town the first of the
week setting grade stakes for the raising
of the track of the railroad.
Mrs. Julia Hill was called to Washing
ton. ID. c., last Thursday by telegram
announcing the serious illness from ty-
phoid fever OF her daughter.
Allie Brink of Barnard had his hand
quite badly crushed while handling stone
last week, so that it was necessary for DIR.
L. NJ. Greene to amputate one finger.
Willis Davis has gone with his team to
work on the Concord and Nashua r. r.,
the contract for the building OF which was
taken by Ward q Douglas of Montpelier.
Henry S. Barbour died August 18th at
the age of so years and months. The
cause of his death was hemorhages,
caused by liberation of the stomach and
| bowels.
John II. Storrs of Ware, Mass, and
a party of friends made their headquarters
at the Bethel Tavern the first Of the week.
They are making trip with two-seated
| locomobile.
Mr. and Mrs. c. F. Waldo and Mrs.
Mary Waldo Of Fennville, Mich, left
! Tuesday for a ten days trip to include
Boston and stoughton, Mass, and Man
chester, n. II.
Mrs. James Kidder was thrown out Of
/ from the main stage road to Barnard last
! Thursday and quite severely injured.
! Three ribs were broken.
Morning prayer will be omitted at
/ Christ church next Sunday, il being the
/ rector's Sunday at Royalton. but the S
o'clock morning service will be held as
usual and also the evening service at $780,
Henry Davis, formerly Of this town, but
now living about y miles from Rochester,
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| week. He is the son of the late Ira Davis
and is brother of Mrs. f. II. Chamber
| lin.
Walter Baker arrived on Saturday to
join his family, who have been spending
the summer with his father, Wesley Bak-
er. Mr.. Baker has situation in the
| freight department of the Fitehburg r. r.
| in Boston.
/ A. wilkins of somerville. Mass. ar
rived at Forrest Southard's on the paper
train Sunday to join Mrs. Wilkins. Mrs. !
John Bacon and Miss Bacon OF Somer-
vile, Mass, are also late arrivals at this
popular summer resort.
NJ. 5. Adams Of South Royalton is busy
earring his lumber stored at the sheds |
near the railroad. Mr.. Adams has sent to |
market this season about seventy cars of
high-grade lumber and is filling up his |
sheds with green lumber.
Rising Star grange will observe matron's |
night Sept It'll. The lecturer would like |
to have all that can speak a few minutes |
or write short essay on the following /
question, NV hat is the most worthy voca-
tion in life for man or woman ~
Nelson II. Marvin, wife and mother ar
rived Monday for a two weeks stay at |
Mrs c. G. Stearns'. Mr.. Marvin is man
ager of the Continental clothing house of |
Boston. George Marvin, chief clerk OF the
American Express company in Boston, is |
also stopping at Mrs. stearns'
VIII H. Upper of Orange, Mass, son of
d. B. Upper, Esq, Of this town, was in
Bethel last week. Mr. Upper comes from
a license town with several saloons, but he
stated that he had never seen so much in
toxication in Orange as he had seen on the /
streets of Bethel and Rochester
The welcome sound OF the tannery
whistle was heard again Tuesday morning
after shutdown OF Il days. The en-
ployes who have been pretty well scattered
over the eastern section of the United
States have mostly returned and will enter
upon their duties as the work reaches
them.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. L. Sheldon OF Boston
were in town Monday at his sisters. Mrs.
George Marsh's. Mr.. and Mrs. Sheldon
had been of the party of Boston excursion
lists who had been IN Montpelier and Bur-
lington Old Home Week, and were on
their way to visit his father, Egbert Shell
don, at Gaysville.
A gang of men in the employ of the New
England Telephone company have been
engaged lately in stringing up a double
line between Bethel and White River
Junction. When connections are made
this will afford Bethel a direct long dis
lance connection with the other large
centers Of the country.
Davis received last week very handsome
young deer that was found wandering
apart from its mother in the outskirts OF
Rochester village. Search was made for
the mother but il could not be found. /
The young animal will be taken to the
state hatchery at Roxbury.
Arthur T. Prentiss OF Lynn. Mass. and
Miss Jessie Marie Chadwick formerly Of
this town are TO be married Septem Der 2 at
Lynn. where Miss Chadwick Is now
residing. In the evening, Mr.. and Mrs.
Caleb Prentiss. parents of the groom. will
give marriage reception at their residence
on Shepard street in Lynn. Miss Chad
wick was formerly forewoman in the
Bethel shoe factory and has many warm
friends in town.
A large body OF people took their first
ride on the White River Valley r.. r. last
Thursday and went to Rochester to help
celebrate the dav there. About 80 a. M
the first special train pulled out OF Bethel.
consisting Of four cars well filled. Another
car was taken on at Stockbridge and the
train arrived at Rochester with 459 pas
sengers. The later trains also carried
quite a delegation from Bethel so that the
streets of Bethel seemed pretty well de-
serted that day. Most Of the excursion
lists returned on the first evening train.
arriving about p. m, though some re-
NAMED for the night train. II was good
natured crowd and although many incon-
yeniences were experienced in the way OF
getting wet through the rain and having
to stand in the cars, vet it was all taken in
good part.
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