Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-22
Bethel Local Intelligence.
GUY Wilson, Local Editor.

town the first OF the week.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. II. Dustin May 18th.
Ben Washburn spent Sunday with
friends at Randolph Center.
George Blossom went last Saturday to
Putney to work for DR.. Foster.
Miss Mabel G. Ainsworth Of Dedham,
Mass, is visiting friends in town.
Miss Fannie Blakely has gone to live at
A. III. Spooner's on Christian hill.
Mary Quimby has been granted a
widows pension OF IS per month.
Mrs. 1. NJ. Frost Of Montpelier is in town
this week at her fathers, g. f. Clark's.
Miss Sarah Henry Of Rochester spent
several days in town last week with friends.
Robert Wilson will officiate at the Epis-
copal church next Sunday at the lO;40 ser
vice.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. n Barrows visited his
brother at South Royalton the first Of the
week.
William Raymond and Miss Brady Of
Randolph visited friends in town last
week.
Mrs. p. G. Holland of Barre spent the
first Of the week with her brother, Rev. G.
II. Wells
Frank Cook has gone to Waterbury,
where he has obtained a position at the
state asylum.
William Bower and sisters, Susie and
Fannie, OF Randolph visited at Lewis Ray
mond's last week.
The ffteen-months-old daughter of
Henry w. Davis is dangerously i'll with
spinal meningitis
Guy Young is reported sick with the
measles at STAFFORD. His father, f. n.
Young, went to STAFFORD Saturday.
Mrs. Harris Ranney OF Pittsfeld came
last week to nurse her son, Jonathan
Ranney, who is sick with measles.
The household goods OF S. S. Blakely
were sold at auction Saturday. Mr..
Blakely has broken up housekeeping.
Mrs. Lucretia Pearsons and daughter,
Mrs. II. N. Bean Of Randolph, have been
spending few days at e. W. Rogers.
The b class Of the Randolph State Nor
NAL took a carriage ride to Bethel Monday
and had a picnic dinner at Lake Ansel.
Alton Billiard and family have returned
to Bethel from Durham, North Carolina,
and Mr.. Billiard is working for {. X. No
BILE
Miss Lou Lewis OF Hancock, an en-
poye at the Bethel Tavern, has been seri-
ously i'll the past two weeks with stom-
ach trouble
Quite a severe frost was experienced in
this section Wednesday morning. II is
feared that great damage was done to
early fruit and vegetables.
Richard ID. Wilson leaves for Detroit,
Mich, this week, where he has obtained
situation in the engineering department Of
the Michigan Central r. X.
Elmer Pond left for Montana Monday.
Mrs. Pond will remain this summer in the
East, making her home with his sister,
Mrs. VIM. Mcpherson, in Rochester.
ID. w. Shaw started up his bobbin fac
tory the first of the week He was COM
PEELED to shut down May 9th on account of
not being able to get in from the farmers
raw material.
Mrs. Fred Fowler Of this town was a sis
ter of Emery, who was shot by a jealous
woman at South birmingham Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fowler went to Clarendon
Monday TO attend the funeral.
Robert Wilson and friend, Bruce V.
Reddish, OF New York arrived in town last
week. Mr.. Wilson is to be ordained to
the diaconate by Bishop Hall the oath inst.
The services win be at Christ church at II
a. m.
Patrons delivering milk at Harrington
creamery during the month OF April re-
ceived 29c. per To. for butter fat. Those
delivering cream received SOC. per ID. for
butter fat. This creamery has paid these
prices three months in succession.
John 5. Kimball met with his usual good
luck while fishing a couple of hours in the
branch near Findley bridge Tuesday. His
catch included three trout, weighing re-
spectively one and half pounds, one and
quarter and three-f ourths OF pound.
Bateman Bowman, the 13-year-old son
of Frank Bowman, met with painful ac-
cident last week. He was hammering
what appeared to be piece OF lead to make
sinker for fishing purposes, when it eX-
ploded, blowing off two Of his fingers. 1t
turned out that he had cartridge.
The Clement men formed q club last
Saturday evening at the Bethel Tavern,
about forty voters being in attendance.
w. j. Brooks was chosen president, NJ. n.
Kendall vice president, w. i. King secre-
tary, Charles Harrison treasurer, NJ, A.
Moody, w. II. Edmunds and w. G.. Whit
taker executive committee.
The prohibition rally will be held in the
town hall Thursday evening, May 22d and
not May 9th. Mr.. Hammett, the speaker,
is said to be very interesting speaker and
Will answer the arguments made by Mr..
Clement in his recent speech here and will
endeavor to show that prohibition is bet
ter for Vermont than high license and To-
cal option.
f. b. Ellis Of Mortified was in town
Saturday and bought the farm of Lewis
II. Abbott on Christian Hill, situated in
Int EEhilAAt NAuLlA INElNhs MI. Ellis mas
also bought the interest OF c. v. Kent in
the Dingman and Clough quarries, so that
now he owns about 800 acres of land. COW
ering some OF the best granite property in
Bethel. Mr.. Ellis went TO New York Sat
urday.
The listers have completed their annual
appraisal and lodged the list in the town
clerks office. Following is a compare
tive statement Of the lists for 1901 and
1902
Real estate 1901 1902
First class 10 acres OF lessl s2s4,235 S26q.830
2nd class lover ten acresl 267.065 26s.0s5
Total real estate 55l 800 b3sO25
Personal iq3.a81 279 lsq
Polls 500 81. 500
Total lists sgRaat s5igl4
Dr. X. NJ Chase has been engaged in
raising fund 10 employ Clinton Durkee
to care for the lots in Cherry hill cemetery
the coming summer. This matter has