Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-22

that have hitherto received no care because
no one now residing in this vicinity is in
| terested.
Bird students and others, who are inter-
ested in our feathered friends and neigh
{ bors, will be pleased to learn that solitary
I sandpipers (totanus solitarinsl have been
/ seen recently in the western part of Bethel.
/ The birds were first observed by Scott
/ Lewis near Rochester mountain and have
since been seen feeding in marshy places
on Camp Brook. Ii is not improbable
that these birds may nest in Bethel, and
their skill is so great in concealing their
nests, that their eggs are known from only
one example. taken at Lake Bombazine, VI,
in 1872. Observers and collectors in this
vicinity should keep their eyes open. The
solitary sandpiper is about the size OF a
robin. Its plumage above is brown, spot
ted with white; beneath, largely pure
white. II is wader.
Last Thursday Deputy Sheriff Lester
Howe OF Ludlow was in town to serve d.
vorce papers on Milo Bentley in favor OF
his wife, who is living in Plymouth.
After considerable hunting Bentley was
found on the farm Of j. +. Rider on Brain
tree hill. 1t seems that Bentley was not
satisfied with the legal number OF wives,
but last December was married TO wife
No 2 by Justice Of the Peace w. G.. Whit
taker Of Bethel. The newly married
couple lived in Bethel but short time
after their marriage and went first to
Randolph, and last week had just estab-
lished themselves in Braintree. States
Attorney TarbeIl learned Of the state Of
affairs and Friday papers were put in
Deputy Sheriff Rogers hands, who ar
rested Bentley and wife No. ? in Braintree
that day and took them TO South Royalton
for a hearing. Bentley and Mrs Palmer
were bound over in 300 bonds each to
Windsor county court and, falling 10 OBJ
tain sureties we're lodged in jail at Wood
stock by Sheriff Rogers.
Miss Lois Smith OF New York arrived at
the Bascom House last week and will
spend the summer in town. Miss Smith
Is a native OF Bethel and Il the daughter OF
Asa Smith, the first white child born in
Bethel. Her grandfather, Benjamin
Smith, was one of the first settlers in town
and built a log cabin on the farm now
owned by Squire Bowen, The cabin was
built on the meadow near the river. At
the time OF the Indian raid in 1850 there
were no families living between Benjamin
Smiths and what is now Bethel village,
where there was a fort manned by few
volunteers. Deacon Dudley Chase OF Cor
nish, n. H., became alarmed for the safety
of his daughter, Mrs. Benjamin Smith, on
account OF the inroads Of the Indians, and
came up to Bethel to look after her early
in September, 1850. On the day subse-
quent to his arrival Sept. g., 1850 Asa
Smith was born. In a few days mother
and child were removed to the Bethel fort
for safety, where they were when Royal
ton was burned, Oct. 10, 1850. After the
alarm of that event had subsidized, Mrs.
Smith mounted horse and took her baby
and rode TO Cornish, n. H., meeting with
no further accident than losing her baby
from her arms several times during her
journey In the spring Of 1851 matters
seemed safer and the family returned to
their Bethel farm.