Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-05-01
Bethel Local Intelligence.
GUY WILSON, Local Editor.

Il. A. Brooks returned to his work al
Keene, n. H., Monday.
Mrs. il. b. Lease and son are visiting al
their old home in Waterbury.
"A Debt of Honor" will be put on the
stage May 9th by the Y. p. Q. u.
Mrs. L. NJ. Greene visited at G. f.
Lewis in North Chester last week.
win Dartt and Miss Fannie Wilson OF
this town were married yesterday.
There are unclaimed letters at the post
office addressed to Walter B. Glynn.
Misses Lillian Buck and May Blossom
went to the revival at Pittsfield last Sun
day.
Myrtle j. Pond, the second twin infant
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. II. Pond, died April
oath.
Miss Maud Cady went TO Waterbury last
week where she has position in the state
asylum.
II. +. Adams has just been putting a
steel ceiling into the dwelling OF DIR. o. ID.
Greene.
Mr. and Mrs. E. II. Pond started Mon
day on their return to their home in
Montana
+. V. Hassam has seven men employed
in getting out last blocks from the Cecil
Washburn farm.
Mrs. f. S. Paine died Wednesday morn
ing Of pneumonia. Mrs. Paine was i'll
only about week.
Lewis Bates made a short trip to New
Jersey last week and disposed Of his real
estate in that state.
John T. Reed and family moved to
Jericho last week where he is to have
charge Of large farm.
Lewis p. Raymond is soon to move from
q. r. Lewis house to the house of Miss
Jane Todd on Church street.
Frank Williams Of Rochester has moved
into the Kenney house of James ID. Wheel
er and will work for Mr.. Wheeler.
Rev. {. NJ. Charlton, formerly pastor Of
the Bethel NJ. e. church, is now stationed
ON the L. 5. flag ship Kentucky at Manila.
Mr. and Mrs T.. n. Smith moved to
their new home at Bellows Falls last week. !
John Wilson is the new tenant IN their
house.
A. W. Densmore of Boston has bought /
the Edwin Kittredge farm, on the west ]
side of the branch and will soon occupy
the same.
Miss Ruth Holman, at one time tele- |
graph operator at the c. V. depot at Beth |
q, has been recent guest of Mrs. Sophia |
Harding.
George Foster has returned to Bethel |
and Is at work in the tannery. He has |
been in Sault st. Marie, Mich, and Fitch |
burg Mass.
Mrs. Warren Hutchins and daughter |
are starting classes in music, drawing, /
painting and penmanship at the Wheeler /
House in Bethel.
Frank Olmstead OF East Barnard spent /
several days in this village recently visiting
his relatives, and while here erected stones
at his wiie's grave.
Many Of our farmers are having the bad
luck to lose their COWS. Henry Davis on
Christian hill has lost two, besides a SOW
and litter of eight pigs.
Thirty-seven head of cattle belonging to
e. Il. Noble and twenty belonging to G. +.
Noble were tested for tuberculosis last
week and all found sound.
George S. Edison OF White River juno
ton was in town over Sunday and hired
George Sanspra to return to White River
junction and work for him.
Oliver ~ Barrows finished his engage
meut at the fish hatchery last week and
commences his annual labor on the ice
cart for d. l.. Child Thursday.
Mark Chamberlin has moved from the
Lewis Burrelle farm on Christian Hin to
the house of Allen Durham and will work
this season for Mr.. Durham.
Ola Quimby has bhught out the laundry
business Of II. II. Young. Mr.. Young
expects to go to Athol, Mass, soon to
work in the machine shops.
Patrons delivering milk to the Harring-
ton creamery during the month of March
received 29c. for butter fat; patrons de-
livering cream received Soc. for butter fat.
John Byam lost a valuable COW Wednes-
day morning. lie hitched the COW by
rope 10 a tree 10 feed and the COW became !
entangled in the rope and strangled to
death. ID
George Pecor, who has been working on
a wood job in northern New Hampshire. !
arrived home last week, being Obliged to !
return home on account Of the in effect of /
the climate on his health.
We are asked to correct an item in re- {
gard to the cattle Of the +. F. TwiteheIl
estate condemned on account Of tubercu-
losis. We are informed that the number
was eight and not eighteen.
The listers have completed their work
and lodged the abstract Of the individual Il,
lists ~ the town clerks office. They viii
meet at the town clerks office Tuesday,
May 9th, az 10 a. m. 10 hear grievances.
Miss Josephine Emery. at the urgent re-
quest Of the town board OF school direct 1
ors, has returned from Washington. ID. G..
reaching Bethel Tuesday, and on that day
began teaching the spring term in the Old
Church district.
Rev. Joseph W.Cook died February 25th.
az -. Lakes hospital IN st. Louis. Mr.
Cook was born in Bethel, graduated from
Kenyon college, Ohio, and for many years
was faithful missionary among the In
dams at the Santee reservation.
Willis r. Edmunds was in town over !
Sunday at the home o. his father. w. n.
Edmunds. He has left the employ Of the
Combination Cash store In Rutland, and
May lst begins a three years. employment
IN the Rutland County National bank
The Mhitcomb High school baseball
nine defeated the town team Wednesday
afternoon Of last week in a very interest
ing game. At the end Of the eighth
inning the score stood 10 to in favor of
the town team, bot IN the ninth inning
the school club piled up nine scores. giv-
ing them the game.
The Farm Telephone company. with
central station Al Bethel Mills. has lust
wired in connections with the farms Of n.
+. Burnett, Hon. r. j. Flint and with the
dwellings OF Mrs. Mary Waller and g. "A.
Kimball and the store 81 g. II. KimbalI.
II this experiment proves a success il Is
the intention Of the company to include
the greater part Of the outlying farming
country in their circuit.