Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-03-19
Bethel Local Intelligence.
GUY WILSON, Local Editor.

Mrs. X. Nj. Chase Is spending several
weeks in Boston.
n. l.. Sheldon OF Boston was in town the
fret OF the week.
Miss Mary Gleason OF Warren is visiting
Mrs. l.. NJ. Heath
S. H. Rogers is visiting his brother, Sol
on Rogers,at Addison.
Miss Kittie Waldo OF South Royalton is
visiting friends in town.
Miss Jessie Washburn is home from
Ga schee for a short vacation.
Pearl Savage has bought a gasolene
engine with which to saw wood.
John Wheeler Of White River Junction
was in town the first OF the week.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter Flanders OF Royal
ton called on friends in town Saturday.
Mrs II. b. King from Portland, Maine,
is visiting her son, w. 7. King, for short
time
Mrs. D. n Dyke went to Roxbury
"Wednesday to attend the funeral OF Mrs.
Fits
Mrs. Addie Phillips 81 Moretown spent
Sunday in town, the guest Of Mrs. l.. M.
Greene
Mrs. G. A. Laird Of Royalton spent last
Friday in town as the guest Of Mrs. Guy
Wilson.
Mrs. Abbie Shaw and two children Of
Mortified are visiting her father, Austin
Gillette.
Joseph Raymond and wife OF Randolph
were at Lewis Raymond's last week and
this week.
Miss May spaulding returned from sax
tons River Sunday and is at her unce's, A.
L.Stearns
L. NJ. Grout OF Boston spent few DAYS
the first Of the week with hisssister, Mrs.
II. b. Lease.
Mrs. Mary Quimby went May-hower-
ing Mar. 18th and picked a nice nosegay
OF hepaticas.
e. g. Clahin has rented the w. III. |
Hartwell tenement house, lately occupied |
by 0. G. Boyce.
Dana stoddard from woburn, Mass,
came saturday night to visit his father, |
Daniel Stoddard.
The teachers OF the Whitcomb High |
school are at their several homes for their !
ten days vacation.
Rev. q. b. Johnson OF Burlington will |
hold service at Christ church Sunday, /
Mar. 22d, at p. m.
Rev. James b. Sargent and daughter.
Rosamund, OF Bath, Me-, are visiting his 4
mother, Mrs. b. c. Harlow.
Shauncy Chadwick has sold his premises
near Finley bridge to Willis Davis, who ,
viii take possession at once. /,
Miss Marion Kendall has gone to Ithaca.
n. y, after spending the winter with her
aunt, Miss Sarah Woodbury..
henry Gilbert is spending considerable
time at his farm at Randolph and with
Frank Griswold at Randolph.
Q. Il. Noble spent Friday in Burlington !
visiting his uncle, q. II. Noble, who is :
somewhat improved in health. y
Dan f. Batchelder Of Camp Brook has c
moved into the tenement house of w.
II. Edmunds on Pleasant street. 1
Miss Olive Hanks is to teach the school 1
in the Finley Bridge district in place OF y
Charles Wilson as reported last week. q
There are unclaimed letters at the Bethel ;
pos tofiice addressed to Mr.. Elmer Barton, !
Mr.. Mark Metcalf and Mr.. f. q. McGreg- !
DRY. 1
Rev. G. s. Fortier OF Pigeon Cove, Mass, t
will preach at the Universalist church, S
Sunday, March p, at the usual time OF j
service. C
w. ID. Sexton Of the Queen City Box Co. /
Of Cincinnati, o., spent few days the 9
first Of the week with his father, James a
Sexton.
William A. Chatfield has returned from
Durham, n. H., where he has taken a ten
weeks course at the State Agricultural
college.
Frank Lyman was suddenly called to
Rutland Saturday to attend the funeral OF
his cousin, Charles Cook, who was killed
by the cars.
b. c. Rogers brought suit against S.W. !
Bowen, which was tried Friday, over a set !
OF traverse sleds. The suit was decided in !
favor of the plaintiff.
Miss Sara Henry of Rochester was in
town with friends Tuesday and Wednes-
day, on the way home from attending the
funeral OF an aunt at Chester.
y. A. Dustin and Levi Kidder were
..aNIad N Rochester Mar n attend
funeral Of Henry Pond. Mr.. Pond was for
many years a respected resident Of Bethel.
There viii be q special town meeting
Mar. p from ! to p. m. for the purpose
of voting TO see II the license commission
ers will grant licenses for light drinks OF
all kinds.
Frank LYMAN has leased the lower ten
ement OF the Lewis house on River street
and expects to occupy it in about a
months time. He returned from the
West the first Of the week and says that
Vermont is good enough for him TO live
in. "A
Mrs. A. A. Smith was the guest Monday
and Tuesday of her sister, Mrs. A. l..
Stearns. Mrs. Smith was on her way
home to Randolph after spending the win
ter at st. Johnsbury with her daughter,
Mrs q. II. Cheney, and at White River
junction with her daughter, Mrs. Leonard
Wheeler.
Roger Sherman, Chicago lawyer, and
u Starrett. New York contractor, have
been m town several days the past week,
examining the r. b. Ellis granite property
fu the interests Of a syndicate Of New
York capitalists. Mr. Ellis controls
about three hundred acres Of what is con-
sidored some OF the best granite lands in .
Bethel and the prospect seems fair Tor the
investment Of large capital in developing
the ledge,
W. e. Clifford. superintendent OF the
Bethel quarry of the Woodbury. Granite
COMPANY made trip the first Of the week
10 HardWiok. He states that the company
has over a hundred men at work on Bethel
granite nos and that il Is finishing in a
fine manner. There are now eleven car
loads Of rough stock from the Bethel quar-
" at the Hardwick sheds, enough TO keep
the men al work finishing for six weeks,
or 10 carry over the season OF bad travel