Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-09-17

| the NOW and no one has been to claim the
machine and Mr.. Cole thinks it may have
| been stolen.
Postmstress Arnold has received notice
I that the rural free delivery service Will b.
extended from Bethel with two new earri-
ers Oct is. 1903. This covers the two
routes to stock bridge and Royalton Hill,
Foxville and Christian Hill petitioned for.
These petitions were at first rejected as
not meeting the requirements of the de-
partment. but on application Of Congress
man Haskins the cases were reopened and
supplementary applications filed which
were granted.
A meeting was held Wednesday evening
Of last week to perfect the organization
Of a Board of Trade and adopt bylaws
Rev. j. II. Long was unanimously elected
president, DR.. r. NJ. Chase, vice presidents
II. E. Adams, secretary and treasurer.
These officers, with 5. NJ. Washburn and
A. Lee Cady, form the board Of directors.
E. A. Davis was appointed a committee
to forward the project Of a covered plat
form at the passenger depot and Guy
Wilson to see about night Waterman.
c. f. Noyes q Co. have received most OF
their insurance money on their late tire at
Pittsfeld. They carried $500 in the Ner-
mont Mutual through the agency OF Rufus
Holt at Pittsfield, and 5000 through the
agency of Guy Wilson at Bethel, placed in
the Home, Boston and Pennsylvania In
surance companies. Mr. Nose carried
Il 900 insurance on his hotel in the Union
Mutual at Montpelier, placed through l..
f. Taylor. agent at Pittsheld, and Mr..
Hovey also, was insured in the Union
Mutual.
Superintendent E. c. Clafin Of the
White River Valley railroad, wishes to
correct statement made in the issue Of
last week He says that the freighter rate
on lumber by carload lots from Rochester
to Bethel is 5 cts. per hundred and the
average car is figured on a capacity Of
3d. 600 lbs, making the cost .l5. Even
with this correction, Mr.. Robinson would
have to pay sl5 from Rochester to Bethel
and $50 from Bethel to Boston, in all
Si5 for ls9 miles haul as against slS fIom
Potsdam, n. y, to New York city, a
distance Of 1856 miles.
The selectm an met last Saturday to act
on petition for establishing pent road
from the end of the present road at II. L.
Dunhamis in the Camp Brook valley to
the Gilead valley road near'George Byams.
1t was decided BY the board that it would
not be expedient to make a public road
of it, but the petitioners were assured that
il they wished TO use the road and could
get the consent of the land owners that
the town would assist in the work of
putting the road into condition. This
route was formerly much used as it saves
several miles to a traveller gong from one
valley to the other. and it is understood
that it formerly was town road. Up to
the present time there has been some
travel on ii, although il is exceedingly
rough and steep in places
The fall term of the Whitcomb High
school began last Monday with the fol-
lowing corps of teachers and number Of
pupils:- High room, principal, q. 5.
Wright, assistant, Miss Catherine South
er, So pupils; grammar, Miss Myrtle Row
ell. 10 pupils; intermediate, Miss Lillian
Buck, q pupils; first primary, Miss Jessie
Spaulding, 40 pupils; second primary |
Mrs. ID. Lynn Chadwick, 60 pupils The
first primary department has been hither-
to located IN the small schoolhouse, al |
though last year it was found necessary to !
enlarge the room by taking in the entry.
The room was built for about 30 pupils,
while the room used by Miss Buck for the
is fitted for As pupils. This
does not relieve the situation entirely by
putting go pupils in a room fitted for IS
pupils and the friends Of the school hope
il viii hasten the new schoolhouse.