Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-05-14
Bethel Local Intelligence
GUY WILSON, Local Editor.

Organs and sewing machines to rent,
d. NJ. STRONG, Bethel, VT.
Eggs for Matching. r. c. r. l. Reds,
50c. for 10.
am MRS. o. N. BARRows, Bethel, VT.
Miss Marion Kendall has returned to
Ithaca, n. Y.
Lester Greene Of Montpelier was in
town Monday.
Mrs. L. A. Rix enjoyed warm sugar
ON snow May Z.
Rev G. F. Fortier will deliver the
Memorial day address.
CT Hatch Of Waterbury was the guest
last week Of II. B. Lease.
Henry Munson left Monday for a visit
to his former home at Norwood, n. y
Miss Ella Adams OF the Whitcomb High
school was in Randolph over Sunday.
Mrs. George S. Wright is spending the
week with her parents at Brattleboro.
Mark Rix is visiting his sister, Mrs.
Carroll Harvey, in Rochester few days.
Miss MaybeIle Greene is absent on a two
weeks visit to her former home in War
rem.
B. G. Rogers has bought Of +. A..
Davis the only donkey in the town OF
Bethel.
Mrs. w F. Baker has returned from her
trip to visit her son, Walter Baker, in
Boston.
Mrs. A. Severance Of Middlebury has
been spending a week with friends in this
vicinity.
Mrs. Mary A. Quimby was in south
Randolph at Chas. b. Peake's several days
last week.
Miss Jane Todd is in Randolph for
several weeks stay with the family Of NJ.
NJ. Wilson.
Services at the Uniyersalist church will
be resumed again next Sunday at the
usual hour.
Eugene w. Rogers has been spending a
few days at East Randolph with his broth
er, George Rogers.
Mrs. Rosabel Mcintyre and Miss Alice
Mcintyre Of Randolph were in town over
Sunday at r. A. Sargent's.
b. G. Rogers has rented the south
store in the Bethel Tavern block and
viii conduct store there.
The Bethel kid base ball team met their
peers at Barnard Saturday and were de-
feated by score of 25 to 4.
Miss Mary Waller has installed
telephone on the Farmers exchange
line operated by G. ID. Cushing.
Mrs. B. G. Howe went to Portland, Me-, |
Tuesday after spending the winter with !
her daughter, Mrs. w. T. King.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Foster have returned |
to their home on Camp Brook after spend
ing several months in Rutland,
r. B. Ellis Of Mortified and Roger /
Sherman OF Chicago were in town this |
week on business connected with tie 1
Christian Hill Granite quarry.
n
the past week visiting Samuel Abbott and /
looking over the ground with the prospect /
of entering Middlebury college this fall.
The Randolph Dramatic company pre-
scented "rhe Great Diamond Robbery
before a well-satsfied and good-sized 4
audience in the Town hall Monday even
ing.
W. q. Douglass is the new engineer for
the Woodbury. Granite Co. He was for
twelve years in the employ OF Heath a 1
Rice In their numbering operations at Rox-
bury and vicinity.
Dr. II. s. Russell, veterinary surgeon,
accompanied by Mrs. Russell, has been at
I he Bethel Tavern the past week. Dr.
Russell is thinking OF permanently locat-
ing in this vicinity
fry in Silver Lake in Barnard Monday,
secured from the hatchery at Swanton.
II is expected soon to stock the lake with
lake trout lingering.
A slight fire on the shoe shop building
was quickly extinguished one day last
week by the combined workings Of fire
in the hands Of G.. II. Ii
upper and the sprinkler system.
Work was begun Monday on the new
road laid out by the selectmen to connect ,
he quarries with the main highway near
he farm dwellings OF w. q. Brooks. AL {
BERT II. Dustin has charge OF the work.
Mrs. George Pecor and Charles Pecor
we're called to Newport, n. H., Monday {
~ a telegram announcing the death of I
Iohn Wright, father Of Mrs. Pecor, who i
lied that day at the age OF seventy-nine {
ears.
An interesting game of base ball was
,layed Wednesday afternoon of last week
,etween the Bethel nine and the South ,
loyaltons. on the Bethel athletic field, in
which the South Royaltons were victori-
us by a score of 5 to 4.
Mrs. L. A. Rix and youngest two sons
fere in Rochester Saturday to remove
he remains of an infant daughter OF Mrs.
Fix from the old cemetery to her lot in
be new cemetery by the side of its I
ather. The little one had been buried !
5 years. III
There has been almost a grain famine t
be past week. Il is said to be due to de- |
Tvs at the lake ports in transferring the