Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-08-20

the Bethel laundry has been leased by Or.
man Terry Of Randolph.
Mrs. II. X. Wing is slowly recovering
| from a severe illness OF nine weeks. The
/ nurse. Miss Campbell. returned to Bur
/ lington this week and Mrs. kittredgC
Wing arrived to take her place.
| w. Brooks has sold out his stock OF
merchandise in the Marston block to Mrs
/ Mary E. Harrington. The business will
! be conducted under the name of the Bos-
ton Bargain store, G. w. Marston, man.
ager.
Mrs. Enlo Perrom Of Tyngsboro, Mass,
and Mrs. Archie Swallow of Dunstable re-
turned home Saturday after visiting at j.
p. Marsh's. They were accompanied by
Miss Laura Marsh, who will spend few
weeks with relatives and friends IN Massa-
chusetts.
The trains Saturday carried Miss Kate
Rindge who went to Boston, Miss Jane
Todd, who will spend a few weeks with
her sister, Miss Ann Todd, in Boston and
Miss Sarah Rhett, who returns TO New
York after spending month with Mrs. j..
j. Wilson.
There was a small attendance at the reg
ular meeting of Rising Star grange Satur-
day and there was no regular program.
The question, "Resolved, That the farmer
/
The next meeting will be held saturday,
Aug. Is, Sister Mary Norton viii have
charge Of the program.
c. II. Kidder had thirty head of cattle
tested Monday for tuberculosis by DR..
Stephens of White River Junction. All
were found sound except one procured
from Elmer Boutwell, of Stockbridge and
one from Liberty Hill in Pittsfeld. The
stock was bought by c. II. Kidder for
earring to Massachusetts,. The condemned
cattle were slaughtered.
Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Creamer and Mrs.F.
p. A born Of Lynn, Mass, arrived Friday
and drove to runbridge and Randolph in
quest OF timeworn and dilapidated furni-
ture, crockery, etc. Saturday Mr.. and
Mrs. b. w. Currier and f. p. Aborn of
Lynn arrived and the party drove TO
Woodstock to stay over Sunday at the Inn,
leaving Monday for a week at the Mt.
Pleasant House in the White mountains.
Cards are out announcing the marriage
OF Frank SWEET Fitield and Miss Addie
Rebeeca Bradbury, which took place Aug.
18th. Mrs. Fifield was a former resident
in Bethel, a graduate of the Whiteomb
High school, class of 1894 and a popular
clerk in the postoffice for several years.
She has host of friends in Bethel who ex-
tend their good wishes. Mr.. and Mrs.
Fifeld will be sat home'-at IS South Park
street, Lebanon, after October 10Th.
Mrs. Laura E., wife of Oscar p. Shaw,
passed away early Wednesday morning,
after long and painful illness. She was
born in Bethel Jan. 10th, 1884, the daagh-
ter OF John and Mary Wheeler Wallace.
She was married July 18th, 1857, to Mr..
Shaw and has lived most OF her life in
Bethel with the exception Of few years at
Chelsea and White River Junction. Three
children were born to them OF whom Mrs.
Shaw is survived by two, Mrs. Flora
Strong and w. G. Shaw ofthis village, and
by her husband. She is also survived by
two brothers residing in town, Nelson III.
Wallace and Elroy e. Wallace.
William II. Britton, Jr., Of Gowanda,
n. v. auditor of the +. c. Fisher Co., has
taken charge Of the financial business of
the E. c. Fisher Co. tannery plant at this
place, while Eugene Fisher Will remain in
charge of the work in the shop. The
affairs of the corporation will undergo a
general overhauling and improvement
and will be put into good financial and
working order. Mr.. Britton is being
assisted in his Office by Miss Eva Kelley,
a stenographer from Gowanda, n. Y.
The exterior OF the large tannery build
ings will be much improved with a coat of
red paint with white trimmings, and the
management hopes in the near future to
double its present manufacturing capacity.