Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-07-09
Bethel Local Intelligence
Guy WILsoN. local Editor.

Mrs. Charles Mills of Pittsfield was IN
town Tuesday.
A, L. Mason of Waterbury is visiting
Miss Lena Rowe this week.
Mrs. Hiram Kimball of Vineland, y. j.,
As visiting at q. IL. Kimballs
Mrs. ID. w. Shaw went last Friday TO
visit her sister at Sunapee, n, II.
Mrs. G. b. Kimball of North Ferrisburg
Is visiting her uncle, Lloyd Johnson,
Mr.. and Mrs. f. N. Chapman were in
south Royalton a few days last week.
Orvilie Reed of Somerville, Mass, is with
his uncle, c. o. Hopkins, for month.
The next meeting of the Grange will be
held on Saturday evening OF this week.
Barrett Clark of Waterbury spent Satur-
day and Sunday with his uncle, ii. b.
Lease.
Mrs. Henry Farr of Braintree spent
several days lately with her sister, Mrs. II.
G.. Rice.
Miss Julia B. Miller visited her brother,
Rev. j, Wesley Miller, in Gaysville last
Frank i. Wallace Of Boston was in town
with his father, Elroy Z Wallace, over
the Fourth
Dir. and Mrs. Lynn I. Chadwick Of
Windsor have been visiting his father i.
A. Chadwick.
5ohn Brazzille left Tuesday for New
York. expecting to return the last Of the
week with a wife
Miss Josephine Stevens, telephone opera
for at South Royalton, visited Miss May
Blossom Saturday.
Mrs. r. J. McGeoch Of Boston has been
q recent visitor at the home OF her sister,
Mrs. John Parrott
Meeting of the Cong1 society of the
~ Ill .l,s VrIn Mt
noon in the vestry.
Fred Clough OF Mechanicsville, n. Y,
mas been spending several days with his
father, d. NJ. Clough.
Nath. Whittier and children of Barre
have been spending several days with the
family of j. p. Marsh.
Royal Holden and his cousin, Henry
Holden, of Concord, n. H, have been yis-
sting at q. II. Tupper's.
Winifred Hewitt, Senate messenger OF
1900, was the guest of Prof. Smith at the
Bascom House Tuesday.
The Methodist Sunday school has just
closed its best quarters attendance In
eight years of its history.
Business trips were made last week by
ID. Lynn Chadwick to Cabot and by Aleck
Washburn to Morrisyille.
Last Sunday was communion Sunday at
were received into the church.
Mr. and Mrs w. L. Fish were called to
sherburne Friday TO attend the funeral of
Mr. Estabrook, father of Mrs. Fish.
Mrs. Isaac A. Thomas of Brockton,
Mass is the guest for two or three weeks
OF her sister in-law, Mrs. G. NJ. Miller.
Henry Wight is carrying badly SCARED
face. the result of someone throwing a
throwing lighted firecraeker at him.
Henry Brooks and daughter, Helen, sail
tonight from New York on the steamer
Moltke for a two months European trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. f. HerriclS OF Roxbury,
Mass, tormerl residents OF Bethel, are
spending a few weeks with Mrs. Martha
Graham.
Carl Cushing and family have been
spending several days at their cottage at
silver Lake, Barnard, returning to Bethel
Julyl6th.
A. r.. Mack, who has been staying the
past two months with his sister, Mrs. III.
W. Davis, returned to Manchester, n. H.,
last week.
At a meeting of the constituted
board of license commissioners held
Thursday of last week, G. II. Tupper was
chosen chairman.
Mrs. Sarah Sturtevant received a tele-
gram Monday announcing the death of a
grand niece, Guinnette Freeman, aged
eleven years, at New York.
BIC. Rogers has sold his grocery store
and lunch rooms in Bethel Tavern block
10 j. b. Regain, who will be assisted in the
work of running the business by his sis
tsr, Miss Regain.
Rev. Fred Daniels of Hartland and Miss
Lula, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Chamberlin, were married at her home
Wednesday afternoon by Rev. A. L.
Cooper Of Randolph.
Beginning Tuesday evening, July l4th,
the Cong1 church will inaugurate a
church weekday prayer meeting. Ser
vice viii begin promptly at 1880. Every
one, old and young, invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. George u. Lewis reached
fhe hftieth anniversary OF their wedding
day. July 3. A large party of their neigh
bors and friends gathered at their home on
Camp Brook and spent the afternoon and
evening.
Miss Clara Stowell, with Misses Giraffe
and Laura Allen, three jewels from the
Waltbam watch factory, are spending
their vacation at c. ID. kellers on Locust
Creek. Mrs. NJ. A. Stowen is with them
as chaperone.
Chas. Blair Of Granville has bought OF
-Tinkham and Upper the stage routes be-
tween Bethel and Woodstock and Bethel
and Rochester. Mr.. Blair is driving the
Rochester stage himself and Mr.. Flint
continues to drive the Woodstock route.
Mrs. G.H. Kimball and Miss Elizabeth
Kinlball returned home Monday. Miss
Kimball graduated last month at the
BridRewater, Mass, state normal school
and has accepted position of assistant 4
principal in Providence, r. l., at salary
,of $500.
The fire alarm was blown at 4;l5 a. m, 1
TuIvssth. The fire, which was in the
ghstfield house owned by A. A. BROOKS,
gSss soon extinguished. This house was
nsrtlv consumed by fire last summer and
Is not been occupied since. The fire was
undoubtedly set.
wM. Lord Of Philadelphia has been
lending several DAYS at r. W. Morse's.
Nr. Lord was in Bethel quite time last
,-esr at the time the e. Y. X. X. bridges /
Trere rebuilt. He is now acting as time
kecrer on large contract at philadelphia
Eith 800 men at work.
Tse National White River bank has de-
..Iared q semi-snnuai dividend Of three Per .
.eeus. The directors are pointing with
bride 10 the fact that this institution has