Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-09-08
Bethel Local Intelligence,
GUY WILSON, Local Editor.

Eugene w. Rogers IS confined TO the
house by Illness.
Miss Mary Ann Todd returned to her
home in Boston Monday.
Miss Abbie Whitcomb is in Boston and
New York buying new goods.
David Brown has a brother from the
north part OF the state visiting him.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. o. Roberts returned
Monday from two weeks trip to Duane,
ny
Rev. John r. Gates of Chicago, ILL.,, has
been a recent guest at the home OF II. w.
Levi Kldder and wife spent the week
in a carr age trip in the western part OF
the state.
Addison county visiting relatives and
the county fair.
Miss Mollie Abbott went to Mortified,
Mass, Monday, where she has a position
teaching school.
Harold Moore OF Rutland, a graduate
of the Whitcomb High school, called on
friends in town last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. c. Rice were in Ram
dolph over Sunday visiting the mother
Of Mrs. Rice, Mrs. Olmsted.
Bethel town team played a one-sided
game OF baseball with the Randolphs
Labor day, defeating them 10 to 2.
OF last week for stay Of two weeks at
the home Of her uncle A. L. stearns.
The many friends Of Miss Nellie Flynn
will be glad to learn that she IS recovering
rapidly from her recent severe illness.
Lightning struck the barn of William II.
Edmunds on the Burnett farm Saturday
evening" doing no very serious damage.
Henry Brown, wife and two daughters
of Warren are spending The week with
Louis Whitcomb, father OF Mrs. Brown.
John T. Reed is walking with the assist
ance OF crutches by reason OF having cut
his foot, instead OF the stick of wood he
aimed for.
George Edmunds Of Stockbridge is
critically i'll with typhoid fever at the
home Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. II.
Edmunds.
O. r. White, a stone cutter at the Wood
bury shed for the past year, left for his
former home in Maine Sunday, not ex-
pecting to return to Bethel.
Willis r. Edmunds, clerk in the Rutland
County National bank at Rutland, was in
town over Sunday with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. II. Edmunds.
Lieut.. ID. II. Gilman and e. ID. Perry
of Norwich University were in town the
first OF the week examining the survey
work on the quarry railroad.
Rev. j. Hall Long is taking few days
Cong'l church and OBLIGATED at a wedding
at Albany, \. ", Wednesday
Owing to the storm of last Saturday
evening, the Grange meeting of that date
was postponed to Saturday evening of
this week with the same program.
Mr.. Morris of Providence, r. l., Mr.. and
Mrs. George Ellison of Holyoke Mass,
have been visiting q. /. Wheat. Mrs.
Ellison is a niece OF Mrs. Wheat
NJ. To,..o- 1 NU,foa,, -ao.sr,,a n .,o..,c.o
Tuesday announcing that her son, Rev.
Robert G. Wilson, and Miss Sarah Rheit of
Charleston, S. c., were married at Shang-
hal, China, Sept. 9th.
The condition of Fremont Brown, who
is at Mary Fletcher hospital, Burlington,
under treatment for lockjaw, was at last
report favorable for final recovery. The
new serum treatment was applied.
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Tilson of Braintree
were guests over Sunday of T. A. Chad
wick. Mr. and Mrs. Tilson formerly re-
sided in Bethel, living in the house on
Church street now owned by w. F. Baker.
The ballot clerks appointed by the
board of civil authority were James p.
Marsh and Guy Wilson, and Albert
Thayer, Republicans; George F. Fortier,
John Keleher and Don Wilson, Democrats.
AT the meeting OF the board OF civil
authority last Saturday, rs names were
added to the check list. The list as
printed contained 4S6 names, thus making
the total number ON the list as completed
5l2.
There are unclaimed letters at Bethel
postofiice addressed to j. e. Walker, Will
lard Worthen, John Merulas, Mrs. Anne
Laduca, Miss Grace Chamberlain, Jesse II.
Blodgett, c. L. Bostwick, Mr.. Joseph
Breley.
John W. Rogers and Mrs. Nellie Lum-
bert OF Jackman, Me, were married Sept.
Sd at Wilder by Rev. Mr.. Beckwith. Mr..
and Mrs. Rogers will board with the par
ents of Mr.. Rogers, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Rogers.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. e. Walker of West Up
ton, Mass, have been visiting his sister,
Mrs. J. W. Warren, the past week. Mr..
Walker is the general foreman of the well
known Knowlton's straw factory in West
Upton, Mass.
T.R. Sheffield OF Boston spent Sunday
with his brother-in-law, ii. II. Dins-
more, returning to Boston Monday, ac-
companied by his daughter, Miss May
Sheffield, who has been spending the
summer with the Dinsmores.
William H. Kendall has sold to Fred o.
Markham the Byam farm in Gilead, which
Mr.. Kendall bought last summer of the
late Adelbert Spooner The farm contains
about one hundred and fifteen acres Mr.
Markham expects to occupy it at once.
hawk OF California will occupy the
pulpit morning and evening next Sunday.
AT 1O:45 a. m. Mrs. X. III. Chase viii sing
t'Open Thou Mine Eyes," 10y Eben Bailey
and Anthem. show Long Wilt Thou For
get Me, o Lord" and at 1880 p. m. X. r.
Liley viii render "The Celestial City,
A business letter in an advertising en-
velope was received by a Bethel man and
thrown in the waste basket. A while
after he remembered that the envelope
had a two cent stamp on it, so dug for
the letter and on opening it found check
for $1,000. Who ever heard Of Vermont
lawyer having "money to burn" in a cam
paign season? -
Clark Campbell, postoffiee inspector,
charged with the investigation OF pro-
posed rural free delivery routes IN this
section, was in town Tuesday and Wednes-
day and made examinations IN regard to
two proposed new routes, one leading
from Bethel TO Barnard aud the other
from Gavsville into the stony Brook
peighborhood.