Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-06-29

graduated with high honors. Mrs. Davis
also visited relatives in Williamstown.
Henry Brooks OF Stock bridge received a
letter Monday from his daughter, Mrs.
Dwight Davis, mailed in Japan. IL went
through the railroad accident at Mentor,
o., and was so badly burned that only
part OF il could be read.
The Old Church and Flynn schools are
to unite and hold picnic on the camp
ground Friday afternoon, June 30th. The
parents of the pupils and residents OF the
above named districts are invited to be
present and with the children enjoy the
afternoon. VIII ladies please bring cake.
At the Bascom House recently there was
entertained party from Rochester, con-
sisting of II. III. Cushman, +. II. Edgerton
and Crosby Martin OF Rochester. The
party was accompanied by Hon. Burney
! Martin of Des Moines, secretary OF state
Of Iowa, who is on East visiting his broth
/ er, Crosby Martin, of Rochester, and Mrs
4 f. S. Fiske of Montpelier, who is his sis
+ ter.
/ E. II. Fitzhugh, vice president, G. o.
! Jones, general manager, w. +. Mullins,
/ superintendent, j. M. Morrison, chief
/ engineer, and r. II. Ford, assistant engi-
I neer, all officials of the Central Vermont
/ Railway Co., came Tuesday afternoon by
4 special tram and made an inspection OF
/ the Bethel Granite railroad construction.
/ They found the work OF grading about
I 70 per cent completed.
| About half of the Italians employed on
| the Bethel Granite railway construction
returned to Boston last week and their
| places were supplied by the arrival Mon
day and Tuesday OF about fifty Italians
and lrishmen under the charge of Marco
/ D'Arena, who will be well remem bered in
! this vicinity as having had charge OF the
men who worked in the construction of
the Rochester railroad.
In the second primary room the follow
ing pupils have been perfect in attendance
for the spring term:-Josephine Arnold,
Edna Cone, Harmon Clough, Gladys
Goodell, Ben King, Christie Ray, Myron
Rogers, Julia Upper, Donald Arnold,
Edwin Mcintyre, Philip Waldo and Mar
iorie Wiley. Myron Rogers has been
without absent or tardy marks for four
consecutive terms.
A move is being made TO make available
again the trotting park on the old fair
ground In this village. This course was
formerly conceded to be one OF the best in
the state and a large amount OF money
was expended in grading and fitting it up.
The result OF all this labor has not entirely
passed away, and it is thought with
reasonable expenditure the course could
again be put in proper condition.
L. E. Billings and H. II. Dinsmore and
family are in Boston this week. Owing to
difficulty in obtaining stock, Messrs.
Dinsmore and Billings are contemplating
permanent shutting down OF their bob
bin factory in this. village. The bobbin
business has in large measure been CEN
tralized in few large concerns. and the
demands of the market have changed so
that there is now difficulty in disposing
of the class of bobbins such as have been
hitherto manufactured in Bethel.
A small party OF ladies Assem- bled at the
home OF +. X. Bigelow June 18th, the oc-
casion being the eightieth birthday of
Mr. Bigelow's mother, Mrs. Jenn stte Bige-
low. The rooms were prettily adorned
with ferns, wild flowers and white peo-
mics. After spending good part OF the
afternoon socially, the guests were in
vited to partake of refreshments from a
bountifully loaded table. consisting of a
variety of cake, fruit. etc, the birthday
cake forming The center Of attraction, be- |
ing beautifully ornamented. as well as
very appetizing, the whole effect eliciting
from the guests some highly compliment |
tary terms. The combined ages Of the |
six eldest guests present amounted to ASH
years.
About seventy pupils of the town dis !
trlct schools and a like humble of their !
friends enjoyed a pleasant union session |
last Friday at the town hall. The school |
WIZ BANatbA iOOh du dGllNG /
part in the proceedings. Six of the seven |
teachers gave exhibitions of class work |
and, considering their new surroundings, /
the pupils did well. The last item was |
spelling match, which served chiefly to |
prove that spelling is lost art IN this |
generation and no longer receives its old
time emphasis in our schools. In the jun
Tor class under 10 years. Pearle Tewksbury |
was first and Julius Preston second. In |
the advanced class, John Beckwith was
first, Mary Tewksbury and LidP Buck |
second, Florence Fowler fourth.
james Alonzo Bryant passed away June
21st at the home of his son, Prof. Gilmore
Ward Bryant, at Durham, n. c. The re-
mains were brought to Bethel by the son,
mterment being in the Bethel 'Lympus
cemetery. The deceased was born in
Bethel April 4, 1896, the son of James and I
Eliza Mack Bryant. He was married
about 1855 to Julia A. Clark, and is sur
vived by her and one son, Prof. Gilmore
Ward Bryant, and one sister, Mrs. Loren
20 Howe, of Iowa. The cause of his death
was cancer of the stomach. He was res
ident of Bethel up to 1902, when he went /
TO North Carolina to reside with his son.
He was farmer and after the war, in
with n. F. Clark and Ben Bundy, |
engaged in extensive purchases of sheep. |
He was widely known in this and sur /
towns as teacher of vocal mu-
sic.