Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-03-07
Town onIeers, Bonds.

can furnish bonds for town officers al
following rates per sl0O0;-Town clerk,
town treasurer, 81; constable, collector OF
taxes, 50; road commissioner, school di-
rector, overseer OF poor, -.
GUY WILSON, Agent for American Fidel-
ity Go. OF Montpelier. 2w se
Mrs. T.. $. Putnam has been seriously i'll
with the grip.
NJ. A. Dickerson of Woodstock was in
town on business Tuesday.
Charles Waterman OF Laconia, n. H.,
was in town visiting friends last week.
Royal n. Holden OF Penacook, n. IL,
visited his uncle, @. III. Upper, last week.
John w. Rogers, barber in the shop OF
Thomas Layere, has been laid up with
grip.
Mrs. w. T. King OF Portland, Me, ar
rived last week at the home OF her son,
Trott King.
w. II. Edmunds was in Rutland last
week attending the state encampment OF
the q. A. X.
w. o. Bailey, clerk in the Brooks a
Washburn store, has been on the sick list
several days.
Mrs. Thomas Lsvere is having a bay
window built on the street side Of her
dwelling on Main street.
A son was born March LIST to MIR. and
Mrs, Carlo Paini. Mr.. Paini is stone
cutter at the Woodbury. shed.
Parker Harding OF this town and Miss
Mary Il. Ellis OF Hartford were married
at the latter town last Sunday.
Letters remaining in Bethel postofiice
unclaimed John Brown, Mrs. May Clark,
Mrs. Rose Shontoll, Charlie Swanson.
Scion F. Maynard OF Fair Haven, who
has been visiting his niece, Mrs. James
McKessar, returned home Monday.
A daughter was born Feb. 9th to MIR.
and Mrs. John W. Hermanson. Mr.. Her
manson is quarryman at the Ellis quar-
ny.
Winfield w. Scott OF Granville, n. Y,
formerly of Rochester, has been a recent
visitor at Z. Z. Ciafin's, coming from
Granville by team.
Word has been received of the death of
Mrs. Sherlock at the home OF her daughter,
Mrs. w. ii. Baker, last Saturday, the
cause being erysipelas.
Luce & Smith, purchasers Of the j. G..
Sargent drygoods and general merchan-
disc store, have taken possession and are
putting in a new stock OF goods.
Mrs. Harrison Powers received word
last week that her brother, Frederick Ii.
Kelsey, formerly OF this town, was dan
and it was feared that an operation would
be necessary.
Austin Lattimer passed through town
last week on his way from Boston to San
Francisco, at which place he was expected
TO arrive about March 9Th. Mrs. Lattimer,
his mother, accompanied him on the train
from Bethel TO Randolph.
Paulo Cesaro went TO Montpelier Mon
day to be naturalized. 1t was just five
years ago Saturday that Mr.. Cesaro arrived
IN this country from Italy. The last ses-
sion of Congress made a change in the
naturalization laws and as the court was
not quite sure about the new law, the mat
ter was postponed for few weeks.
w. I. Rogers recently purchased some
feed for his horse at Bethel Mills and laid
down his purchase at the mill while he
went down street. While he was absent
some designing person substituted a bag
OF wet sawdust for the feed. Mr.. Rogers
took the substitution home and was re-
ported to have been much pleased with the
new-style horse feed.
Mrs. N Fl. Wallace and Mrs. Ernest
Howard lay claim to a banner flock OF
hens in the egg producing line. There
are 20 Buff Orpingtons, 20 yearling hens
and Al r. !. Red pullets. These laid in
January 1886 eggs or 90A dozen; in Febru-
airy 1116 or SO dozen. They have an r. l.
lied hen that laid in ten days six eggs that
weighed IA ounces. Both the Buff Orping
tons and the Il. 1. Reds are fine winter
layers and lay when quite young. consid-
ering the cold weather. Pullets Matched
in the latter part of July and in August
began to lay about the first of February.
1t is related that in certain Vermont
town last year, lecture course proved q
losing venture. The committee, however
arranged course for this season, and on
the night of the FIRST entertainment the
chairman introduced a lecturer as fol-
lows:-"Ladies and gentlemen, we lost
money on the lecture course last year, sc
this season we have engaged cheaper talent
l take pleasure in introducing to you, ETC. )
This story cannot be referred to the
Bethel committee, for the cost of this
years course is the same as that of last
while every entertainment has given bet
ter satisfaction. Owing to the much
smaller sale of season tickets, however, the
receipts thus far are approximately Sal
less than those of last year. The committed
faces deficit of that amount less what
can be realized on the last number OF The
course, the lecture by Dewitt Miller Oh
Mar. 18th.
Golden Wedding Anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Blackmer celebrated
the fiftieth anniversary Of their marriage
Tuesday. Feb 9th II waa verv ;nyfu