Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-10-17
Bethel Local intelligence
CRY WILSON. Local Editor.

Choppers wanted. Apply at steam Hill
on Camp brook. 3" ae
Good millinery at lowest prices.
c. J. Bliss, Hubbard's store, Randolph.
Wanted A girl to do work in small
family. 2w ae
For Sale:-3-yr.-old colt, broken,
sound and kind. Weighs 100. wv ae
L. E Kidder, Bethel, VT.
Pianos and organs to rent until paid
for large stock of nearly all makes.
Secondhand ones or little used at halt
price. Write for catalogue and prices.
ae D. NJ. Strong, Bethel, VT.
"a sewing machines that must be sold
before Nov. 10th; nearly all makes. No
money down. = a month until paid for.
SO and up. Write for catalogue and
Driees. 4w ae D. NJ. Strong, Bethel, VT.
Mrs. George H. Arnold is visiting her
parents at Lebanon.
Miss Gertrude Putnam is spending a
week visiting relatives in Boston
Mrs. P. S. Prior of Barre is visiting at
0. P. Northrup's for a few weeks.
Mrs. Adelia Whitney of Chelsea is a
guest of Mrs. Martha A. Cushing.
DR.. and Mrs. fl. w. Holden visited
friends in East Randolph Sunday.
A son. Alton. was born Oct .. to Mr..
and Mrs. H. NJ. Conneu of East Bethel.
Miss Maud Richards went to Boston
Saturday to spend the winter with rela-
tiyes.
Miss Ina Smith of Kent. O., is visiting
her cousin, DR.. H. ". Holden, for few
days.
Arthur Dobey OF Montpelier has come
to Bethel to serve as porter at the Bethel
Tavern.
George H. Kinball is making extensive
improvements upon his dwelling on Xiv
er street.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Edmunds have
been spending week with friends in
Rutland.
Mrs. R. j. Flint left Tuesday to visit
her daughter, Mrs. R. II. Coy, in New
York city.
Glenn McAlIister of New York spent
several days last week visiting at l. H.
Nhrneys.
w. L. Fish went to Ira the first of the
week to attend an auction of the property
of his father.
There is unclaimed mail matter at the
Bethel postoffice addressed to J. B. John
son and George Laing.
Mrs. Gertrude Church OF Quechee is
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. l.
Wheat, for few weeks.
Austin Perkins has begun the erection
of a house on the lot he bought of J. A.
Graham on the Barnard hill road
Lewis Edmunds has bought the Selden
in
by c. w. Mahan. The price was $4,000.
Rising Star grange will confer its third
and fourth degrees on class Saturday
evening. The Harvest supper will be
served.
DR.. E. H. Stearns tested q cows for c.
II. Kidder last week. 1t was found ne
cessary to kill four head on account OF
tuberculosis.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Devall of Barre
We're guests this week at J. r. Pease's.
Mrs. Devau will be remembered as Miss
kitte Davis.
Mrs. Hattie Savage returned to her
home in Hinsdale, y. H., last Friday af-
ter spending some time with her sister,
Mrs. c. w. Potter.
E. s. Putnam has rented his old home
on the Barnard stage road to Thomas
Hall of Bartlett, \. H, who takes imme-
diate possession.
w G. Crimmins, foreman at the Wood
bury shed, has rented the house of Rollin
Gibson in the rear of the Courier block
and will take possession at once.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Clark of Chicago
were visitors at The Films from Saturday
till Monday on their way home from
Bridgewater, where Mrs. Clark has rela-
tives.
Z. L. Bass has completed extensive i'm
provements on the house bought of Mrs.
Maria Sylvester and has rented the two
tenements therein to Celeste Gelpi, a
stone cutter, and Mrs. Almon Brown of
Pittstield.
The young friends of Miss Sadie FL
field, the popular CLERK in the store of v.
A. Grant, gave her a very pleasant sur
prise party Friday evening of last week.
On Saturday Miss Fifield went to her
home in Williamstown for a short rest,
after which she will go to Randolph to
work in the store of Mr.. Grant.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Waldo took car
rage drive to Brandon last Thursday. re-
turning Saturday evening. Mrs. Waldo
was called back Monday by the news that
her aunt, Mrs. L. G. Case, who celebrated
her S7th birthday anniversary thursday,
the 10th, had suffered shock and was
very low.
Mrs. Rodney Shedd met with an acct
dent Friday in a peculiar manner. A
person had passed down the cellar stairs
at her house, leaving the scuttle open, in
to which Mrs. Shedd fell, not knowing it
was open. She fell to the foot of the cell
lar stairs. Considering her advanced
age, it was wonderful that she was not
injured more than she was. She frac-
tured her wrist and received some
bruises, but is doing well.
The Courier is always glad to receive
items for publication from its friends,
but must insist when they are sent in by
mail that the communication be signed
- by the person sending them. 1t must
have this rule for its own protection. It
was necessary this week to consign to the
waste paper basket an interesting lot oil
items simply for the reason that we did