Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-06-03


Co. was at home over Sunday and stated
that the matter OF the final settlement of
the plant OF the z. c. Fisher Co. is still
undecided, but that if the company re-
build it will probably be at Bethel. In
the meantime to maintain the company
as a growing business and fill existing
orders the company has been compelled to
divide its business and il is now carrying
on operations in four different buildings
in two different towns, under leases of
one year periods. At Woburn, Mass,
they are operating a sole leather factory,
and at Peabody, Mass, they are running
one tannery for tanning splits, one for
tanning and cutting sole leather and one
for tanning upper and patent leather.
Another fo-lnnlng Game.
In one OF the best baseball games
played in Bethel for a long while, w. II.
5. defeated Barnard town team Memorial
day by the score OF TO Z. Bethel kept
the lead throughout the game until the
ninth, when Barnard tied the score. In
the last Of the tenth, J. Wilson started
out with a safe hit, stole second, came to
third on Chariodona's two-bagger, bat
was forced out at home by the latter.
Then Putnam hit safe and Chariodona
scored the winning run. The score by
inDings:--
W. II. s., COOS 5000 Is
Barnard, 000o 3 0 20 ? o.
Batteries-W. II. s.. p. F. Wilson,
Putnam, ChariodOna; Barnard, Dutton,
L. Putnam.
Mrs. Briggs Of the Poultry Yard"
"Mrs. Briggs Of the Poultry Yard"
was given in the Town hall Monday
evening under the auspices of the Y. p.
e. U. OF the Universalist church. There
was a large attendance, the seats being
all taken and it being necessary to bring
in chairs. The society cleared about
500. This was a three-act comedy and
the presentation by Bethels young actors
and actresses was OF the highest order,
the parts being well assigned aud well
acted.
The following was the ast:-Mrs.
Briggs, a woman Of business, Mrs. A. l..
Cady; her family, Ralph, Harold Per-
kins; Jimmy, Robert s. Noble; Alvira,
Dorothy Cady; Melissa, Mary Cushing;
Silas Green, "a near relation" {. o.
spaulding; Mr.. Lee. a wealthy neighbor,
II. A. Parkhurst; Virginia Lee. his
daughter, Miss Neya Clafin; Daisy
Thornton, her friend. Miss Ella Claflin;
Mrs. O'Connor, With no liking fer goats,
Miss Gladys ciough; Mandy Bates,
whose tongue viii stumBle, Miss Gladys
Black.
Memorial Day.
Several desirable innovations we're in
stituted in thc observance of the day this
year. A dinner was served to the yeter-
ans and their wives by the ladies OF the
village. The parade was shortened. An
other change was that the veterans were
all seated on the stage during the exer-
eies. Only sixteen veterans were present
this year and the iessened number made
il possible for all to be on the stage.
The exercises in the Town hall were
under the charge OF Wallace n. Batcbel-
der. Opening prayer was said by Rev.
George X. Goodwin. America was
sung by the children from Miss Spauld-
ing's school. LincOln's Gettysburg ad.
dress was read by Rev. j. Wesley Miller.
sweet trio was sung by Misses Estelle
Stoddard and Thelma and Villa Stick
ney, and Miss Leila Cushing sung a solo
In pure and clear voice.
The address OF the dav by Hon. Mason
;. Stone, state superintendent OF educa-
ton, was an instructive discourse, deliv-
cred with force that commanded atten-
tion throughout and furnished food for
thought. Mr.. Stone believes in the SUI
I premacy Of the Anglo-Saxon race and pre-
dicted a defensive alliance between the
two branches that would result in uni
versal peace.
BetheFs Grand List Figures.
The 1909 grand list now completed
shows the following figures as compared
with 1905
Polls. sss 7is
Real estate. s7lss90 s7sts55
3 Personal property a3sfiI2 sass5fs
One per cent Of sum Of polls.
real and personal property, sl2llso2 sl2.122 %
Net grand list, si0,034O2 $3.50 70
Il will be noticed that the polls in
creased %; the real estate, SIG, 1856; while
the personal property decreased $50, 597,
and the exemptions increased SIS, 700,
giving a net loss on the grand list Of
eli, 1892.
This entire loss is due to the decrease
in the personal property list. Several
factors led to this decrease. The bank
stock of the National White River bank
was reduced 5000 short time before
| April 1 and this materially affected the
list. The greater proportion OF the farm
ers disposed of part of their stock last
/ Ahil Ou dCCOuut Ot Au6 suOttAR6 IN the nay
crop. The Mandell and the Rutter lum-
Der jobs have about cleaned up their
lumber, which made a substantial redue-
tion IN the list. 1t is noticed that nearly
all the surrounding towns have made a
similar shrinkage this year in their grand
lists, that in Woodstock being about
$142, 200.
The tax bills are out this week and are
now payable; the town tax, town school
tax and fire district tax to r. j. Flint,
treasurer of the town and collector of the
fire district, and the Whitcomb high
school tax to E. E. Cushman, collector Of
the Whitcomb high school district. The
town tax bill amounts to $9,s62. 20; the
town school tax bill to s2,276.94. There
is a discount of ~ on these II paid ON or
before Sep 1. The fire district tax bill
amounts to 3595.91 and there is no dis
count. The Whitcomb high school tax
bill amounts to s5,157.s6 and there is no
! discount.