Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-09-22

future home. He has rented his house
on North Main street to Charles b.
Adams, who is working for A. N. wash
burn.
Robert Twitchell of Middlebury college
has received, the appointment OF assistant
TO the sergeant-at-arms at the capitol dur
ing the coming session of tue legislature
Kenneth, son Of c. D. Spaulding, has
been appointed messenger to serve at the
state house during the coming session.
Each rural carrier is now authorized
to act as notary public in making out
pension vouchers, and pensioners serve
ty them can make arrangements to have
this done il they desire, thus saving a
trim from home. Carriers are authorized
to charge not exceeding IS cents for the
service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace N. Batchelder
leave today for New York to attend the
reception and dinner given in the Wal
dorf-Astoria hotel Friday to Lieut-Gen.
Sir Robert s. S. Baden-Powell, X. c. b.,
commander of the British army in South
African war. The distinguished officer
will land in New York Friday on a short
visit to America.
The Bethel college student contingent
leave this week for their respective col
leges as follows:-At Middlebury college,
Sophia Dubois, Ivers Hackett, George |.
Abbott, Jr., Cora WEIGH and Robert
Bundy; at Dartmouth, Robert Noble,
John Noble, Austin B. Noble, Paul VIII
son, Albert b. Washburn; at the Uniyer-
sity OF Vermont, James II. Wilson; at
[ be State Agricultural college, Durham,
N. A., Asa p. Chat6eld.
William Mathews OF Kansas was in
town last week looking up the former
home OF his father, freeman F. Mathews.
The elder Mathews came to Bethel from
Rochester about the middle OF the last
century and engaged in trade in build
ing, now torn down, that stood about
" here the store house now stands occu-
pied BY James A. Graham, and in the
rear OF the Sylvester house. Mr..
lived in the house now occupied
by Roy L. Persons
There was a steady stream OF inter
ested householders in the store OF James
A. Graham last Saturday watching the
baking OF barrel Of -four with 20 lbs. OF
coal on Sterling range. Two hundred
and fifty loaves OF bread were made,
which were distributed to the onlookers.
The demonstration Of the range was Rob-
ert Rogers OF Buffalo, N. Y, who will be
as living in Bethel about
fifteen years ago with his father, Edward
Rogers, OF the firm Of Smith & Rogers.
Oramel W. Brockway has sold the
Charles Greene pasture on Camp Brook
to Henry w. Hubbard of Royalton. The
lot includes about so acres. Mr.. Hub
bard recently came from Hanover, n. H.,
and bought the Martin Skinner farm in
Royalton and is to use the Greene lot rs a
reserve pasture. The lot had been owned
By Mr.. Brockway and his father, Simon !
Brockway, since 1854, and there was
q house on the lot. Charles H. |
Greene, the timber man, was born in the
house.
Hon. Frederick W. Plaisted, governor I
elect Of the state Of Maine, was in town
over Sunday. After the arduous duties
81 spirited campaign, Mr.. Plaisted felt
he need OF rest aud left the state and i
went to Boston. Here he was followed I
an by newspaper men and friends and so
bethought himself Of the quiet wilds OF
Bethel and came here. This was not his
irst visit to Bethel, as he had been 10
own a few years ago, the guest Of Mr..
lad Mrs. w. T. King. Mrs. King and
Mr.. Plaisted were classmates at st. Johns
bury academy.