The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-30
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NJ. ]. Hapgood was home the first
of the week
w. w. West went to Springfield the
last of the week and returned Mon.
day.
Mrs. Parker Wyman is visiting rel
atives in Rutland and Dorset for a
few days.
Mrs. w. w. West has been enter
tanning her nephew, Guy Wait for a
few days.
Mr.. Tenney of Newport, ~ H., was
recent guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Otto
]. Coolidge for a short time.
Ira S. Wait has been quite i'll for
some time, but We are glad to re
port him as somewhat improved at
present writing.
The village school will close this
week for a weeks vacation. They
will give an entertainment in the vii
lage hall on Friday evening.
Lyle Batchelder has returned from
FonDuLac and spent Sunday at his
fathers. f. M. Batchelder's going the
first of the week to Middlebury.
Miss Grace West was given a sur
prise party at her home on Tuesday
evening. Oct. %, in honor of her
birthday About thirty were pres
net and pleasant time spent
]. B. V. Quackenbush accompanied
by his nephew and coachman, all of
Hoosick Falls, were in town the first
of last week, looking afteh the cot
tages here and closing them for the
winter.
Misses Minerva Lyon and Freda
Jones attended the meeting of the
Vermont Teachers Association in
Rutland on Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday of last week, returning home
Sunday afternoon.
Alder Slade and Miss Jessie Beat
tie were quietly married at the home
of the brides grandfather. Jedd ID.
Bell on Monday, Oct. 2tst., by Rev. II.
b. Tflden. They went to housekeep-
ing at once in the Charles Whitney
house, so called, in the north part of
the town.
We were visited again by severe
rain beginning on Wednesday OF last
week and continuing at intervals for
the rest of the week. The roads were
badly washed in places, though not so
badly as in the storm of the month
previous. The state work on the
south road suffered the most While
attempting to cross the Sawyer brook
on Wednesday evening, Ed. b. Bell
and his father were caught In the
current and the elder Bell lost his
| life. mis- body not being found till
| Sunday. The horse they were driv
ing was drowned and the carriage and
harness wrecked beyond repair. Ed
Bell managed to save himself but had
a narrow escape. This is the first
accident of this kind which has oc
CURED in town.
After a search of four days, the
body of Jedd u. Bell was found in
the upper end of the Haynes mill
pond which had been lowered.on Sun
day about room. The brook had been
thoroughly searched, but no trace OF
the missing man was found until
then. How he could have fioated
down the stream to the pond is a
mystery to every one. as the brook
in places is filed with drift wood
and is crossed in one place. at least
F, by a barb wire fence. before II
empties into the pond. An inquest
was held Immediately by the town
authorities and DIR. Millington, and
an autopsy on Monday afternoon.
The body was not bruised, nor the
clothing torn. neither was any money
found about the clothing. Mr.. Bell
had been a long time resident Of me
/, town. and leaves two daughters. a
son and a number of grandchildren.
He served in the Civil War in Co. f.
Of the 5th VT. having. enlisted from
the town Of Manchester.