Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-08-23
= Chelsea Home News.
c. S. EMERY, Local Editor.

The board OF civil authority meet agai
/ on Saturday at 3 o'clock p. m. to revis
the check list.
John Purchase, an inmate OF the jai
was taken to the insane asylum at Brattle
boro on Saturday by Deputy Sheriff Whit
ney. He has been in violent condition
much of the time during his confinement
of several weeks in jail.
George w. Berry left for Colorado OF
Monday, by physicians advice, it having
been ascertained that he was suffering
from serious lung disease.
School commences next week.
l have a fresh stock of canned goods
catsup, table sauces, breakfast foods, can
dies, tea, coffee, spices, soda, cream tar
! tar, ETC., etc.; also a full line of fresh
and salt meats, hams, dried beef, Goldfish
/ hel ring, smoked halibut, fruit i'm its sea
son, cigars and tobacco. 80 K. W. ALLEN.
Frank H. Tracy is in Washington in
charge OF repairs upon the property of E.
X. Skinner.
1t is hoped that every voter will be pres
ent at the caucus on Saturday, promptly
at O'Clock. With the present election
laws, the action OF the caucuses is more
important than formerly.
Work upon the town building is pro-
plastering is being done this week. 1t is
understood that the hall will be used for
voting purposes Sept. 4th.
The infant son OF B. H. Adams, Jr, has
been dangerously i'll from cholera infan-
tum but is slightly improved at this writ
ing.
The Simonds family have left the "Back
Bay" and gone to Pittsford to live.I
A boy at II. T. Walkers the sth and an
other at Calvin GoodWin's the 18th is en-
couraging West hill news.
The potato crop, it now seems, viii be
greatly injured by rust, which has struck
the fields in rany localities.
Quite extensive repairs upon the interi-
or OF the Methodist church are in prog
ress, a more definite account of which
will be given later, when they are COM
pleted.
Miss Elsie Powers of West Randolph is
to give readings at the Hotel hall Friday
evening of this week and those who fail
to attend will miss rare treat. The rep
utation which Miss Powers won by her
appearance here last winter should, and
will, insure for her full house.
The program for the parlor entertain
ment to be held with Mrs. w. p. Town
send, Wednesday eve, August 29th, is an
exceptionally good one. The Wilson Sis
tiers OF Lynn, Mass, are to furnish music,
also Mr.. Chas. Taggert of Topsham. Ii is
also definitely announced that Mr.. and
Mrs. Grant of Hamilton, Ont, Miss Vir-
ginia Forrest and Miss Edith Read will
take part.
MIR. and Mrs. c. o. Burnham and Mr..
and Mrs. n. 5. Annis attended the picnic
at Painesville the 10th.
The young people of the Cong'l church
and the Junior society will hold basket
picnic near Alvah Carpenters with the
people of Dist. No. Z, Friday afternoon.
In the tennis tournament for singles,
the finals were won by A. G. Mills, and
for doubles, by A. Z. Mills and V. A.
Corwin.
Ada G.. Dennis OF Gloucester, Mass, and
j. Oliver Perkins are at F. NJ. Perkins;
Miss Gertrude Hyde OF st. Johnsbury,
Mrs. John A. Twiss and daughter Of Mil
ford, \ H., and Mrs. A. w. Allen are Wis
iting frienus in town; Geo. A. Tracy OF
Lowell is visiting his mother, Mrs. Mary |
Tracy; Rev. VIM. II. Davis spent Saturday
and Sunday with MIR. and Mrs. Geo. l.. |
Stow, and spoke Sunday evening at the
Cong'l church; Mrs. Amy Doten Of Barre 4
is at Lewis j Grays; Samuel Mussey and /
wife of Lowell visited at c. A. Densmore's 4
last week; Dr.. Il 4. Hanks and family OF /
New York were visiting at II. T. Walkers I
and H. ; Annis' last week; Mrs. Chas. r. 4
CorWin and son are at j. A. X. Corwin's; 4
VIM. Roberts of Nashua, y. H., is at his /
place in the south part of the village; Err /
nest Young spent Sunday with his par
enis; Misses Mabel and Lizzie Bacon and I
Mr.. JOslyn are at Geo. II. Bacon's Geo.E. I
Kim bail of Boston has been stopping al /
I he hotel; Mrs. Jenkins OF Somerville, /
Mass, IS at the hotel; Miss Katie Stone OF /
n. H., is at Il. w. Dearborn's |