Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-05-24
Chelsea Home News.
G. 5. EMERY, Local Editor.
DIR. 5. n. Goss was at Hanover, y. H
during a mart of lat week

I DR.. S. \. Goss was at Hanover, n. H.
during part OF last week.
Mrs. Luella !. Woodruff has gone tC
Manchester, n. H., to reside with her son
H. G. Woodruff, who is in the employ OF
the Amoskeag National bank.
Judge Dickey of Washington and Judge
Lathrop of Williamstown were among
those in town last week.
Albert Thompson is dangerously i'll at
the hotel.
G. l. Hood who has been spending few
days with bis brother, VIM. T., was joined
by Mrs. Hood, Saturday. They returned
to Lowell on Monday.
Miss L. c. Hatch is visiting friends in
West Randolph this week.
j. K. Darling is attending the supreme
court at Montpelier.
C. A. Bacon and F. W. Lewis are build
ing barn for parties in Brookield.
Mrs. John Royce died very suddenly
on Monday. She left a husband and seven
children, several of whom are quite young.
Pearl Dumas of White River Junction
spent Sunday in town.
A warning is out for a town meeting to
be held at one O'Clock p. m, Saturday,
June 2, TO see il the town VIII restore to
tue building committee the money drawn
in 1898 by the selectmen, from the town
nall appropriation, and expended upon
storage house, as per page p OF the latest
town report
The bean dinner given by the ladies at
the CongI parlors Wednesday Of last week
was well attended and a snug sum real
lied, s. being contributed By one much
inclined to similar acts.
Mrs. David Mills and son Sidney from
Manchester, \. H., are at w NJ. Mattoon's.
Mrs. Mills viii not remain long, while
"oid" viii spend the summer here.
Dick Tracy returned Saturday from his
school in Boston.
Hiram Cotton Of Buffalo. n. Y, visited
friends in town the first Of the week.
A new milk route has been started to
the Orange County creamery, commence
ing at the Royalton line in TunDridge.
The patrons received IS 1-2 cents per hun
bred for their milk during April.
The complimentary dinner given Mr.. c.
l. Hood by MIR. +. ID. Barnes, at the Orange
County Hotel, Wednesday of last week
was very pleasant affair. The gentlemen
invited gathered in the parlors and, after
a half hour spent In pleasant intercourse
and only interrupted by the pop Of a soil
tary cork somewhere about the hotel.
which strangely excited the anticipations
of some and the anxiety OF others, they
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covers were laid for eighteen, and din
ner was partaken OF that was alike a cred
il to the most and the house over which
he presides.
Col w. NJ. Sargent, commander Of the
Vt. Division, ;. OF v, and Aujt. Rogers OF
South ROyalton visited Camp No. y,
Wednesday evening. The operations at
tendant upon this occasion took place d.
rectly over the writer's head, and some Of
the participants were next day asked
what il all meant, and he was informed
that they were drilling which confirm
ed the suspicious he had as he OCCASION
ally glanced upward, expecting to see
the drill coming down through the CELL
ing.
Again the people OF this town, and es-
peeially those Of the west hill. have 10
themselves upon another sale
Of real estate which is, TO say the least,
very encouraging, Mr.. c. l. Hood having
purchased the old Pitkin or Medcalf farm.
This was, not long ago, one of the best
farms in this section and is now
very far from being poor one, although
it has suffered the fate OF many another
good farm in Vermont, that of being 'letn
for some years. Ii is not known just
" hat Mr.. Hoods plans are concerning
this and the other property recently pur-
chased by him, and " hich adjoins il, bat
stock will ind home upon it. As an
owner and a breeder OF Jerseys, he stands
v ithout an equal, his herd being admitted
to be the best in the world which is say
ing great deal. MIR. Hood gets much Of
his enjoyment in assisting others, and es-
peeially people of his native town. he
has already made it possible for our farm
ers to secure some of his best Jersey stock I
for breeding. The bull, Harry knedive, /
bred by him and purchased by J. F. Hem
anway last October, Will be kept az A. W.
Whitney's during the season. This is a /
very finely bred animal, having in his I
veins the blood OF the four cows having /
the highest weekly record OF any Jersey I
COWS in the world, viz: Little Goldie, Ok
ford Kate, Mary Ann OF st. Lambert and (
Princess 2nd and traces threetimes to Lam /
seeris Fancy, one OF the Jersey queens, I
With a record of over 800 pounds Of but /
Ter in year. Such opportunities should I
be taken advantage OF by our farmers.