Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-11-22
Chelsea Home News.


C.R. Corwin is in town looking aftel
poultry business.
-Four cartridges from one tree was the
bag brought in by a West Randolph mar
Monday night.
There will be lecture in the Methodist
church next Sunday evening. Subject, -
Candid Word to Nom Churchgoers.
H.O. Bixby will soon place on sale a
complete assortment Of holiday goods in
his line, including all styles of standard
diaries.
The pupils In No. / having no marks
during the term were Frank and Henry
Gates and Guy Monkey. Those not tardy
were Simon Allen, Hinckley Sargent and
Nettie and Minnie Flanders.
MARTHA l.. MOVES.
Photographs of Hon. Alden Speare and
of the new town building are TO be sold
and the proceeds are to go toward fur
nishing the library rooms. Orders may
be left with Miss Mabel Hyde at Hatch's
store.
The record Of attendance in Dist. No. S
is as follows number of pupils, 10; aver.
age attendance, II 1-5. Alice Moulton,
Blanche Carpenter and Rilla Burbank had
no absent marks. Ethel Moulton and
William Burbank were absent one day
each, Emily Kingsbury, Clarence Camp,
two days.
Geo. Avery, a lad scarcely fourteen years
of age, was brought here Monday by Sher-
fff NJ hitney on a charge of setting fire to
and burning the barn Of Harvey J. Var
rington. The young man on examination
the crime and he was placed un-
der $500 bonds and on failure to procure
bail was placed in jail.
The following is the roll Of attendance
for the primary school for TIE term end
ing Nov. 16: Guy Hood, Donald Comstock,
Fred Copeland, Charles Dickinson, Geo.
Samuel Underhill, Chorene
Barnes, Margaret Comstock, Emma Hatch,
Mildred Sherman, Amelia Slack, Ned
Hatch. Those absent one day, Lora Hood,
Mona Parkhurst, Eunice Sargent and Her
bert Hood. LILLIAN NJ. WELLS, Teacher,
The following resolution was unani-
adopted by the quarterly confer
ence OF the M. L. church Of Chelsea, Nov.
II, 1894;
RESOLVED: That we gratefully acknowl
edge our indebtedness and tender our
thanks to the Congregationalistc church OF
Chelsea for the privilege of worshipping
with them while our house Of worship was
repairs, and that we shall be
glad to return the like courtesy should the
ever offer.
A vote was recently taken among the
on the state flower question. The pupils
were not restricted in their choice, as the
following will show: pansy, IS; golden
rod, 80; red clover, "a; daisy, Is; pink, 10;
rose, 10; violet, 10; buttercup, s; white
clover, s; pond lily,6; wild rose, 8; noun.
tain ash, a. locust, 3; dandelion, 3; sweet
pea, g; adder tongue, 2; lily OF the valley,
2. The following had one vote each:
lady's slipper, ivy, morning glory, sweet
william, sunhower. hepatica, aster, forget
me-not and apple blossom. There would
doubtless have been larger variety but
for the fact that three schools were not
heard from.
Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge OF Ohio, sec
retary OF the Worlds Woman's Christian
Temperance union and corresponding
secretary OF the National Woman's Chris
tian Temperance union, died in Chicago,
after brief illness, Oct. %. Mrs. Wood.
bridge was a leader in the woman's cru
SADIE OF 1874, and was for years president
Of the w. c. T. U. OF Ohio. In 1879, when
Miss Willard was made president OF the
National W. c. T. u, Mrs. Woodbridge
was chosen as its recording secretary. She
was sent as fraternal delegate to Eng
and TO the annual meeting OF the British
INomenfs TemDerance association, Lady