Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-06-21
Chelsea Home News.
c. S. EMERY, Local Editor.

Remember that we have on hanu larg'
j stock of clapboards.
4 WHITNEY TRACY & Co.
I The annual meeting OF the stakeholder:
of the BELL Shoe Co. will be held at the
I Hotel hall on Tuesday, June 18th, at two
O'Clock D. m. The call includes, besides
the articles for hearing and acting upon
the officers reports, and he election OF
officers, an article 'to see what method
the stockholders will adopt to pay the IN
debtedness, = and one "to see il the stock d.
holders will instruct the directors TO sell
or mortgage the shoe factory plant ana
machinery to pay the Indebtedness; and
to appoint an agent to deed the same"
Frank Scribner and wife of Lowell,
Mass, visited at B. H. Adams last week.
Cards received announce the marriage
of Carl c. Collins to Miss Alice V. Dun
bar, at North Hartland, June 18th. They
are to reside at White River Junction
where Mr. Collins is employed in the Ma
tional Bank.
The friends and neighbors OF Mrs. c. l..
Carpenter assembled at her home Satur-
day afternoon. June 18th, to remind her
of the 57th anniversary of her birth. The
afternoon was spent in social intercourse,
and an appetiZing collation. was served
under the naples near the house to which
all present did justice.
As Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Abbott, who
live in Washington near the Chelsea line,
were eating dinner Monday of last week,
they cnanced to look out of the window
and saw, in the pasture, 40 or 80 rods south
of the house, large black animal which
they at once decided was bear. He was
in fun view and shambled along for few
rods to the rail fence. He seemed to look
for place to get over and, after coming
along slowly beside the fence till he reach
ed piece of log fence, clambered over and
disappeared in a thick piece OF bushes. II
being a very warm day, Mr.. Abbott tho't
that perhaps the bear would stop in the
woods for a while and so collected COM
pany of men as soon as possible. They
searched for about four hours but found
no sign of him except his tracks, which
were measured and found to be seven
inches long and four inches wide.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Comstock attended
the State Congl convention at st. Johns
bury last week.
The Epworth League served ice cream
on the South common Wednesday even
ing.
Fannie. little daughter OF f. II, Tracy,
fell while at play in the barn on Monday,
and il is feared was seriously injured, al
though the extent of her injuries cannot
be definitely learned at this time.
A very sad affair occurred at the Ameri-
can House, Sunday afternoon. Mr. John
l.. Mattoon, who had spent more or less
OF his time here for the past few years,
took his life He was in very poor health
and for several weeks had been great
sufferer from a disease of.the lungs and
it seems could bear it no longer. He was
able to leave his bed at times and was
dressed during a considerable part of the
day, Sunday, during which time he was
observed to be occupied in writing, which
was afterwards found to be minute di-
rections as to his funeral and the dispose
ton OF his property. About 5 o'clock, Mr..
and Mrs. Hood heard noise like the fall
ing of a window, and in searching Tor the
occasion of 1t. discovered him upon the
floor of the shed chamber in pool OF blood.
He had taken his loaded life, attached
wire to the trigger aud so arranged 1t that
he could press il with his foot, ana while
seated on an old trunk, placed the muzzle
under his chin and discharged it, the ball
passing upwards and out at the top OF the
head, causing almost instantaneous death.
The deceased was a pensloner, having
served for three years during the late war.
The funeral occurred at 10 O'Clock Tues
day, the interment being at Vershire.
CYCLES For the next three weeks | will
give special discounts for cash on all
makes that handle. Write for prices and
catalogues. 2w A. III. MoREY.
Meetings are held in the schoolhouse in
district No. each Sunday p. m. at $3.50.
Rev. J. A. Bates OF Randolph occupied
the pulpit at the Congl church Sunday
morning, in the absence OF Rev. b. b.
Sherman, who preached the baccalaureate
sermon to the graduating class at the
State Normal school at Randolph.
At the caucus held Saturday afternoon,
c. S. Emery was chosen chairman ahd j.
K. Darling, secretary, and the following
delegates were elected to the State conven-
ton: S. B. Hebard, W. p. Townsend, G..
P. Dickinson; alternates, Horace Monkey,
Andrew L. Sprague, E. W. Hood; to the
District convention, w. p. Townsend, 5.
B. Hebard, c. P. Dickinson; alternates,
Alonzo Noyes, NJ. G. Allen and E. n. Ba-
con.
II. H. Wilder of Lowell, Mass, is stop
ping at VIM. F. Hoods.
]. B. Bacon is on visit to friends in
Montreal. -~-lt tIo %h-s lI7mn
vDr. F. L. Beckwithhs at Danville.l 7Is
MRS Albert Allen returned to st. AL
bans, Thursday, being i'll with erysipelas.