Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-02-13
Chelsea Home News.
HALE K. DARLING, Local Editor.

Ned Davis and Vile were In town owe
Sunday.
Col. John H. Watson OF Bradford wa
in town Saturday.
Arthur Abbott OF Bethel is spending /
short vacation in town.
George Skinner and Mrs. G. P. Stevenl
went to Lowell, Tuesday
F. II. Tracy has gone to Boston and vi
cinity for few weeks visit.
| Joseph Mcconnell OF Wardner, Idaho
is in town for few weeks visit.
| A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs
G. Clinton Bowin Tuesday, Feb. 11th
Miss Flora Corwin has finished hei
school at South Corinth and is at home.
| Miss Alma Adams entertained her pu.
pills from Dist. No s last Saturday even
ing
| Eugene Kennedy has decided the school
house near Moses Dunham's to o. p
| Bacon.
Edward l.. ("Ned'') Prescott OF Boston
was in town last week Tuesday and
| Wednesday.
The ladies' union prayer meeting will
be held next Friday afternoon with Mrs
e. W. Nation.
Mrs. c. A. Densmore and her SON
Thomas, went to Lowell, Monday, for Q
few weeks visit.
Mrs. Joan Taylor, who is 81 years old
has carded fleece of wool and spun 10t
knots in the last year.
Miss Gertrude Brownell has been i'll
and her sister from South Royalton has
been here caring for her.
W. Fl. Watkins family has Joined him
ia East Topsham, and his houshold goods
were moved there last week.
Rev. Carl H. Corwin, who has been al
Kaukauna, Wis.,, for the past two years
has received call to Fairmont, MinD.
For SALE.-My place in Chelsea viii
lage. Well located and in first-class repair
with No. garden. 4 F. II. TRACY Chelsea,
Misses Spaulding and Wells are spend
ing their vacations at their homes in
Barre and in Newport, N. H., respectively
A very enjoyable sociable was held al
w. H. Titus on Wednesday eve OF last
week under the auspices of the Epworth
League.
e w. Farnham brought hens egg to
c. p. Di-kinsoH's last week, which
weighed four ounces and measured ga
by s l 2inches.
The semi centennial Of the building of
the present schoolhouse in District No.
IL was pleasantly commemorated by a
gathering at the schoolhouse last Friday
evening. Former teachers and scholars
had received invitations to attend, but
owing to the bad travelling but few were
present from out OF the district. An ex-
ception was Henry c. Gilbert OF Randolph
Center, who taught in the schoolhouse
45 years ago. The young people OF the
district furnished music and recitations
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ries illustrative OF the old-time school
days. W. F. Dewey read paper giving
the history OF the district from 1881, and
Mr.. Gilbert entertained the company
with many a humorous anecdote OF the
time when he, 'sBrisk wielder of the birch
and lrule, was master OF the district
school," Letters were read from several
of the former teachers and scholars who
were unable to be present.
Rev. VIM. H. Davis, a native OF Chelsea,
born in 1853 the son OF a country merchant
of that place, " no was also a deacon in the
Cong'l church, has just accepted from De-
troit, Mich, a call to the Eliot Cong'l
church in Newton, Mass, where he will
remove about April 1st. He is graduate
Of Dartmouth and OF Union Theological
seminary and was first settled in Beverly,
where he remained Ave years. In April,
1884, he was called to the 1st Cong'l church
in Detroit, where he has since remained,
receiving OF late a salary OF 5000. His
call to the Eliot church is at the same sal
ary above mentioned. He bears an excel
lent reputstion as devoted earnest work.
er and as an eloquent preacher. The Eliot
church was founded in 1S45, has present
mem bership Of 629 and is the strongest fl
nancialiy OF any church in Boston's sub
urbs, with possibly one exception. The
church edifice was built within few
years, costing, with the land, nearly $225,-
600 and is very rich and beautiful. The
benevolences OF the church have averaged
at least $4,000 per annum for the last ten
years and last year were $4,000.