Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-04-23
Chelsea Home News.
v. A. CoRwIN, Local Editor.

| @. s. Emery was in Randolph Saturday
Charles Dow is working at Beckwith't
sawmill.
G. W. Lyon has been building himself I
new house.
Mrs. Maria Medcalf is living with Miss
L. G. Hatch for the present
Miss Nellie c. Cooley began work FOL
Mrs. e. F. Peters last Monday.
Col. M. O. Coburn is visiting relatives
and friends in Northampton, Mass.
Albert Thompson and wife Of Corinth
were in town the first OF the week.
| Walter Pierce OF South Royalton is liv-
ing at Orcutt Bixby's for the present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Abbott have q
| ten-pound boy born last Sunday morn
ing.
| The Chelsea Glee club will give another
dance at the town hall Thursday evening,
May 7th.
Miss Lillian Lowell OF Woodsville, N.
H., is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. J.
g. Minard.
Mrs. Irving Covell Of williamstown
has been visiting Miss Edna Robbins
the past week.
Leon Bemis died last week Tuesday.
The funeral service was held Friday, Rev.
H. f. Forrest officiating.
Frank b. and Albert F. Davis OF Leb-
anon, N. H., were In town last week to
see their sicter, Mrs. VIM. Wallace, who Is
very i'll.
e. NJ. Coburn has gone to Lebanon, N.
H., on visit and with some expectation
OF obtaining work at the granite quarries
for the season.
Miss Sarah Hemenway, who has been
caring for Mrs. j. G. Minard, was obliged
to leave there last week on account OF
sickness and Is now at G. B. Colby's.
The Orange County Creamery state
ment for March shows 180,379 lbs. OF
milk received; butter made. 10,021 lbs;
received for butter, q, ,280. 70; running ex-
penses, s3ls.57; price per ID, % l.2c.
Mrs. Mary Mcconnell, who had been
living with her son, William, for some
weeks, died last Thursday. The funeral
service was held at the Congregational
church, Rev. B. B. Sherman officiating.
+. H. Tracy is to sell his household
goods, carpenter tools, etc., at auction
next Saturday at the Orange County Ho-
tel. The bills advertise music by the
Chelsea Glee club and plenty Of amusing
stories by Auctioneer Q. Il. Godfrey.
The suit OF Fred Smith v. c. N. Barber
OF Barre was heard before Justice q. 8.
Emery Monday and resulted In decision
in favor OF the defendant for forty -eight
cents and costs. Darling & Darling for
the plaintiff and Johh w. Gordon for de-
fendant.
The following teachers have been en-
gagged to teach the spring term OF school:
M. Corwin; No. 7, Martha L. Noyes; No.
s, Carrie B. Beal OF South Barre; No. 10,
Addie M. French; No. II, Mrs. Abbie l..
Davis; No. II, Edna Robbins.
The stockholders OF the @Bell Shoe Co.
have received notices requesting them to
meet at the town hall on Tuesday, May
9th, for the purpose OF seeing II the stock
holders will vote to choose an agent to
deed the BellsShoe Co. property to the
endorsers OF the Bell Shoe 20. paper, to
save foreclosure.
A Republican caucus is to be held at the
town hall next Saturday, April 26th, to
choose three delegates and three alter
mates to the state and district conventions
to be beld at Montpelier Wednesday,
April Goth, for the election OF delegates
to the national convention. The Repub-
lican League club Is warned to meet at
the same time and place to elect officers
and to choose delegatesito attend the state
league convention at Montpelier Tuesday,
April 28th.
Q. l.. Russell has sold the place he pur-
chased OF @. M. Hall to Harry T. Cush-
man of Bennington. The consideration
is $500. The deed to Mr.. Cushman re-
serves the plumbago mines that are on
the premises, but these have been leased
to Mr.. Cushman, who will at once COM
mence to work them. Chelsea has evil
IDENTIFY struck "up grade" in its career.
We have no doubt but that railroad
will be thing OF the near future, and
important developments on this last
named subject may be expected shortly.