Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-03-04
Chelsea Home News.


E lier were IN town recently,
The ladies Of the Congl church served a
dinner at the yestry Tuesday.
i Mrs. q. A. Densmore is visiting her
/ sister. Mrs. Dickey, in Lowell, Mass.
Mrs. }. B. Atwood is visiting relatives
/ in Manchester, n. H., for several weeks.
4 Fred Akerman returned last week from
\ a trip 10 Fitchburg, Mass and vicinity.
4 f. J. Caswell OF Bridgeport, Conn, is
/ visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. n. IL.
iCaswell.
Hugh Clark has been engaged to work
/ for Mr.. Nation OF Vershire for seven
months.
States Attorney Darling went to Wells
1 River Monday to attend hearing in an
/ insane pauper case.
Miss Eunice A. Adams has rented the
Cram farm, so-ealled, in Washington, To
William 5. Ordway.
1 Prospective teachers to the number OF
1 p took examinations before County EX
aminer Prichard Feb. 9th and 25th.
Mrs. f. w. Nation has returned from
three months visit with her children in
Lynn, Mass, and Manchester, n. n.
Flora Corwin is at home for a two
weeks visit She is a student at the
| Bridgewater lMass.l Normal school.
There are al pres Mt II pupils enrolled
at The academy, % being in the interme-
diate and d9 IN the higher department.
The friends OF Mrs. Plummer Bixby will
/ be sorry to learn that she is i'll at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. viii Ashley,
/ in Thetford.
/ Harold Berry, with his cousins, Ray and
I Earle Thorne, celebrated their birthdays,
Nhich occurred during the same week, ON
I Feb. 22d at Mrs. Berry's.
Married, Feb. 18th, at East Corinth, by
Rev. L. w. Hatch, Mahlon Young OF
Chelsea and Anna Ball OF Corinth. They
are at present residing AT George Houng's.
Sunday night was the coolest OF the
season. The thermometer registered 90 =
below zero at Oliver Metcalf's on the
West Hill Monday morning and 2sS in
the villuge.
j. c. Davis was arrested Friday on COM
plaint of the states attorney, charging
him with cruelty 20 animals. On being
brought before Justice Emery, the case
was continued until this week wednes-
day at ga. m
Feb. 22d. a company Of % met at the
home OF MRS. Amos Wright in honor OF
the S5th birthday OF Mrs. Eaton Emery,
Mrs. Mright's mother Many nice pres
ents were brought, and Mrs. Emery, who
is very smart lady for one OF her
age, highly enjoyed the occasion.
Monday evening the hanging lamp in
the paflor OF the hotel streamed up, black
ing the walls and every thing in the room.
When discovered il could not be extiu-
guished and was removed out OF doors,
when the oil caught fire but was extin-
guished before an explosion occurred.
Here is the record of weather as kept by
George Dewey for February: Maximum
temperature, i37 the 2lst; min. temp.,99
below. the 9th; mean temp, 1859. Mean
temperature last lyear, 1859 above; total
precipitation, 8 inches; total precipita
lion in February Of last year, 4.5 inches
total snowfall, y inches; total fall last
year, 33 inches; depth OF snow at end OF
month, p inches, depth of lsnow at end
OF February, 1896, - inches.
Town meeting wos largely attended aud
ali the officers for tie ensuing year were
elected by acclamstion, excepting the
road commissioner, which was by tallot.
W NJ Mattoon received % votes and Hor-
elected: Moderator, j. NJ. Comstock
clerk, w. p. Townsend; selectmen, G. p,
Dickinson, II. ;. Fits, j. M. Flint; treas !
urer, W. =. Townsend; overseer OF poor, I
4. p. Dickinson. lst constable, AlonZo 4
Noyes; I'd constable Charles +. Godfrey /
collector OF taxes, e. f. Godireyi listers, 4
Alvah Carpenter, Carlos l.. BohOnon, A. /
l.. Sprague; auditors, W. 5. Hatch, }. A. 4
a.. Corwin, c. $ Emery; trustee Of public /
money, W. =. Townsend; school uirec- I
tor for three years, Calvin Goodwin, and /
for one year, 4. W. Hood; trustee of pub
lie library for five years, NJ. II. Corwin; 1
town grand Jurors, Orcutt BiXby, g. l.. /
Hayward, j. A. II. Corwin; fence viewers,
selectmen; inspector OF leather, Fred +.
Allen; pound keeper, Willis Scales; in
spector of wood and lumber, Frank +.
Beckwith; town agent, z. ). Emery;
county grand jurors, w. III. VI. Hall, Cal
win Goodwin, w. II. Emery and j. A. X.
4 49, % A ar .
los L. Bohonon, II. F. Mattoon, W. +.
Dewey, Fred w. Smith, Calvin y. Dear
born, L. A. Burbank, w. +. Bacon.
Voted TO raise 100 cents on a dollar town
tax. Voted to instruct the selectmen to
grant the use of the town hall for Memo
rial day exercises free OF charge. Voted
to appropriate $40 for the public library.
Voted to put the tax bills into the treas
urer's hands for collection, and voted to
instruct the road commissioner as follows,
viz: "rhe road commissioner is hereby
instructed at his earliest convenience
after his election and qualification, to
divide the town into such number OF dis
tricts as shall be beneficial TO the working
Of the highways in said districts (Which
number shall not be less than eight and
to appoint in each of said districts a good
competent agent who shall have charge Of
the working OF and caring for the high
ways in his particular district, under the
supervision of the road commissioner,
said agents to employ as many men in
their respective districts as shall be neces-
sary to properly care for and work the
highways therein" The following reso-
luton was introduced by G. L. stow and
a iopted:
RESOLVED, In view OF the great bur
den of debt now depressing the taxpayers,
and the large amount heretofore expend-
ed in constructing and repairing side.
walks, that the selectmen and road COM
missioner ought not to make any further
outlay on building or maintaining side
walks except at the expense OF the abut-
ting proprietors, or from money raised by
private contribution. The motion to al
low en- increase OF ten cents on the school
tax was voted down.