Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-07-22
Chelsea Home News.
EMMA DARLING. Local Editor.
A. A. Abbott is home from Bethel.

Lake Morey.
Miss Anna Nichols of Randolph was in
! town recently.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Birchmore recently.
Mrs. @. j. knight of Melrose. Mass. is
boarding at II. A. Kingsbury's.
Mrs. Will Walker OF Montpelier visited
her father, George Cleveland, last week.
Miss Florence Lease of Milford, N. H..
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. A. IL. Powers.
Luther Rsmsdell has so far recovered
from his illness as to be able to walk out
Mrs. 0rin Burbank and children of
Somerville, Mass, are at l.. A. Burbank's.
! Mrs. Frank Hutchins OF Barre visited
her parents, MIR. and Mrs. j. A. Stanley,
last week.
A. c. Mills has returned to st. Louis,
Mo, and later viii join his uncle in
British Columbia.
Jessie Davis and Anna B. Dearborn
spent several days at W. A. Reeds on the
West Hill recently.
Misses Mary and Abbie Gilbert and
James M. LyforG from Corinth were at III.
b. Lyford's recently.
Ernest Seaver and his mother OF Wash.
ington We're guests OF his aunt, Mrs.
Frances Bixby, recently.
Mr.. Sylvester has returned to Manches-
ter with his daughter, Mrs. Prescott, and
will make his home there.
Mrs. A. n. Powers and Miss Hattie
Keith visited Mrs. w. II. Cummings at
Meriden, n. H., last week.
Mrs. Skinner and her daughter, Miss
Frances Skinner OF Connecticut, are
boarding at Don McAllister's.
The funeral services OF Frank NJ.
Hackett were held at the NJ E. church
Wednesday afternoon, July Nth.
Jesse Gilman OF Lowell, Mass, is at the
home OF his uncle, Frank Gilman, and
will spend several weeks in town.
Ice cream will be served at the dining
hall opposite the postoffice Wednesday
and Saturday evenings from till 8.
James Hosking, Jr., has finished his
work in q. p. Dickinson's store and has
gone to his home in Claremont, n. II.
Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Lang OF Roxbury,
Mass, who have been al II. S. Annis' for
several weeks, returned home last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. @. Harris OF Omaha,
Neb., who have been staying at the hotel
the past month, went to Boston last
week.
Ernest f. Tanner OF Marshheld and his
friend, Lee Aikens, made trip to Chel-
sea on their bicycles last Saturday, re-
turning Monday.
George T.. Skinner OF Lowell, Mass, has
been spending several weeks with his
daughter, Mrs. Bernice Stevens, and is as
sisting William Robbins during haying.
There were eleven highway bridges in
town washed away by the freshet OF July
9th besides many smaller ones. The rains
OF last week caused considerable damage
also.
Among DIR. Helmer's latest patients are
Mrs. w. IT. James, her daughters, Bessie
and Lou, and her mother, Mrs. Dennet, OF
Flushing, n. Y. They are at James At
woods.
Mrs. c. A. Densmore went to White
River River Junction last Friday to meet
her sister, Mrs. Charles DicKey, OF Low
ell, Mass, who will spend the summer in
Chelsea.
Died in Chicago, July 10th, Mr.. James
Madison Perry, aged 81 years. He was at
one time a member OF the Illinois general
assembly. He was native OF Chelsea,
being born here March 20, 1913.
w. W. Balm OF Northfield and j. NJ. At
wood of Randolph were in town recently,
also Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Clapp of Low
ell, Mass, NJ A. Sanders of Pawtucket,
II. l., and John Sherman OF Boston.
At a meeting OF the directors of the
First National bank of Chelsea held July
18th dividend OF two per cent was de-
clared to be paid to the stockholders.
This leaves per cent OF the stock due
holders.
Mr.. will Hyde, wife and three children
of East Randolph, Mrs. Nelson Carpenter
and her son, Warren, of North Randolph, /
Miss Ollie Brown of Tilton, N. H., Mr.. |
and Mrs. Van Carpenter and daughter,
Hazel, of East Brookfield and Harry Ly-
ford of Barre, recently visited at Henry
Lyford's.
The following statement has been given
by the Orange county creamery for June,
1897: Milk received, $50 917 pounds; but |
ter made from same and equivalent OF
milk and cream sold, 1856 pounds; re-
ceived for butter, deducting freight and
commission, s2,755.67; running expenses,
S320.74; paid patrons, 15c.; average test,
4.62 1-2.
Mrs. Maryette Willis, widow of ID. ID.
Willis, died at the home OF Samuel Crafts |
July 18th, aged 65 years, months and IL
days. The cause or her death was broncho-
pneumonia. The funeral services, con-
Quoted by Rev Mr.. Allen, were held
Monday. She leaves one son, Perley ).
Willis, and two daughters, Mrs. Fred /
Waldo and Mrs. Truman Spear.
Harry j. Corwin and his friend from
Lowell, Mass, who sailed for Europe
June 9th are now in Scotland, having Wis:
tied many interesting places in England
and attended the Queens jubilee June
22d at London, visiting also the Houses OF
Parliament, Westminster Abbey and Lon
don Tower. After a short trip, partly by
BICYCLES, in Scotland, they will go to
Paris. Mr.. Corwin plans to sail from
Liverpool for New York July 3lst.
There was family gathering in town
recently when the following persons sat
down to dinner: One great grandfather,
one grandfather, three fathers, one step
father, one grandmother, two mothers,
one mother -in-lsw, four daughters, two
wives, four granddaughters, one sister,
two husbands, one half sister, one broth
er, one brother .in-law, one son, one aunt,
one son-in-law, one nephew, one nlece,
one reat-granison, one step grandson,
one great-gr granddaughter, one step grand
daughter, one grandson-in- law, one SON
in-law, one father in law ,one step-grano-
father, and only eight persons present.