Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-12-01
Chelsea Home News.
H. o. BIxBy, local Editor.

Miss Minnie Hsskins OF Michigan is
,;siting her sister, Mrs. DIR. Smith.
Major Darling and Miss Emma Darling
,aturped to Boston Monday morning.
Mrs. Zernah Seaver and son, Ernest, OF
washington spent Thanksgiving with
friends in town.
WD. Walker and wife OF Montpelier
.na Fred Cleveland OF Barre spent Thanks
giving with Geo. w. Cleveland, their ia
ther.
LAR. Corwin is repairing the harness
shop occupied by L. 3. Allen so as to
make very convenient and up-to-date
harness shop.
Herbert Kingsburv of Cambridge. Mass,
has been in town visiting his family the
osst few days, returning Saturday. Mrs.
Einosbury will remain here this winter at
Ser fathers, ira Thompson's.
Oh. Corliss was given q complete sur
mise Monday evening when some twenty
X ais friends called To remind him that il
vas passed and Mr.. C0rliss was presented
with 40 oak center table.
We understand that DR.. Prescott, the
eve specialist will remain in town the ball
snce Of the week. He Is doing a work
here that no one has been able to do be-
fare and is giving satisfactory evidence of
his skill and ability.
HE. K. Hall Camp, No.2S, Sons OF Vet
Grams, gave one of its enjoyable camp fires
saturday evening. II was at this time in
honor OF Majol Chas. X. Darling OF the
an Regt. Mass. u. s., who has just re-
turned with his regiment from Porto
Rico. Maj Darling is not only an officer
who has served in the Spanish A american
war with credit to himself and honor to
bis country, out he Is also past COM
mander-in chief of the order OF Sons of
Veterans, who hold him in high esteem
from the Atlantic to the Pacific and being
AZ Orange county boy with his people iiv-
ing in town, it seemed to be the proper
thing for Camp No. 28 to MAKE some sort
demonstration during his presence here.
Atgo'clock the town hall was filled with
psope and Capt. W. A. Reed announced
as the chairman of the evening Past Col
opel Il. o. Bixby. The chaplain of the
Camp, F. V. Tulier, offered prayer and the
quartet, consisting OF Messrs w. 5. Goss,
i. ~ Madison, G. N. Dearborn and "A. e.
Slack, accompanied on the piano by MISS
Annie Goss, sang "Our FLAG Is Inepe.
The first speaker of the evening was Hev
A. ]. Eastman, who spoke for few mo-
ments in a very interesting manner. The
Quartet then rendered, "Down in the Har-
Dor OF Havana The applause was SUI.
Rcient to call them back but they could
not be persuaded. Colonel Curtis ). Em-
ery, the next speaker, always has some
thing TO say to please his audience but this
time he seems to have outdoDe himself.
At the close he paid gallant trioute 10
Mai. Darling's war service which was re-
csiTed with burst OF applause. Mr.. W.
s. Goss. who Is always received with en-
thusiasm when he appears before an au-
dience here, sang ssBreak the News TO
Motber,n holding the audience SPELL
bound until the close. when there was one
terrific burst of applause. Major Darling
was then introduced and held the close
attention OF the large audience for over an
hour with his experiences In Porto hico
with Uncle Sans army. He believes that
Porto Rico is the garden spot oil all Tue
possessions we have acquired In tne ls.e
war. 1t was very interesting taik tas ne
called IT'D, from the beginning 10 tne close
and there was not one in the house, prooa-
bly,who would not have been giad 70 nave
listened another hour. he snowen
Spanish flag presented to MN ny guy W
the wealthy men of the new island, one
which fioated from his house before the
Americans took possession. He also DIS
played a set of Mauser bullets, OF wnlcn
We have read so much, that travel SO ,ar
and know no stopping. The eampn.e
closed with the singing OF "America, ~
ter which all present we're given an opPol-
tunity to shake hands with MAI Daring
in front of the stage. The stage was
trimmed in front with q large U. p my
and stack of guns at either emo, wni ne
the regulation silk flag Of camp NO %
was unfurled from one side.