Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-08-18
Chelsea Home News.
H. o. BIxBY, Local Editor.

A. E. Mills OF ST. Louis, Mo-, arrived
riday.
Mrs. A. H. Powers has been quite i'll tn,
past week.
Mrs. H. F. Bryant is at work for Miss
S. NJ. Gilman.
Albee $. Noyes returned to Wakefield
Mass, Monday.
E. Southwick and wife OF Litchfeld.
ILL.,, are the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. A. e.
Mills at Maplehurst.
Mrs. Caroline Morse OF Roxbury, Mass,
is visiting friends in town.
James Roberts and son, Harry, returned
to Lowell, Mass, yesterday.
Truman Spear has appendicitis. DR.. F.
h. Godfrey is attending him.
Will Holmes is at his home in Brook
field on few days vacation.
A new street lamp has been placed in
front OF the Cong'l parsonage.
George Hardy cut his hand with an ak
while splitting wood recently.
Miss Elsie Powers returned to her home
in Braintree Monday afternoon.
Mrs. N. H. Perkins of Tewksbury,
Mass, is in town visiting friends.
Mrs. M. M. Stevens has been stopping
at Z. c. Scales the past two weeks.
E. L. HARDWOOD and Frank Richardson
spent last Thursday at Faifiee lake.
Mrs. George Ed. French visited friends
in Montpelier and Elmore last week.
Mrs. Watson and Mrs. Seaver of Wash
ilgton visited friends in town Friday.
Frank Richardson of Brsintree has been
visiting his sister, Mrs. Il. l.. Harwood.
Mrs. E. o. Tracy and Mrs. w. M. Mat
toon went 10 Barre and Montpelier Fri
day.
Miss Katie Sanborn has been at her
home n Vershire for few weeks vaca-
ton.
G. Il. Hayward and wife have returned
shire.
The ladies' OF the Methodist society
have placed several new lamps in the
church.
The auction Saturday at Milo Hoods
was largely attended and everything sold
fairly we'll.
Harry j., and Ernest A. Corwin left
Tuesday for bicycle trip to the White
mountains.
Norman Hunt, who drives the noon
stage, is back on his route after few
days sickness.
Edward A. Davis and wife OF Bethel
spent Sunday in town with his mother,
Mrs. q. l.. Stow.
Frank Appleton OF Quincy, Mass, who
is stopping in Brookneld, visited friends
in town Monday.
Mrs. Patrick Mudgett has gone to live
in the family OF John ID. Eastman ON the
Washington road.
The West Hill sociable was held at II.
L. Bixby's Friday afternoon. There we're
about forty present.
Mrs. G. J. Goodrich and daughter, Mat.
tie OF Syracuse, N. Y, are guests OF her
sister, Mrs. 8. N. Goss.
Mrs. David Quimby and children OF
Boston came last week for short Visit 10
her father, Aaron Sargent.
Mrs. W. H. Cummings and Mrs. w. p.
Townsend attended the musical conven-
ton at Brookfield Tuesday.
The Cong1 Sunday school is to have
a picnic in Densmore's woods next FRI
day il the weather IS su itabie.
Dennis Giles and family of Tunbridge
and Miss Anne Hail visited at Curtis
Halls Wednesday of last week.
Dr. Helmer and wife went to Canada
last week. They are expected to return
here for few days in September.
A very enjoyable musical sociable was
held at the home OF Mrs. w. p. townsend
last Thursday evening. The mouse was
decorated with flowers, many
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den of Mrs. Eugene Densmore and were
arranged by her skilful fingers. The reel
tations and various musical contributions
OF our home talent were such as to Draw
from visitor In town the remark liner,
sea has reason to be proud OF her local
talent.D The whistling Of Miss Bianch
Townsend, who had not been heard here
Tor some time, called forth storm OF APP
plause. Especially pleasing was tne piano
playing of our summer visitors, MISS ora,
Miss Allen and Miss and Mrs. Cummings,
the latter of whom is teacher OF music az
Kimball Union academy. Mrs. Cummings
md Mr.. Mattison sang very enloyaoie
duet with piano and violin accomplsn-
nent, the latter played by Miss Townsend.
A rare treat was he readilg Dy Miss Elsie
Powers, one OF the instructors OF the y
nous Emerson Colleg eof Oratory. Sns
vas enthusiastically encoreo anu T
charming socially as upon the stage. The
proceeds of this sociaDle are Tor the ION
sregational parsonage fund