Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-04-07
Chelsea Home News.
H. o. BIxBY, Local Editor.

Mrs. George Hatch has pansies in full
bloom.
Marx Dunbar 10 very sick with heart
trouble.
M. G. Allen remains about the same at
this writing.
deorge Goodell is working for Willis
Scales this season.
Eugene Kennedy has moved into Mrs.A.
B. Wright's house.
Mrs. Harriet Hood Rix and Rufus Hood
81 Corinth are at work for H. f. Nation.
Rev. E. w. Cummings of Barre preached
at the Cong'l church last Sunday morning.
Mrs. s. N. Goss returned Friday from
Boston and vicinity where she has been
visiting friends the past few weeks.
Al. Dexter and Chas. Dow, while gath
efipg SAP March 18th, discovered q large
bullfrog full of life and ready for band
concert.
Geo. B.CoIby has 10 sheep that have had
this spring % lambs, 20 of which are alive
and risky. Who can beat this for a sheep
record
The following are the members of the
young peoples prayer meeting committee
al the Cong'l church: Richard Bacon, w.
Chaplin, Florence Lease, Belle Chandler
and Alice Corwin.
HF. NATION has just shipped barrel
OF nice stirred maple sugar to Major Hoyt
Sherman OF Iowa. brother OF Hoo. John
Sherman, secretary OF state. He has had
maple sugar OF Mr.. Nation for several
years.
Mrs. George w. Jackman returned to
her home at bridgeport, Conn.,, last week
Thursday. She took with her the young
est daughter OF Mrs. Mary. Bemis, who
will remain with her till fall and perhaps
permanently.
A few years ago we rarely heard OF any
one having a shock but now il is COM
mon everyday occurrence. DIR. Godfrey
recently had four similar cases under
treatment at the same time, two being in
this town and two in Vershire.
The record OF weatheras kept by George
Dewey for March showed the maximum
temperature to have been 81 ? on the 11th
day; MINIMUM temperature, % on the LIST
day: mean Temperature, 41.So mean tenn
perature for March, 1897, 24.6o total pre-
eipitation, 80 inches total precipitation
during March last year, So inches.
! e clip the following from Riverside,
R.. Lapel: "Mr. Cyrus ID. Burbank and |
Miss Maud Sherwood Boyce were united |
in marriage by the pastor, last Thursday |
afternoon. They Immediately departed
on wedding tour, during which they |
in Chelsea, Vermont. The welded couple
are very popular in Riverside and their
many friends extend congratulations ana
best wishes.' - az
The shelving Is being put in the south |
room OF the Davis building and is to be |
occupied at once by III. O. Bixby TOR boot |
and shoe store. This room has a fine
show window eight feet high and six feet |
wide and is connected with the store by |
two arched doorways one at the front ana
one at the rear. IL Is finished to corre-
spond with the other part of the store in
spruce and hard pine, and will make an
up to date shoe store in all its appoint
ments.
The academy lyceums this winter have
been very successful. The one Monday
evening closed the series. This was the
second session OF the mock legislature.
Bills introduced last week were acted up
on. Some bills passed the house that
ought to have been killed and some were
killed that ought to have become laws.
The members in many cases fought haro
Tor their pet bill and many spicy argu-
ments we're presented. The bill to tax
bachelors and bachelor maids was
fought the hardest and finally lost. The
high licence bill came next In amount OF
argument and the West side members put
upa valiant fight to be given an opportu-
nifty to try this measure In those towns
that desired to do SO but the vote was
against them on the yeas and nays.
Mrs Lavinia II. Young, widow OF the
late Calvin N. Andrus, died Thursday
morning, March 3lst. She had been en-
Invalid for many years, her suffering,
which at many times was very great, was
borne with patience and without COM
PLANT. She was born in Plainfield, N. H.,
NOV. IA, 1925, and was the last of family
Oh eight children, all of whom died many
Years ago excepting one brother, Erastus
Young, so long a resident of this town,
who died in Minneapolis, Mimi, March
q, 1897. She vas married in early life
ana, with Mr.. ADdrus, settled on the
arm on which he was born and where
ms ns life was spent, until his death, April .,
~, and where her life has since been
spent. She leaves three daughters, Ellen
N, Frances and Sarah, (Mrs. J. f. HEM
enway) all OF this town. The funeral was
Deid rom her late home Saturday, Rev. b.
Sherman officiating.