Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-04-27
Chelsea Home News.
H.o. BIxBY, Local Editor.

Oreutt Bixby is in Lowell and Boston
this week,
Hon. J. X. Darling has newly painted
bis house.
Miss Nancy Hall has returned home
from Montpelier.
sidney Smith OF Wilder came Monday
nfght to visit his father, Il. NJ. Smith.
Percy Heath, who works for l.. II. Bo-
bouon, cut his foot quite badly last week.
Eddie. son OF George Lowell of South
londonderry, has been in town the past
week.
Mrs. Moves OF Tunbridge spent last
reak with her granddaug hter, Mrs. +. Z.
Sleeper.
Miss Hattie Haywood, who has been
rorking at Montpelier the past winter,
returned home last Friday.
Mark Dunbar recently got severely hurt
fr the right eye by piece OF wood so he
has entirely lost the sight OF IL.
Adams a. Lewis recently bought a fine
s.r-year-old Morgan colt OF NJ. c. Allen.
uisaIght chestnut and weighs ! 900 lbs.
Fred f and Blpine Smith OF Windsor,
Conn. arrived Monday night to attend
tHs funeral OF their father, Richard Smith.
Rev.s Lewis 3. spear OF Newton, Mass,
and brother Of Hon. Alden Spear, has re-
GENTLY presented about 80 volumes to the
Alden spear pm bile library here.
Lewis smith was called 20 Montpelier
last week 30 testify In the scalding case at
tbg Waterbury asylum where he was an
attendant az the time Of the affair.
The family OF Rev. W. n. Roberts OF
qr8ctorsyile visited friends in town while
Wr. Roberts was In attendance upon the
Methodist conference at Newport.
Eight Of the members OF Co. h, I'd regi-
ment, came from Tunbridge and South
Rayalton Tuesday to attend the funeral OF
Major Richard Smith, their old command
er.
Frank Akermau OF Vershire was IN
town Friday. He is doing an extensive
business in cattle, having bought and
shipped over 1000 head in the last few
months.
Rev. ". Z. Allen goes next week to
Clifton Springs, y. Y, TO visit his wife,
Wno Is there for treatment. All wanting
school books in his absence can apply to
Mr.. C.. \. Dearborn.
DR.. VIM. 7. Smith OF Hanover, n. H.,
was caiied to town Friday to see Mrs.
Charles Lyon in consultation with Or. A.
B. smith. An operation was performed
and Mrs, Lyon is as comfortable as could
be expected.
Fred Hardy's horses ran away last week
and though no one was hurt and no dam
age vas done except spilling out a few
cans Of sugar, IL was a marrow escape, for /
they started at {. n. Taft's on the brook 4
road aud ran down to Clark's on the /
branch.
With the exception of No. 2, the schools 1
in town begin Monday, May LIST. The /
teachers are as follows; No. 2, Anne /
Howe, Tunbridge; No. 5, Euniee ID. /
M1ulton; No. Z, Hattie Dearborn; No. 5, /
Milired Barnes; No. II, Martha Noyes [
No. y, Nellie Barnes; No. II, Clara Laird. 1
Several new pianos have come 20 town /
recently, Mrs. +. o. Tracy has a fine new 4
Harvard upright, finished In oak and 4
manufactured by the Harvard Piano Co., 4
Boston. Mrs. A. H. Powers has a new /
hcPhail Imperial upright grand, finished /
10 mahogany, and Misses Ruby and Elna 4
Allen have new upright kingsbury.
Our locals In Brookield may be ahead 1
on crows but IL they have got any hens
over there that can lay more than five /
eggs at once We would like 10 nave It 4
mentioned, Charles Blaisdell had a hen 4
that laid five eggs at once one day last +
week and OF sufficient strength Of she'll so 4
they we're able 10 carry them into the /
house without breaking them. Clarence /
Curiiss had a hen which laid an egg that /
measured OK 1-2 inches.