Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-05-02
chelsea Home News.
y q. BIxBY, Local Editor.

II q. BIXBY, Local EDITOR.
ne washington Lodge meeting to-
night !. ,.,s,,,,,, bis son in
udn B. Bacon is sick with a prom
.hial trouble.
en's' sis GeorgeXbegins work next week
t,r E. J. Flanders.
u, -, annie Goss went to Barre Monday
main two weeks.
- Margaret Laird is working in the
,.siiIy Of c. 5. Emery.
ia,,'-. -. commissioner Gates begins work
~ highways this week.
: slack is working for j. A. X. Cor
son in their feed store.
- william Puffer OF Richford is visit
~ sister, Mrs. Philena Davis.
II whitney, who has been on the
a ,tst the past two weeks, is better.
-. illian Robbins, who has been at
M Is Lebanon, n. H., is visiting her
Ppias,n sanborn is suffering from Sc
stack of pneumonia. DIR. Godfrey
attends him
daughter weighing 81 pounds was
- Ir and Mrs. Fred Grant Satur-
day the 9th.
~ Adah Greene went to st. Johns
-. Tuesday, where she is to work IN the
Avenue House.
George NJ. Heath OF West fairlee Is here
sfnt}ng the carriages in Chelsea livery
M Whitney a Lewis.
rhs closing exercises Of Chelsea academy
.a1r tomorrow evening in the town hall.
GOOD time is anticipated.
G,bnrn Jones OF Barre was in town
Monday and purchased the pair OF big
blsek horses owned by c. ii. Corliss.
n n. Tracy Of Manchester, y. H., was
me last week to attend the funeral of
bis grandmother, Mrs. l.. A. Dickinson.
The Methodist Auxiliary society Is to
- q NAN dinner in the hall over Ord
ysy. Holmes & Co.'s store ON Memorial
day
Remember the meeting at the town hall
rayt saturday az p. m, to see about Old
Home week Make il in your way to be
there.
Mrs. W. II Emery went 10 Burlington
Tgesday 10 take the five-year- boy OF
VIM 6. III Wallace to the home Tor destl-
tute children.
Henry Clark has a new pair OF work
horses purchased al HaverhiN, y. H., last
week. They weigh 2S25 pounds and stand
Il hands high
NJ and Mrs. VIM. F. Davis arrived sat
ur5sy night from Jacksonville, Fla, where
tbay spent the winter as usual in charge
of tie ST. James hotel.
Miss T. Belle Chandler, who has been
with her aunt in WilliamstOwn for several
weeks. returned TO Mr.. Bacon's this week.
She came from Randolph, where she at
tended the wedding OF her sister.
Ellen Iarkin, little daughter Of Ed Lar
kin. has been having a severe time, the re-
sult II a wound inflicted on her hand
Fith pair OF scissors. IL has been very
painful for the past three weeks but is bet
ter now.
Two weeks ago the HERALD office was
the recipient OF some beautiful erocus
blossoms and last week bunch OF daho-
dis The donor was Photographer III. l..
Bixbv, who prides himself on being the
first in the field with these spring an
nouneements.
Reuben Clough, who works for George
Bacon, while using an axe last Thursday,
cut the thumb on his left hand nearly OIL,
% il hung only by small portion OF hesh
and skin DR. Goss dressed the wound.
replacing the severed member. He will
probably have a whole thumb In time, but
with a stiff joint.
His Excellency, the governor, has desig-
mated tomorrow, the Sd, as Arbor day in
this state, with the request that both old
and young contribute in some measure 70
the setting OF shade trees by the roadside
or homestead. Speaking OF shade trees
were you aware that the largest tree IN
this town is that beautiful elm In circuit
BiNby' yard, and we doubt II in orange
county can be found another so large and
perfectly proportioned a tree as this. IL Is
about feet through and its top covers a
circle Of about 100 feet in circumference,
is age is from i05 TO lis years. II II was
put into l6-inch wood il would make from
70 10 cords. There are some other large
trees in our village, but they look small
tree ~ which ~ owner NAV well feel
proud