Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-01-31
chelsea Home News.
no. BIxBY. Local EDITOR.

parkhurst OF SO. Royalton was
ns,' y Howe of SO. RoyaIton is in town
10 H. r HYDE and F. E. Merrill of St-af'
"a we're in town Friday
iOlD nr y. Carleton OF Barre was guest
ID q, Bixby "Wednesday
orange Densmore, who Is over oO years
oae 4 suffering with the grip.
I'm A Stanley killed a hog the 2lst
SVt Timed the scales at 500 pounds.
and Mrs. Isaac s. Pratt OF South,
~ Mass, are with Mrs. Eliza ). Carr.
49, Annie Goss has returned home
~, : several weeks visit in Boston and
nonoyau and Bert Dearborne OF
,,ontneIier we're at the Orange County
hotel last week.
rho committee are arranging for the
n Id Masonic ball ever held here. Full
lAits,icalars are promised for next week.
n. pIrby of West Fairlee was called
-, aeek TO see Tom Densmore. who Is in
' 80 critical condition from rheuma-
Miss Nellie c. Cooley is on two weeks
a..ion from her work In Mrs. Peters
Wilmer Millinery shop and is visiting friends in
fS 10y Kohu OF Albany, N. Y, general
4 -, Tor the Phoenix Life Insurance Co.,
ras here Friday to see X. ID. Barnes, the
local agent.
Ms Iohn ID. Ballou was called to
\ p.nokeeld last week to attend the funeral
4 ~ bsr mother, Mrs. Elijah stoddard, who
SieS al the home OF her son, Mark Stod-
dard.
rbomas q. Dearborn OF Valley Falls, r.
7 h visiting his father, II. w. Dearborn.
Tom has been away four years and his
many friends were glad to see his genial
face once more.
PM. and j. q. Perkins have butchered
eo bogs this season. The largest number
tor sny one person was IL for Ira Thomp-
son. The largest weighing a74 and the
smallest 50 pounds.
W.D. Parker died Jan. 23d OF pneumo-
mia. aged about SO years. He was veter-
an Of the civil war and member OF
Waterson post, No. as, g. A. II. The
funeral was Friday.
Thee. E. society OF the Congl church
will celebrate the 10th anniversary OF the
founding of the first society OF that name
by interesting exercises at the church
next Sunday evening.
Rev. A. II. Baker, a returned mission
sry from India, who has been absent from
this country 20 years, will give an Illus
trated lecture at the town hall Wednea-
day evening, Feb. 9Th.
Fifeld Bohonon left his horse at the
Chelsea mills for moment Monday when
II started for home at a lively gait. His
load was three cans OF milk. The horses
oollided with team at the bridge and
there was general mix.up OF sleds, horses
and sour milk, but the milk came out on
TOP and the damage was confined 10 the
breaking Of one pair OF shafts.
Only two women In Orange county
have thus far availed themselves OF No.I2,
Acts Of 1900, providing that women may
be appointed notsries public. Commits
sions were issued last week TO Mrs. M. l..
NJ. Teobetts and Mrs. Kate Nj. Kimball,
both OF West Fairlee. These ladies are
now qualified to swear with any OF
them, and perform all duties OF notary
public,
Nelson H. Caswell, a former resident,
died at the home OF his daughter at
Bridgeport, Conn.,, Dec. 25, aged SO years.
The remains were taken TO Washington |
and inferred In the family lot last Sunday. |
HIS wife survives him. MIR. Caswell
moved from here two years ago last
November to make his home with his
daughter, Mrs. Jackman, at Bridgeport, |
Conn.,, as II was not considered safe for
The aged couple to keep their house and
live alone.
The ladies OF the Ten Pin club held |
their annual meeting with Mrs. VIM. F.
Hood, nearly every member being pres
ent at the roll call. In looking over the
record OF meetings held this year, 1t was |
found that Mrs. circuit Bixby was the |
only lady who had been present at every |
meeting. They distributed that day to
worthy families in the village and town |
2 garments that had been made by the |
ladies at their meetings during the past
year.
We clip the following from the Journal. |
ferhaps this community will reach that |
10 time; ain one community we know OF |
where the creamery is patronized by all |
Ihe farmers and which has been run on
.he plan OF paying by test the patrons |
nave become so we'll educated along dairy |
lines aud furnish milk OF such uniform |
quality that the test plan has been abol- /
shed and the milk is all pooled and paid |
Slke' i may be added that there are no /
Jerseys or Holsteins among the cows OF |
lnat community and that there was a re-
'i'ai OF religion there last winter"