Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-12-04
Chelsea Home News.
II. o. BIxBY, Local Editor.

Miss Edith Hood returned home from
her vacation trip last week.
d. NJ. Seayer and wife and Madam
seayer OF Washington spent Thanksgiving
with F. w. Bixby.
Harold Comstock OF Hanover, n. H.,
spent Thanksgiving with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs j. NJ. Comstock.
John b. Hatch, son Of Geo. T.. Hatch, is
home from Athol, Mass, where he has
been working the past year.
Joseph II. Griffin has moved to Capt. w.
II II. Halls place and leased his farm on
the hill TO Wallace SanborD.
Charles NJ. Goodrich, Louis Densmore
and Fay Allen are home for two weeks
vacation from Montpelier seminary.
Chester ID. CIough and wife Of Wilder
spent Thanksgiving with his mother,
Mrs. Louisa Z. Clough, returning Satur-
day.
Mrs. II. 5, Annis and Miss Grace Gan
nett came home saturday from Lisbon, y.
H., where they had been visiting for a
week.
VIM. +. Davis Of the Hotel Vendome,
Boston, was in town Tuesday. tie re-
turned 10 Boston "Wednesday afternoon,
accompanied by Mrs. Davis.
The funeral Of Mrs Emeline Waterson
was held al her late residence Friday after
noon, Rev. ". +. Allen officiating. The
nterment was in the family lot at High
land cemetery.
The next regular meeting OF Waterson
post. No. i5 q. A. r.. will occur Saturday
at p. m. As the annual election Of Off
GERS occurs at this time il is necessary that
all members be present.
Miss Nellie /. Bixby has been appointed
a notary public, the first woman TO receive
afr.es, he.
signed her first papers on Monday even
ing and did It in businesslike manner
too.
Mrs. Austin +. Daniels vas badly bit
ten by dog recently. IL was their own
dog and she was removing il from the
room via the door when II turned and
caught her leg, making a dangerous
wound.
The party ana social dance given recent |
" By Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Hoyt at South |
Washington was attended by about fifty |
Of the friends and neighbors. An oyster |
supper was served and all had an enjoy |
able time.
It was a big crowd that came to the |
auction sale OF the property OF the late
William j. Tarbell last week Tuesday and
there was a big pile OF goods to be sold,
but Auctioneer Godfrey closed out the
entire lot just as the shade OF evening be-
gan to fall.
Arthur o. Howe OF Newfane is in town
this week assisting in overhauling the
electric light plant and putting It in shape /
for the winter. Mr.. Howe was the cleo
trician who put in the plant and had
charge of running it most OF the time
until about year ago.
County Clerk c. 5. Emery and County
Treasurer II. n. Mattison were delayed in
returning to the legislature until Wednes-
day morning as they were obliged to be
here TO look after the county business in
their departments at the opening OF court
Tuesday, il being the beginning OF the MS
cal year.
Our electric lights were closed last week
while some repairs were being made on
the dynamo, and IL there are any who
have not fully appreciated the lights they
had an opportunity TO do so at this time.
In the last twelve months we do not re-
member that the lights have failed single
time although there has been several times
mat they have been "behind hand" on
dark days. The Electric Light Co. and
Mr.. Stanton are to be congratulated on
the good service given their patrons the
past year. Since getting down to bust
ness the service has always been good.
The Peoples Telephone line has reached
South Royalton. A line is being strung
from Tunbridge TO STAFFORD and another
ilne IS about completed from the central
Office here over the West Hill via HI. >
Annis, etc. to Williamstown. From the
West Hin corner a branch is TO go via A.
l. sprague's, Alpheus Hibbard's, etc, TO
East Brookfield; another via O. ID. Med
calls, j. f. Hemenway's, +. n. Bacon's,
eie., over the hills to stop no one knows
where; and still another via III. l.. Bixby's,
"a. stones, ETC., to East Randolph. The
annual meeting OF this Cooperative Co. is
TO En hold January More Qhnmt If i'll
appear in a later issue.
Previous to Mrs. Mary Perigo's Tooth
birthday anniversary only one instance is
known to us in town of any person living
10 the age OF 100 years. That one instance
was Mrs. Hannah Corliss, widow of Bliss
Corliss, who died about 60 years ago at the
age Of 100 years and days. She died at