Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-08-13
Chelsea Home News.
H. o. BIxBY. Local Editor.

sheriff whitcomb has seven boarders a
his hotel.
Mrs. J. c. Lease Of Milford, \. H., /
visiting her sister, Mrs. A. H. Powers.
Mrs. Wyekoh and children have gone {,
Twin Lake, Conn, 20 remain this month
Misses Alice Patillo and Ruth Quimbl
Of Gloucester, Mass, came to +. NJ. Per
kins saturday.
DR.. and Mrs. Cecil Rogers Of New Yorl
city came Wednesday for a two weeks
stay at the hotel.
Col. c. S. Emery and family came homt
Yesterday from a six weeks s0journ Al
their cottage at Lake Morey.
John L. Bacon Of White River junction
spent Sunday in town, returning hom,
with his family Monday morning.
As Mrs. Horace Monkey was in the door
ward last Thursday, she fell. fracturing
both bones OF her left wrist Dr. S. n
Goss reduced the fracture.
II. II. Lyford has returned to Plainfeld
where he is setting up twenty new phones
that have just arrived for the Orange
County Telephone company.
Neya, the six-year-o daughter OF l.. H.
Bohonon, celebrated her birthday by a
party. There were "a Of the children
present and IL is unnecessary to add that
all had fine time.
w. II. Cummings is spending a part Of
his vacation at A. II. Powers. Mr. Cum
mings is superintendent OF schools OF the
district including Hadley, Hatfield and
Bernardston, Mass.
Miss Juliana Comstock, aged II years,
died last Thursday at W. II. Hills ON YER
shire street, where she had boarded for the
past few years. The funeral was held FRI
day, Rev. IL. t. Wyckof officiating.
Geo. Lombard was committed to Jail
Saturday by Constable Dickinson on
writ charging him with trespass for TAX
ing a horse from the pasture of Smith
Taylor and driving il without leave.
Lee Kingsbury has lost one OF his big
horses. The animal worked itself loose in
the barn and got hold OF some paris green
stored in a cupboard. II was one OF the
pair Mr.. Kingsbury worked on the road
machine all summer and he had been Of
fered over 900 for il.
Floyd Bixby, son OF George X. Bixby,
while cutting stick, let the knife slip in
some way, making deep ineision in his
leg. The wound was three inches long
and across the leg above the knee and re-
Quired three stitches 10 close the gap.
Or. Godfrey dressed the wound.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. 5. Huntington and
child, who had been at the hotel the past
two months, went 10 Bradford Monday to
remain two weeks before returning 10
their home i'm Brooklyn, y. Y. Miss
Ziila Smith, who has been caring for the
child at the'hotel, accompanied them.
Miss Mary, daughter Of Frank Nc |
Whorter, met with a painful accident
Monday afternoon while riding her |
wheel down Maple avenue from her home. |
She collided with, a dog, throwing her /
violently to the ground and inluring her |
knee SO that she is unable to bear any /
weight upon that limb.
Hon. and Mrs. Joseph X. Darling start |
ed Saturday afternoon for their long trip /
TO California on the G.. A. Il. excursion.
The train was made up OF seven cars, all |
from Vermont. and will 20 via Grand
Trunk to Chicago, the &. NJ. and st. Paul
to Omaha, the Rock Island and Pacific to
Denver, Denver and Rio Grande 10 Ogden,
and the Southern Pacific to San Francisco.
Beside attending the national q. A. X. en-
campment they have several friends and
relatives in California to visit before their
return and will be gone several weeks.
Francis Bradshaw, former resident OF
this town, died at the home Of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. u. W. Stevens, at Manchester,
NJ H., Monday, Aug. 10, aged "a years.
He had been IN poor health for a long
time. Besides the daughter he left one
son, WILDER +. Bradshaw, who resides at
Ashburnham, Mass. and a brother,
George Bradshaw, OF this town. The re-
mains were brought to the home OF his
brother Wednesday and the funeral was
in the West Hin church at / O'Clock p. m.
today, Rev. w. r. Allen officiating. The
interment was in the West Hill cemetery
beside his wife, who died about sixteen
years ago.
"The Bachelor Maids" was a society OF
y or IS young ladies started here several
years ago. Since then most OF them have
married and many have moved away.
This summer there are so many OF them
here they have reorganized for the socia-
bility OF the old times. Last week Tues
day they were 10 hold picnic at "the old
rockn where they had held many such in
the past and each member invited lady
friend TO Ego along" but owing TO the {
inclement weather the picnic was held IN
the Town hall. When at about 4 80 p. m. !
they had arranged the tables and were {
to feast on the good things pro- !
vided, delegation of "men folks" with 3
large spoons and murderous looking
carving knives, rushed the entrance with I
the determination TO eat up all the goou
things, but in this the gents got lett as the
ladies had enough to 90 around ana
satisfy everyone, and still have generous
quantity left. There was lots OF fun ana !
good time and really after the first wild /
look of surprise had passed the ladles !
we're glad that company came even II they |
were not invited. Hale h. Darling, IN a I
humorous speech of three minutes, fully =
explained the situation to the ladies ana a
told how he came to be there. a