Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-07-16
Chelsea Home News.
II. o. BIxBY. Local Editor.


clarence II. Corliss and wife spent part
~ last week at Lake Morey.
Mrs. r. w. Bixby is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Seaver, at Washington.
Miss Hattie Keith of Winona, Mimi,
csme Monday and IS visiting Mrs. A. II.
Powers.
p. Abbott and wife Of Barre city
.rere quests at Frank McWhorter's on
Maple avenue last week.
Mrs. Benson Sanborn, Mrs. r. +. Hood
and Miss Ola Hood are spending the week
Al Morrisville visiting friends.
Miss Julia Cummings came Tuesday to
spend the remainder of the summer with
ber grandfather, A. II. Powers.
s w. Huntington OF New York city
came Saturday morning and joined his
family at the Orange County hotel.
Miss Edith f. Hood went to The Weirs.
\. H., Tuesday, where she is TO do table
work this season at the Lake Side House.
Mrs. Euclid Fish, daughter and maid
II Maiden, Mass, are with her parents,
Dr. and Mrs. s. y. Goss, for few weeks
VIM. Peavie, who has been spending the
last two weeks at the hotel, returned to
lis home in Someryille, Mass, Wednesday
morning.
Abner A. Hall OF Lynn, Mass, with
wife and son visited his aunts and uncle,
Martha, Nancy and sam G. Hall, for
few days last week.
\. A. Cleveland of Leonidas, Mich, and
II. H. Cleveland Of Fitchburg, Mass, are
visiting at George w. Cieyeland's and
Charles NJ. Hunts.
Mrs. +. A. Cregin and maid OF the st.
George hotel, Brooklyn, y. y, came
Wednesday to spend the summer at the
orange County hotel.
Edwin w. Lewis and family, who have
been visiting relatives and friends in town,
left Tuesday afternoon, via Boston, for
their home at Fort Wayne, Ind.
Rev. William II. Davis, ID. d., pastor OF
the Eliot Cong'l church at Newton. Mass,
came Saturday to remain for a few days
visiting friends and the scenes OF his boy
hood.
Miss Helen +. Stanley, who has been
visiting friends In town, went to Wash
ington Tuesday and will return the last Of
the week to Barre city, where she has
position in the office OF the New England
Telephone company.
The Chelsea brass band has been en-
gagged TO play at the Bradford fair this
fall. This is quite fiattering engage
ment a. this is one Of the largest agricul-
fural fairs in that vicinity and several
bands were in competition for the job.
Charles smith Of Middlesex. Edward
81. smith OF Williamstown, Mrs. Julia
Roberts and Mrs. Lucia Rogers Of STRAIT
ford visited their brother, 3. Franklin
smith, at his home on South Main street
Friday. Il was pleasant family reunion.
Or. Francis Shaw Randall Of Maiden.
Mass, and Miss Ella NJ Jones OF Somer-
vile. Mass, a niece Of Mrs. Mary Tracy OF
Chelsea, were married in Nashua, ~. H.,
Wednesday evening, July IS, al the home
81 the brides sister, Mrs. Fred Wright, at
% Palm street.
Thursday evening, July ., there is 10 be
lawn party and open-air promenade Civ
en- hy the ladies on the lawn OF Mrs. Mary |
Tracy; the proceeds TO be for the benefit Of
the Chelsea brass band, which will furnish
music. Ice cream, cake and punch Will be
served. Do not miss this event.
Next Sunday Is quarterly meeting at the /
Methodist church, both at the village and
West hill. Presiding Elder w. NJ. New /
ton will preach at the former church In
the morning and at the latter in the after /
noon, Quarterly conference will be held I
next Saturday evening at the West hill
church. All interested kindly take notice.
Miss Lillian Sprague a niece Of Lyman !
Sprague. who Is visiting him, had charge (
OF the meeting at West hill church last
sunday evening and gave talk about In
dia, from which country she has recently 4
returned after a sojourn there OF five years 4
as missionary. She Is expected TO come 4
again soon and speak az the afternoon
service.
Al the sem-annual invoice OF the Ma /
tional bank OF Orange county, which oe- I
CURED Tuesday, the 18th, dividend OF 80 4
on a share Of stock was declared by the d. 1
rectors. Since moving into its new guar
tiers In the Bacon q Hail block, the bank 1
has experienced marked increase IN It's /
business. Its savings department, which /
was established in April, 1900 has deposits I
amounting to nearly $4,000, paying 81 on I
same, compounded semi annually, Jan. Isl
and July LIST.
The Chelsea central office Of the Orange
County Telephone has just had new 4
line connected through Chelsea and Tun- 4
bridge. This makes nine lines that center
here. This last addition has been eX- /
tended by Ed l.. Larkin, who, IN spite 4
Of delays at first from the non-arriyal OF 4
wire and supplies, has pushed the work
rapidly, having strung over ~ miles OF
wire, all in working order, in % hours.
Mr. Larkin says il was the interest ana 4
excellent assistance OF the stockholders
in the line that enabled him 70 complete 4
the work so expedtiously. On this line
nearly all the phones are the heavy Samp-
son generators and although heavily
loaded, when all phones are on, II IS
one Of the best working lines in the COM
pany.