Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-10-22
Chelsea Home News.
Il. 0. BIxBY. Local Editor.

W. P. Townsend lost his horse last week
from collie.
Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Stow returned
home from Bethel Friday.
Frank Robbins has returned to Lisbon
\. H., where he is at work carpentering.
Miss Emma Darling OF Boston is visit
ing her father and brother here this week
Mrs.Albert Camp was in Braintree Mon
day, visiting her sister, Mrs. II. w. Fits
A nine-pound girl was born Tuesday
morning to Mr.. and Mrs. Walter II. EN-
cry.
Miss Nellie |. Bixby is at Montpelier
this week visiting her friend, Miss Sever
ance.
f. G. Thorne, Byron Berry and daugh-
ter, Bertha, went to Boston Saturday on
the excursion.
Leon Gregg and family of Ascutneyville
visited at II. +. Slackis and Leon y.
Grants last week.
Miss Gertrude Brownell Of South Royal
ton is again at work for Mrs. Il. H. Peters
this season as trimmer.
The Misses Andrus have moved to F. /.
Whitney's house on Maple avenue, recent
ly vacated by Frank McWhorter.
Uncle Orange Densmore has failed rap
| idly in the last few weeks. HIS daughter,
Mrs. Ellen Cleveland, is caring for him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Carpenter OF
Brookfield have been visiting Mrs. Car
penter's sister, Mrs. Erve Lock, this week.
Albert Scamp took a drive to Washing
ton, n. H.. last week with his brother,
Wheatley Camp, TO visit their sister, Mrs.
Harriet Farnsworth
There seems to be fad for furnaces in
town this fall. The following have new
-. 81 A
Whitney, III. +. Bryant, W. p. Townsend,
DR.. F. l.. Beckwith and Rev. II. j. Wye
koff.
All who are interested in an annual hunt
this season are requested 10 meet next
Saturday night at o'clock in the town
clerks office to decide il we shall have our
fourth annual hunt, and il so, to make the
requisite arrangements.
Charles II. Hayes Of Concord, n. H.,
spent a few days last week at +. A.
Georges. He returned home Monday, ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. George, who
are to be absent two weeks. Mr.. Hayes is
an uncle Of Mrs. George.
The Chelsea Mills has new coat OF
paint. This plant has received many inn
portant repairs since 81. +. Hutchinson
came here year ago last spring. Among
them are the new XII steel mill, new office,
new gate at dam, repaired the fiume, large
bins for grain upstairs, electric lights. etc.
In all the expense has been about 500.
There will be an old-fashioned supper
az the Congl vestries next Wednesday
from 5 to O'clock The ladies are invited
to a social afternoon for sewing for the
sale that Is planned for December. Some
entertainment viii be given by children in
old fashioned dress between 4 and
O'Clock. Everyone Is invited to the enter
tainment and the supper.
The selectmen have just laid a new mar
bic walk from the entrance TO the Town
hall and library building to the sidewalk
in front. The plank walk which had been
there since the building was built had got
to looking prettyi bad. The marble was
given for this purpose by Col. Fletcher ID.
Proctor OF Proctor through the personal
friendship of Col. Curtis 5. Emery.
A new heating arrangement has just been
in the court house whereby the
clerk : office, the vault in the rear, the
office and the hall are heated by
steam. new window has been put in the
north side OF the clerks office, where Col.
Emery has made a complete change In the
of the room, made possible
by the removal OF the large coal stove.
John b. Bacon has sold his house on
Main street, known as the Alonzo Noyes
place. to DIR. A. b. Smith for about 1850.
DIR. Smith is raising the barn and making
extensive repairs on the premises. The
Moves family has occupied this house for
the past - years and 1t is a familiar spot
to many people, especially the side door,
as il was here the town liquor agency was
kept for IS years.