Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-11-26
Chelsea Home News.
H. o. BIxBY, Local Editor.

u ". bl3BH, Local EulIOfs
Court begins its December term next
Tuesday.
Arthur Rogers has finished work for
+. o. Bicknell.
Mrs. E. w. Bacon has gone to Barre to
spend the winter with relatives.
James Sanford fell in his dooryard last
Monday evening and fractured one rib.
Mrs. Charles A. Dickey OF Lowell, Mass,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. G. A. Dens-
more.
Miss Lucinda Rogers is home from
Barnard to spend Thanksgiving with her
parents.
Mrs. Rogers of STAFFORD has been visit
ing her son, p. W. Rogers, returning
home yestesday.
Miss Fuller, the assistant teacher at the
academy, is spending her vacation in
Massachusetts.
w. A. Dickinson, who has been at st.
Johnsbury since last summer, returned
home last week.
Chelsea academy closed Friday with the
usual examinations and will have two
weeks vacation.
p. l.. Sargent, who has sold mis- farm,
is to move this week into the William
Titus house for this winter.
DIR. o. NJ. Rice goes to West Fairlee next
Tuesday to do dental work and will re-
main until Saturday night.
Mrs. Henry Adams has gone to YER
shire, called there by the sickness of her
daughter, Mrs. Evarts Brown.
We are informed that B. II. Adams, Jr.,
and Vim. Robbins are to open a sale and
exchange stable in the Chelsea livery barn.
Miss Marion Pitman, who has been Wis
iting her aunt, Mrs. Hattie Jones, for sew
eral weeks, returned TO her home in Mas
sachusetts Saturday.
John NJ. Atwood and w. G. Holmes are
at Manchester, n. H., TO-DAY to witness the
football game between the Dartmouths
and Brown university.
Charles NJ. Blaisdell, while tying his cat
tie in the barn Monday night after dark,
hit his head on a sharp board, cutting a
severe cash over his left eye.
Mrs. Sophronia Ordway, who moved to
Thorndyke, Mass, last year to live with
her daughter, has just been taken to the
hospital for treatment for stomach
trouble.
J. A. r. Corwin q Son bought 1927 lbs.
Of Thanksgiving poultry, for which they
paid si74i.33. This was the smallest lot
taken in by them at Thanksgiving for
many years.
John Druge, while working with saw
ing machine run by gasoline engine, got
on the saw, cutting off the third and
fourth fingers and badly hruising the mid |
die finger Of his left hand.
While n. W. Dearborn was making
some repairs on the roof Of the ell part OF
the Godfrey house, the ladder slipped |
precipitsting him TO the ground. ALI |
though severely injured at the time, no
bones were broken and he has now nearly |
recovered.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis NJ. Hall passed a |
very happy rememb rance day on the 18th |
OF November, il being the thirty-tifth an /
niversary OF their marriage. Their chill
dren and grandchildren smilingly looked |
in upon them, bringing tokens Of their re-
gard, while with gifts and cheer came /
other friends and partook OF their hospi-
tality.
The HERALD was the recipient last week |
of box of chrysanthemums from S. NJ,
Alger OF Nelson, Ohio. Among them were /
some very rare specimens Of this beautiful /
flower, nearly all measuring five and six
inches in diameter, being as large as our
finest dahlias. He stated that they had /
one bush that had over 200 blossoms OF
ponpons. Mrs. Alger has cultivated and
developed these flowers for the past three
years. Mr.. Alger is a former Nermonter
and has been a regular subscriber to the
CHELSEA HERALD for many years.
Everybody is, OF course, getting ready
for the sale TO be held on Wednesday Of
next week in the town hall, both afternoon
and evening. The ladies of the Cong'l
church who have this in charge will be
glad TO receive at any time whatever has
been prepared for this purpose. Anything
saleable viii be acceptable. Many useful
and desirable articles for Christmas gifts
will be found there by those who wish TO
purchases, well as home made candies,
popcorn in various forms, fruits, veger
tables, etc. Refreshments will also be
served. There will be some special attrac
tions for the children and in the evening
musical entertainment. The hall itself,
with its various booths and tables, will be
well worth seeing, while a pleasant re-
minder OF old friends will be found at the
table.