Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-27
CHELSEA.

Mrs Ruth. aged 81 years, wife Of the
". H.. last Thursday and her body was
brought here for interment last Sun
day. accompanied by her nephew, John
NJ. Atwood. of Boston, and her daugh-
ter, Miss Pansy Hill, Of Manchester.
Mrs. Hill was a sister of Mrs. John b.
Atwood and Mrs. Alice r. Hadley Of
this town.--Mrs. George r. Lake, wife
Of the Congregational pastor, Is spend
ing several weeks with relatives in
Cincinnati, Ohio.-Mr. and Mrs. Charles
NJ. Goodrich and infant son OF North
field are spending the Christmas Euli
days with her parents, Mr.. ana Mrs
A. b. Smith.-Frank c. and Dan +.
Dickinson, students at Montpelier Sem
mary, are at their home during the
holiday vacation.-There were Christ
mas trees and literary exercises at the
Congregational and West Hill Churches
Monday evening and on Tuesday even
ing at the Methodist Church.-Mrs.
Holton s. Annis of West Hill, while
getting ready to go to New York for
a Christmas vacation, slipped and hurt
herself so severely that she has been
confined to her bcd.-Misses Lora Hood
and Chorene Barnes are home from
Boston for the holidays,-Ned Hatch is
with his parents. Postmaster and Mrs.
W. S. Hatch, during his holiday vaca-
ton from Monsoon Academy, Mass
Miss Margaret Comstock Is at home
for the holidays from st. Johnsbury
Academy.-Mrs. Fred II. stanton and
son, Ralph, have returned from visit
to New York to Mrs. Stanton's sister,
Miss Belle Judd,-Byron Berry. who
now lives in Barnet was in town last
week. called here by the severe illness
of his daughter, Miss Lou Berry. He is
now In good health, recovered from the
critical surgical operation of last sum-
mcr and is doing a thriving harness
business In the town of his childhood
Ihome-Orange county Jail is now with
out inmates, condition that has not
existed three days for over two years
Miss Blanche Hutchinson of Bran
don, formerly a school girl resident in
Chelsea, has secured q position as
lbookkeeper with the Vermont Farm
Machine company of Bellows Falls
News has come of the death Of Henry
&c. Rayno, prominent resident OF
West Manchester y. H., founder of the
harness business there which bears his
name and one OF the largest industries
I'm that section. He was born In COTS
town. n. H., In 1897 but early removed
to Washington, Vt, some four miles
from Chelsea. Thirty-thrcc years age
he removed to West Manchester, where
he has since resided.--Mr and Mrs
Henry II. Hodgdcn of Barre city were
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. a, w
whitney over Christmas
Webster of Barre city was in town
during Observation-Disclosures Marshal
and his sister, Miss Florence both OF
Boston, are in town visiting theii
brother DIR. A. II. Marshall.-Mrs
Moody, the wife of the Rev. l.. y
Moody. pastor of the Methodist Church
returned on Tuesday of last week from
a several months absence following +
serious surgical operation in Burling
ton last June. She has been confined
since reaching home with an attack o
bronchitis.--Mrs. william +. Hood re
turned Monday evening from a severa
weeks visit in New York with he
daughter, Gail, the wife of DR. Georg'
, j. Helmer.--Harry j. Corwin and wife
Of Lowell Mass, are visiting hi'