Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-10-03
Chelsea Home News.
81. o. BIxBY, Local Editor.

E. D. Barnes is to be proprietor of the
Tunbridge House during the fair.
Mrs. Martha Howes of Keene, N. H.,
visited Mrs Mary Walker last week.
Mrs. Lucy Morey has moved into Miss
Clement house on South Main street.
Nathan Hanson of Plymouth, n H., is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Walter F. Adams.
DR.. w. H. Hill was at the Windsor
county fair last week, where he was
starter for the races.
Harry F. Braman has gone to White
River Junction to work for the George
W. Smith company.
W. c. Holmes was in New York last
week buying goods for the fall trade. He
returned Saturday.
Quite a delegation from here attended
tle state fair at White River junction
yesterday and today.
Mrs. A. J. Copeland is to move to Ran
dOlph and make her future home with her
son, o. B. Copeland.
Miss Gertrude V. Brown of Manchester.
\ H., is visiting her friend, Mrs. 7. G.
Dearborn, on Main street.
P. J. Little of Leominster, Mass, came
Monday night to look after his farm
interests here before winter.
County Examiner John NJ. Comstocll
was called to Newbury Saturday to adjust
some school matters in that town.
At the meeting of Court Chelsea, indie
pendent Order of Foresters, last Monday
evening, two new members were ini-
tiated.
w. 4. Reed was working with an en-
silage cutter at \. c. Aliens, when he
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badly cut.
Miss Alice McQuillin of Atkin, Mimi,
came last week and expects to spend the
fall and winter with her aunt, Miss Mary
J. George.
Miss Rena Barnes returned to Boston
last week after spending the summer va
cation with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Z. D. Barnes.
Mrs. Norman Hunt has been spending
the past few days with her sister, Mrs.
Albert Benedict, at South Royalton. She
returns home today.
The new Grange hall over c. o. Slack's
store was dedicated Monday night with
a sociable. There were over 90. present
and report good tine.
Mrs. c. c. Hill of Montpelier has been
visiting at F. z. Bixby's the past few
days, returning home last Monday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. \. Densmore and Mr..
and Mrs. F. \. Ordway were at Lake
Morey for few days last week, return
ing home Friday afternoon.
Mrs. c. E. Godfrey. who had been visit
ing her niece, Mrs. Fred Z. Weeks, at
Shirley, Mass, the past three weeks, re
turned home Monday night.
A. D. Hancock has moved into his new
blacksmith shop, recently rebuilt by W.
F. Hood, and has a very convenient AM
comfortable shop, as well as a cookbook
ing building.
The ladies who took food home from
the food sale last week on plates are
requested to return them to Mrs. Board
way, and those who brought food for
the sale to call there for their plates.
1t seems odd to have the Worlds fair at
Tun brdge begin Monday, but next week
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday are the
days set apart for this occasion. Indica-
tions promise a better fair than for
several years.
Mrs. Celia A. Flanders and daughter,
Hazel, of Williamstown were in town
Saturday. Mrs. Flanders was here to
deed her place on Vershire street, which
she has sold to George Hersey for 5000;
possession given Oct. 18th.
A dead doe was found in an unoccu-
pied barn on the East hill some weeks
ago, having been shot through the neck.
Why the animal was secreted in this
place by the party who shot it remains to
be seen. Evidently the game wardens
are not yet ready to talk and we probably
shall have more facts regarding the matter
later.
Mrs. Fred Daniels organized a company
of Standard Bearers, auxiliary to the
Woman's Foreign Missionary society of
the Methodist Episcopal church, last Sat
urday, with the following officers:-Pres.,
Anna Dear born; Vice Pres, Cora Rogers;
Rec. Sec, Alice Lougee; Cor. Sec, Hattie
HalvOrsen; Treas, Jessie Davis. They
will take up the study of 1.-The Island
World"
Norman Davenport has a newspaper
published in 1899 by John Prentiss at
Keene, n. H, named the Newhampshire
Sentinel. 1t is in an excellent state of
preservation and has evidently been care
fully treasured all these years. The paper
contains the dOings of Congress and also
a lot of foreign news, as well as state
and local matter, and generous amount
of advertisements for the times.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry j. Bell of Leom-
mister, Mass, came Sunday and are
guests at the Orange County hotel Mr..
Bell is managing editor of the Leon
mister Daily Enterprise. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bell lived in town some fifteen years ago
when he was manager OF the shoe factory.
Mr.. Bell enjoys the hunting in this
vicinity and has the distinction of being
the first person ever granted a nom
resident hunters license by Town Clerk
w. P. Townsend.
The COng'I Christian Endeavor society
has chosen the followin ing officers for the
ensuing six Notwithstanding, Ger
trude Bacon; vice president, Dean H.
Gilman; corresponding secretary. Mrs.
d. H. Gilman; recording secretary, Hazel
f. Bixby; treasurer, John McColIom, Jr.;
lookout committee, Joseph A. Tracy,
Florence o. Taylor, Rachel Comstock;
prayer meeting committee, Mrs. F. H.
stanton, Mrs. C. A. Bacon, William E.
Burbank; social committee, Grace G.