Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-01-30
Chelsea Home News.
H. 0. BIxBY, Local Editor.

Mrs. DR.. Smith is sick with the grip.
CE. Godfrey is confined to the house
with grip.
Mrs. Joel Peavey, who was quite sick
lsst week, is better.
Hon. ]. K. Darling is confined to the
house with rheumatism in his hip.
Murray Bourne of Burlington is at
the Orange County hotel this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Adams of Athol,
Mass, are visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Nh. G. S. Adams.
Miss Emma Hatch is at home from
Orange, where she closed a term of
school last Friday.
Miss Celia Alger has returned to work
in the family of B. II. Adams, Jr., after
sWcation Of four weeks.
Nj. and Mrs. Fred FL. Folsom of Will
hmstOwn have been spending the past
week in town visiting friends.
George A. Skinner of Lowell, Mass,
cane Monday night to assist in the care
This brother, Austin L. Skinner.
We are indebted to Town Clerk w. p.
Townsend for the vital statistics for the
past year, which appear in this issue.
Miss Lora Hood returned last week
Tuesday from Boston, where she had
been visiting her sister, Mrs. j. ID. Lane.
Miss Florence Webster, who has been
sick the past three weeks, has recovered
and returned to her work in the family
Nudge Stow.
The young people of the Methodist
church will hold Valentine sociable at
= J, Heath's Friday evening, Feb. IA.
Everybody is invited.
The Wonderland Moving Picture Co.,
that exhibited in the Town hall last
week, gave one of the best entertain
nents of the kind ever shown in town.
The ladies of the Cong'l church will
serve chicken-pie supper Wednesday,
teb. o, from $50 to O'Clock. The
supper will be followed by social with
an entertaining program.
Messrs. Robinson and Ranney of
fiattsburg, n. Y, have moved into the
Minnie Goss house recently vacated by
5'ank Libby and are working for E. d.
Barnes at the bobbin shop.
Austin L. Skinner, who had not fully
recovered from an attack of the grip, has
sustained slight shock, which partially
Hralyzed his throat. Although more
@niortable, he is still in a critical con-
dtion.
The intermediate school, taught by
1'see Bacon, closed Friday, Jan. "A.
mere were but six days. absences during
!ae term and of the twenty pupils only
uu had absent marks. The average
a'endance was 10 Gil.
Inere will be a union service at the
U9nsl church next Sunday morning.
Inc speaker will be Rev. L. o. Sherburne
Bellows Falls. There will also be a
SPECIAL service Sunday evening in COM
usnoration Of Endeavor day.
AT the Masonic district meeting, held
@west Fairlee Friday, George Washing
~. w louge, No. 81, F. and A. NJ, worked
.u7 L. A. degree. Those who attended
q rum this lodge were as follows:-W. h.
Tprague, W. NJ; H. F. Bryant, s. W.; o.
q Tracy, j. W.; H. N. Mattison, Treas.
~, Wilson, S. D.; G. L. Buzzell, j. D. /;
r. D. Dickinson, B. H. Adams, Jr.,
Oosofge NJ. Medcalf, w. C. Holmes, C. H.
DDa 'Is, Z. A. Corwin, c. Fl. Corliss, F. E.
IIn4Oy, Mark Whitney and w. H. Hill.
~ reported very nice time.
one OF the largest attendances ever had
W.. promenade here was present at the
Iguerade promenade given by the
oanu Jan. Il. There was lack of hand
m cui9 costumes, there being not nearly SO
a -leh work put in them al has been the
khas'om IN years before, but larger num-
NJ were masked than ever before and ii
ta as claimed by many that it was the best
d. l'0 ever had at similar entertainment.
shments of cake and coffee were
or,u, and after the promenade was
Vhere was social dance for two
~'urs' The receipts were about $40.
"a an unusually successful social was
F.as held at the Methodist parsonage
si ia evening and attended by nearly
on: people, 1T was impossible to carry
in tne stereotyped program of sitting
va, TOW around the room and wishing
tS oe naan't come. A merry game, with
j names of different kinds of apple:
tbo1,, pasls, was successfully carried out
mas II demanded poetic genius from
hat VINO never aspired to literary fame
vitL sometime we shall want to NEE
bnt lne parson and his spouse again
tatio ue4U moon we are hoping for an invi
psa.I, 10 take our annual ride to Percy
-eath's, where we know what to expect