The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-31
CHELSEA

evening from Worcester, Mass, where
she spent week with relatives.
Mrs. Ro0snna Jones returned Saturday
from Washington where she had been
during the week visiting friends
Rufus Gamsby and son, Walter CAMS
BY, arrived Monday from Bradford and
have engaged 10 work on the repairs on
the jail
Frank G. Carey, who has been at work
on the Barre City reservoir IN Orange
for four weeks, was at bis home on the
West hill over Sunday.
Miss Ruth II. King, assistant to Prof.
Comstock il the high school arrived SAT-
urday and has taken board at james
Atwood's on Maple avenue,
Hon J. X. Darling and wife, the
Misses Emma and Pauline Darling rs-
turned Friday from four weeks so-
iourn at the beach IN Scituate, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Harvey Of Mont.
pelier have been IN town for week
and are guests at the home Of the lat
ter's mother, Mrs. Abble Sleeper, in the
upper village.
Mrs. Charles Taplin and children, who
have been the guests Of the formers
mother, Mrs. Robert Laird, for the past
three week, left for tehir home in Nil.
ford, n. IT,, Monday morning.
Mrs. Sara skinner and daughter, Miss
Beth" Of Barre City, who spent last
week with relatives here, have gone to
East Brookaeld 70 visit other relatives
before returning 70 their home
John c. Clark, who was for ten years
cashier In the old National Bank Of Or
ange County, was IN town with his fam
ily from Saturday TO Monday, returning
to their home in st. Johnsbury Monday
afternoon.
There win be a promenade in the town
hall Thursday evening Sept I'd. under
the auspices Of the new Chelsea Dramatic
company. The Imperial orchestra win
furnish the music, and ice cream will be
served during the intcrinission.
DR.. and Mrs G. j. Helmer, Mrs. w
+. Hood, Mrs. Julia Rogers, aud Miss
Nav Helmer went Sunday to Poland
Springs Maine, where the doctor and his
wife viii remain for a short time. The
rest Of the party returned Monday even.
ing, the round trip being made in Dr.
Helmer's auto.
Miss Elizabeth lane, who has been in
Pasadena, CAL, for the past four years,
arrived last Friday to spend two months
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert
H Lane Their son, John, who has had
q position a. chauffeur in Boston during
the summer, is at home for a time also.
The reservoir for D water supply Cor
the county buildings. which has been IN
process Of construction for the past week,
was completed Monday and the work
mon are digging the ditch now, and II Il
expected that the pipe will probably be
laid this week. the work on the Jail
il also progressing rapidly; the masons
have arrived and commenced laying the
brick walls % the new part Monday
morning
Most Of the schools IN town com.
meneed their fall terms Monday, the
following hst 81 teachers having been
engaged BY the school directors: high
school. Prof. ]. NJ Comstecki grammar,
Miss Ruth E. King Of Franklin, Mas;
intermediate. Miss Zoe H. Hill; primary,
Miss Florence Taylor; n OF, Chas. But
tons district, Funiee p .Moulton; No .,
West hill, Josie Davis; No. Ill, Albert
Camp district, Miss Ahbie ~ Whitney
Of Tunhridge; No. Is. viii Boyd district,
Miss Leonie NJ. Thornes No. III, upper
village. Miss Elsie NJ. Hood AT this
time teachers have not been secured for
NO. 8, Walter Emery district, and Ne.
s, Marshall Carpenter district.
News has been received here Of the
dcatheof Daniel r.. Ames on August 70,
AZ his home at Mountain View, san Jose,
Cal This item win be Of interest 60
many who were students at the old
Chelsea academy under the professprship
OF the late Judge Ross, as Mr. Ames was
a student at that time and devoted all
his spare time to perfecting the art OF
which has been his life
work. Besides having been a professor
Of penmanship. his services as an expert |
have been In great demand. and among
the many important cases in which he /
has figured in that capacity were the
trial Of Capt, Dreyfus IN Paris, the Bot.
kin poison trial. the Fair win case and /
the trial in New York Of Roland r. MoIi- /
neux Mr.. Ames was Strafford boy, /
being the son Of farmer, and has one |
brother, George Ames Of Sharon, who
survives him, He was s. years old.