Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-09-08
Chelsea Home News.
H. o. BIxBY. Local Editor.

II. o. BIxBY. Local Editor.
p,sa Parkhurst was at Bethel and Pitts
I'D last week playing with the Bethel
Amos Wright has gone to Cornish, N.
where he has work on the farm OF his
brother.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. H. Darling of Corinth
visited their brother, Hon. J. K. Darling,
st week.
P. NJ. Perkins has Just received a thor
onghbred Holstein bull calf from his
brother, N. II. Perkins, at South Sud
bury, Mass.
Miss Florence A. Perkins, who has
been spending the past five weeks at f.
NJ. Perkins on the East Hill, returned TO
her home In Essex, Mass, Saturday.
Mrs. r.. E. Bixby returned Monday
might after a ten days visit in Scots
more. Cowansville, North Hatley, and
while away visited the Sherbrooke fair.
Miss Clara Hemenway is teaching
school In WILLIAMSBURG and Miss Anna
Dearborn has returned to North Fun
bridge village, where she taught last year.
Miss Clara H~alvorsen, who has been in
Boston since last spring, came Saturday
TO the home OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
C.. Halvorsen, who reside on the West
Hill.
Ernest, Martin, Hall and Miss Hope
Carpenter, children OF A. b. Carpenter of
someryille, Mass, who have been spend
ing the hummer in this vicinity, returned
home Friday.
Miss Arlin Lyon, who has been spend
ing the past two weeks with her aunt, Mrs.
IizzieP p. smith, and her cousin, Mrs.
Hale K. Darling, returned 10 her hons in
Bethel Monday afternoon.
Elmer e. Bradbury of Springfield is
visiting his mother, Mrs. Z. T. Peters,
who has decided to move TO Springfield
and live with her son as soon Is she can
close out her property here. She is to
have an auction Of her household goods
i saturday, the nth.
Rev. Carl II. Corwin and family left
i Thursday for their bone ia Chicago.
Mr.. Corwin had been spending the
month OF August with his parents, DIR.
/ aud Mrs. NJ. II. Corwin. While here Mr..
Corwin preached Sundays at East Cor
NTH, his native town.
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Carpenter and
/ daughter OF ST. Johnsbury spent the past
week visiting r~elstives in this town and
vicinity. They were on a carriage trip
and left for home Friday. Mr.. Carpen
ter Is president Of the Vermont Rural
Mail Carriers association.
Miss Blanche Townsend returned Mon
day morning from q three months trip
abroad and is spending three weeks at
the home Of her PARENTS Mr.. and Mrs.
". p. Townsend, before resuming her
4 duties as instructor In National Park
seminary at Washington, d. c.
The school consolidated from districts
No. /, : and ) that was 10 be held in No.
=. where the schoolhouse was burned,
began Monday in No. l, a few Of the pu-
pills going to No. 9 % the West Hill
aud a few 10 the village. District Supt.
Casey was on his job Monday to see that
the schools started OF o. K. The Acad-
envy building and most Of the other
schoolhouses in town haVe been newly
papered, whitened and painted inside,
giving them q clean, neat appearances in
which to start OF the school year.
Tuesdays contest for town representa-
tive was close, requiring two ballots, En-
nest A. Corwin being elected on the sec
ond. The ballots stood
LIST I'd
r. A. Corwin, Rep, if3 122
DR.. W. H. Beckwith, Dem., l22 III
Scattering, 10
The vote was rather light. OF the sl5
names on the check list, 2il voted.
There was q pleasant family gathering !
on Bicknell Hill Monday, Aug. 20, the
occasion being in honor OF the birthday
Of John NJ. Bickneil. A. b.. Bicknell and
family, with Mrs. H.. r. Brown Of Cam
bridge, Mass, and T.. o. Bicknell and
family, drove 10 the home Of W. r. smith, A.,
where they were given a most cordial vel
come By Mr.. smith and family, including
.NIrs. Fannie Knight and daughter OF
Taunton, Mass. All were invited out 10 !
the spacious new barn, where they were
surprised to find that willing hearts aud
busy hands had transformed the third
ao1r into n cosy reception room, lifted :
with rugs and comfortable chairs, also a
tine dining room which contained a table {,
with seating capacity for the entire party. !
The decorations were OF ferns, golden
rcd and many bright flowers from The
garden OF Mrs. Smith, AL being tastefully {
arranged by Miss Mildred knight. After
doing full justice to the bountiful dinner
provided by the ladies OF each family, =
conveyances we're taken for the top OF
Brocklsbank and return, thus bringing to !
q close a day which will be long ana y
pleasantly remembered hy those present,
al OF whom wish for J. NJ. many happy
birthday anniversaries and each In their {
turn the anne =
BETHEL LYMPUS s
Frank Wilson is spending several days