The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-15
CHELSEA.

! Alden Bacon of Barre spent several
days in town last week as the guest
of his brothers, Charles A. and win e.
/ Bacon.
Mrs. Love Ann Doyle, who has kept
house during the past four years for her
brother, Gilman Sanborn, has returned
to Barre City, where she formerly lived.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert r. Kingsbury
/ OF West Fairlee were in town over Sun
day and were guests Of Mrs. Kingsbury's
brother, Leonard |. Thompson, and fam
lily.
Jasper Taylor, who is a student at
the state agricultural school at Ran
dolph Center spent few days recently
at the home of his father, Noah c. Tay-
Tor, on the Washington stage road.
Among the business visitors from out
OF town, who were here on Monday, were
Carlos j Kingsbury and Lee r. Kings
bury OF Washington, and Ernest Riddell
and John Granaghan of Williamstown.
At the special meeting of the local
grange held last Friday evening the first
and second degrees were conferred upon
nine candidates and at the regular meet
ing, which will be held Friday evening
of this week, the third and fourth de-
grees will be conferred.
At the annual meeting of the Tyrian
club, which was held recently at their
rooms in Madison & Townsend's block
on Church street, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year; Pres
ident, DR. Fred L. Beckwith; vice-presi
dent, win A. Hood; secretary and treas
urer, Harry r. Wishart; executive COM
mittee, H. N. Mattison, o. d. Tracy and
W. A. Hood.
Aunt" Louise Clough passed her
eighty second milestone Monday, when
several of her friends called on her ~
her home on Wallace avenue, many of
them leaving tokens of their love and
esteem and she was also the recipient
OF a large shower of postal cards. Not
withstanding her advanced age, she en-.
joys very good health, retains her facul-
ties and does the homework for her
grandson, Wesley Underhill, with whom
she lives.
Lee Kingsbury, who lives near the
Chelsea line in the south west part OF
Washington, has sold his farm, known
as the Gilbert 0. Smith farm, which is
situated in the corner of Williamstown
near both the Washington and Chelsea
lines, to John Granaghan of Williams
town, Consideration, $3.50 Mr. Gran
AFGHAN arrived in this country from Bel
fast, Ireland, a few months since and,
liking this country, has decided to make
this his home and take up farming,
which is entirely new TO him, he hav-
ing made his life work that of pork
packing.
The first game of real football prob
ably ever played in Chelsea was pulled
off last Saturday afternoon between the
local high school team and team made
up from the local sporting men who
styled themselves "the all Americas
Ii was contest between light AMI
heavy weights, the latter winning the
game, TO 0, by shire strength No
bones were really broken although sew
eral noses were seriously bent and
twisted and some blood was spilled, vet
whatever bruises and abrasions were re-
ceived were accepted in good part and
the best of feeling, because it was foot
ball. DR.. A. T. Marshall refereed the
game, declaring the "All Americas" the
winning team
The funeral Of Fernando Perkins,
whose death was ehronieled last week,
was held from the Congregational church
Friday afternoon, Rev John A. Lawrence
officiating, and the services were in
charge Of Herbert o. Bixby Interment
was in the family lot in Highland ceme-
terry, and the bearers were his son, j.
Oliver Perkins, Frank f. Bixby, Ernest
A. Corwin and Leslie H. Bohonon. Mr..
Perkins was sixty-six years old and is
survived by the widow and one son, j.
Oliver Perkins, both of this town; also
one brother. Nathan Perkins of Lowell,
Mass and one brother, who resides in
the West.