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


Sheriff B. II. Adams was In South
Royalton, Bethel and Barnard on official
business Wednesday.
Harry r. Sprague and Eli G. Fits Of
East Randolph were among the business
visitors in town Thursday afternoon.
The ladies aid society of the Meth
odist church are to hold Christmas
sale in the town hall early in Decem-
Der.
Supt. Herbert d. Casey Of Williams
town was in town on his official visits
to our schools Tuesday and Wednes
day.
Mrs. Laura j. Tracy left Monday for
Boston to visit her daughter, Miss Lyle
Tracy, with whom she will remain for
several weeks.
Rev. and Mrs. Paul Thatcher went to
South Royaton the first of the week TO
attend preachers meeting to be held
at that place.
Mrs. Adelia Flanders is very i'll with
heart trouble at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Harry ~ Sanborn. Mrs. Ma
lohn Young sof Tunbridge is caring for
her.
George d. Thomas, formerly Of Chel-
sea, but who of late has been working
in the town of Rockingham, spent a
few days with friends in town the first
of the week.
News has been received here of the
death of Mrs. Nellie Hudson at her home
in Brookfeld last week. She former
ly kept house for the late Charles Moul-
ton of this town.
Fernando NJ. Perkins, who has been
seriously i'll for several weeks and who
has been failing rapidly of late, died at
his home just east of the village Wednes-
day afternoon. A more extended mo-
tice of his decease viii appear later.
George HENDERSON, who was clerk at
the Orange County hotel during the sum-
mer and fall, has severed his connection
there and has gone to White River juno
ton, where he has emplc, ment with
the firm of George w. Smith & Son.
Allen O. Smith of South Tunbridge,
who is having short vacation from
his duties as railway mail clerk, is
driving the morning stage from South
Royalton to Chelsea for few days to
allow Fred Culver an opportunity to
take a brief vacation.
George Lougee, who has for several
months been driving the stage from Chel-
sea to West Fairlee, has finished his
services in that capacity and has ac-
cepted a position as clerk at the Orange
county hotel. The Chelsea-West Fairlee
stage is now being driven by Ii. A. |
Kingsbury, the proprietor.
Nathan Allen, former Chelsea boy, |
but who for several years has been war.
den at the Charleston, Mass, state pris
on, has recently donated to the Chelsea |
library a book which was made by the |
prisoners Of that institution. The book
is hand made and printed by mime
ograph.
B. II. Adams will hold sherifT's sale
at Corinth Corners at 1880 p. M. Sat. |
urday, Nov. IL, when he will sell one so |
horse power boiler, one smoke stack |
and spark extinguisher, one 25 horse
power engine, one 10 horse power engine
one planning machine, one matching ma
chine, one single machine and one wa
ter wheel
The many friends of Mrs. George A.
Tracy, who has been spending several |
months with friends and relatives at |
her former home in Plattsburg, N. ",
are pleased TO welcome her back home
again. she having arrived Tuesday even
ing and has opened her house again near
the court house.
II. H. Kidder of the Bascomb theatre
of Bethel held forth at the town hall |
Wednesday evening with a moving pic
ture show, which was well attended and
much enjoyed. Mr.. Kidder advertises to
be at the town hall with new program
OF motion pictures each Wednesday even
ing until further notice
Frank Il. Bixby, the local stock dealer,
attended the auction sale of the property
of the late Joseph L, Taplin of East
Corinth last week and among his pur-
chases was flock of one hundred and
twenty sheep, which was not only
a rare sight to be seen in this section
of Vermont but rare purchase as well.
States Attorney Stanley @. Wilson
was in South Royalton Wednesday TO
attend meeting before the public serv.
ice commission, which was called for
the right Of the Royalton
Power company assumed in the construc-
tion of an electric light line from South
Royalton through Tunbridge to Chel-
sea in such a way as to infringe upon
the rights of both the New England and
Orange County Telephone companies.
Deputy Sheriff Dan d. Howe of Ran.
dolph was in town Thursday afternoon,
bringing with him for commitment to
the county jail one Fred Clone, who
claims Manchester, N. H., as his home
and who was charged with the crime of
burglary in the day time and bound
over to the December term of Orange
county court, his bail being fixed in
the sum of two hundred dollars which he
failed to furnish. He was arrested upon
of Grand Juror L. L. Boyce
Of Brookfeld of having entered the house
Of one Raymond Hall and taking a wal
let with eleven dollars in money, watch
and some other small articles. After
arrest he was brought before Justice
Of the Peace Eugene f. Briggs of Ran
dolph who, after hearing the evidence,
bound him up to county court.