The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-08
CHELSEA.

!, Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Snow of Washing
ton were in town Sunday as the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred e. Goodwin.
Mrs. Earl Il. Parker of Barre City was
in town Sunday as the guest Of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs, Fred A. 0rdway.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Durkee Of South
Royalton spent Sunday in town as the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Il. Grant
Mr.. and Mrs. L. N. Lucas spent Sun
day in East Randolph as the guests of
the latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Camp.
Miss Lila Robbins OF Lisbon, N. H.,
arrived in town last week and is visiting
her brothers at the home of Oliver ID.
Medcalf on the Vershire road.
States Attorney Wilson returned Sun
day afternoon from brief business trip
to Portsmouth, n. H., and left Monday
noon for business trip to Montpelier.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Seeley move this
week to East Montpelier, where Mr.. See
ley has hired out TO work on a farm for
a year at $50 per month, house rent and
\ fire wood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman II. Hill and
daughter OF Yershire were in town Sat.
ufday and Sunday as the guests of their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan j. Hill,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha Burgess.
VIII Seeley, who lives in the south
part of Washington near the Chelsea
/ line, has sold his farm of about 800
acres to Ross Chesborough of Chazy, N.
4 u, who has taken possession. Consid-
GRAFTON, SLIGO.
Judge Dana II. Morse OF Randolph is
is in town experimenting the work OF
repairs on the filter for the county at
their reservoir on the Nershire brook
Dan G. Stoughton OF South Royalton is
in town doing the mason work connect
ed with the repairs.
| w. NJ. Mattoon has moved from his
farm on the east hill, where he has lived
for the past two years, TO his house in
the village, and Mrs. Alexander, who
has kept house for him, has finished
work for him and expects soon TO go to
Montana for the winter.
o. +. Allen returned Friday evening
from Boston, making the trip by auto
IN new twenty-horse power Metz run
about, which he purchased while in that
city. w. w, Underhil and Willard f.
George who went to Boston with him,
accompanied him home.
Rev. Mr. Smithers of Randolph, dis
triet superintendent, was in town Sun
day and occupied the pulpit at the Meth
odist church morning and evening. and
at the morning service Mrs. Florence NJ.
Bicknell and Mrs. Paul Thatcher were
taken into full membership in the church
and Miss Ruth Peavey was accepted on
probation.
At the auction sale of personal prop
erty at Erying w. Ormsbee's last Sat
urday afternoon, there was a small at
tendance and property as rule sold
low, cows at about SIS per head, spring
calves at about s. per head. and hay at
81 per ton, to be weighed The property
was all good and the low prices were
attributable to the small crowd.
Sheriff b. II, Adams returned Sunday
evening from several days business
trip during which he went 10 Rouses
Point, n. ", and assisted in the arrest
OF three yeggmen who have, since their
arrest, acknowledged being implicated in
the various postofliee robberies which
have taken place within the past year,
among them being the Offices at West
Fairlee, Williamstown and Chelsea in
this county.
Mrs. Ada Hall Bacon Jackson arrived
in town from New York Sunday noon
to look after some business interests
here and returned TO New York Monday
afternoon. Since her marriage to Mr.
Jackson last spring, she has spent some
time abroad and has but Just returned to
New York from Panama. She expects
to sail very soon with her husband for
London, where they win spend a portion
of the winter. She was accompanied
here by friend, Mrs. Bird, from New
York.
At the special town meeting Saturday
afternoon, the selectmen were author
lied to purchase or acquire by condemna-
ton proceedings the Hall meadow, a por-
ton of the Hall garden and the Sleeper
lot. so-called, near the high school build
ing, for school grounds and site for the
new school building, and also a water
right to supply the new building They
were also empowered to sell the Hatch
schoolhouse, so-called, on the Vershire
road, and the Lyford schooIhouse, So
called, on the west Hill near the C. /.
Hood farm.
During Rev. J. A. Lawrences three
weeks vacation, he visited friends in
Barre and Marshfeld, also in Nashua,
Manchester and Merrimack, N. IT,,
preaching at the latter place on Sabbath
for former friend and college mate,
who has a parish there. He also at
tended the New England congress of
Congregational churches at Worcester,
Mass Mrs. Lawrence remained with
friends in Marshfeld Barre and Mont
pelier during the three weeks they were
absent from town
Five Rules For Women Takers.