The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-17
CHELSEA.


Miss Emma Darling has been i'll and
{, under the care of nurse for several
! days but she is now convalescing.
Rufus G. Robinson, adjuster for the
Granite Mutual Insurance company was
! in town Thursday and adjusted the loss
recently sustained by Eugene McCosco,
whose house and household goods were
! destroyed by fire last week.
/ Rev. and Mrs A. B. Enright left last
! week for a three weeks vacation. II is
| understood, however, that the pulpit
will be supplied during Mr.. Enright's alb
| sence.
/ Hale X. Darling returned to Brattle-
! boro Sunday afternoon after having been
| at his home here since early in August.
! Wesley Bliss of West Fairlee was in
/ town portion of last week visiting the
home of his boyhood, on the farm now
owned and occupied by VIII L. Bacon.
! He returned home Friday afternoon.
j. A. r. Corwin and his daughter, Miss
! Nellie NJ. Corwin, who went to Somer
! willie, Mass, last week by auto, returned
| Friday evening and report that they had
very pleasant trip with the exception
of tire trouble, they having experienced
| five "blowouts" on this trip.
J Chelsea grange announces the follow
| ing program for Friday evening of this
week: Roll call, to be responded to by
each member who must name the great
est sight he or she ever saw; question
| box; how to keep the girls on the farm;
| debate, Resolved, That poor cookingcau-
{. ses more injury to mankind than the use
of tobacco. Every member present win
be invited to take part.
George A. Tracy has sold the two
story brick tenement house on Wallace
! avenue to Mrs. A. G. Wheelock of Wor-
cester, whose goods have arrived and
she will take possession this week. Mrs.
| Wheelock is sister of Mrs. Ruth Ken
edy who resides in the upper village"
! Mrs. James Field and Mrs. Herbert
! Sanborn and son, Leo, of Barre City
,came last week and are guests of the
two ladies' parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
win Sanborn.
! A. d. Allen, who for the past year has
resided on the Warren Stearns farm
on the west hill, which is owned by l..
"a lolig nus puIthuSth tHS lui III
in Washington known as the A. |. New
man farm and will take possession early
in October. Consideration, SO 500
George e. Hatch of Milford. N. H.,
arrived in town Friday evening and is
renewing him many old friendships and
making new ones. After several years
absence he returns to his many friends
here the same Give wire" as Of old.
Miss Harriet NJ. Lane and Miss Grace
r. Persons, who have been guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie H. Bohonon for the
past two weeks, left for their homes in
Manchester, \. H., Saturday.
Several couples from here were in
Washington Saturday evening to attend
the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Scott.
Frank II White who works on the
street cars in Boston, came last Thurs
day to remain at his home in South
Washington for few weeks, during
which time he will make extensive re-
pairs on his barn.
, Mrs. Homer D. Camp of Barre City
came last week to spend few days at
the home of her niece, Mrs. DENIS w. |
Densmore on Main street.
Among the business visitors from out
lof town who We're here during last week
were Charles Clapp and John b. Good |
rich of South Royalton and Harris NJ. |
Miller of West Fairlee.
Mrs. Fro Lyford was called to East
Brookfield last Thursday to attend the |
funeral of her father, Nelson Carpen-
Ter who died at his home in North Ran
dolph on Tuesday as the result of the
infirmities of old age. Mr. Carpenter
was native of Chelsea and spent the
EARLY years of his life in this town. He |
was eighty years old and is survived by
n widow, who was before her marriage, |
Miss Helen Metcalf, also of this town |
Besides the widow and Mrs. Lyford, he !
Is survived by three daughters, Mrs
Marshall Banister and Mrs. William
Hyde of Randolph and Mrs. Henry w.
Hyde of Brookfeld; also three sons.
Van B. Carpenter Of Brookfield, Bert |
G. Carpenter of Worcester, Mass, and
Warren n. Carpenter of North Randolph.
Three grandsons, Herman n Lyford,
Enoch Lyford and George d. Lyford and
his wife, all of whom reside in Wash
ington, just over the Chelsea line, were
"a % h.