The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-18
CHELSEA.

Charles Brooks was in Thetford on
business Saturday.
Roy NJ. Gokey was in Randolph re-
Gently to visit his sister, Miss Bessie
Gokey, who is trained nurse, with
Randolph as her headquarters.
Mrs. Lizzie P. Smith went recently
TO visit her sister in Montpelier, and
after short stay there she journeyed
TO the northern part OF the state to
visit her father. During her absence
from home her house is in charge OF
Mrs. Hattie Jones.
Enoch Lyford of Randolph spent Sun
day at the home of his brother, George
ID. Lyford, in South Washington.
Among the many farmers in this vi
entity, whose water supply froze up
| Edward O. Mattoon and Thomls j.
Doyle, and in each instance the source
OF supply was stopped as the result OF
the ground freezing SO deep.
Elmer G. Reed, who drives the Barre
stage, was so unfortunate one evening
last week as to lose a valuable horse.
On his return trip, as he entered Chel-
sea village, he stopped his team to leave
a trunk, and when he was in the act
of doing this his horses started and
ran down the street at a furious gait
until they collided with telephone poe,
the impact breaking one horses neck,
also breaking the pole, which was nine
inches in diameter off at the ground
and also about eight feet from the
ground.
Miss Flora +. Mitchell, teacher in
the intermediate room of the graded
school, is back in school again after an
absence of a week because of i'll
ness. during which her place was sup
piled by Miss Olive Dennison, mem
Der of the senior class in the high !
school,
Richard H. Bacon, who few years |
since bought the old Burgess farm on
the stage road near the north line of |
the town, is getting out lumber to build |
a new barn, 40x90 feet, which he pro-
poses to build during the coming sum
mer.
Miss Relief d. Leavenway of Milton
spent several days in town with friends,
to her home Saturday. Miss
viii be remembered as
teacher in the graded school here a few
years since.
Mrs. Tabitha Coburn of Roxbury came
to care for Mrs. John Rich
and infant child, who reside on the west
liIl.
The ball held at the opera house
hall, on which occasion the new hard
wood floor was dedicated, was fairly
we'll attended, considering the severity
If the weather. The music by the Chel II
ea opera house orchestra of five pieces
vas very much enjoyed and the new !
loor also added much to the pleasure !
# the occasion. :
Harris NJ Miller of West Fairlee, Sam q
lei b. Buell. of STAFFORD and Benjamin !
Fucker of Tunbridge, commissioners APP a
'ointed by the court last June to make /
,artition of or sell the Moses Speare G
arm, just over the line in Vershire, !
we're at the county clerks office last
thursday afternoon to execute their
eed OF conveyance of the farm to A. II.
Billings of Nershire, who purchased it
gently at auction for the sum of ST.,
rs. !
Arthur Robinson of Rochester and l.. =
Robinson of Waterbury were in town
rluay TO meet 1roi. NoteY OF burning =
on, member of the state board of
ealth, who came here to inspect the
ew high school building. =
The water system at the Jail from :
he county reservoir became solidifed y
uring the recent cold spell and Sheriff =
. w. Kent was here from Randolph ~
riday with an electric outfit for thaw- !,
" out frozen water pipes and they sue s. $,
seded in getting the power long enough v
, thaw out about one-half the length I,
{ the pipe from the reservoir to the n
ii, when they were notified that they y
,uld not have the power any longer, u
hereupon they Immediately left for p
ONE. y,