The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-25
CHELSEA

Rev. ABB. Enright left Tuesday morn
ing for Hardwick to attend the annua
conference of the Vermont Methodists
He was accompanied by Mrs. Enright.
The burial of the late Hilas p
Roberts. whose remains We're brought
here from his home in Roxbury, Mass.
last January and placed in the receiving
vault in Highland cemetery, will take
place at 2 o'clock next Sunday after.
noon and will be in charge of George
Washington lodge, No. 81, +. & A. Nj
Worshipful Master Oliver Il. Burgess
will give the Masonic service.
Ernest A. Corwin returned home Tues
| day evening from weeks business trip
the spring and summer goods for the u.
A. Corwin Co. store.
Walter, the older son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leon E. Grant, celebrated his ninth
birthday, April 18th. when nine of his
young friends gathered at his home to
help him celebrate the event. The party
was from four until six o'clock p. M,
during which refreshments of cocoa,
cake and fruit was served He was the
recipient OF several nice presents.
George L. Hayward, who has spent
the winter in South Royalton, has re-
turned to town and is again occupying
his home at the end of Maple street.
Deputy Sheriff George A. Tracy and
Deputy County Clerk William II.
Sprague were in South Royalton, Tues
day to meet State Auditor Horace +.
Graham and his chief accountant, Jesse
Joslin for the semi-aamial audit of the
Jail and county clerk accounts, re-
spectively.
The work on the highway between
Chelsea and South Royalton under pa
troll system has been commenced, and
it is safe TO say that better road bed
and one more nicely kept cannot be
found in this county.
Dan G.. Stoughton of South Royalton
with small force of help, arrived in
town Tuesday evening and commenced
Wednesday on the work of putting in
the cement foundation for Wilder H.
Dearborn's new house on Main street
just south of the Methodist parsonage,
on land purchased by Mr.. Dearborn of
Chester NJ. Davis.
Rev. Carl II. Corwin, who left here
two weeks ago after visit OF several
weeks to his parents, DR. and Mrs. M. III.
Corwin, preached to large congregations
at the morning and evening services on
Sunday, April 10th, at Standsh, Michi-
gan, and on April Goth he will speak at
the first Congregational church in Elgin,
ILL., His plans are to sail from New
York for Porto Rico, Saturday, May 2,
to resume again his work as a mission
airy in that country.
George Tutheriy, one of our enter
prising young farmers, has recently
launched out in the right direction and
purchased some thoroughbred registered
stock of the Hereford breed and he has
some very fine specimens.
Sheriff George A. Tracy has had sew
eral of the inmates OF the Jail out this
week raking and cleaning up the com
mons and other public grounds.
News comes from over the line in
Brookfeld TIT one of the old residents
there, Lewis Wright, who has for over
half century been familiar figure
here, was so unfortunate as to fall
down flight of stairs, dying almost
instantly as the result of breaking his
neck Mr.. Wright was eighty-two years
old and is survived by an aged widow
and two grand daughters. The fatal
accident happened at his home on Satur-
day evening, April 18th.
Charles Lougee. who with his family
came on here from the west last fall,
has recently bought a farm in Tunbridge
and will build a house thereon in the
near future. Meanwhile his family will
occupy the c. NJ. Goodrich house so
that his children can finish out the
school year in our graded school
Frogs which came out for the spring
opening last Sunday have been silenced
by the rugged winter wealth
er for the last two days.