The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-24
CHELSEA

ih' "hstion safe OF MIS- u r. JACK
sons household goods, held Wednesday
afternoon. drew out large crowd of ea-
ger buyers, and all property sold for
the high dollar Judge Adams, the auc.
tioneer, was az his best and kept the
crowd good natured ard the bidding
was spirited
Guy l.. Rogers, who has been carrying
ON a farm in South Washington for the
past two years, has decided TO try some
other vocation for time and has moved
into the Il. ID. Barnes tenement house
on Main street,
Mrs. Nellie Thompson went TO the
Mary Hitchcock hospital at Hanover N.
H., last Tuesday, where she submitted to
serious surgical operation ON Thursday
and, while she Is resting comfortably, vet
her chances for recovery are not the most
hopeful
Miss Elizabeth A. Carson of Barre,
who was formerly teacher in our high
school, has been the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leon ordway.
William II. Sprague has sold his farm
in South Washington to John Doyle, to.
gether with crops and portion of the
stock and tools, and Mr.. Doyle has TAX
en- possession, buying the same for a
home.
A number of our citizens went TO
South Royalton last Tuesday evening 20
attend the send off" given our Orange
county boys, who assembled there Tues
day afternoon to entrain on Wednesday
for Camp Devens at Aver, Mass. Rev.
Robert Hazetine was one of the speak
ers of the evening
Cadet Major Gerald A. Bixby and VIII
liam II. Adams left Wednesday for
Mortified, the former to take up the iu-
ties of his senior year and the latter en-
tiers Norwich university as freshman.
Vinton A. Corwin left Tuesday for
Hanover, where he enters Dartmouth col
lege as member of the freshman class.
Mrs. Rose Bixby, who is past so years
of age had the misfortune to make
misstep last Sunday evening. which
caused her to fall, resulting in the frac-
ture of her right hip. Much sympathy
is felt for her by a large circle of friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram II. Bickford and
their two sons, Robert and Blake Bick-
ford, who had been guests at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Sprague for a
A week, left Friday morning for their
home in Elmra, n Y, making the trip
BY automobile. Mr. Bickford and Mrs.
Sprague are brother and sister.
Ernest A. Corwin left the first of
he week for Boston TO purchase fall
md winter goods for the L. A. Corwin
Co. store. He was accompanied by Mrs.
1orwin.
Henry Clark returned Thursday morn |
ng from Nyack, N. Y, where he had |
,een on a business trip, and during his [
Ibsence from town visited our former {
ownsman Gil" Moore, who is making {
lis home at the present time with his !
in law, Mrs. Willard Moore, !
n East Franklin. Mr. Moore, who is in '
lis Doth year, is well preserved and hopes :
o visit his old home town another sea /
on. Q
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred r. Goodwin and
heir three sons returned recently from
weeks vacation, during which they mo-
ored to Ashland, n. H., where they were
he guests of friends.
States Attorney John C.. Sherburne of ,
andolph was in town the first of the =
eek on his way TO Corinth to investi. .
ate complaints of criminal nature.
Auditor of Accounts Benjamin Gates ;,
[ Montpelier was in town Tuesday II !
ldit the semi-annual accounts of the :
liler and county clerk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace T. Walker have :
owed from their farm on the west mill .
, their farm which they purchased
ear ago from the Azeriah Barnes es- W =,
tie, about mile north of the village. =
Miss Florence Goodwin, who sold her
I'm on the west hill recently has rent " "
rooms in Mrs. II. T. Walkers house in 2,
lie village and moved here last week. %
Lyle R. Beckwith, who has been se-
ously III for couple of weeks, has so !,
r recovered as to be able to resume NJ
= law studies in the Office of Judge
C. Wilson. Is
Will H. Cook, who for several years
S had employment with the, New Eng pc
nd Telephone Co, with headquarters in m
near Boston, is visiting his mother,
RS. Washington Beede. da
DIR. Ralph S. Merchant, who recently oo
Id his place in the south part of Wash co
gton to Fillmore Edwards, has rented pa
oms in w. p. Towsnend's tenement I'M
use and moved here the first of the
EEK. tel