The Press., 1884-02-21
ASHFORD.
CORRESPONDENCE.
wESTFORD.

gently sold three pairs of cattle Zone oi them steers) in the Providence, or more accurately Pawtucket market, for nearly $500: net weight nearly five thousand pounds. The reader can guess the price per hundred. They were very cholce beef, fattened almost wholly on meal and ensilage.
 Some of the parishioners of the Con- gregational pastor here made him and his family social call Friday evening, with provision for the occasion and something besides in the way of donation. Others had visited them in the early part of the winter, making his wife on that occasion a handsome present.
 The measles, which-if doctor and some experienced matrons diagnosed aright-had gained foothold in what is called Westford Hill, seem to have lost their spreading capacity, no new cases hav- ing occurred.
 If our soil is not as fertile as that o1 the west we have compensation, and that by no means small, in our exemption from the danger of floods, whether occa- sional or periodic.
 Andrew Chapman has purchased the place owned by Dwight Lincoln price, $1 ,2OO The barn is nearly new, and the house, of two stories and an ell, was moved on and put in good repair few years since. Rumor hath it that T. H. Whitehouse has purchased the place be- longing to Levy, owned years ago by Cal houn Bugbee and more recently by MT. Hill, who build upon 1t fine two-story dwelling. The barn upon it was burned down last autumn. It is situated about three miles, south by east, from the Hill church, and not much more than a mile from Warrenville. These comprise the most extensive e~atransaetions in real es- tate" of recent date, in our community.
 -Dea. Burrin Tifft died at Westford on the 18th. His funeral was largely attend ed at the Baptist church in Westford, Fri day, 10th inst, Dea. Tifft was 73 years of age, and one of the few men left of the generation of strong men of Ashford who bore a prominent part quarter of cen- tury ago in all matters of interest pertain ing to the welfare of the town, and none has left more friends, nor will be held in kinder remembrance than Dea. Tifft. He came to Ashford from Rhode Island more than 40 years ago, and purchased farm in Westford society where he lived and died. or many years he was one of the deacons of the church in Westford, and al- ways took deep interest in it's welfare and prosperity, and in any differences of opin- ion in church or local matters his advice was always for peace and harmony, and his advice, always sound, was gwen very ereral weight and deferenee in all mat ters of interest in the community Early i'll life strong anti-slavery man, he was with the republican party from its birth, and a firm believer in it's principles to the end. His frmness of opinions, and al- ways on the right side of the religious and moral questions of the day, eyer gave him 8 front plaee among those who in every community take advanced ground in mat ters of public benefit. He leaves a widow and one son, Stephen B. Tift, Esq, a prominent citizen of Ashford, who has re- sided with his father and who has taken the mantle and work of the father in his declining years. Dea. Tifft has been in poor health for some years past: The inn mediate cause of his death was an abscess, and he was great sufferer at the last His funeral sermon was preached by Rev. MT, Howard of Union, and he was buried in the family lot in the naw part of the cemetery in Westford, and 10 months af- ter, to day, the burial of Mrs. Booth, the aged mother of Mrs. Tlfft, which oc- cured Apr. 18th, 1883. The unanimous verdict of tie community is-a good man has passed away.