The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1890-10-31
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Rev. N. f. Carter of Concord, for
mer pastor, was gladly welcomed and
attentively listened to by this people
last Sunday. He has the sympathy of
many friends here for the loss of his
wife who died few weeks ago after
a long and painful illness.-Mrs. L. III.
Sargent went to Boston Tuesday to be
absent few weeks.-Josiah Magoon,
wife and two children of Middleboro,
Mass, are visiting their parents, Mrs.
B. F. Hackett and Mrs. Howard Nor
ey. Mr.. Magoon went from here a
few years ago poor boy, commencing
work on the railroad as section hand.
He now holds the responsible position
of engineer on the old Colony railroad,
commanding good pay. An example
of what boys may become by steady,
persevering effort.-Hale & Lamphrey's
mill is shut down this week for want
of lumber.-The Oxford cheese and
butter manufacturing company voted
not to make butter the coming winter.
Mrs. e. j. Tallman has high grade
Jersey heifer, two years old last spring,
that dropped her first calf Sept. 20,
from whose milk she made in seven
days, commencing Oct. LIST and ending
Oct. IT 1-2 pounds of gilt edged but
ter, beside the milk used in the family
of two, with no extra feed except
little corn fodder at the barn.-Last
Saturday Mrs. Nathan Grimes, Mrs.
Huckins, Mrs. Emery Foote and Mrs.
John Bickford spent the afternoon
with Mrs. Mary Lovejoy and her
daughter, Mrs. Nancy Stark. The
combined ages of the six ladies is Alb
years, averaging nearly 60 years. Mrs.
Lovejoy who is 80 years old has woven
100 yards of rag carpeting the past
summer and fall, and has averaged to
weave that number of yards each year
for the last twenty years. She is the
only daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hale who lived to be quite aged,
and sister of Samuel Wright Hale who
died few weeks ago aged Is years.
The mother of six children, three of
them living, John H., in Nebraska,
with whom she resides. A pensioner,
having lost her son Frank, in the late
civil war. She retains her faculties to
a remarkable degree and bids fair to
weave several more hundred yards of
rag carpeting.
Deferred
The sad news of John F, the only
son of John L. HaseltOn,
formerly of Oxford, reached his Aunt
Mrs. D. T. Hale few days ago. He
lied at Frankfort, Ind, Oct. II, of
liptheria after an illness of two weeks
A ged 10 years. Mr.. Haselton has the
of many friends having
,uried three sons and family ties sun
Tered.
Two of Charles Cochran's sons are
lick with typhoid fever.-Misses Clara
md Annie Sargent, guests of their
lncle r. B. Sargent for few days, re-
urned to Dunstable last week.-Geo.
Vashburn moved to his new home last
week. Mrs. Henry e. Gardner, Miss
da, Charlie and little Harvey Couch
+ started for Virginia, Wis, Wednes-
lay, having been detained from join
ng the rest of the family several
everal weeks by the sickness of Miss
da.-Mr. Rutlidge of Craftsbury, Vt.
as bought the Col. Hasleton farm and
AIKEN possession, driving down 20
cad of cattle, mostly cows. He has
ented the John l.. Haselton house for
he present and intends to build next
ear, the old one being unfit for occu-
ancy. Price s 5000 for farm with two
ears hay crop included.-20 deg.
Y ednesday morning tide coolest of the
oasOn.