The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-07-30
THE LOST ONE FOUND.
Miss Sarah Hoskins Found I'm Pennsyl.
vnnta-NOwsat Her Sisters In Gardner,
Mass.-An explanation of the
sSiek" Telegram.

vania-Nowat Her Sisters In Gardner,
Mass.-An explanation of the
'ssiek" Telegram.
Readers everywhere in this locality
and in Brattleboro are familiar with
the fact that in May 1895, Sarah,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
Hoskins, who reside on Main street
in this village, left the home of Mrs.
Prentice of Brattleboro, in whose
household she was then employed,
ostensibly for few days visit in
New York city. 1t is also known
that upon the same train went one W.
ii. Brown, an Insurance agent, who
had made her acquaintance in SO.
Londonderry. From the relations
that had existed between the two it
required no stretch of the imagination
to conclude, after her failure to re-
turn in reasonable time, that it was
an elopement. And such turned out
to be the fact, though it is believed
at the time she expected to return.
This is thought from the fact that
she left her trunk with nearly all her
clothing at Mrs. Prentice's. A few
days after her departure this lady,
received a letter from her stating
that her return would be delayed fol
a few days but no word as to her be
longings left behind. This was the
last word heard from her, so far as is
known by her friends up to about two
months ago, and led many to believe
that she was dead.
The blow was terrible one for the
family. Mr.. and Mrs. Hoskins are
reputable people in good standing in
this community. They had striveD
to bring up their children after cor
rect moral teachings, instiling into
their minds all that would make them
moral, upright citizens, respecting
the laws of God and their country.
No wouder then that this was fairly
crushing and that it brought out
warm sympathy from all who knew
them.
Every effort was made by Mr..
Hoskins, without the expenditure OF
large sums of money, which he did
not have, to find his hayward daugh
ter and release her from the clutches
Of her yilesand unprincipled paramour,
bat without avail. During the sum-
mer following the elopement Brown
was seen by an Acquaintance in New
York but as he was unacquainted
with the circumstances attending
Browns leaving Brattleboro nothing
was learned of the girl. At one time
it was learned where she had been
but had left and no trace of her could
be found. Nothing reliable was as
certained and it was not known by
the family or intimate friends wheth-
er she was alive or dead until last
May when Mr.. Hoskins received a
letter from stranger, a grand army
man, who evidently had had his SYM
pathies worked upon, stating that his
daughter was in certain Pennsylva-
MIA town, presumably in destitute
condition, as he wrote that Brown
was shiftless coot, or words to that
effect. Upon receipt of this letter
Mr.. Hoskins wrote his daughter who
at once replied, no doubt glad that
the door was opened that her pride
had for long time kept closed.
70 save the family unnecessary
questioning, a matter from its very
nature unpleasant to them, we state
that she is now at her sisters in
Gardner, Mass, and claims to be
married to Brown, and this may be
taken as an explanation of the
"Sick" telegram that took her mother
to Gardner, as noted in these
columns two weeks ago.
w. a. Brown came to So. Lon
donderry from Rutland, where he
left wife and children, in the sum-
mer of 1898, soliciting insurance for
the New York Life, and remained
here until the latter part of the fol-
lowing winter when he went to Brat
tleboro. While here he did large
business. He was probably, barring
his laziness and disipated habits, the
best insurance solicitor in the state.
He was keen, bright aud capable of
belieing his character by appearing
as a gentleman. Here he became ac
auaipted with Miss Hoskins over
whom he seemed to hold hypnotic
influence that she could not throw off
Shortly after he went to Brattleboro