The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-02-05
NEWBURY.

contest going on III railroad circles TO
determine who is the most popular
conductor. The contestants are Sher-
man w. Parkhurst of the st. j. u L..
G. r. r., and Levi X. Edgerton of the
Passumpsic R. R., the successful con
testant to receive lantern. We don t
know what that lantern Will be like
but we do know what Levi is like. If
you are invited to take hand in this
contest vote for Levi and you will
make no mistake, Levi and Squires
Wilson have been up and down among
us for many years and our passage
with them has always been safe, they
need no introduction to the OPINION
readers. Mr.. Edgerton was born in
HYDE Park in 1913; from 1867 to 1871
he was proprietor of the Irasburgh
House in Irasburgh. June 5, 1871 he
entered the employ of the Passumpsic
R. R. You know the balance of the
story.
DIR. L. B. Atwood is visiting her
brother, Henry Buxton, in Boston for
a few weeks.
Mr.. D. M Bond has closed his labors
as manager in Mr.. Reyes store and
will sometime during the present
month remove to North Thetford
where he will conduct the mercantile
business, having purchased the stock
of general merchandise of ElmOre Cob
leigh. Mr.. Bonds friends here will
wish him success in his new field of
labor. Mr.. II. E. Cobleigh has bought
Mr.. Bonds pleasant village residence.
Rev. r. G. Bugbee of Wells River
preached in the Congregational church
last Sunday, exchanging with Rev. j.
L. Merrill. Mr.. Bugbee's many
friends here regret that he has decided
to leave the Wells River parish.
The Saint Andrews Benevolent So
ciety held their annual meeting at their
office on January %, at which the fol
lowing officers were elected Presi-
dent, A. A. Olmsted; president,
NJ G. Knight; medical directors, Drs.
G. b. Hatch and o. ID. Eastman; secre-
tary, S. A. Blodgett; treasurer, 0. d.
Eastman; general manager, DR.. G. b.
Hatch; anditor Hon. II. B. Hall; coun-
sci, E. w. Smith. This society was
chartered by the legislature of 1892,
and has been constantly gaining
ground, it's membership having nearly
doubled in the last year.
Miss Bixby returned to Randolph
Tuesday having been called home by
the death of Mrs. Atwood.
Judith Brock Atwood.
The first of Newbury's octogenarians |
to answer the summons of the Death |
Angel was Mrs. John Atwood who died I
January Goth. At the time of her death
there were only three older persons in
town. She was the fourth child of the
nine children of Thomas Robinson and
Rebecca Abbott Brock, and was born in
Newbury February 23d, 1908, on the Rob
inson Brock farm near the present resi-
dence of Geo. G. Tyler at West Newbury,
the farm buildings being all removed.
AT the time of her death Mrs. Atwood
was the oldest person living in town born
in town. Her life reaches back to early
times, her ancestors were among the first
settlers. Her first husband was VIM. A.
Boyce born December IS, 1875, to whom
she was married September 7, 1885, by
Rev. Clark Perry. She lived in Albany,
Der 20, 1854. Returning to Newbury she
was married to John Atwood, Jr., July
I'd, 1857. John Atwood, Jr., was born i'll {
Newbury January 18th, 1896, and died at ;
his home in this village March Sd, 1888. |
Mrs. Atwood had no children by either
sister, Rebecca, first the wife of Ebenezer
Abbott, second wife of the late Gilman
Brown of Corinth, born May 10th. 1906,
and by brother, George A., born July
18th, 1922. She had church connections
with the Congregational church at West
Newbury and in this village, also at
Albany, vt. 5
In response to letter addressed to
Prof. George N. Abbott, South Newbury,
asking for some "reminiscences of this ven
cradle woman, take the liberty of re-
Mr.. Abbotts letter believing
it will be read with interest," {
Mrs. Judith Atwood, widow of the '
late John Atwood, was daughter of
Thomas r. and Rebecca (Abbott) Brock,
her father being son of Dea. Thomas and !
Judith (AbbOtt) Brock, and his wife Re-
becca his second cousin. Judith (Abbott)
ter of Dea. James Abbott, who came to |
Newbury, one of the first settlers in 1863
removed across the river to Y
Haverhill where he remained a number i
Of years, and still later returned to New .
bury, dying on the Abbott place in the
south part of the town. =
Mrs. Atwood did not spend the whole q
Of her life in Newbury, having been first V
married to Mr.. William A. Boyce, and j
having lived with him in Albany, vt.
But in view of the fact that so large a
of her life was passed in this
her native town, Newbury may well claim
1er as its citizen-its always respected
md honored citizens. !,
Her length of days-ninety years save
/ little more than one-waS well earned
by her usefulness. Heredity, too, was in v
Ter favor, one of her great grandfathers,
Reuben Abbott. having lived to his hun .
lredth year. A good old age'',,is fitting q
'eward of well spent life.
| have a pleasant recollection of &C S
luaintance with Judith Brock almost C
rom my childhood, though familiar ac-
luaintance was not kept up in later
Iears. Still her countenance is imaged Z
IN my memory with distinctness rare 1
n my recollection of persons of her age.
t gives me pleasure therefore to be able \
% contribute even little for the prese- -
yation of good memory of her.
The Newbury Village Burying :,
Ground Association organized as fol ,
ows: Dan Y. Ford; president; Alex q
1reer, vice president; T. G. Reyes,
Horace w. Bailey, secre-
airy; James A. johnson, superinten- i
lent of burying ground. y
The Old Folks concert is an estab- h
ished fact, a chorus of twenty-four o
-oices are in training by Edison Doe. n
The date is fixed for Friday evening, "
Feb. 10Th. An oyster supper will fol- \
ow and general good time will be 4
he result. Prof. Gibson of Lyndon a
lille will act as musical director. No b