Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-12-02
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was at his fathers over Sunday.
Miss Jessie Parker returns to-day
to her teaching in Calais, Miss Ma.
bel Preston to South Barre, Miss
Jessie Spaulding to Gaysville, Miss
Mary Wilson to Hartland, Miss Liz
zie Kmball to Braintree, after their
Thanksgiving vacations.
Mrs. S. p. Harding has moved
into the Marston tenement and Mrs.
E. 6. Carpenter into the Paine
house.
Mrs. Sarah L. Bo died at the
home of the daugh,sr, Mrs Z. F.
, Waldo, on Ro>alton hill, last Sun.
/ day after brief illness, aged IS
years The deceased lady had spent
SO many years of her long life in
| that community that she was widely
! known and much loved. In the
! Congregational church of this vii
lage she was long faithful wor-
shipper and commitment, but for
some years her lniirmities had for
hidden frequent attendance. Mrs.
Bowen was born in Brandon Sept.
IS, 1914, married Mark Bowen Feb.
2, 1871, and lived with him until
his death IS years later on the farm
EDWARDS bought by Charles f.
! Waldo, where by Il strange coinci-
dence she made her home the last
IS years of her life. Between 1850
and 1881 she lived with relatives in
Brandon, making her daughters in
the West welcome visit in the lat
ter year. OF seven children four
remain-Mrs. Luke Fairbanks OF
Austin, Mimi, Mrs. D. c. Ballard
of Washington, Kan, Mrs Rose
mcfarland of Rose Creek, Mimi,
and Mrs. c. F. Waldo. Mrs. l.. 6.
Case of Brandon is her sister. Fune-
raj services were held Tuesday af-
ternoon, her pastor, Rev. W. A.
Warner, officiating, and the remains
were buried beside her husbands in
the cemetery near the Waldo resi-
dence.
Herbert Owen was working in
the woods near his home last week
Friday when tree swung around
and limb struck him with great
force, breaking two ribs. Other IN
juries were at first feared, but he is
now doing well.
Wilfrid Larock was working alone
in his wood-lot Tuesday afternoon
when he caught his right leg be-
tween log and ledge and broke it
midway between knee and ankle,
his horses having become unman-
aseable. Fortunately he was able
to attract neighbors by his cries, the
first to reach hun heing Mrs. Hatch,
an elderly lady who knowing that
someone was hurt brought her cam
phor bottle along with her. The
sons of W. p. Young arrived next
and removed the sufferer to his
house while their father went for
surgeon. The limb was set success
fully.
The Congregational society of
Rochester has called to its passionate,
Rev. Mr.. Hildreth of Albany as
successor to Rev. Carleton Hazen.
resigned. Mr.. Hildrcth moved his
goods from this station Monday.
c. z Durham will teach the
Camp Brook school, lately taught
by his wife.
The Grange elections this evening
promise to be of unusual interest
and to develop some big surprises.
The community was saddencd by
the death at Lowell, Mass, last Sun
day of Eva Hoisinston, daughter of
Charles II. Hoisington, for many
years Il resident of this village.
Her death was caused by pulmonary
consumption from which. she had
suffered for some time. She spent
the summer with her grandparents
in Rochester, returning home two
months ago. Hers was beautiful
and promising life and the bereaved
parents and brother have the SYM
patty of all. The burial at Ran
dolph Wednesday was attended by
several friends from here.
Mrs. Sarah E. Atwood died We'd
nesday morning at the residence of
her son, Willard J. Brooks, after Il
long illness with diabetes. She was
a native of Barnard, having been
born there in 1888, and spent large
part of her life in that town. Her
first husband was Julius p. Brooks
of Bethel, a brother of A. A.
Brooks. He died in Auburn, Cal,
where he was engaged in mining
operations, as far back as 1862,
when his children were still very
young. After many years spent in
widowhood the subject Of this sketch
was married "a years ago to II. G.
F. Atwood, prominent citizen of
Barnard, with whom she lived until
his death three years ago. Since
that time she had lived in her sons
family here. Her other surviving