Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-01-19
JACKSONVILLE.

A. j. Faulkner lost one of his best cows
Monday night.
Fred Holbrook and daughter Sarah were
in North Adams last Saturday.
Freeman Hager has bought wood lot
or the trees on the lot on the Hall farm.
The North River Manufacturing COM
pany shipped two carloads of chair stock
to Massachusetts this week.
Arthur A. Chase will build houee near
the present dwelling of A. p. Pike. Heis
getting out lumber for it,
Leon b. Chase drew a load of logs for
his brothers house up 10 the manufactur-
ing company's mill which measured 1916
feet.
A party of sleighriders, consisting of
about 40 young people from Readsboro,
took supper at the Glen House Tuesday
evening.
Rev. Fred S. Walker of Portland, Me-,
former pastor of the Universalist church
here, is visiting his friends in this place
this week.
Last week Thursday evening the friends
of Mr., and Mrs. Warren Head called to
greet them, and pleasant evening was en-
joyed by all present.
1t might be considered as huge joke If
we were to say that the water in the pond
is so low that it can't form ice, but it would
not be strictly true. 1t is true, however, that
the water is so low that it is difficult to cut
ice and several parties are filling their ice
houses from the Rider or Fuller pond.
A little one came to gladden. the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Sprague. Their
gladness was turned to sorrow as the angel
of death took the little boy home last Sun
day. The funeral was held Monday, Rev.
Nehemiah Sprague officiating. The burial
was at Readsboro beside another little one
who "passed on lefore."
At the annual meeting of Unity lodge,
No. 50, +. q a. M, Jan. II, the following
officers were chosen: A. A. Butterfeld,
w. NJ Henry NJ. Roberts, S. w; Charles
F. Clark, j. W.; Ezra Stetson, treasurer,
Edwin II, Stetson, secretary; George X.
Faulkner, S. D.; II. Ellsworth Parsons,
j. D.; Charles S. Goodnow, S. S.; VIM.
B. Warren, j. s.; Deacon Warren c. Niles,
chaplain; Royal Q. Wilcox, marshal; AL
bert G.. Stetson, tyler. The installation
took place the same evening, Past Master
Frank Crosier acting as installing officer,
assisted by Past Master William A Brown
as marshal.
Sophronia Cands Haynes was born in
Baldwinville, Mass, Oct. 81, 1924 In
May /, 1914, she married Luther X. Fa rms
worth, and lived in Halifax until 1876,
when they moved to this town. On the
day that they could have celebrated their
golden wedding Mr.. Farnsworth died.
1.-THE one shall be taken and the other
left" Mrs. Farnsworth died Jan. II,
1900, mourned by large circle of friends
for her noble, quiet, refined, womanly
qualities. She leaves one sister, Mrs.
Louisa Fisher, of Alton, ILL.,, and three
children, George W. of this town, Vira A.
of Shelburne Falls, and Mrs. George
Haynes of Adams, Mass. The funeral
was largely attended at the house Sunday
last, Rev. W. d. Potter of Shelburne Falls
officiating. The floral offerings were very
fine. The burial was beside her late hus-
band in the Jacksonville cemetery.
Luana Hosley, daughter of Samuel and
Betsey Hosley, was born in this town May
"a, 1918, and died at ripe old age Jan.
IA, 1900, at her home in this place as the
result of an accident which broke her
arm and shoulder last October. November
16, 1912, she was married to Hiram w
Carley, and all her life was spent in this
town except few years at South Hadley
Falls, Mass. They were the parents of a
son, Edwin g., who died in the army in
1868, and a daughter, Elmra B., who's e
death occurred only few days from that
of her brother. Hiram w. Carley died
March 10, 1879, since which time Luana
Carley, sorrowing and saddened by her
griefs, has gone on in life awaiting the sum
mons, "Child, come home" Mrs. Carley
had her peculiarities, so have we all, but
amid the trials and perplexites of life she
looked forward to happier world than
this. She was the last of large family,
and her nearest relatives are nephews and
nleces. The funeral was held at the Uni
versalst church Wednesday, Rev. Samuel
j. Smith of West Halifax officiating
Burial was beside her late husband al
South Hadley Falls, Mass.