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WOODFORD

The rain Sunday night and Monday
morning was welcomed.
VIM l. Newell and wife visited re-
Gently in North Bennington.
Mark Harbour has moved into his
white house opposite Camp Comfort.
Fred Godfrey and Artist James
White of Bennington we're in Ferndale
Monday.
Elnora Elizabeth is the name given
Mr. and Mrs Geo l. Knapp's infant
daughter.
James Griffin of Sunderland was in
town Tuesday. From here he went to
Troy and Albany.
Z. L. S.-Your wishes will be com
piled with, although it deprives us Of
some important news.
J. F. Smith returned Monday from
three days trouting bout in Shafts
bury and Arlington.
Since the first Of May we have seen
more fishermen in town than trout.
The novelty will soon wear of.
DR. NJ (B. Houghton and wife Of.
Bennington we're in Woodford and
Searsburg Sunday ann Monday.
Thomas Rogers and wife, who are
doing work on lumber job in STRAIT
ton, have been in town several days.
Mrs John McDermott Of Arlington
and Mrs Chas Williams Of Manches-
ter have been guests Of Geo W. Bick-
ford aud wife.
Miss Elizabeth Field was called to
Bennington Tuesday to see her sister,
who is quite i'll. The latter is teach
er in the graded school.
While binding load of lumber the
chain unlocked, precipitating Niles
Brat to the ground with such force as
to break the wrist OF his right hand
Dan Levan, carpenter from New
ark, N. j., is getting the frame Tor
Rev VIM SCOTS new house in readi-
ness. A. w. Hagar is doing the ma
sonry work.
The family OF F. A. Gleason is now
stricken with scarlet fever at their
home In West Cheshire, Conn. Their
house is quarantined They have had
an unusual amount of sickness since
leaving woodford, less than a year
ago.
Mason L. Knapp is not easily dis
couraged and has commenced blasting
for gold on his premises and has
force of men at work. Mr. Knapp SIS
somewhat of a minerologist himself,
and is confident that he has struck the
right vein.
A Ia Paul Revere, little Lucretia
Cutler "sped like the wind" on her
wheel last Sunday afternoon TO warn
people out to the fire. She gave the
alarm from one end OF the City to the
other in less than FIVE minutes. Pretty
good for child of seven summers.
Columbus Cutler, who was found
dead in his bed at his home in Hart
wellville, was born in Woodford about
80 years ago and lived many years of
his life here. Ashley Lord, who was
found dead In bed at a hotel in Brat
tleboro, was once a sawyer in the Pine
Valley.
May, with shining robes and fra
grant breath, is with US again, invit-
ing us forth to see the glowing mys-
teries of nature. Sweet, capricious
May! Though we sometimes quarrel
with her hayward moods, il is but a
lovers quarrel, and-welove her still
as she comes to us, wreathed with flow
ers and sunny smiles.
Albert Schultz's barn was.consumed
by fire Sunday afternoon Thomas
Rogers span of work horses were in
the barn and burned to death. Mr.
Schultz had small quantity of hay
and tools 10 the barn. Nothing was
saved. It canuot be conjectured how
the fire caught, unless by sparks from
the chimney of the house. There was
a small insurance on the building.
The Christian Endeavor Society of
the Union church has chosen these
officers for the ensuing six months:
President, Geo w, Knapp; vice presi-
dent, Gertrude Higgins; secretary and
treasurer, Eliza Bowles; lookout com
mittee, c. d. Sawyer, Mrs VIM Bow