Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-09-09
LEYpEN.
A Series OF Home Gatherinss-An
Auto Accident.

A Series Of Home Gatherinss-Ar
Auto Accident.
Although Leyden does not cele-
lbrate Old Home week, we often have
those who have formerly lived here
coming 10 visit and renew acquain-
lance with those who have always
STAYED here. So during the last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Davis of Kid
der. Mo. who have been gone 80
years, returned to find they had not
| been forgotten; also Mrs. Mary Field
/ Colburn of st, Paul, MIMI came
with her daughter Dorothy 10 VISIT
places once familiar and find that old
/ friends were friends now. Mrs. Mary
Potter Nichols of Worcester and Mrs.
! Lizzie Potter Wright with her hus-
band from Elgin, H. have visited
/ their sister, Mrs. IL. Il. Mowry Mr..
and Mrs. Van Olden of Hinckley,
! Hl have visited the families of Allen,
| Stephen and John Newcomb. Mrs,
| Van Olden is the daughter of Char
| lotte Newcomb and visited her rela-
tives I'm Leyden II years ago. Mrs.
Worthington with her husband and
daughter, Mrs. Jones, came from Sus-
sex, Wis. to visit cher mother, Mrs.
| Oliver Miner and Mr., and Mrs. Ed
ward Fowler of Los Angeles, Cal, to
visit her father, oliver Miner II was
"A very pleasant gathering that was
held at the home of j. II. Newcomb
Monday. Sept. ;, when all the chill
dren and grandchildren, except the
youngest son Dwight and his family
who live In Iowa, were present The
company numbered 20 and repre-
scented four generations, Mrs New
combs mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Den
nison. who was 81 years old Hast
April being present Much sympathy
was felt for Dwight and his wife in
the loss of their youngest son, Alex
ander Hamilton, at the age of one
year and nine months. II Is the nrst
death in the family.
A two-seated, canopy topped auto
mobile, weighing 260O pounds, occu-
MED by two men from Brattleboro
left the road Sunday afternoon on
the way to Bernardston just below
Keets mill and landed bottom side
up in the brook with both occupants
underneath IL. Neither was much
hurt so they were able to crawl out
and go TO Mr.. Wrght's for help. Fred
Wright with a span of horses and two
sets of puAeys and several men VINO
had gathered to see the show, sue
ceeded In getting the machine out
and onto its wheels again when IL
was found a bolt was broken so II
could not be run and 1t was drawn
to a nearby house and left till a new
bolt could be procured. The road is
rough and muddy and they were go
ing at a speed of 80 miles an hour so
it is no wonder they landed where
they did.
Miss Rhoda Miner of Greenfield is at
S. b. Buddington's.
Thermometer was down to 40 de-
grees Tuesday morning, Sept. 6.
Mrs. C. +. Severance went Saturday
TO visit her cousin, Mrs. Fred Bach
eldor in Conway.
Fifteen from Leyden attended the
grange picnic and clam bake at
Franklin park Saturday, Aug. q.
L.ura Donaldson. former teacher
in town but now a teacher in Green
field, Is visiting at William Camp
bells.
Miss Meroa Severance and Mrs
Herbert Frizzeil went Tuesday to the
camp meeting. Several others Went
later in the week,
Mr. and Mrs. w A. Campbell with
Florence Miss Smith and Miss Oar
ling Joined the excursion to Nantasket
wednesday, Aug. "a
Rev. and Mrs. E. d. Lane attended
the camp meeting at Laurel park from
Monday to Friday returning to hoid
services as usual Sunday.
Mrs. W. C. Smith and daughter of
West Deerfield, who have been spend
ing the last week at S. C. Severance
returned TO their home taking her Sis
ter Mildred with them 10 stay TIL
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Severance, Mr..
and Mrs. James Campbell with Miss
Sarah and Miss Alice Campbell went
to Laurel park for the day Sunday,
going by trolley from Greenfield.
The schools in town commenced.
Monday. Aug. 20. with the same
teachers in the south district and OH
East hill, Miss Maude Kenney in the
high school and Miss Georgia Morgan
of Groveland in the primary school at
the center
The coon hunting season opened
Friday night when IL men and boys
with dogs and lanterns started out
from Herbert Friz2ers. After trav-
ersing the meadows and fields in the
north part of the town they crossed
the line into Guilford and from one
corn field they started three coolls'
but though they spent the entire
night they did not succeed in cap
turing a coon.
Mrs. L. T. Darling and Frank went
to Springfield to visit Mrs. Earrings
sister. Mrs Sheldon. She returned
Saturday but Frank met his uncle,
Col. Henry Darling, and went with
him to the reunion of the regiment to
which the colonel belongs. which was
held in Hartford. From there they
went to visit friends in New York
city, Mt. Vernon, n. Y, and in Bridge
port. CT, and his uncle came home
with Frank at the close of last week
Mrs. Laurence. former superintend-
ent of the Franklin County hospital
came to William BARRIERS Saturday
night. She is recovering from Sc
we're illness and was obliged to stop at
the hospital from Thursday till Sat
urday before finishing her journey
She came from Virginia beach. She
is superintendent of the Rex hospital
at Raleigh, n. c., and when she re-
covers will return there. She came TO
Leyden from the hospital in an ambu-
lance