Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-05-25

Ephraim Wires, ex-president of the
Lexington (Mass.) waterworks and 9
we'll known business man Of Boston and
Milford, Mass, died at his home in MIL
ford last Thursday after a severe surgical
operation. He was born in Cambridge OF
this state and was the son of the late AL
win aud Amy (Lewis) Wires, who lived
many years IN Randolph, their residence
being the place still known as the Wires
house on Pleasant street. The deceased
was a brother of Capt. HI. NJ. Wires and
an uncle of Mrs. G. w. Hayward. lie
went to Milford about 1857 and bad resid-
ed there ever since. He was prominent as
photographer forty years ago and was
the first person in Massachusetts, to apply
the principles OF art to photography. He
was interested in various corporations and
retired from business with fortune TWEEN
y years ago.
The funeral service over the remains OF
Charles Z. Woodward, whose death at the
age OF 20 years, occurred Wednesday
morning of last week, was held at his late
home IN Braintree at 2 O'Clock Saturday
afternoon, Rev. Fraser Metzger OH eating.
male quartet, composed Of John l..
Hutchinson, Earl Powers, ElwIn Martin
and Fred Grain, sang three appropriate
selections. The relatives from out Of
town present at the service were the son,
Or. John Woodward of Oxford, Mass. /;
three daughters, Mrs. A. j. Boyce OF Ran
dolph with her daughter, Mary, Mrs. Levi
Wilder, husband and child of Middlesex
and Mrs. Chester Dana and husband of
Waitsheld; a daughter-i law, Mrs. c. E.
Woodward, Jr., of Montpelier, and Miss
Mary Butterield Of Roxbury. IntermeDt
was made in the cemetery in East Brain
tree, ana the son and the three sons in
law acted as bearers.
An item that has been making the
rounds Of the state press is to the effect
that Mrs. Rufus Kidder of Woodstock has
in her possession copy of "The Northern
Memento," a paper established by her
father, the late Isaiah Carpenter in Wood
stock, May 5, 1905, just a century ago. at
is dated, says the item, "June 6 of that
year and IS a curiosity IN comparison with
modern productions, its stock being the
hand made rag paper Characteristic of
those days. In its type matter little at
tention was paid to local news, though a
sensational item from Randolph begins as
follows:-'Horrible disappointment : ! |!
One day last week an elderly man in
BrooSfield. whose name we do not choose
to mention,w was found hanging in his barn
by bride, apparently dead & his face as
black as a hat. He was Immediately cut
down, but ii was nearly half an hour be-
fore any signs OF life were discovered in
him and ii is said that three hours elapsed
before he could stand or speak ETC."
The body OF Harmon j. Rood, who
dropped dead on the street in Museogee,
Indian Territory, was brought East by his
son-in-law, Frank Lavelle, of Denver,
Col, and reached here Saturday morning
on the o'clock train. The funeral serv-
ice was held Sunday in the church ON
Braintree hill, Rev. X. II. Abercrombie of
Brooktield officiating, and the burial was
also in Braintree. A press despatch from
Denver. dated May 20, in the Sunday edi-
tion OF the New York American stated
that Mr.. Rood, who was supposed to have
been penniless, was far from being an OBJ
iect OF charity, as 1t had been learned from
papers in his trunk that he owned large
blocks of real estate, not only in Denver,
but in Vermont and Illinois, rough esti-
mate placing the value Of his known hold
ings al $4,000, besides a big farm west OF
Denver. This despatch, according to Mr..
Lavelle, was piece of journalistic fiction,
as no such papers were found and the only
property OF which Mr.. Rood died pos
sessed is the farm in Brookfield, on which
j. A. Washburn lives and which is valued
at $1,000, with $1,000 worth OF stock. On
this property there is a mortgage for about
$1,000, held by the Woodstock Savings
bank. Mr.. Lavelle left Tuesday on his re-
turn to Denver, going from here to
Worcester, Mass.