Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-12-07
THANKSGIVING Ia Pasadena.

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A party Of eight, writes Miss Maurine
Thayer, gathered around the festive board
Thanksgiving day AZ Hudson II. Bailey's
in South Pasadena, Cal The Eastern
group in a Western land consisted OF Mr-
and Mrs Bailey and their three daugh-
ters-Miss Ella leaving her work as nurse
in hospital in Los Angeles for vacation
lasting from Tuesday to Friday Miss
Thayer and Flynn Parmenter from RAN
dolph and William Clifford from Roches-
ter. A noble spread was provided and fol-
lowed by games and candy pull.
The weather was warm as summer and
yet not hot in the shade, and the electricB
were buzzing to and fro. the cars combi-
nation OF open and closed compartments
with a bright searchlight in front and the
motorman sitting on high stool behind
a. plate glass window to protect him from
the storm.
The streets Of South Pasadena. the writ
er says, are very wide and almost as hard
as pavement, for they are oiled and the
oil. working in, hardens them. On each
side Is a space OF about five feet where
palms, pepper trees and grass flourish, the
pepper trees being very graceful and pret-
u. The sidewalks are ali made of pave
ment laid in big squares and raised above
the street
In her sight seeing trips, Miss rhayer
has lately visited the San Gabriel mission.
one OF the famous thereabouts, with its
fifteen large paintings, which are very val
liable as they were made in Spain and rep
resent school Of art now extinct. Al
though the paintings are so old that the
canvas is nearly worn away the colors are
still as bright as when they were first APP
piled.
The Wednesday before Thanksgiving a
production OF "Ben Hur" was witnessed
in Los Angeles, and on pres ious visit TO
that city Miss Ihayer met two former
Randolph girls, the daughters OF o. B.
Childs Miss Mary, who is chief burner,
with eight girls under her, in a store OF
Indian curios and burnt work, and Mrs.
Elsie Childs MeNain, who has studio to
develop pictures.
Death Of Mrs. Charlotte Montgomery.
Mrs. Charlotte fEllis), widow OF John
Montgomery, died shortly after o'clock
Sunday morning at the advanced age of
g6 years aud 10 months. For the last Two
years she had been too feeble to leave her
bed, and for a month had been falling
from day 20 day, her wonder
ful constitution yielding at last 10 the
workings Of senile decay.
Though bodily frailty impaired her ae-
tivity, yet she busted herself happily with
reading, sewing and croeheting, and
wrought with 50 much industry that hb
aprons were adorned with delicate lace OF
her manufacture long after she had
She had besides made yards OF narrow
edging and set many dainty stitches in
fancy needlework. The last week OF her
life she was found sitting up in bed, for
getting her weariness in her fayorite
crocheiing. A great reader, she found
pleasure in keeping herself well informed
and retained the keennoss Of her mental
faculties 20 the end
Mrs. Montgomery was born January Is,
1909, IN Peru, \. A., and when five years
old removed with her parents to Ner-
mont. crossing Lake Champlain ON the
lee. through whose cracks the water came
iil it reached the horses knees. There
after her home was 10 Braintree and Ran
iolph. After her marriage she lived Tor
! long time in Brainlree on the Spaff0rd
'arm and the one adjoining II, and az the
after place Mr.. Montgomerys death oc-
,urred 81 years ago. With the exception
n tour and a half years from 1879 that
she spent with her daughter in-law, Mrs
NJ. =. Montgomery, she had been mem
Der for 20 years OF the family OF her
nephew, Charles A. Blodgett, IN whose
house she was faithfully cared for IN her
declining days.
She was the mother of eight children
md gave three sons 10 her country's SER
'ice in the war Of the Rebellion Minan-
Ia, who sickened and died In the army;
Niiron, who was so badly wounded Al
Bull Run that he could not recover, and
)sssed away three years ago. OF the other
a son, Merton, died the same
all as his father; a daughter. Lydia Jane
,ialony, lived 10 her 18th year, and two
onf, Julius of Randolph and Mason Of
are surviving members OF the
amily. Mrs. Montgomery also left one
lister, Mrs. Elijah Blodgett, OF the
enter.
The funeral service was at Mr.. Blod-
.ott's Tuesday afternoon at I o'clock, Rev.
fraser Metzger being the officiating
clergyman, and A. n. Beedle, DR.. W. NJ.
kelty, Miss Blanche SparhaWk and Miss
Kate Howard composing the quartet
friends from away al the service were
J. X. Jones and his daughter, Mrs. Dan
Davis, and Mrs Charlotte Marsh Of North
ield, Mr.. and Mrs. selya Thayer of Bran-
rec and Mrs. 4. l.. Ninton OF East Gran
lille,
The bearers were the son, Julius Mont
.omery, {. A. Blodgett, Jesse Blodgett
nd ]. ID. Williams. lntermCut was in
outhview cemetery.
Sick Wives and Daughters.