Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-08-05

divide the proceeds of the engagement.
Il viii be remem bered that capacity
audiences have always greeted this popular
entertainer. The reason is not far to seek.
Aside from his versatility as a creator of
laughable scenes in hypnotism and his
mysterious demonstration of menta
telepathy his gentlemanly conduct and
upright manly bearing warrant the fol-
lowing he receives. In spite of his re-
markable success at home and on the road
he is affable and unaffected. He will try
to eclipse all previous efforts as this may
be his last appearance before a Barton
audience. In addition to the great Pres
celle Mrs Edna May MagooD, who has
assisted Prescelle in all the leading city
theatres in New England, will appear each
evening. Mrs. Magoon is one of three
women public demonstrators of hypnotism
in the world. AS this is her first appear
ance in Barton the announcement will no
doubt create a deal of interest. G. G.
Bonner of Taunton, Mass, will sing the
| illustrated songs, having been reengaged
| for the coming season. There will be
| dancing after the show from 1890 until
2 a. m. Good music in attendance. See
ad. on another page.
A sudden death occurred last Thursday
at 1890 a. M, namely, that Of Miss Martha
| Woodman, one of the oldest residents,
having lived in this village, perhaps, longer
| than any person now living. Her death
was sudden, in that she was taken sick
the night before, and in the morning was
past all medical aid. It is thought she
died from parelytic shock. Miss Wood
| man-always known as g. Martha ''-Was
bern in house which was located on the
west side of the river, on land now occupied
by the Peerless building. Her birth oc
Cured on the 9th of December, 1929. About
two years later her father, John l.. Wood
man, built the house known as the
"Woodman house, and Martha, being a
small child, he carried her in his arms to
the house in which she lived for about 76
years. Probably no other person living in
town was as we'll versed in the history of
the community as she was. Possessed of a
remarkable memory OF dates, persons,
events, etc, she was authority for many
years as to what events had transpired
here, and the years, and even the very
days, were set down in her memory, which
she could call forth when occasion re-
quired. 1f her younger days she was for q
time successful school teacher; and she
and her sister Mary were very prominent
in charitable deeds, especially kind to the
poor fsd unfortunate, always helping
somebody who needed help. She possessed
the same inf1exible honesty for which hel
, father was noted, had the courage of hel
J convict ions, deprecated every form O
3 wickedness, and approved everything tina
was good. In her later years, since TIT
, death of her friends, she has lived much
4 in the past, careful to preserve the relic
| familiar to her friends long ago, and hold
: ing in the highest regard what her father
mother and sister handled, read or used il
q any way, keeping things as nearly as pos
+ sible the same as when her friends wer
g alive. This was her strong characteristic
:. in her later years. Perhaps no person il
!. the community loved relatives and dea
r ones as we'll as Martha. No new friend
i could take the high place in her affections
Her preference was to live alone, in th
. house where her father, mother. sister an
:, brother had died, and her brothers per
, mitted her to do this. She leaves tw
= brothers, Charles E. Woodman of Somer
W vile, Mass, and Horace A. Woodman c
n Kansas City. Missouri, and some more dis
/, tant relatives and friends to mourn he
., decease. The obsequies were observed o
h Saturday, August 8, Rev. w. A. Warne
officiating, and the interment was in th
70 village cemetery.
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