Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-12-03

contracting parties until after the event
Was over. The bride was handsomely
gowned IN travelling suit OF taupe gray
and wore hat Of green ottoman sink.
her bouquet was OF carnations. Mr.. and
mrs. Osba are to live in Randolph. here
the groom Is nicely established in bush
ness as ieweler. Both are we'll and ia
vorably known here and have many
friends t. wish them happiness and pros
perity.
The Rochester club rallied IS, instead
Of 100, t. the Thanksgiving banquet and
reunion n Edson's hall this year, the
shrinnkage being due in part to recent
revision of the membership list and also
TO less number Of invitations to those
outside the club. Roast beef and pork,
chickenpie and all the delicacies known
10 good cookery furnished forth q royal
feast, 30 bountiful that after all had eaten
and were well filed. they gathered up six
large baakets OF the fragments that re-
manned and distributed among less for
tunate diners than the Rochester club and
its guests. The afternoon was given over
to social enjoyment, and the reunion
proved one Of the happiost in the history
OF the club. Wardner Hodgkins from
Rochester was present with the family Of
his son, Wesley.
George Lyons Of HinsdaIe, n. H., a
brother Of Mrs. e. H. Bruce OF this place,
died the 25th nit. at the home OF his sis
ter, Mrs. J. J. Roberts, In Boston. Mr..
Lyons bad been out OF health q year,
suffering from a complication OF diseases
that followed the poisoning Of his system
from work in the curing of tobacco
leaves. He went to 30 ton 8 month be-
fore his death to seek medical help, but
his complaint had been Of too long stand
ing to yield to any treatment. he was
born IN Brookfield, the son OF Joseph and
Ann lWillsl Lyon, and he left, besides a
wife and two stepsons, four sisters and q
hrother-MrH ]. !. Roberts of Boston.
Mrs. E. n. Bruce Of Randolph, Mrs. Ell.
len Loomis Of Holyoke, Mass, Mrs. Hen
rietta 5prague OF East Randolph and
Charles Lyon OF Brookaeld. The de-
ceased was carpenter by trade and had
been for 50 years q resident Of Hinsdaie,
where the funeral service and intermeni
took place Friday.
Last Thursday night many peopI.
wound mp the Thanksgiving festivitie.
by seeking amusement at d. w. Flagg'I
moving picture show in Dubois & Gays
hall, IN which a large number of specta
tors assembled and had a frst-class en-
tertainment provided for them. Four
teen or fifteen couples found enjoyment
At the Old Folks ball given under thI
management Of Jesse H. Blodgett at Man
slon House hall and danced merrily Il
the music Of L. J. Blakely's fiddle with
organ accompaniment. Among those in
town for the holiday and not previously
mentioned were Mrs. J. {. Sargent o.
Sharon and her son, Francis ]. Sargent
Of Bethel, at Mrs. Alpha Messsr's; Clar
ence 6. Grow OF New York city, the
guest Of DIR. and Mrs. L. A. Russlow
Miss Clara Burnham of Concord, N. H.
with her mother, Mrs. Frances Burnham
Robert Sault Of Dartmouth college; Mis-
Lima Miller from WebstervilIe, Barre
where she Is teaching; Miss Cora Nobl'
from Ht. Mary's school, which she Is at
tending in Burlington; Miss Clara Bean,
q teacher in Barre city schools; and Mrs
stephen Cushman and daughter Of st.
Johnsbury, who stayed from Tuesday tC
Friday with Mr.. and Mrs. George Bruce
Death Of Ira A. Spear.
Ira Allen Spear died Wednesday night,
Nov. %, in the asylum at Waterbury, tC
which he was taken in April. 1907, suffer.
ing from q mental trouble that had been
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eight years OF his life. Quiet and tracta-
bic in disposition, he won the good will
OF thu attendants By his calm acceptance
Of restraint end his ability to relieve the
irksofneness Of confinement nv the dill.
gent reading Of papers, lifelong habit
from which he derived no small amount
of comfort. Several days before his death
be had period Of unusual excitabiiity
succeeded by a stupor, into which b
sank, never to rally again.
Mr.. Spear was born in Braintree, Sept
10, 1925, the son Of Benjamin and Mar,
(Thayer) Spear. His father, whose death
occurred in 1850. was one of the old-tim,
teamaters to Boston before the railroad
brought easier freighting facilities e
Vermont farmers. The son, Ira, livel
upon the home farm and after the faith
er's death continued to carry on the placI
until the decease OF his mother in 1875
He never married and after his mother
was laid to rest, his nephews and niece
welcomed him to their homes, in which
be became the children's TREND and play
mate, fondness for little people having
always been Characteristic Of him.
His nearest surviving relatives are thre
niecos and three nephews- Mrs. Sew
Thayer Of Braintree, Mrs. E. s. Abbott o
Randolph, Mrs. George Hedge of Welles
ley Hills. Mass, Carroll L. Flint OF Bur
lington, Charles Spear Of Shelburne Falls
Mass, and Herbert Spear Of Medford
Mass.
The remains were brought from Water
bury and taken to the home OF Mrs. Alb
bott on Hale street, and there the funera
service was held ct o'clock Saturday aft
ernoon, Rev. Fraser Metzger officiating
Burial was in the cemetery at Braintre
Branch and the bearers were Carroll 1
Flint OF Burlington, Charles Spear o
; Shel burne Falls, Mass, e. 8. Abbott an
ID. II. Morse.
) Besides the nephews, @. L. Flint an
: Charles Spear, there were present at tn
I funeral from out Of town Mrs. Georg
/. Hedge Of Wellesley Hills, Mass, Mr.. an
] Mrs. 8. II. Thayer OF Braintree, Mr.. an
8 Mrs. Mark Abbott of Orwell and Mrs. L
: ! L. Dickerman Of East Granville.