The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-20
West BrattIebOrO
Death Of Mn. Lara Frost.

Mrs. Lara ff9si, ~ died Monday e'
heart dis~zsr, al the hotne II hsf dsasii'
tsf, Mrs, Gearse y, Winter. On the Mai,
i.ofo rad. she had heen ~ for SEVERAL
months and daIins The last ~ seshs bad
hssa EHisF the ssEs Q, iFainei sur
iIsT illness MAS II such nature that she
hsa suffered intensely during The time,
Mrs. fFasi's maiden name MAS I.ufa
klanr, She Nas bom March 81, isss, -
Uuhl,arlstan. Mass and MAS one ~ y
Children IL Samson and Dolly lWaiiel
slonr. Her eAhs HE Mas sIseni al the
home IL her paTenis ~ her native Town
She married Sumner kress 81 hnblsaHls'
ton, Mass. in lsis, Their hainc Hss IN
thai town uniil Mr. fesl enlisted IN The
army lie was a mraheF ii the .sih
Resiment, Company l, Massachusetts
volunteers. lie WAS taken a prisoner W
The frl.cls May II, lssl, and eonhho'i ~
Ilbhy pTisa,n 10 days then transferred 10
AnlersanVillo aud To Drrwy's hlan AZ
The time III the raraplnte oi Charleston
and an dee u.s. 1874, Was transferred 10
Annapolis, Nd, where be died lew days
later from exposure and illness, After ar,
fross's death Mrs, Frost followed nursing
for about 10 years l.iofe she saie 70
This town, Mr. aud Mrs, frusi had I'VE
sons, Roswell l.. frosi II this town ami
Myron A. Frost, who died about ~ years
aso. and one daughter, Ida, wife Of q, r.
Winter with whom Mrs, Frost had made
her home. She had lived nj years on the
farm where she died, =,
Mis-. Frost was a charter member OF
the Ilnbbarlsion, Mass, Methodist
church and during the years when ~,
had been a resident 81 this town she hah
been a member and active worker ~ ihe
Methodist ehunrh az Rraiileboro and had
Leen a constant attendant there until
prevented from doing 80 by failing health
She Was one 81 the insilgaiors Of the DUN
merston Hill Grove Meeting association,
had served ON the board OF directors Tor
several years and had contributed literally
for rs support, She leaves one son, H.
l.. Frost and one daughter, Mr.. George
y. Winter four grandchildren, and three
grcat.gn andchildren. one brother, ALVIN
Stone. 81. Of San Francisco, and two SIS
ters. Mrs. Chloe Savage. -. Of Ashhurn'
ham. Mass, and Mrs. Amanda Graves, ~,
OF Keene, y. II. The youngest member
OF the family. Mrs. Augusta Morse, died
last October in Worcester, Mass, at the
age Of 20 years.
The funeral was held yesterday after
noon al 30 o'clock at the home. Rev.
A. III. Webb. pastor Of the Methodist
church. oiiiciated and Miss Emma Gregg
sang. There was q profusion OF beauii'
full flowers The body was taken this
morning 10 .hhrrss i'i
in the family lot where four generations
of the Frost family have been buried. MIR.
and Mrs. q. I. Winter and X. l.. Frost
accompanied the body.
ID. T. Perry has been in Burlington this
week on business.
l.. f. Bond has been housed by illness
a part OF the week.
Mrs. F. o. Morse visited relatives in
Greenfield Wednesday.
Master Leland Convey has been a victim
Of the grip this week.
Mrs. Amy RYAN went Saturday to Leom'
mister. Mass, to visit relatives.
Mrs. ]. II. LeRay is among those who
are housed by illness this week.
Miss Alice Whitney Of Marlboro is at
W. b. Warren's for few weeks.
The Needlecraft will meet Tuesday af-
ternoon with Miss Olive Weatherhead.
Mrs. II. C. Squires and Mrs. J. S.
Morse visited in Greenfield Wednesday.
Mrs. Thomas Callahan of New York is
visiting her brother, Edward McDonough.
Hoyt Barber of Jacksonville has been
a guest Of his father, Henry Barber, this
week -, :,
Mrs. George Brooks and children Of
Vernon are with Miss +. A. Cutler for an
indefinite stay.
Miss Bessie Mackenzie will spend her
vacation at the home of her parents IN
Royalston, Mass.
The Near and Farther Lights study
class will meet will Mrs. 4. II. Davenport
Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Mary Stearns returned yesterday
from Andover, Mass, yhere she has been
spending the winter.
Robins and buebirds were seen Tues
day morning on Dummerston hill for the
first time this season.
Miss Eva Briggs and Miss Clara Better
lev have been absent from school this
week on account of illness.
DR.. F. w. Gage has been in Chester
field Hinsdale, Marlboro and Whining
ton this week on business.
Mrs. L. S. Bartlett and Miss Maria
Stedman are spending the week in Spring
field, Mass, with relatives.
Mrs. Harriet A. Stone came Tuesday
from Wilmington for an indefinite stay at
the home of Mrs. G. r. Evans
Miss Florence johnson went Monday to
Norwich, Conn, to spend two weeks with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. 5. johnson.
Miss Helen Weatherhead left town this
morning for Boston where she will be a
guest Of Miss Dasie Miller at Simmons
college.
G. R. Prentiss returned Saturday from
Schenectady, N. Y, and expects to go
to Windham early next week for an in.
definite stay.
Robert Graham and family have rented
the Clark place on South, street and will
move there at an early date from H. Z.
MQlrOcn
Miss Susie L. Clark left Friday for De-
troit. Mich. to visit her brother Ed
ward S. Clark. Later she will be guest
of DR.. Clawson's family in Ann Arbor.
Mrs. f. G. Brown is expected to return
today from Providence, R. T., accompanied
by her sister, Miss Anna Smith, who has
been spending the winter in Brooklyn.
Mrs. Emma Niles returned Wednesday
to Concord, N. H., after spending about
three weeks in town with her mother.
Mrs c. T.. Clisbee, and her sister, Mrs.
Allie. Richmond.
Y Miss Minnie Stockwel has recently pur-
chased the G.. III. Davenport house on Oak
street and after remodeling it extensive
ly will rent one fiat and occupy the Sec
ond one herself.
Miss Katherine Perkins leaves tomorrow
for Washington, d. G. On her return
she will visit her brother. f. Il. Perkins,
in, Chester, Mass, and later go to her
home in Hampton, N. Y.
H. F. Trip of Claremont, N. H., is
with his son, A. L. Trip, for few weeks
E. A. Convey and family have moved this
week from Chestnut street to Mrs. Mary
Shearer's house in Centervile.
The basketball game in Academy hall
Wednesday afternoon between the first di-
vision junior Seminars and the Brattle-
boro eighth grade teams was won by the
Seminars by a score of 30 to lR