The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-05-20

in it, and he will take 1t down to
use, we hear, near his shop in con-
nection with the milling business
that he has just taken up.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard e. Walker,
who have lately returned here from
British Columbia, have been staying
in Barre where their brother, Arch
itect Frank A. Walker of Montpe-
lier has his home. 1t has been ru-
mored that w. E. will now be en-
ployed in some way with r. A.
Walker, but we fail to get the facts
at this writing.
Mrs. Hiram Thurber, the wife OF
Printer Thurber, who bought the old
Uncle James Hatch farm Of the es-
tate of Warren s. Covell, has been
in very poor health for some months
past. Mr.. Thurber's son, Erwin W.,
by former wife, returned not long
ago from a canvassing trip about the
state, and went to Washington, D.
c., to attend a convention of Second
Adventists, we think.
A recent morning walk of two
miles took us to the home Of Jason
H. Jeffords and son, Russell NJ,
Jeffords. 1t was good to find Mrs.
Jason II. Jeffords so we'll as she
seemed at that time after the shock.
and consequent i'll health of a year
or two ago, though she has not yet
recovered all of the old time vigor.
We have never known of a farm
that has been sold upon our own
judgment Of it, but if this father
and son haven't "a daisy of a place
in their large farm of some 26O or
more acres, we think, then we are
misled by our eyes. Such large and
apparently we'll cultivated fields tell
of brains and Drawn. And then the
mountain views from the farm are
fine indeed. 1t doesn't seem that
these farmers need any of President
Roosevelt's pity.
The golden wedding of Rev. and
Mrs. William Schofield was, of nee
essity, quiet one, last Saturday
afternoon, because of the feeble
condition of Mrs. Schofields health.
The two sons, Joseph and William,
an dtheir wives, and the only daugh-
ter, Mrs. Anna Schofield Randall Of
Chicago, were present. A score or
SO of townspeople made short calls
and Mr.. and Mrs. George Denny of
South Mortified, old parishioners,
drove here. Among their warmest
friends hereabouts, the Schofields
reckon Mr.. and Mrs. Dana D. Field
of Mortified, who celebrated their
own golden wedding last Saturday,
else doubtless they would have been
here the day was so favorable. The
house was redolent with the odor
of flowers. Fifty American Beauty
roses had come from son-in-law,
VIII Randall, of Chicago; bridal
roses from Montreal and boxes of
roses and pinks came from other
quarters. More than thirty letters
and cards were received by mail,
from old friends and parishioners
suited to the event, and presents OF
gold, ETC., etc, were received. George
Bosworth was here from Berlin and
made two photographs, one of Mr..
and Mrs. Schofeld, sitting in the
house and the other of parents and
children on the front piazza of the
house. The only shadow on the
pleasant occasion was the illness of
Mrs. Schofield that caused her
friends to fear she might not be
able to endure it. But with her ma
turally great resolution and the ma
tural stimulus of the event, to which
she had looked forward to with so
mch interest, we are glad to say she
survived it quite we'll. OF the four
children born to Mr.. and Mrs. Scho-
| field, three are living, the second
child, a son, having died in England
before the family came here in 1865,
and we know of no family of chill
| dren who seem more loyal, more de-
| voted to their parents than does this
family. Would that every other IA
mily might have on their golden
wedding" anniversary so much oil
| filial love- We tender hearty con-
CALCULATIONS to parents and children
over this not too common family
event.
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