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YRS. RITTENBI son TREED.
Correspondent IN DiNOrrc suit T. = Wan
Prem Missouri Actress.

Tome On o. 'le wnter- fue WIS he
sentiment contained IN letter sent by
Niss Florence ? Stevens ~ the Man
Prom Missouri company 10 Conrad Rit.
tenbusch. an architect ~ $50 Fifth avenue.
that aided his wife Mrs Alice " Ritten-
busch. % win an intcrloclt1ry decree Il
divorce the custody ~ he. ten-yeaT-0id
s1n and SIS a week alimony IN trial
before Justice Marean In tho Queens
County Supreme Court. long Island City.
Yesterday
Miss stevens, who " said tp no the d.
vorced wife u William Grant Cook. was
named a. the correspondent Her attire
In court was in marked contrast % that Of
Mrs Rittenbusch, who sat beside her
sister. Mrs. Catherine NJ Batick OF ass
Fifth avenue. Manhattan They we're
both in deep mourning for the death of
their father
According 10 the testimony. Mr Rat
tenbusCh first met Miss Stevens at New
Years dance Of the whitestOne Yacht
Club. and six months later the Ritten-
busches separated. Mrs Rittenbusch re-
tanning the country home in milestone
and her husband going % live at the
yacht club house
Mrs. Batick testified that in March Of
last year she saw Rittenbusch and Misc
stevens ledye the Hotel Gerard and she
! followed them 70 the Cafe des beauK
/ Arts. where they had luncheon She
testified that she followed them hack 20
the hotel. assembled with them in the
elevator and saw them enter a room
John r. Heath. employed Ivy Mrs Rit-
| tenbu~oh a. a oaTetaker. testified that one
night in June Oi last year he saw Ritten-
! busch and Mss Stevens get on a late train
az the WhitestOns station and 90 20 Mise
stevens's country home in - Seventeenth
street. Whitest0ne, and that RittenbusCh
did not come oft until the next morning.
Miss stevens testified that shs had not
| been guilty OF misconduct with kitten-
4 busch, ON crOas-examinatiOn she adj
mitted writing the following letter:
DEAR RIrrT' Saturday night next Mas
! Kane. Who plays Mr.. SpaRgieT IN our com-
pany. and one or two outsiders are N come
out with mo on the last train 10 remain over
sunday Won't you Join ~ In a little
.upper saturday mighty Would love 70
have you. and would alsB like you 70 have
A swim With ~ AZ DOremus's sunday. let
me know " possible. Sincerely.
FLORENCE r. STEVENS
Il developed on further Cross-eKami-
naticn that the reason Dear Ritty'
didn't accept the invitation was that the
| letter had been intercepted
What did you menn by addressing
/ Mr. Rittenbusch a. dear htty'Y- inquired
| Justice Marean.
sOhl" replied the witness. II ! was writ
ing 70 YOU I'd address you a. dear too
Mr. Rittenbuach denied that the tee
Z timony given by his wife's witnesses
was true He said that he was simply
| friendly with Mics Stevens
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OBITJ IRI.

Funeral zefN ices mere held last night
~ tamphell's undertaking rooms on SNfh
~ enue for Alexander b t0rhetf. % scenic
artist whose WORK was widely recognized
In the theatrical profession Mr. tOrhett
Na- for many year, with Wngenhal. a
keWuer. Who brought him Ia this city from
san Francisco he painted their Md
summer Nights Dream. Winters Tale
Merchant % Venice aud other shake
sperian pTOdu ions ne was = native 81
California. ~ years old Representative
Of al the scenic studios In New York at
tended tho funeral services
Capt James Toe superintendent ~
tho state soldiers Home az NOrOtOn Heights.
Conn, from August ~, 1891. until April "a.
1910. died Yesterday AZ bis home Ia NOTotOn
Capt COe vas born IN Ninsted. Conn IN
is3a tie served during the civil war Ia
the Sc Ond Connecticut Infantry and IN
the seCond Connecticut Artillery lie Was
mustered out August n. isu3. with the rank
% captain He was active In q. 4. X
cirCles tie 10 survived by his wife and one
sou, NilsonD COe Of New Haven
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DEATH OF THOMAS HITCHCOCK
MS HEALTH HAD BEEN DE-
Ginning ron TWO YEARS.

nut Until a Week Ago He was Able % Ne
About-Reached Hls SDth Hear-For
Many Years Associated with the
late Charles 4. Dana on 'rThe sun"
Thomas Hitchcock died yesterday after
noon at his home. 8 East Twenty -h.nth
street. Of pneumonia. Mr.. Hitchcock.
who was In his ssventy-ninth year. had
been in declining health for two years.
but vas not confined 10 his bed until a
week ago. lie died shortly before o'clock
His wife. his surviving sons. Francis X.
and Thomas. Jr. and the latter's wife
were at the bedside.
Mr. Hitchcock at y walked Fifth avenue
IN the neighbOrhOod Of his home looking
exactly as he had looked for the last six
teen or eighteen years. Tall rather than
short. or at any rate giving the impression
81 tall man. owing perhap s TO his slender
ness. no never bad the appearance Of
robustness. but he had a tenacity both
physical and mental that friends and
associates long ago learned N recognize.
Mr. Hitchcock was horn In New York
city ON December I. lsSl He grew 70
manhood when society and the general
community were not only smaller but we're
more closely bound together than In the
later years Of the metropolis. and he
never forgot the spirit Of the elder day.
He was a son Of William r. and Elithea
Sands LOCKWOOD Hitchcock He at
tended private schools and New York
University. from which he was graduated
In Isto and then took the course in law at
the Harvard law school.
Six years later, in 1855. he married at
walpole. y. H.. Marie Louise Center. and
their time children. Center. bOr In 1859
who died last December: Francis r., born
in 1855. and. Thomas. Jr. born in, iSSO,
grew 20 be among the hest known OF their
sets in the active society Of the city, MIR.
Hitchcock. senior praCtissd law from 1888
10 lSes. in which year he took up Journal
ism. Identifying himself with The SUN
under Charles A. Dana and continuing
with this newspaper until several years
after Mr. Dana death Tie wrote mainly
on financial and social topics and chroni-
cled tho doings ~ New York society.
His financial articles Of Monday morn
ings. which bore the signature Mathew
Marshall a. we'll a. his Sunday society
chronicles, were widely read Mr. Hitch
cock was a shrewd investor in the market
and on days Of panics would quit his desk
and 60 into the market for investment
stocks He published one hook and he
sometimes wrote literary articles for the
daily newspapers. His recreation was
literature and his club. the Century. He
was a Republican in politics. In 1902 he
opposed an emphatic refusal when the
Metropolitan Opera House management
wanted IN throw several boxes there into
one for the entertainment Of Prince Henry
Of PrIssia, 70 permit his box 10 be used in
such a scheme BE owned his hox there
and said he would ike 10 49, anybody
take his property away from him without
hi consent This whole matter u
royal box said he, Is a piece Of snob-
hishne=s
There arr two granddaugh and a
grandson. the children Of Thomas Hitch.
cock. IT,. who married Louise VI Eustis
The grandson ~ Thomas II ItChcock I'd
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-21
PAIiernan nra8E.

VnNAtRs. June - LOUIS Hartman Pat
terzon. editor Of the Newark SiaT. and Miss
Emma Louise BragR daughter Of Mr. and
Nrs Henry = BTaEg. we're married this
evening Al the home Of the brides parents.
40 Warburton avenue The ceremony
vas parfoTmsd by Tho Rev 2 Atherfon
won ~ Christ Episcopal Church The
nrihe. Who was Fiyen IN marriage BY her
father. wore a gOWn Of Uhite crepe char.
rUsuse cut IN empire style and trimmed
With rose point and duchess lace her
veil vas Of very Old point lace. an heirloom
In the family. and was held In place ~ 4
cOronet d orange blossoms and iilies ~
he valley She carried q shower bouquet
III bride rOses and lilie- Of the valley. The
maid N honor, Miss fl1Tence Mary tltch
al YonkerH. the brides only attendant.
VAS attirrd In pink br0Caded satin. The
beet IRAN was John avery u fQnkerH.
and the ushers we're Col Robert J.. Patter-
~ al Elizabeth a cousin VI tire hride-
groom. B clifford and d. De Forest
Hos land n StapletOn, staten Island. and
Henry 4 .iovland Of New iOrg city. Al
rouslgs Of the bride.
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THE SEIGOERS
.. SEQ sell for EurOpe To-day In the
Cabins Of FOur Liners.

About LOO cabin passenger depart
to-day for European ports in four liners
The North German lloyd crack krOn-
prinxesain Cecilie. for Plymouth. Cher
bourg and Bremen, goes with all her OH
oers' rooms occupied by voyagers. Among
her passengers are.
Mr. and Mrs. : u Austin, Mrs. ". p
Billings. Henry g. Bryant. MI. and Mrs..
Adolphus Busch. Mrs Thomas Byrnes,
Gen. and Mrs, Howard Carroll. Mr., and
Mrs John r. Carroll. Mr.. and Mrs. Eyertt
Colby. Miss Edith Hyde Colby, the Rev.
DR.. and Mrs Arcturus Z CoErad, PrOspero
De Noblli. P. u DuETo. Mrs. L. A. Faust.
Mrs. Marie FeiEenspan-Stengsl. DF. and
Mra Lionel Fteischmann. X. Horace Gala
In. John " Garrett. Mrs, Alice " Garrett.
LADY Herbert. Mrs, ,. =. kneeland. M
gnd Mrs LdS s.,S LooTTlsl ma samuel i, ~
la Net Net Prof and and Mrs. Eliot T. PsYson.
Mrs Laura A Peek. the Marquee and Mar.
quesa pinar del RIO, Mr. and Mr.. Leland
81 R0ss. Mr.. and Mrs, a. heyeranCer
Mrs John VI simpson. Henry =. r9yl9T
Henry " Thomas. Nj and Mrs. J. u
Weaver and Mrs Sarah B Wyeth.
By the HoIland-America steamship
Noordam, for Boulngne and Rotterdam
Mrs samuel Ames, Harold Bissell. the
Rev and Mrs samuel n hlschop, the Rev
Dr and Mrs David James Burrelli Mr. and
Mrs p 10 Crandell, ". n. Faulkner. Dr,
and Mrs Louis {. lie Roy. the heY. end
Mr. Charles l.. Mead ana Dr ana ME-
william p SlOcum.
Passengers by the Hamburg-American
liner Hamburg. for the Mediterranean
Mr. and Mrs Thomas n. Atherton. hr
and Mrs Carroll BeokEith, NJ. end Mrs
Charles " Clinton, the Rev David B. lloyd.
Mrs Frank Lincoln Howea, NJ and Mrs.
George UpdefFad, NJ. end AlrR; james
A Valentine. klT and Mrs. William p
Russell, MT and Mrs Charlet G. Pond and
Mrs l. r. Oimstead.
sailing BY the Italian liner Ooeania, for
the Mediterranean
Charles 0. Baasest. Mrs ; y Clark. Miss
Marion Dana. Mrs George n folfaI. the
Right Rev. Leonardo flofio. ~ frga4rick
diIieftN. Ciartnce Holman. Mrs. william
Tosi and The Might Rev and Mrs. Ffancia
~. WilaOn.
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orr TO HUNT DINOSAURS.
American Museum Party VIII Leave soF
Montana To-day.

Barnum Brown. the dinosaur expert
Of the American Museum Of Natural
History. will leave to-day for central
Montana 70 complete his collection Tor
the museum.
Last year Mr.. Brown headed an ex-
pedition IN Montana and found parts
Of the skeleton Of tho tyrannosaur,is.
the great carnivOrous dinosaur of the
oretaceous period. Two years ago he
found a skull. a record specimen q the
great horn dinosaur or tricerators. which
waa recently placed 10 dinosaur hall az
the museum The expedition this summer
will make a special effort 90 Obtain the
missing parts of the big horn iinosaur
Il will camp In the region u Rock Crees
and will remain In the field well into
October.
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nrtsE Lanas A,nonr nsnrr,.

George Locke. a driver for the Green
TaKioab Company Of Brooklyn. was
attacked by three men while his machine
was standing In front Of Raub's restau-
rant In Fulton street last night Ne
hrod two pistol shote and a brick thrown
BY one Of the me1 crashed through a hiE
plate glass window and caused Oommotian
among the diners. Ths men uh0 attacked
Locke escape1. but the driver was locked
W b the AdAns street police station
ne thinka HE aaUailants were striking
tndionb driven.
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LIEUT. STEPHENSON DEAD.
'Btg steve" ~ HariDor squad the Victim
~ BIoOd Poisoning Three NmDutRtiSns

'Big steve" ~ HariDoF squad the Victim
" Blood Poisoning Three Nmputati0ns
Police Lieutenant John Stephenson Of
the harbor squad died last night AZ the
Red Gross Hospital Of blood poisoning
following an operation for th- amputa-
ton Of hrs nj leg Il was his third opera
tion Tor amputation within two years
Three years ago while IN charge OF the
West Side court squad Big Steve was laid
up with what he thought was rheumatism.
but the physicians told him later that IL
was blood poisoning and his left foot ws-
amputated year later tho veg VIA
taken IN iust below the knee and last
Friday VI WAS found necessary ~ remove
the stump near the hip.
Since the first operation Lieut. Sicphel-
son has been attached 10 Harbor h. doing
desk duty. He was 40 years obi and lived
With hiz family al ~ Fast 1921 street
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The marriage Of MIas Sara Elise Eustis
and william Duncan Cameron took place
last evening az ths home oi the brides
parsnts. Mr.. and Mrs John 2. Eustis. on
ssdrNich avenue. Morris Heights The
o.remo1E vas performed 90 = o'clock Dy
The Rev Dr. + b Wightman, pastor oi the
t'niversitv Heights Presbyterian church
The BRIDE white satin costume had also
been The Wedding drasa % her mother and
vrandmother Miss Mary Eustis attended
beT sister a. maid Of honor The Misses
Eiiefis also sisters 81 the bride. and Helen
FsiFsr IN Westerly, n /. we're brides-
maids Ed0ard Ralderis was tha beat pan
Edward Eustia. George Morrison, John
Bruce and Henry halgga az we're ushefs
from a honeymoon ZIP and VII I've IN View
lorh.
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TAKE FOOT. BATH TONIGHT,

Afbsr dlaloiving one OF two Alicn's Foot.Taha
"A tisspuc Tablets foT ne foot .hatfi On me
water lt VIII take OUT all soreness. tmarung and
tenderness. remove loot odoru ana frtdhen the
feet Allene loot-Taht Instantly relieve uear
neaf aud sweating % l1naMef feet I1en Tor
Sod eNefvu here. ~. Ar1if lN1rluEtE1. 4Hwr'rT
FREB. Addre1l, Alien 81 oimsiat, " BOY, Ny.
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..H.r an.h.na,, Mner nsyr,.

A. z. Thomas dehshtful comedy.
Her Husbands WIFE, is standing we'll
the ssverost test for q popular play. Il h
reslstinR the warn weather LAT night
Henry Miller opened an engagement a.
the Criterion Theatre before . large
aucieucs The cast is unchanged.
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swift q comnanys laisb % FFesh Besi "a NeE
T1Fh city i0T he ueek eaninr saturday. June
itth. averaged 100 cents per polnd .tdt.
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Tsc -salamho. Madam Bovary. Murgerg, Rols-
rle. Galt.efs sturiea. Malpassantt tioriea
PRATT iai on a..
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-04-21

terest and continued the business until
his death, rounding out record OF over
So years OF successful business on tie
same site, and in the same store where he
had served his apprenticeship. He lived
to see nearly all Of his early associates
pass away and there are less than half a
dozen persons living in the village who
were here when he begun business.
Mr.. Tracy he'd held nearly all OF the
town offices of honor and trust, and for
years was director in the old First Ma
tional bank and held q similar position in
the National Bank of Orange County, of
which he was vice president.
Mr.. Tracy was nearly always to be
found at home, but although seldom out
Of town in these later years he kept in
close touch With the dolngs and advance
ment of the world at large. In religion
be was a CongregationaIist and always a
Republican in politics. He vas closely
identified with the business and financial
interests of this town and bis death is
severe blow to the community.
Mr.. Tracy was married on May q,
1872. to Miss Laura Jane Dickinson,
daughter Of the late B. F. Dickinson of
this town, who survives him with two
chiIdren-O Dickinson Tracy, who
was associated with his father in the
hardware business, and Miss Laura Lyle
Tracy. who is secretary and stenographer
for law firm in Boston.
The funeral was held Tuesday after
noon at 8 o'clock from the home, Rev.
Edward E. Herrick of Milton, former
pastor, officiating. "Abide With Me"
and Homeland" we're effectively sung BY
Walter $. Goss, with piano accompani-
ment by Mrs. w. Fl. Sprague. The bearers
we're his associate directors of the bank,
NJ. T. King of Tunbridge. H. g. Wood
rut OF Barre, W. P. Townsend and H. n.
Mattison of Chelsea. The arrangements
we're in charge of C. n. Dearborn. Love-
" flowers clustering about the casket
gave their beautiful silent cheer to the
bereaved family and friends. The inter
ment was in the family lot in Highland
cemetery OF which for years be was one q
the commissioners.
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EAST 5RAINTHEE

Miss Jessie Blanchard MAS in Montpel-
Ter from Wednesday till Sunday.
Mrs. Betsey Dudley spent g couple OF
days at her home in West Brookheld last
week.
A pension has been allowed Mrs. Eliza
beth Laport at the rate of t12 per month
from March "a, 1910.
George Williams OF Washington visited
bis parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Salmon Will
liams. and sister, Mrs. c. E. Bowman,
last week.
Guests of Orvis Thayer last week were
his daughter, Miss Marie Thayer of Wa
terbury, Conn, and his brother, Foster
Thayer, OF Saratoga, n. Y.
Four men who bought the Woodward
lot in Pumpkin sheIp' last fall we're
here surveying the lot last week and
boarded at Salmon Williams.
A. K. McIntire, who has been indis-
posed for several weeks with the prevail
ing distemper and last week confined to
the bed few days, is somewhat better.
Mrs. Ella Wills Is in Brookfield at
Harry Jones' while her daughter, Mrs.
Jones, is at the sanatorium. Report was
feCtiNHu hOuuhN uikuA AAAb sue az AnA
lying nicely frcm an operation performed
that morning.
VIII Bannister has bought the farm of
Or9is Thayer and will move there. BE
has rented his farm to Mr.. Patterson
from Massachusetts, and Mr.. Thayer has
bought house in Peth v here he will
store his goods and go to Saratoga for the
summer.
About 80 were in attendance at the
Sewing and Mite society at R. ]. Flint's
last Friday afternoon and a very nice
time is reported. An unusual treat was
given, being oranges picked from the
trees and brought from California by Mr..
and Mrs. Flint on their recent return
from that state.
News was recently received of the death
Of Mrs. Rhoda Simonds at Plainfeld,
where SHE has been living for several
years. She was taken sick with pneu-
monia Monday, March 2l, and passed
away March 26. She VAS q former resi-
dent OF this place, where her husband,
Rev. Clark simonds, was pastor OF the
church and at West BrookHeld. He died
about twelve years ago.
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wEsr RRooKElELp

George West was in Bethel recently.
Henry Luce is working for T. j. Adams
at present.
Miss Josie Sumner is visiting at Pearl
Rand's for few days.
Mrs. Clarence Boyce was the guest Of
Mrs. Fred Flint Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Wakefield visited at
George Cassidy's Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pearl Rand were guests
at N. ]. Summers Sunday.
School will open Monday, April 20,
with Nina Flint as teacher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Dewey and family
visited at Hayes Taber's Sunday.
Miss Della Untiedt was the guest Of
Mrs. Carl Wakefield one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George West visited his
sister, Mrs. T. Hayes OF Brookheld, Sun
day.
Mrs. Henry Luce and daughter, Kath-
crime. drove TO Der sunt's in East Bethel
last week Wednesday.
Dennis Barcomb is moving bis family
into the so-caIled Bryant house owned by
Mrs. ri A. Christopher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ansel Richards and bis
mother, Mrs. Richards, were Sunday
guests OF Mrs. Mary Cassidy.
Miss Jennie Richardson Of Randolph
has been visiting her cousin, Miss Della
untiedt, and Mrs. Carl Wakefield.
Miss Cora Bowman has been helping
her grandmother, Mrs. s. S. Williams, in
East Brsintree for the past few days.
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rETH
John Bingham is i'll.

John bingham IS Ill.
Miss Tenie Fisher of Randolph spent
Sunday at Daniel Fordham's.
Mrs. Cynthia Hubbard OF Randolph is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Martha Bass.
Royce Nichols of Randolph spent Sum
day with bis parents, Mar. and Mrs. z. II.
Nichols.
Miss Jennie Cleveland is teaching the
Peth school and Ethel Cleveland is teach
ing on Braintree Hill.
Orvis Thayer OF East Braintree recently
purchased the house and land owned by
Mrs. C. z. Pope of Randolph.
Daniel Bass was unable to work at the
White Cross Saturday and Sunday be-
cause OF blood poison in his hand.
Frank Bingham begun working for the
White Cross Milk company last week.
Tuesday he moved his household goods
to Randolph.
Mrs. Walter Archer and two children
of Braintree and Mrs. Wales Sargent and
three children Of Randolph we're at Lee
Bourne's Sunday.
The private school at Andrew Ladeau's
began Monday with Miss Ruth Wilcox
of South Lancaster, Mass, as teacher.
Miss Wilcox is boarding at G. E. Sum
marie
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-04-21
ResoIutIons.

Members OF Crescent chapter, No. 81,
o. e. s., adopt the following resolutions;
Whereas; Our Heavenly Father in His
wisdom has removed from our chapter
our beloved brother, Alanson L. Follans-
bee; therefore be it
Resolved, That in his death the home
and our chapter have teen bereft of one
whose cheering tones and pleasant ways
will long be remembered.
Resolved. That we cherish his memory
and strive to initiate his brave and cheer
full way of meeting all life's duties and
trials and his loyalty to our order.
Resolved, That we tender our heartfelt
sympathy to the bereaved wife; that these
resolutions be made part of the records
of this chapter; that a copy be sent to the
wife OF the deceased, and published in
the Herald and News.
Fraternally submitted,
Louise w. Clark,
Eleanor T. Clark, Com.
Trial A. Clark,
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Albert e. Davis,
Bertha M. Davis.
Clarence Banister has a very sick

Clarence Banister has a very sick horse
Charles Angel is at work for Fred
Ralph.
Mrs. Hannah Abbott is boarding at j.
c. Holiness.
Mrs. Boyce OF Marshfield is working
for Mrs. Clarence Banister.
School began last Monday with Miss
Gertrude Small as teacher.
]. H. sprague visited his son, w. H.
Sprague OF Chelsea, the first 9th week.
Miss Flora Smith has gone to Ran
dolph to work in the family OF Charles
Stevens.
Miss Ruby Reed returned to Williams
town Monday where she is attending
high school.
A. d. Reed and w. F. MedcaIf we're in
Roxbury last Monday to get trout to
stock the streams.
Mrs. A. N. WheatIey returned Monday
from Burlington, where she has been at
the Mary Fletcher hospital.
Miss Louise Lamson, no Is teacher
in Massachusetts,, is at home with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lamson, for
q few days.
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{. 0. TRACY DIED SUDDENLY.
One OF the Business Men of Chelsea
for over Half Century.

for over Half Century.
z. o. Tracy died suddenly at his hons
Sunday afternoon at O'Clock OF organic
disease OF the heart, aged rs years, 8
months. IA days. His death came as a
sudden shock to this community, with
which he had been identified for more
than half century. He had been sick
and confined to the house, but not the
bed, the past week with a mild attack Of
grip. His neighbors and friends did not
realize he was dangerously i'll, but the
family, knowing the serious condition Of
his heart, had grave fears for his recovery
from the first, hut we're not prepared for
the end so suddenly. The daughter Ia
Boston was summoned early in the week
and came at once. Mr. Tracy passed
away suddenly, as he had expressed the
hope be might do, when some of his
friends had gone that way.
Ezra Oscar Tracy was born In Wash
ington Jan. 3, 1885, the son Of Elisha and
Martha Tracy. He was one OF a large
family OF children, all OF whom are dead.
His youth was passed upon the farm un-
I'll he came te Chelsea village in 1854 to
learn the tinsmith's trade and served an
apprenticeship OF three years with the late
Harvey Lincoln. in the same store he had
occupied ever since. In 1857, with bis
brother, the late Joseph P. Tracy, be
bought the business OF Mr.. Lincoln, and
the firm OF J. p. q E. .. Tracy continued
until the death of Joseph Tracy April IS,
1885, when he purchased his brothers. in