The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-08

Well knexn wiliAmssevn Man
Native Of This Town.

| wen AAehu WAas@ss~"
Native Of This Town.
Irsins Il, iiaushlon. 90, died Friday
eyrnins Ia Miliiainstssn, Mas, shrM
for many Year, he had been station serhi
af the haslah q Maine railroad, Tic
sas harm In oailietd July III. iniA ami
Ma che ,cunrvs. saa 81 Nh. and Mr.,
u, ", Hopghton. lie Mas rduea,sd ~
tho public schools and sbrn young man
iook up the study Of the making Of brick,
shie, trade he lramrd and for sc'ns 'i'n'
afiersard followed. nrat a. an rinpl".~
and aiirr~ari a. owner 81 hriekyafs ~
Mestrnillr. o., chiooper and ofeenfrid
Upon giving up the brick business he
entered the employ ~ the iro. 4
Gfceniield railroad a. felsh, as~ni q,
Gweni-ld. and this Mas thu beginning OF
a long and faithful service 10 that ocin'
pany. the fitchhurs railroad company
and the Boston a Maine railroad CON-
pany. lie had served several year. ~
| freight agent AT Greenfield when The
company appointed him 10 the agency
al Milliamstoxn, which position he had
since held. lie was a prominent mrmher
81 Williams lodge Of Masons and for
three years prior 10 1901 Was master OF
the lodge. His membership In the or
ganiEation began during his residence IN
Greenfield, lie Was a mrmher OF ihr
Episcopal church from his early youth
and Was q senior warden Of ~, Johns
church 81 Williamstown. lie was also
an associate member of l.. l.. Hopkins
Grand Army post and a menhcr Of the
association 81 station agents.
Mr.. lioughton was married July III,
1864. 10 Miss Lucy Aurrlia Jacobs, and
six children were born 10 them. four Of
whom arr living. They are Mrs. II. q.
Edgcrion Of Cambridge, formerly Of
Greenfield. BENJAMIN |. Hough,on. ir,,
Of New York city. Mrs. Ben amin [,
Cooke 81 Superior, Wis. and Miss Honor
lIoughton OF Williamstown. lie also
leaves his mother. who lived with him.
and two brothers. DIR. Frank H. iiough-
ton OF Daytona, Fla, and Nathaniel j.
Houghton Of Virginia. 4 third brother.
Albert, was killed IN the Civil war.
Both Mr.. and Mn lloughion were
born in Guiliord where they lived until
their marriage. which event took place AZ
Christ church here July II. 1867, Rev.
Ethan Allen officiating Immediately
after the welding they went 10 their new
home in Greenfield. Mass. where they
lived several year. before going TO WI
Jamestown.
Mr.. and Mn. Leroy + Knapp are. at
present stopping at the home Of Mr..
Isaac Sprague.
Miss Annie Mellcn returned 10 Fran
coma. ~ H.. "Wednesday, after a two
weeks visit al her home here.
Mr.. and Mr.. W. A. Franklin, with a
few other near relatives, arranged din.
ncr party with Mr.. and Mrs. Foster
Stearns At their Pearl street home m
Battlcboro "Wednesday to celebrate the
S0th birthday anniversary OF Mr.. Stearns.
II was an entirely informal affair which
was greatly enjoyed by all present.
There was an exciting time in the east
village for few hours last saturday
afternoon when FIRE which started from
a spark being suddenly blown quite dis
tanee from a small rubbish pile near the
buildings Of 4. G. Eldridge instantly set
fire 10 the dry grass on which 1t fell,
causing the fire TO spread with great IA.
ludity until il reached tract OF sprout.
land where several acres We're burned
over. A general alarm was given by tele'
phone. and in few moments some 90 or
more men were on the scene and ny
strenuous efforts the fire was got under
control before dark. Mr.. Eldridge ex-
presses great gratitude for their heroic
assistance in saving his buildings, which
at one time were in imminent danger.
Mrs. Edward p Reed has copy OF an
interesting book published at Hudson, \;
Y. in 1909, under the title Of General
Geography and Rudiments OF Useful
knowledge. Designed for Use in Schools,
by II. G. Spafford The book is IN good
state OF preservation, and is well worth
careful perusal Quite little space Is
given to the subject Of astronomy IN
which special mention is made OF com
cts. concluding with the following: Since
the commencement OF the Christian era,
about 500 comets have been observed at
different times. DIR. HALEY, in 1852, frst
ventured to predict the period Of comet
His calculations were Just: for he predict
ed the return in l75s of the great comet
Of 1852 and lived to see its return accord
inglv. That comet win return in 1893 or
1895" History informs US that HALEY
comet returned in 1885 SO that this Is the
fourth visit OF Halley's comet TO TINS
earth of which we have undisputed aG,
count. The next visit, We are told, VIII
he in 1856