The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-02-03
Mrs, A, B, FarWell.

MIS-; AMY p Ihdiuehl FdrWeH uleS
Saturday at the home of her grandson
Edmond A. Farwell, 30 Carlton street
Providence, X. L., in her Dist year Mrs
Farwel was the widow OF Lemue F"rwel
and the mother of the late Frederick s
Farwell. Death was due to old age Hei
final illness lasted only 10 days. Until
that time she was in possession of all her
faculties, had fairly good health and took
keen interest in the affairs of life and
the activities of her friends. Her memory
was keener than that of persons many
years her junior, and with retrospect OF
almost century she was an entertaining
companion She and her living descend
ants represented five generations.
Amy Ballou (NIaldenl Farwell was born
in Gloucester, Mass, Dec. 10, 1920, the
daughter of Eddy Maiden, and his wife,
Eunice, daughter of Stephen Hawkins, a
Rhode Island officer in the Continental
army Mrs. Farwell's husband, Lemuel
Farwell, a native of Acton, now Town
shend, VT, was born JAN 10, 1912, and
died Oct. 1, 1894. Lemuel Farwell and
Amy Maiden were married in Rhode Isl
and, Aug. 20, 1898, and came to Yer
mont to live. After about Is years resi-
dence there, they went to Millville, Mass,
and resided in Milville, Uxbridge and
Grafton, Mass, and in Providence, R. L.,
for the last II years. Mrs. Farwell was
member of the Baptist church from her
early years and retained through her long
life deep religious convictions which
found expression in traits that made her
circle of friends large to the last, despite
the fact that she outlived her generation
John Fl. Northrup spent Sunday in ia.
malca.
Beatrice Emerson of Jamaica visited in
town last week.
w. B. Clark of Jamaica spent two days
in town last week
Charles w. Bemis of Brattleboro was in
town last Monday.
Fred Prouty of Burlington was in town
on business last week.
James H. Grow of Hartford, Conn., was
in town last Saturday.
George F. Harlow of Boston spent last
Saturday in this town.
Fred Underwood of Wardsboro spent a
day in town last week.
G. A. Doubleday of Montpelier was in
town on business last week.
Mrs. Carl B. johnson fell on the ice last
week, meeting with serious injury.
Charles H. Allen of Brattleboro spent
last Wednesday in this town on business.
j. Moynihan, manager of the Valley
Grain company, was in town last Monday.
There will be a meeting of the grange
this friday evening in the former town
hall.
1t is reported that Albert f. Caller
and family will soon move to Montreal,
Canada.
Topic for next Sunday morning at the
Baptist church, Roger Williams and the
Puritans.
Miss Hazel S. Taft left Monday for Bos
ton to resume her studies in the Emerson
school of oratory.
j. S. Benham of Hartford, Conn, and
j. Il. Perkins of Boston, Mass, were
guests at the Inn Tuesday
Alonzo H. Chamberlain of Malone,
N. Y, is at home with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. H. Fl. Chamberlain.
Mrs. Ida of Greenfield, Mass, came to
town last Friday to attend the funeral of
her mother, Mrs. Sylvia Percy.
Mrs. Charles H. Willard returned Sat
urday from Schenectady, N. Y. where she
spent the week with her mother.
At the Christian Endeavor meeting next
Sunday evening the topic will be, Why
Do You Believe in Christian Endeavor?
B. O. Foster of Burlington and e. Fl.
Lawson of Rutland were in town in the
interest of the Standard Oil company last
week.
Mrs. Isaac Appleby, on leaving Frank
Lawrences home where she had been
nursing, accidentally fell on the ice sprain-
ing her wrist.
The mid-week prayer meeting Of the
Congregational church will be held at the |
home Of Col. A. B. Franklin, in Harmony
vile, Thursday evening
Mrs. F. B. Burwell, formerly of this
town, but now of Hastings, Neb, spent |
Sunday with Mrs. Maude Brown, on the
way to visit her sister, Mrs. Adams, in
Grafton.
Next Sunday morning the pastor of the
church will exchange with
Rev. NJ S. Moore of Newfane. In the
evening he will return and preach on the
subject, From Prison to Become the Ruler
of Great Nation.
Ten from this town attended the Val
ley fair dinner last week at the Brooks
House. They were: j. H. Ware, e. B.
W. M. Sparks, P Fl. Rutter,
9. H. Willard, E. L. Hastings, F. II. VIII
lard, DR.. Parker, G. @. Stebbins and
A. A. Mason.
All the schools in this town closed Fri
day, except the two grades at West
Townshend. During the last 10 weeks
F. E. Gilbert, the teacher of the gram