1901--Norwood in January

 

From the January 2, 1901 Canton Commercial Advertiser:

 

We are having so far a real old fashioned winter, extreme cold and an abundance of snow, and farmers are saying their fodder is disappearing much faster than usual, owing to the extreme cold. Hay is not plenty in the market and good timothy and clover hay is worth ten and twelve dollars per ton, and grain and feed is correspondingly high.

There has been considerable sickness in our vicinity lately and some deaths. Gardner W. Chandler one of our oldest citizens died about one o'clock p.m. Dec. 23. Mr. Chandler has been a familiar figure on our streets ever since the village was located, and will be missed by every one. He was a firm old Jeffersonian democrat ever ready to defend his principles and conscientiously stand up for the right.

Mrs. Harvey Dwinnels is very sick and very small hopes are entertained of her recovery.

Mrs. D. J. McCarty who has been in the hospital in Montreal for some time, is reported as making good progress toward recovery.

Harmony Rebekah Lodge No. 193, I.O.O.F., at their regular meeting last Friday evening elected the following officers for the coming term: Mrs. Etta Oakes. N.G.; Mrs. Frank V. Wells, V.G.; Mrs. Sarah Bresee, R.S.; Mrs. Jennie Nelson, Treas.; Mrs. Abbie Scripture, F.S.; Mrs. Marcella Pearson, Trustee. The lodge conferred the degree on one candidate the same evening, whose number on the record was one hundred and one. The lodge is flourishing finely.

Misses Ida and Oda Kingsley, of North Stockholm, were in town last week Friday.

Albert Allen, of Pierpont, was doing business in Norwood last week Wednesday.

S.A. Jones, of Watertown, is in Norwood for a few days visiting friends.

Mrs. Bertha Quinlan and son Carl, of Ogdensburg, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. E. N. Turner, returned home last week Wednesday.

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