SERENADE - The Conductors on the Union Railroad, on Thursday night, gave a serenade in honor of Mr. Leonard Shackford, one of their corps, who has recently committed matrimony. Like everything in which they have a hand, the thing was carried out in great shape. Mr. Stiles, the Superintendent of the road, placed a car at their disposal, and, with ten pieces of the Brigade Band, they reached Mr. Shackford's house on Shepard street, about midnight. The music was worthy of the occasion, and so was the entertainment to which Mr. S. invited them. On their return they felt bound to report themselves to Mr. Stiles, and regaled him with a taste of the music. Nothing can be done better than by the Railroad folks-and we trust they may live a thousand years. ("SERENADE," Cambridge Chronicle, 16 January 1858; Cambridge Public Library (http://cambridge.dlconsulting.com : accessed 4 June 2013).
LEONARD SHACKFORD (1825-1899) - Biography of Leonard can be found here:
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1858; digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 4 June 2013)
Stomach Trouble.," Cambridge Tribune, 2 September 1899, Volume XXII,
Number 27,; Cambridge Public Library (http://cambridge.dlconsulting.com :
accessed 2 June 2013).
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