Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-28

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Teachers have been secured for Barton Acad-
envy and graded school. Term will commence
last Wednesday in August.
Davis, an East Boston thief, bailed for
$1,000 and absconded to Canada, vas nabbed,
Sunday, at Stanstead, P. G., ana lodged in Iras-
burg Jail Monday.
The census taker has completed his work in
Derby. The present population is 2O2s, being an
increase within the last ten years Of l23 OF tri-
file over per cent.
Scion jackson has been appointed postmaster
at North Derby in place of Geo. e. West resigned
Mr.. West is to be ticket master and station
agent at Stanstead when the spur is completed.
The census of Newport has been completed,
and the population Of the town is shown to be
1850, that of the vilagei 7o2-a gain to the town
of over II per cent, since 1860.
John Wylie of Glover, has in his garden a
cherry tree that blossomed at the usual time, in
May, and has continued to do so up to this time.
1t has now blossoms and green and ripe cherries
upon it.
Robert Mathie of Glover, whom many were
SO suspicious of having met with foul play a few
months since, has returned from the land of spir-
its in good health, but is going back again.
The anniversary of the Associated Alumni of
the Derby Academy, will occur at the new Acad-
envy on the 25th day of August, the exercises
commencing at 10 o'clock a. The exercises
will consist of addresses, music and social levee.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
-Osmar Chase killed in the highway in SPRING
field, Tuesday Of last week, rattlesnake four
feet and three inches long, with eleven rattles.
DEATH OF IRA EDMUNDs-It is our
sad dnty this week to chronicle the death
of one of the oldest and for many years
one of the most prominent men of the
town of Danby,-~Ira Edmunds, Esq, who
died at the residence of hia son, Ira Ed
munds, Jr., in Wallingford, on Wednes-
day, July 90. He was visiting at his
sons, and on Monday was looking over
new barn that has lately been built. and
in going down a ladder, he slipped and
fell, iniuring himself internally so as to
cause his death in about forty-eight hours,
He was very htavy man, weighing over
three hundred pounds. Mr.. Edmunds
was born in Dandy, March 6, 1892, being
in his 10th yesr at the time of his death.
His father, Obadiah Edmunds, came from
Rhode Island and settled in Dandy in
ITS, being one of the early settlers He
was a soldier of the Revolution aud re.
markedly fitted TO mitigateEthe hardships
and smooth the asperities incident to the
settlement of "a new country. He was
man of uprightness and sound judgment,
of peaceable disposition, and WAS held in
high estimation by all who knew him
He died in 1909, and his wife in 1884.
They raised family of four children.
Ira. the subject of this sketch, was the
youusegt of the family. He married
lydia. daughter of Gilbert Palmer, and
succeeded his father in the possession of
the homestead, in 1904, and where his
father settled in 1899. He has lived up
ON the homestead seventy one years, hav-
ing through this long period led an ac-
tive. laborious life, and was at this ad-
vanced age quietly living out the evening
of his days. honored and respected by all.
Besides having been An active, thrifty, in
dustrious farmer for many years, no man
has ever filed more public stations, huv-
ing served the town in various capacities
He was n man whom his townsnen de-
lighted TO honor. Among the offices of
trust which be held, was that of select
man, which he occupied ten years; was
lister four years; and ii magistrate four
teen years, daring which time he estab-
Eshed character for sound judgment
aud strict integrity, and possessed in a
high degree the confidence of his towns
men. He also represented the town in
the Legislature four years, the last term
being in 1852, and filled that Office ao.
ceptably to the town and creditably to
have been made available for the public
benefit for many year, bringing him much
into requisition, especially in the settle
ment of the affairs of deceased persons.
By honest toll and industry.she had &C.
cumulated competency. He was pub
lie spirited citizen, being social, hospita-
BILE and amiable in all the relations Of life,
and will long be remembered. God spared
his life to a good old age, Hnd he came
down to the grave " like IA shock of corn
fully ripe for the harvest" He has gone
the way of all flesh, and " the places that
knew him once shall know him no more
forever; but his virtue. which is worthy
of emulation, will live. Although not a
professor, he highly regarded the Chris
tian religion, and always took lively in
terest in religious matters and contribu-
ted literally towards their support. His
wife died in 1865, aged rs. They raised
family of eleven children,-eight sons
and three daughters of whom
reached adult life, and six are now living.
Four have di ed out of this family in the
space of four years.
The funeral waa attended at the church
at Dandy Four Corners, on Friday after
noon, and there was 81 large circle of
mourning relatives and friends present.
Rev. A. W. Eastman officiated and
preached beautiful and appropriate
sermon, using us his text the 103d Psalm
of David, the 10Th and 10Th verses AS
for man, his days are as grass, as a flower
of the field, so he fourisheth For the
wind passeth over it, and it is gone and
the place thereof shall know it no more
1t was fitting text for such an occasion,
and the discourse furnished some very
striking and impressive proofs of the
frailty of human things, and that while
we are in the midst of life, we are in
death. 1t visits us at all stages of life,
from the cradle to the grave. One by
one of these old links which bind us to
the past are being taken from us. There
are but few older than Mr.. Edmunds was,
remaining in town. "Ohe generation
passeth away, and another generation
cometh, but the earth abideth forever"