Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-10-30
Sudden Death of Moses G. Noyes
of P0uILneys

Moses G. Noyes, of Poultney, came
to his death, as is supposed, on Thurs
day last, under sad and melancholy cir
cumstances, A squirrel hunt came off
on that day, and Mr.. Noyes was in COM
pany with A, W Dewey in the hunt,
and some time in the afternoon they
crossed the road leading from East
Poultney.to Middietown, near the old
Guernsey factory place, and went on to
the hills north of that point. They there
fell in company with Holt Mattison,
who was also hunting. Noyes said he
was 'tired, and sat down with his back
against tree. Dewey also sat down to
rest. Some squirrels were. soon started
up near them, which Dewey and Matti-
son pursued, and after shooting several,
were by this some distance from where
they left Moves, whom they were every
moment expecting He did not come,
and as it was late in the afternoon, Mat
tison started for his home in an eastern
direction, while Dewey started for his
home in the village, which led him near
ly in the directions of the place where he
left Noyes Coming near the point
where he left him, Dewey hallooed. He
received no answer, but heard the rer
port Of a gun not far Off and in the di-
rection he was going, and supposed Mr.
Noyes was hunting on his way home Ia
the village as he probably was. Mr.
Dewey came home, and the hunters
came in from all quartefs, for the count
and supper at GTurdock's. in the East
village, bat Mr.. Noyes was not among
them: His absence gave some uneasi-
ness to the hunters the evening of the
supper, but on Friday morning, when it
was known that he had not returned to
his family, search was commenced at
once, MIR. Dewey going to the place
where he left him, and following from
thence the natural route home, without
finding him. The search was continued
on Friday and Saturday. by twenty-five
or thirty men, and still he was not found.
On Sunday, large numbers came to-
gether, and under the direction of DIR.
L. D. Ross, formed a line twenty feet
apart, extending a mile in length, and
so organized they passed through the
woods where Mr.. Noyes was last seen.
His body was found about half mile
from the place where Dewey and Matti-
son left him, about noon on Sunday, and
in direction which made it evident
that he had gone thus far on his way
home. 1t was found that he had at
least made one shot after Dewey and
Mattison left him. DR.. Ross expressed
it as his belief that he died instantly, of
heart disease. There were no indications
of struggle. His body lay by the side
of and with his feet ON stone wall,
and the doctor and others who saw the
body in that position, give it as their
opinion that, in the act of getting over
the wall, he met his death.
Mr.. Noyes was forty years of age and
leaves a widow and four children. He
was a son of the late VIM. p. Noyes a
man of a good degree of intelligence
and quite extensive reading. His funer
al will be attended on Tuesday, at ten
o'clock a. m, and will be under the direc-
ton of the Odd Fellows and Masons, to
which orders he belonged. He was, at
the time of his decease, the presiding
officer of the Odd Fellows in Poultney.
DEATH OF DAVID B. JONES, PoULTNEY.
The funeral of tDavid B. Jones, who
died on Friday last, was had on Sunday.
Mr.. Jones was of Welsh origin and
about forty years of age. He died of
consumption after lingering illness of
nearly year. He was an Industrious