Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-18

1874. URIAn WILKINS, aged SO years and 4
months.
Mr.. Wilkins. the deceased, was born in
1887, in the town of Amherst, \. H.,
aud was at the date Of his death one of
the oldest inhabitants of the tow Of Stowe,
and the oldest persen alive, born in the
town of Amherst. He removed from the
place Of his birth. with his family, then
consisting of his wife and two small child
rem. about 1910; so that he was a resident
Of Stowe for more than threescore years.
He was from a hardy, long lived ancestry,
AID himself possessei a constitutions, which,
with good care, would have lasted more
than a century. His early advantages
for education and intellectual culture were
meagre and marrying early, the care and
support Of u family which increased TO
eight children, and the accumulation oil a
comfortable competence besides, so taxed
his time aud energies that he had little
leisure for study and reading, though books
afforded him great pleasure. He posses
sed, however, a good round sound common
sense which served him avery coed purpose
and enabled him to form a judgment gem
orally correct of men and things. He
never sought prcfermeut, hat against his
inclination was elected to represent the
toAp of Stowe in the State Legislature in
the years 1888 and 1884. For many
Year, he was one Of the most active and
Jealous supporters of the preaching Of the
gospel accc riding to the UniversaIist faith,
but in the later years of his life sympa'
thiscd considerably with Spiritualism. If
the declaration that "an honest man is
the noblcst work of Cod be correct, he
certainly early attained and to the end OF
his life maintained a most enviable pre-
cminence and distinction. His integrity
was never denied or doubted by anybody.
In all the relations of domestic life and
of Il citizen, it is thought that it may be
truthtully and justly said, he enjoyed the
fullest confidence and esteem of all his
ncighbors and .towusmen.
DR.. l.. NJ. Bingham has sold out here
to DR.. Brooks of Montpelier and expects
to leave here next week to find a better
field of practice in the West.
The new store which Is nearly com.
pletcd fer Mrs II. G. Mower is IL neat aud
commodious cdifce and an addition to that
street.
Mr.. MunIoe Dodge has leased the
farm belonging to the Gooino estate and
moved onto it last Tuesday.
-Orlo Perkins and wife start for Ne.
vada next Monday, also Henry Atwood
and wife go the same day en- route for
California.
The play called Trent Day" was
admirably rendered here last Friday ev.
cning by our Dramatic Club. They rea-
lizeds60.OO from it which goes to the Uni
versalist Society.
Miss Lucia Batchelder, a Miss of
four years, has just completed a bed-quilt
which she has pieced alone. 1t contains
fifty block $ and the work is nicely done.
What town can boast Of a smarter girl ?
II there is one please bring her TO the
frort.
Miss Ellen Salics started last We'd
nesdny for the West. When she got as
far as Burlington she purchased her ticket
for the remainder Of her journey and stop.
ped to kiss her sister good bye, during
which time a little girl picked her pocket,
taking her wallet, ticket, and twenty dol.
lars in money Notice OF it was immedi-
ately given to the policemen and the glrl
was ioand. and confessed the crime, till
she mel her neither when a few words of
French changed her story wholly. She is
in Jail and Miss Sallies returned to Stowe
Saturday morning to await the result. !
Some farmers have tapped their sug-
ar places and last week quietly waited for
spring aud sugar weather. The past week
has been estimated as the coolest of the
winter.
Preaching at The NJ. Z. church, next
Sabbath jofenoon, at l0a O'Clock, by Rev.
W. underwood. Subjeci-Tried and True.
Union Temperance Meeting in the eve.
ming. at 7 O'Clock, at the new church. W.
Il. II. McAllister of St. Adams, is ex-
pected to deliver an address. Miss Lucia
Camp will give a temperance reading.
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