Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-05-29
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In this village May "a, Henry Pratt aged 70 years,
month";
In this village, May 81, VIM II. Boyce, aged 90.
In this village May o. Miss Addie G. Rowe Of New
Haven, Conn, aged 10.
In this town, May %, Richardson Mixer, aged GO
years, months, days.
Dearest Father, thou hast left u.s.
We thy loss do deeply feel;
Bat lis God that has bereft
He can all our sorrows heal.
Hes gone his dear Savior to see,
His wishes he fully has gained
He is now where he has longed to be;
Then let us forbear to complain.
He has now gone from our sight
But we soon shall meet him bgan
With new and redoubed delight
For death to his spirit was gain
In West Brattleboro, May 81, infant daughter Of Ru-
fus A. and Sarah A. Houghton aged MONTH . days.
aged IS.
In Putney May 4, of scarlet fever Flora r., aged
and Stella J. Pulen.
In Pulney May II, of scarlet fever, lima NJ =, aged
+. and Fannie NJ. wash6urn.
In south Ve51Sn Nay e Mary l. Fart aged Is
daughter Of Afford d. and Angie =. Hall.
In Rockingham, May ., Melinda A., wife of Lucius
Weston, aged SO years, months % days.
In BernArdston, Mass, May 10, Theodore II. Hoyt,
aged SO. May - L. W. CAnedy, aged 81.
In Mortified Farms, Mass, May l6, Mary r., wife
In Mddlebury, Mas "a, Of scarlet fever, Isabelle f.,
youngest child Of DR.. V. W. and Mary +. Blanchard
aged years. days.
In Chicago, Ill, May %, Johu McIntire. aged o.
In Webster City, Iowa, Of consumption, Mary NJ,
wife of o. C. Burton and daughter of the late Joseph
Jennison Of South Wndhan, aged 80,
III New York City, April G, Of pneumonia, Floyd
Smith, aged 81 yearsfather Of Mrs Frank Brooks Of
this place.
There is due to this venerable layman and deyont
aud earnest Churchman, more than passing notice
dents OF New York For seventy years he associ-
ated with its business and with the Church in paro
chial and diocesan relations and with any Of the
charitable Institutions which within that period have
been called into action when the yenerated Hobar,
Bishop Of New York, he elected member Of
the Standing Committee Of the Diocese holding the
honorable position TIL his death With but one or two
exceptions, his name appears on the testimonial Of
Bishop consccrated in the interval between the
Triennal Convention. He was one Of the originators
and founders Of st. Luke's church in this city, Of
which he the active and respected warden, af
forwards he of the founders of the Church
the Annunciation, and senior warden till the day OF
his death.
As Trustee Of the General Theological Seminary he
was identified with the progress of that institution in
all its history active and seadfast friend and wise
counsellor in every time Of need, HI was Of the
founders Of the Northern Dspensary, and fer more
than quarter Of century he filed the ONCE Of treas
OF the College Of Physicians and Surgeons in the
city of New York, resignng only short time before
| his death.
More than twenty-five years he held the responsible,
position Of Vice President OF the Manhattan Gas Light
Co. Besides these places Of trust and duty, it fell tC
his lot because OF his well known integrity Of character
to administer many most important private trusts,
In every place aud position and without exception
the testimony Of all is Of Well done" The breath OF
even suspicion never reached him His life that
OF deyout and faithful Chrstian-an ilus;rous type
Of whom the Church trains, and whom she loves
to honor. To the Church, in her interests an pros
perity he alive aud without st mt or hesita
| ton devoted the best that he had.
The spirit aud the life which in him con
spieuously manifest brought him Gods favor at the
| last At ripe and honorable age with his loyinG
children around him. he literally fell asleep amid thu
benedctions of the poor and the honors of learned
and rich, he was borne TO the grave. His memory il
| with the blesst d.-ChuTch journal.