Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-14
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Notes About Town.

TO the east part OF the lot.
Thirteen persons united with the Church
Of the Messiah, last Sunday. r..
Brown, the milk man, has failed and Cart
Harvey has bought the route.
One Of the old village landmarks is gone.
A. NJ. Cooks express horse T" Dick gave
up the ghost the other day. it " 81
The Cdledonian may dry its eyes. Mr..
Wheeler doesn't quite " close his labors,' as
the well posted organ is SO "pained to
learn" .0..UI aN,ilNat9
Heon & Corriveau occupy the room where
the job printing Office was in the Avenue
block, for boot aud shoe manufacturing
and repairing shop.
The hard times haven't stopped business
entirely H. l.. Hovey has sold in the last
three months s10,I50 worth of real estate
and has more to sell.
If the Caledonian man had read the pa
pers the last few days he would have known
that il was 341 instead Of 81 persons who
were drowned on the Schiller. But paper
that keeps no better posted in the county "
than the Caledonian can't be expected TO be
very correct outside.
Not only the argus but the Union Also
is enjoying the fix the CaledOnidn is in, be-
ing obliged to either Ego back on" "high
St. JOhnsburyp institution, the St. Johnsbury
House, or else to refrain from saying disa.
greeRble things about the man from whom,
a short time ago, the organ prayed, "Good
Lord deliver u.s." Stone is obliged to stick
by the Plaia, and Walker gets the benefit.
A few miles away lives a farmer whose
pride does not prevent him from coming
down to the village with good long patches
on his pant legs. The pockets thereof are
generally pretty well lined and the head he
carries around is about as level as heads
will average. He was down the other day
locking for -four, and as the price of thirty
barrels was so much less than for two or
three he just walked off with receipted
bill for them at $685., when they could not
be replaced for less than 81 so.
The "Boston brethren" were here last
Sunday. The Avenue Hall was crowded 10
the forenoon. In the afternoon the North
church was packed full, including all the
standing room, and a meeting was conducted
in the vestry at the same time. In the
evening meeting was appointed at the
South church but it was quickly packed and
the meeting adjourned to Academy Hall.
This hall was filled aud another meeting was
held at the same time in one of the lower
rooms. How long will it be before St.
bloomsbury will have hall large enough to
accommodate such meetings2
Resolutions adopted upon the death of
Sister Sophronia Arlington by Temperance
Star Lodge No. $50, l. D. of g. T., at the
regular meeting May 4.
Whereas, 1t has been the will of our Di-
vine Worthy Chief to remove from our
lodge below to the heavenly grand lodge
above our oldest sister and member, there
fore
RESOLVED, That we, the members of Tenn
perance Star Lodge, remember her with af-
lection and esteem, and that we cherish her
memory as n worthy member of the lodge
and community.
Resolved That we sympathlze with our
brother in his affliction, and hope that this
great bereavement will be sanctified to his
and our good.
Resolred, That copy of these resolutions
be forwarded to our afflicted brother and
copy be spread upon the records OF tins lodge,
and copy be inserted in each of the papers
printed at st. Johnsbury.
Mrs. MARTHA A. Mules. w. S.
81. JOlalsburyi Center, May ii, 1875.
Hon. Theron Howard, OF this place, died
on the 18th. He was born at Gison, N H.,
in 1899, and consequently was seventy-six
years old at the time of his death.
He moved TO Danville in 1921, and stud
led law in the Office of George b. Shaw,
Esq., at the same time with StOddard, STAN
ford, Weeks, and Monson. He was admitted
to the Caledonia County bar at the Sep.
TENDER term OF court, 1897, and practiced
bis profession more or less from that time to
q few years before his death. He was reg
lister Of probate in 1S49 and 80, and Judge
in 1S48, 81 and 90. He was n delegate
to the national free soil convention at Buff.
falo in 1913. He was court auditor for the
county Of Caledonia from 1852 to the time
Of his death, aud a Justice of the Peace
from 1868 till his death. He also repre-
sented the town Of Danville in the legislature
in 1855. Judge Towards professional life
extended over a period Of time including
more or less Of the practice Of three genera
tons Of lawyers in this part of the state.
At the time Of his admission to the bar,
Mattocks, Oushman, Fletcher, Bell, Shaw,
and some others of less notoriety, were at
the height Of their professional fame.
Standing out in the profession contempt.
raDeously with him there are now living and
in practice in this county, Hon. Thomas
Bartlett, George q. CahooD. j. ID. Stoddard,
and Bliss N. Davis; and third generation
Of comparatively young men had been at the
bar ten or twelve years before his death.
Thus he passed through an unusually long
career Of practice, and when he fually re-
tired from it he retained the utmost re.
spect for bis profession, the liveliest good
will for his lifelong professional associates,
and gave his successors in the profession the
encouragement Of his best wishes
Judge Howard had no idiosyncrasies or
marked pecularities Of mind or character.
His mind was never brilliantly lighted, new
er darkened. He was remarkable for his
evenness, his equanimity, and his entire free
dom from liability tosudden changes Of men,
tai or moral condition. Professionally he
was courteous and kind to his associates,
earnest in his cause, respectful to the court,
and honest with his client. Officially, when
acting as a trier, his only ambition was to
know the right, and knowing with him was a
guaranty that he would do IL. AS a citizen,
in private life, his whole purpose seemed to
be to make everybody about him happy, and
in so doing be happy himself
AS d Christian, land q lifelong one he
was,) he was distinguished for the entire alb,
sence Of all that was pretentious or pharisai
cal, and taught much more effectively by his
example than by bis precept. Christianity
was valuable to him, as it increased hii
ability to DO good aud do good. It was 9
duty, and therefore pleasure. He had the
constitutional elements of true Christianity
the underlying principles Of all saving piety
honesty and humanity.
He left not an enemy, and probably nevel
had one to leave, and we'll may 1t be said O