The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-04-10
Obituary..

49, AA'"s o . L thes aRtu % years. MI
Pike was born in Randolph, VT, in July,
sl3. Amer having received an academic
,ducation he commenced the study Of
aw with Hon. Paul Dillingham; In Water
bury with whom he continued two years,
md in 1888 came to johnson into the Of
ice of Hon. Levi b. Villas and about the
,ame time was admitted TO practice. He
was married to Miss Ann z. Hosmer In /
1910, with whom he lived happily until
Heath. His wife survives him with no
children except an adopted daughter,
Mrs. Lock. Mr.. Pike was elected to the |
office of town clerk in lSll, and held the
same continuously until the late town |
meeting when his successor was elected. |
He was member of the Constitutional |
Convention in 1913 and of the State Leg
stature In 1854 and 1855. He was Judge
Of Probate in 1866 and 1856, and with ex-
eeptiOn of two or three years, has since
continuously held the position of Probate
Register. In 1872 Mr.. Pike made public
profession of his faith in Christ and united |
with the Congregational church in John
son. He was always an exemplary man
and since protesting religion has been
A consistent and an active christian. He
was attacked with a scirrhus tumor in his |
abdomen over two years ago, which con-
tinued to enlarge until it destroyed his
life. After death the tumor was removed |
and found to weigh fifteen pounds. lie
WAS confined to his house most of the |
time for six months previous to his death
and to his bed about four weeks. In all
his sickness he was patient sufferer, and
in death, with calm consciousness, he re-
joiced in hope. For near forty years Mr..
Pike has been identified with the public
business of Lamoille county and has en-
jOyed the respect and confidence of all the
people. His life was made honorable by
fidelity to duty in all relations, and his end
was peace.
Boiling Sap on Sunday.
A Jacksonville correspondent of the
Messenger writes as follows:
According to the usual custom at this
season much adverse criticism is being be-
slowed on the wicked sugar-maker who
boils sap on Sunday. For my part, am
very glad to hear from these Self-appoint-
ed critics and | trust they are SO much in
earnest and so consistent withal, that they
tx.ilI 1iIioanf1t, caal- fba
sugar-makcr. who boils sap only on week
days-thereby sustaining a loss of from
$50 to 500 worth of sap which wise
creator causes to run on Sundays; and
cheerfully pay him ten cents per Id. for
just as good an article of his less scrupll-
lous neighbor for nine cents.
ALONZO KINSLEY.
The above presents the main argument
on one side of the question. We have
neither time nor space to discuss the ques-
ton as we had intended, but would simply
ask Christian men who make sugar, this
question, do youreally believe and would
you assert to the world the belief that if
you should sacredly keep Gods Sabbath,
God would allow you in the years aggre-
gate to lose money thereby? The more
we think and talk on this subject, the more
are we inclined to think that it is worthy
of editorial discussion, even in the columns
of local newspaper and we shall thus dis
cuss it next week.
MIR. EDITOR:
In your issue of March Goth, which ac-
cidentally came to my notice. | perceive
quotation from the North Troy Polladi-
I'm in relation to the death of my child,
which occurred few weeks since, and as
it so misrepresentS matters relative to DR..
j. NJ. Sanborn, for years our family ply
stefan, feel it my imperative duty to cor
rect it, and hence if you will publish this
in your next issue, you will confer favor
upon myself as we'll as all concerned
DR.. Sanborn was called the evening pre-
viOus to the death of the child, on account
Of its having pain in its head, and ear,
and did give 1t medicine to quiet its pain.
which was seemingly very severe, and the
remedy he gave he has many times be-
fore used in case of this same child as it
has always, since its birth, been possessed
of very bad scroflilous humor, and has
at times, had scrofulous sores upon its
neck, and head, which have been fright
full in their proportions, and which have
always been very painful, and occasiOned
me great concern. have frequently upon
this account kept the remedy by me in
quantity, which have used myself, there
by in the more mild pains, obviated the
necessity of calling the DIR. He also
poured something into the child's ear as
stated, and the something" he used was
two or three drops of sweet oil, which he
called upon me for, and which furnished
him and also held the child in my own
arms when it was done, but instead of the
child going to sleep at once as stated in
Palladium it was three hours after using
both remedies before the child went to
sleep. Upon my arising in the morning
the child lay sleeping quietly as any in
FAINT, without even hard or troubled breath
ing. The doctor. who was away at the
time of the child's death, came to my
house at once upon his return and after
learning all the facts in the case and care
fully examining the body gave it as his
opinion that death was caused instantane.
ously. perhaps, by the sore which we
were satisfied was there, breaking inter.
nally upon the brain, and requested that
we watch carefully as there perhaps might
be purging of corruption from the ear OF
nose, and it was not three hours after he
left us before the entire corruption com.
menced discharging from both nostrils
and i'm such quantities as to fill them al
most entirely full, which of course, was
satisfactory evidence that the doctors
conclusions were well founded, and we
have, since that time, learned of sew
eral other cases of like nature, where
examination was had, and facts establish
ed and freely state l have never hat
more perfect confidence in the skill anC