The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-04-20

Edwin Vallette are the trustees, and Mr..
Henry l.. Sheldon is the secretary and
treasurer. The only income of the as
ISOLATION is derived from the sale of lott.
and is scarcely sufficient for the main
tenance of the roads and fences. A new
fence is now needed and will soon be
built and paid for out of the funds of the
association. 1t is plain from this state
ment of facts that the association itself
cannot reasonably be expected to expend
money in identifying the grounds. But
it is a matter in which all should have a
pride and even Il dollar apiece from
those whose friends repose in the GEM
etery would pay the services of n man for
the season. There are doubtless those who
will take upon themselves the task of
collecting the money, if any number show
a disposition to contribute. Will not
some one volunteer to do the werk of
solicitingY ~
The community was startled, just be-
fore moor on Friday last, by the an
nouncement that the body of a man had
been found in the woods about two miles
north of the village by a boy out hunt
ing. The selectmen took proper
steps, and had the remains brought to
Pinney's undertaking rooms, where DR..
Russell made an examination to ascer-
tain if possible the cause of death. 1t
was at once decided to be a case of sui
eide. The facts are substantially these ::
The dead man was Scion NJ. Lynch.
His parents reside in Fort Ann, n. Y.
During the past winter he has lived in
the family of a Mr.. Jones of Cornwall
and attended the Graded school in this
village. He is described by his teachers
as having been a studious, earnest young
man. He was a teacher in the Baptist
Sunday school, and it is said to have
been his purpose ultimately to enter the
Baptist ministry. The night of Sunday,
the Sth, he passed at the Pierce House,
registering as y. Mcdonald, Shoreham.'
The next night about eleven o'clock he
applied for a room ut the Addison House,
paying for it before retiring. There he
registered as "E. O'Brien. Ticondcroga."
He went away early in the morning.
Mr.. Bruya, the lampligh'er says he saw
him wandering about the streets on
Tuesday night. Tuesday morning he
bought an ounce phial of dilute prussic
acid at Sheldon Il Co.'S. Wednesday
morning he purchased at the same place,
but of Il different clerk and under another
name, two ounces of arsenic. which he
said he wanted for the purpose of killing
a dog. Later IN Wednesday he was
seen for the last time alive by some
boys; he was then going up the track
beyond the freight depot. The place
where the body was found is a piece OF
woods on the Sumner farm. just east of
the railroad track. Wallace Counter
was the finder. Lynch was lying ON
his back in Il hollow near a rock on
which he had apparently been sitting.
On the ground beside him were pieces of
a postal card torn in fragments. his
handkerchief and other articles and an
open razor. Ills neck showed that he
had made three attempts to cut his
throat and on the left wrist was an in
cision as if he had tried to sever the
y large artery. But the condition of the
body indicated in an unmistakable man
ner that the cause of death was poi
sol. In his pockets was the arsenic, al
so a quantity of blue vitriol and the
prussic acid phial half emptied of its
contents. This latter was what did the
{ work. The funeral took place OF
! Saturday, and was attended by tn,
teachers and quite a number of thu
Graded school pupils. His relatives. wh'
had been telegraphcd to. asked the au
thorities here to bury him. Various stOrie
L are ailoat as to his circumstances and til,
influences which caused him to take hi
e own life. 1t seems by all ccounts tina
unhappy surroundings had driven hin
h from home and that overwork and ans
iety had unsettled his mind. His ag
was about II years.