News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-11-04

! Marcus Hooper went to Canada tn,
past week to visit his brother. who 4
quite sick.
Mrs. G. B. Parsons recently went tc
Sutton, 2. O., to see her sick father, He
was some better on Friday. when She re-
turned, and found her husbands father
had died in her absence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orsemas Ellsworth have
left Byron Ellsworth s, where thev ex-
pected to pass the remainder of their
days, and have moved into house at
Sanderson's Corner, Fairfax.
Alney Stone, of Westford, has been
| chosen administrator of his father Par
| sons estate. and Reuben Armstrong and
L. 2. Wells commissioners. The ap-
praisers met last week and have set the
home farm of $50 acres, with buildings
in good repair, at s., 100.
Mrs. Maria Squires. who left this town
six years ago for home in the West,
arrived here last week, and is to spend
the winter visiting among friends in YER
mont.
A short time ago, as Mrs. A. HI. Nor
ton was about to do her washing. there
appeared upon the scene a monstrous
striped snake, placing itself between her
and her infant son. Mrs. Norton snatched
the child and started for the house, when
the snake made chase and followed her
into the house.. She managed to get into
an adjoining room and called for her
husband, who came and dispatched the
snake, which showed fight.
Mr.. Medad Robinson Parsons, another
of our aged citizens, passed on to that
bourne from which no traveller returns
last Friday afternoon. He was born at
North Fairfax April Sd, 1904, and has
lived in this town since he was Is years
old, his father removing here at that
time. His funeral was held Sunday af-
ternOon at Binghamville church, Rev.
e. Folsom officiating, his text being ''Be
We also ready, for in such an hour as We
think not the Son of man cometh."
Theme: Necessity of preparation to meet
death. Mr.. Parsons married Betsey
Bingham. in the same school district, |
and settled on q part of his fathers,
farm, where they lived and died. Mrs.
Parsons died March 3, 1881, and Mr.. Par
sons October %, 1886. They Accumulate
ed Il good property, and four children
survived them, three sons and daugh-
ter. One of the sons lives in Kansas and
two live on farms adjoining their fathers. |
The daughter, wife of Judge Stone, lives |
at Westford. Mr.. Parsons was a good |
auQ lnJeIuSenC ClIlZen, an eACellcnC nelSn- |
Dor and generous to the poor, and as
long as his good wife lived, their hospit-
able home lodged and fed many of this |
kind. She was Que who literally went |
about doing good. Careful to speak no
ill, she always found something to COM
mend in all, however bad. Both will |
long be missed in the community. He |
was a man of very decided opinions, up
RIGHT in deal and had the respect and |
confidence Of the people. He held sew
eral town offices. being Town Clerk for a
number of years. Though enfeebed in
body and mind by age and infirmities, he
kept about, attending to his business and
doing considerable work until a few days
before his death. His last attendance at
a public gathering was at Mr.. Guy Kins-
ley's funeral. and at town meeting a few
days later. He Went to the Center on
business on Saturday and was taken sick
but did not consent to have
doctor or take his bed wholly until We'd
nesday, when pneumonia had set in, and
DR.. Brush was called in consultation with
DIR. Bogue on Thursday. He leaves one
sister, the widow Spafford, of Winooski,
and brother, DR.. Albert Parsons late of
but now resident of New
I DIRK State. Mrs. Spafford attended the
funeral, but the brother was not here.
Mr.. Parsons leaves about twenty grand
children and six great-grandchildren