St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-06-28
DEATH OF WARREN s. STOKES
Under Strange and Very Painful Cir
cumstances,

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D1sA. R. Stokes of st. Johnsbury, a
grafihate of the academy class of 1881,
and two or three years teacher of
penmanship in the academy, died under
very strange and painful circumstances
at the city hospital in Boston, Monday,
June 1S. The circumstances of his
death as told by the Boston papers are
these: He was vaccinated on Saturday
June 2. On Monday following he suf-
fered terribly from nausea and other
symptoms of poisoning. On Friday he
was so i'll that he was forced to take
his bed and Saturday, the 10th, he was
removed to the city hospital and his
brother sent for. On Monday of last
week he had become raving insane,
exhibited symptoms of hydrophobia,
frothing at the mouth, swapping his
teeth, and biting his hands and arms,
and finally died terrible sufferer.
He was a native of East Charleston,
was graduated from the college of
Physicians and Surgeons in Boston in
1882 and has since then been connect
ed with the faculty of the institution
as lecturer on medical chemistry and
instructor in pathology.
There is a great diversity of opinion
concerning the cause of DR.. Stokes's
death. He was an ardent believer in
and student of spiritualism, and was a
member of two circles. One of his
spiritualistic friends pretended that he
saw his transparent form in white, a
sure sign of the grave, month ago,
and day or two later, at a secret con-
clave of the brotherhood, one of them
ing; another saw a coffin, and another
saw the letter "S." He was vaccinat-
ed at his own request with his own in-
strument. The virus used was from q
lot that was successfully used on a
number of others without trouble.
Some insist that he was poisoned by
impure virus, others that he was tired
out and frightened to death by the
nonsensical talk of his spiritualistic
friends. DR.. A. r. Stokes, his brother,
says: "The autopsy revealed no ade-
quate cause of death. He was worn
out and tired from OverwOrk, and the
vaccination probably fastened his
death, developing symptoms which
otherwise might not have supervened.'
The DR.. also says that all stories about
his brother not being properly cared
for are false.
An obituary notice of DR.. Stokes.
prepared by a personal friend here an6.
received after the above was put in
type, says that "his life from boyhood
up had been struggle with adverse
circumstances, yet he had commenda-
BILE pride, and high sense of integrity
and honor, and he determined early in
life to overcome all obstacles inimical
to good life and character. With
this aim in view he determined to get
an education, which he knew must be
by his own unaided efforts. He began
his course at the st. JOhnsbury acade-
my in 1873, and graduated in 1881.
During this time he occasionally taught
school. His funeral was held
at the Harvard street Baptist church
on the 22d inst, Rev. Mr.. Cunning the
pastor officiating and thus has passed
away life that promised much use
fulness. To the lady here who soor
expected to be united to him in mar.
riage, but which happy event has beer
so suddenly terminated, all friends
will tender sincere sympathy"
A Model Store.
T. G. Spencer's jewelry store OF
Railroad street, that has been in the
hands of artisans for some weeks, hal
blOssomed out as handsome as pic
ture and is we'll worth a visit on thu
part of those who like to see perfect
ly appointed store. The entire inte
rior has been made over; handsome
plate glass windows, and heavy door
of solid mahogany and plate glas
adorn the front. The counters ant
wall fixtures are all of solid mahogany
the former very neat with a line o
marbelized slate above the plail
square panels, and the latter, reachin,
81 feet from the floor and richly orna
mented, are furnished with drawers be
low, and shelves above faced wit
sliding doors of plate glass, 40x42. o.
the front of the mahogany screens tina
run from the doors to the counters i
front of the store are two bronze piece
in bas relief, the one on the right a
you enter of Vulcan, who appears t
be forging watches for Spencer's trade
and the other of Father Time, VIII
long since swapped his hour glass fo
one of Vulcan's watches. On til
counters are eight show cases of re
markable beauty and finish, the WOO
work of mahogany and in harmon
with the rest of the fixtures. TIL
walls of the store are painted in terr
Gotta and the ceiling finished to mattel
About 40 feet in depth of the room
thus finished off and the result must b
seen to be appreciated. A fine stoe
of goods both as regards quality an
variety crowd the shelves and sho'
cases, the north side being devoted
the display of over go gold and 100 sill
yer watches, diamonds, solid and hOl
low silver ware and elegant "box
goods. On the south side are book