The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-03-22
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the l4th inst, aged about 20 years
Mrs. Laiton had been an invalid fol-
many years and for the past few years
q great sufferer from a complication OF
diseases. She was member OF thu
M. r. church and a constant attendant
at worship until failing health necessi'
tated her absence. Her funeral was
on Saturday at o'clock, Rev. Mr.
Wilder officiating. She leaves a hus.
band, four sons and daughter to
mourn her loss. The bereaved family
wish to return thanks to their friends
and neighbors for acts of kindness and
assistance rendered in their season of
sorrow.
Chas. Greenleaf and Timothy Leet
have leased the slaughter house for one
year and will carry on the butchering
business. They are bright, active
young men and we believe they will
meet the public demand in their line
of business.
j. f. Fulton and family move to
Lake Village, N. H., this week. We
lose good citizen and they will take
along with them the best wishes of a
host of friends.
Mrs. Hattie Brock of Plymouth, N.
H., made her friends in this village a
hasty call Saturday eve.
Henry j. Meserve has bought the
village residence of Herbert Avery,
and E. G. Humphrey has moved into
the same.
Schuyler Stebbins will take charge
of the Pine Grove farm from April 1st.
Remember it will cost two dollars
for dog license after April 1st.
Mr.. Evelyn H. Farnham, ST., one of our
oldest and most highly esteemed citizens,
died on Sunday morning, March II, after a
long, and in some respects, distressing ILL
ness. Mr.. Farnham was born in Green's
boro, VT, May Is, 1904, and was, therefore,
at his death, almost So years of age. Early
in life he Went with his fathers family, to
reside in Hardwick, where he was married
to Miss Martha Ellsworth of that place, in
Dec. 1924. From Hardwick he moved to
LenOxville, p. G., and thence to St. Johns
bury, Vt, coming to Newbury in 1913,
where the family have since resided. In all
the years of Mr.. Farnham's life in New
bury, as elsewhere indeed, he commanded
the universal respect of the community.
Though very modest in all public relations,
he was naturally endowed with much more
than ordinary intellectual ability and was
possessed of remarkably good Judgment,
and these traits always gave peculiar weight
to his opinions. Reared in the family of
an old time deacon of a Congregational
church, his religious principles and beliefs
were of the very sOundest character, and,
what is more, his life was nodded by his
early religious influences and Instructions |
While residing in Len xville, he became |
christian and was confirmed in the Episcopal |
church there. Subsequently he transferred
his church relations to the North COngrega-
tiOnal church in st. Johnsbury, taking a
letter to the Congregational church in New
bury in 1850. In all the years of his chris
tan life. Mr.. Farnham was strongly at
tached to the church, being present at all
its services and taking an active part in the
social meetings until enfeebled by age.
Every minister of the church in Newbury
during his connection with 1t, will testify
with the present one, that he was always
Farnhams married life covered period of
oyer sixty-fOur years, and his excellent
tc!sfJ ives him in the sweet christian
trust OF advanced age. Two sons and
three daughters Of the six children born to |
them, are also living. Few men have
did and few have received such filial af-
lection and care. Thus blessed in his
earthly home, he has at last departed in |
peace to the home above. s. l.. B.
What an out. hacker thinks. All the news
papers have, through their various cores
pondents expressed their views, and Chase's |
Union and Atkins Argus have expressed |
themselves editOrially on the Newbury
town meeting and incorporation OF WeIIs
River items spreads on thick blanket of
consolation and uses his smoothing plane
HANDSOMELY The gist Of his argument is,
that whatever happens to any particular
locality in a town, to build it up, benefits
the rest of the town, and every cltlzen n.y.
ing in the town is correspondingly benefit
ed. In theory this does indeed look plaus-
ible, but in practice, if allowed to run in
the channel cut by the original bill to iGcOr-
,porate the village of Wells River, would
prove most disastrous to those OF us whose
lots are cast on the hillside. TO be sure the
Wells River bill was somewhat modified,
and one-third of the amount they asked for
was sliced off for the use of the town, but
this makes no difference with the true in
wardness Of the plan, and in argument the
matter should be treated precisely the same
as though they had got what they asked
for. Firstly, how does it happen that the
village centers of our town are in such COM
Portable and prosperous circumstances.
This is how it happens: The eggs 60 there, so
does the butter, the fat lambs and calves,
the cord wood, the maple syrup, our cheese
and apples the cacaing he A. the teo tender
there, so do the checks for our creamery
milk and pensions, as well as the checks
for whatever produce we happen to market
ourselves, our corn, wheat, oats, ETC., ETC.,
also finds its way to the village centers and
gets tolled. have known men in villages
in ten years time to get a handsome prop
erty. with no visible means of support ex
cept buying and selling, and a large major
ity of their customers are farmers in the
back part Look if you please at the min
listers, the doctors the lawyers, the under
takers Are they not to be supported, and
do we not help do it? The shoemaker, the
blacksmith and the tinsmiths of the village
centres look to us for fair share of their
support, and when we have to drop into
the village to get a mortgage put on our
farms to pay these bills, he who makes the
mortgage holds out his hand for fifty cents,
as we'll as he who records it. We want to
collect an honest bill and step over to the
lawyers shop and he writes letter for us,
we leave him dollar and possibly many of
them. This is why the villages are pros
porous, not that would insinuate that all
of these various branches of business are
not honest and legitimate, for they are.
We often receive accommodations from the
village people, dealers and citizens, for
which we are thankful; yet we pay for
them. Now submit to the candid decision