The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-30
Obituary..

SPEAR.-Died, in Berlin at the residence
of her uncle l.. p. Lawrence, Wednesday,
January %, Lila f. Spear, aged fifteen
years and ten months. Lila was the
daughter of Jason p. and Merbah Spear of
Minneapolis, Mimi, and granddaughter of
Thomas Spear. She was born in Malone,
n. Y, April l, 1873, moving to Minnesota
in the fifth year after her birth. When
twelve years of age she became Christian
and developed a lovely character. For
nearly two years she had suffered from
trouble with her head. In July last she
was i'll with typhoid fever. and incurred
relapse, from which she never recovered.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev.
j. o. Sherburn, and interment was made
in the family lot in Berlin on Friday last.
The sorrow naturally awakened by the
death of the young aud promising is tenn
pered by the reflection that for her g to die
is gain"
TUTTLE.-The name of Mrs. John l..
Tuttle must now he added to the long roll
of those who have recently gone over to the
majority from this community. Friends
have watched for many months with great
sympathy her struggle with disease. 1t has
been most painful conflict, and, as time
wore on, 1t became more and more evident
that the best physicians skill and the most
tender home nursing could only alleviate
suffering; could not preserve life, And
thus she was gradually prepared for the
with a sigh of relief. And to those nearest
and dearest to her the thought of her rest
so mingles with the thought of her death
as to mitigate their grief. She was per-
son in whose attractive features even a
stranger could read intelligence gentleness,
modesty, truthfulness and kindness of
heart. She was domestic in her tastes, a
devoted home-maker TO husband and sons,
most considerate and circumspect in her
speech loved as neighbor, and in her
atiiicton submissive, hopeful and trustful
She was the daughter of the late William
Bennett, of whose eight children only two
George II. Bennett of Montpelier and Mrs
Luther Poland OF Omaha-survive her.
Her funeral on Sunday afternoon, notwith-
standing the heavy snow-storm, was largely
attended by sympathizing relatives and
friends.
HIGH-Rev William c. High, who died
recently at Somervile, Mass, was another
native of Watstield, Vermont, who made "A
brilliant record in another state as IA Meth
odist minister, preaching successfully for
thirty years in the large cities Of Massachu-
setts-Boston, Lowell, Springfield, Lynn
and other places-while a member of the
New England Conference. He was born in
Waitstied March 80, 1882. His mother
died at his birth, leaving his bereaved father
with two daughters, aged about six or eight
years, and this infant son. Mr. and Mrs
Cobb of Moretown offered TO adopt the
motherless waf. The father saddled his
horse, took the infant in his arms and, leav-
ing the heart-stricken sisters alone with
their tears, bore the child, ten weeks old, to
its foster mother and saw it no more, the
family moving, soon after, to OhiJ. The
Cobhs were members OF the Me hodist
church at Moretown, and Young High,
when old enough, was required 10 attend
the meetings with them. His conversion
occurred in his eighteenth year at camp
meeting. In 1851 he joined the New En-
gland Conference, in the same class with
Bishop Haven. He naturally supposed
himself to be the child of his foster parents,
but by-and-by whispers reached him that
he was not their son, and he began the
search for his parental history and success
fully traced it, His father and one sister
died in their western home; the other sister
had married and moved to San Francisco,
Cal. He followed the trail, reached her
house, rang the bell, and was invited to
enter. When he made himself known the
woman sprang from her chair, crying out,