The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1890-08-22
= Adjoining Towns =
NeWbury.

NeWbury.
In the death of Henry e. Johnson
which occurred at his home in this vii
lage on Sunday evening, Aug. 8, 1890
we lose one Of our Oldest natiyc-borr
citizens. He was born on the Oxbow
Sept. 10, 1910. He was the son o. Johr
johnson, who was son of Col. Thomas
johnson, who was one of the origina
grantees of this town. The subject OF
this sketch has always lived in New
bury, with the exception OF one yeal
spent in the South just after the close
of the war, when he had charge of q
large plantation. Uncle Henry, as he
was Familiarity called, was gentleman
of the old school, always genial and
kind.hearted. He was member of the
Congregational Church for nearly halt
a century, and for rs years librarian OF
the Sunday-school of that church. In
1910 he married Ruth Bailey, great.
granddaughter Of Gen Jacob Bailey,
and they became the parents of six chill
dren. He is survived by one brother,
Charles, who lives in this town, and
one sister, Mrs. Whitcomb, who lives
in Lancaster, N. H., and by two sons,
II. H. and George D., Superintendent
and Chief Engineer of the Hartford
Conn., Electric Light Company; and
by one daughter, who has kindly cared
for her aged father in his declining
years and through his last long sick
ness. The funeral services were held
from his home on Tuesday, Rev. W.
A. Bushro officiating.
School at the seminary begins on
Monday, Sept. LIST, and full attend
ance is expected.
There will be no preaching at the M.
E. Church next Sunday on account of
camp-meeting at Lyndonville.
Notices are up for the Democratic
and Republican caucuses. the former to
be held at the Town House next Satur-
day, the 23d, at 2 ppm. the latter one
week from next Saturday, the 30th, at
the Town House, at 2 P. M. The Re-
publican caucus bids fair to be fully at
tended.
1t is matter of much Importance
that every citizen sees to it that his name
is on the checklist. The civil authori-
ties meet at the Town Clerks Office on
Thursday, the 28th inst, and at the Of
flee of Smith & Sloan the goth, to re
wise the checklist.
CARD.-We wish to thank our friends
and neighbors for kind favors and SER
vices rendered during our fathers last
sickness. KATE JOHNSON,
H. H. JOHNSON,
GEO. D. JOHNSON.
Mr.. F. P. Wills has choice selection
of old papers and pamphlets; among
Others he showed your correspondent
well-preserved commission, given by
Thomas Chittendon, ESQ.,, Captain-Gen-
eral, Governor and COMMANDMENTS
Chief in and over the State of Yer
mont, to Joshua Bayley, Esq. as Major
in the Fifth Brigade and First Regi-
ment of the Militia of this State. The
document is signed by the Governor
and dated the 9TH day of November,
A. d. 1887, and stamped with the old
powder-horn seal. Considering that
this document was executed before Ver-
mont was admitted to the Union, and
is 103 years old, it is in a remarkable
state of preservation, every word of
both written and printed matter being
perfectly distinct.
Eleven years ago the muster was held
at Bradford. On the night IF the last
day of the muster, Sept. 9th, the Spring
Hotel in this village was destroyed by
fire. We hope it will be many years
before another such a calamity will
happen to this village.
John r. Weed, First Constable, has
posted plainly written warnings for
Freemen's meetings.
We noticed the following party reg
istered at the Sawyer House on Friday
the 10Th: B. D. Rogers, Mrs. D. G.
Rogers, Ralph, and two children of
Buffalo, N. Y; Mrs. A. p. Webster
and daughter, Plymouth, N. H.; j. W.
Stone, wife and two children, Detroit,
Mich; and Mrs. Alkaline Allen, Co.
o. This party came up from
paid their respects to Hotel
Low, took tea at the pleasant home of
o. B. Rogers at West Newbury and
brought up at the Sawyer House the
same evening.
Mr.. C. H. Deming and family of
Lowell, Mass, and DR.. J. F. Buxton
of Paola, Kan, are visiting with Mrs.
Buxton.