News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-09-24
EAST CAMBRIDGE.

Quite cool nights; but no frost yet.
F. f. Putnam has some popcorn, with
seven ears on a stalk.
Quite a number from this place attended
the fair at Mor isville, last week.
H. B. Caswell. thrashed last week at D.
Princes and o. Comstocks, in Johnson.
One farmer had, on about seventy rods
ground, lis bushels OF nice mealy potatoes.
Mr.. Fred Worthen from Colchester, is for
few days, the guest of his sister, Mrs. H. B.
Caswell.
Albert Demeritt, with his mother-in-law,
Mrs Susan Lamphere, visited at George NJ
Lamphers Eden Mills, several days last
week.
Albert Demeritt from johnson spent last
Saturday and Sunday with his grandfather,
A. Demeritt. His gun-shot wounds are doing
finely; we hope however, that boys will be
less careless with firearms in future, or not
handle them at ALL
The friends of Rev. Geo. W. Goodell, will be
pleased to learn that his health much
improved by his eastern trip. At the pres
ent time, he with his wife and son, and some
relatives are at the seaside. Long Branch,
thirty miles south of Los Angeles, for few
weeks, he returning to the city, for his weekly
pastoral duties On his return home, he
stopped several hours at Niagara Falls; also
at Chicago, Denver and Sacramento; several
| days each, at Frense City and Bakersfield,
| Call arriving home at Los Angeles, September
| /. Their conference convenes in Simpson
| Tabernacle of Los Angles, September %, at
| which time their seaside outing ends.
| Departed this life Sept. 10, 1891, at the
residence of her son-in-law, Gilbert Gonyeau,
| Mrs. Philura Parmalee Thompson, widow of
| David B. Thompson of Colchester who died
! Sept 10, 1888. Her disease was typhoid
| dysentery of but few days duration. At the
| time of her daughter. Mrs. ITALIA STANDARDS
| DEATH she was in usual health. though for
several years she had been feeble. At her
| death she was II years and seven months
| old having outlived her three-score and ten
| years. She was the daughter of Rufus and
PhiIura Parmalee, born in Colchester, Vt, j an.
| 25th, 1914. At the age of u years, Nov. 8
| 1871, she married David B. Thompson of
! Colchester, with whom she lived torty-two
| years, with the exception of SIX years she
| spent in Geona, Illinois, her married life was
| in Colchester She was the mother of five
| children, only one of whom survive her. 1--we
| of them were buried in Geona; another a son,
| a soldier in the rebellion lies in Gettysburg
| cemetery; and recently, her youngest child
| Mrs. Thalia Stannard was buried in COlches-
| ter. by the side of her husband. This daugh-
| ter, Mrs Thompson cared for for some years,
with all a FOND mothers solicitude, at Mr..
Gonyeau's, where her home has been since her
husbands death, until the daughter removed
| to Brattleboro. Vt, with the fond but never
realized hope of her recovery. Mrs. ThOmp-
| SONS remains were taken to Colchester, Sep
| TENDER IL, for interment, by her husband
where her funeral was held, the Rev. W. C..
| Robinson of Milton, officiating. Her bearers
| were her two grandsons. Grant Gonyeau and
Warner Stannard; hernephew, j ohm Parmalee
and Charlie Demeritt a neighbours son, all her
| favorite, whom she dearly loved. By her
death, truly a mother in Isreal is gone. She
experienced religion at the early age of eight
years, but did not make choice of a church
till 1864, when she with her husband joined
| no at (nlplpStar
ing active and consistent memb rs of the
| same. For the past eight years, the writer
has known her and she was one known only
to be loved. Her intelligence was far above
the average; conversant with our best au-
| thors eXceling in conversational imparting
| power for books were ever her loved and con
| slant companions. Religion was her theme,
and at the call she was ready had long been
waiting for the summons. Her dying bed
| was peaceful, almost painless, perfectly fear
less. conscious of her state resgnedy trust
| ing herself to Jesus There was only a gradu-
| al sinking, until she fell asleep in Jesus. Her
bed was soft as downy pillows" her remain
ing strength spent i'll prayer and praise to her
| RedeemGr How blest and joyous such n
death: May her loving mantle fall upon all,
who feel her loss, one sister, brother, and
| especially the stricken household, which in
less than one year has been thrice bereft OF
loved ones the son Gordon, the sister Mrs,
Stannard, and now the dear grandmother.
Her loving counsels will never be forgotten,
especially by her grandsons Walter and War
ner Stannard, to whom since early childhood,
she has been as a mother God only can
comfort her one remaining child, Mrs. Gilbert
Gonyeau of this place.
Mother, sis ter, son, farewell;
How we loved thee none can tell,
Wen meet upon the better shore,
Where's separation never more.
Could we, the mystic veil remove,
That hides from us the world above;
Could we but view its glories DER,
We'd ne'er regret our lost ones more.