The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-20
Obituary..

Obituary.
PALMER.-Died in Waterbury. SUNDAY
May II, Annie D., daughter of Mr.. and Mrs,
Edwin r: Palmer. The story of the sweet
young life so suddenly ended is not a long
one, but that life is richly freighted with
precious memories. Annie was born March
20, 1870. She was graduated at the Yer
mont Methodist Seminary at MONTPELIER in
1888, and spent a year at ST. ,Tobnshnry
Academy in the study of French and Ger.
man, and has since acquired Greek and
continued her Latin at home Her health
had never been robust, and in January abe
became III with effusion Of water upon the
lungs This gradually yielded to treatment
and she was considered well on the way
toward recovery when some two weeks AGO
la grippe seized her, and, though very in.
her condition was not considered alarming
untll sunday, when she suddenly grew
worse and passed away before nipbtfall
Her character is briefly described in her
mothers tender tribute, Annie has never
gwen us an anxious thought" OF Miss
Palmer one who knew her well writes:
Gone to her rest Thus it seems to us,
who mourn and wall, as we look upon the
peaceful face of one whom all SO dearly
loved. Though for the past five month";
confined to the house, yet we were shocked
to hear on Sunday evening that she was
with us no more. Her classmates need not
be told of her passion for learning 1t was
her ambition to pursue college course.
which her frail condition forbade; but in ali
her weakness she pressed toward the goal.
bravely endeavoring not to fall behind in
the race-in evening hours, almost unaided,
mastering Greek. This love of study and of
all classic literature was her own by in
hertance and by choice. At the age of
eleven she united with the church. giving
evidence then of that firm faith in Christ
and sure hold on things spiritual and eter-
nal, from which she never loosened her
grasp. To the church and the Christian
Endeavor Society, of which she was de-
voted member, she will not be accounted
lost, though never again to answer the roll
call here, Tor her life, so patient in suffering
so pure, so faithful and loving, has enriched
our lives, and she will be held by us in I'M
dying remembrance. To the home circle.
for the first time broken, the many friends
OF MIR. and Mrs. Palmer extend their warm
est sympathy"
BUSHNELL Fred r. Bushnell. son of Dea
Henry n. and Mary A. Bushnell of Waits
field, VT, died in Hudson, n. Y, on SattIr
day afternoon, May 3 at the age of twenty
years, eleven months and eighteen davs
Since graduating at st. Johns bury Academy
in June last, Fred had been for several
months in the store of his uncle, Dr. w. A.
Jones. at Waitsield. During this time his
mind had been settling upon civil engineer
ing as his special work, and he was watch
ing for the right opportunity that he might
continue both the study and practice of his
to be near in the early days of April he
went to York state, and, while waiting for
the place he sought was employed in
Schenectady. The third week after leaving
home he was taken i'll. AT the suggestion
OF friendly fellow-workman, he took the
train for the home of his aunts, the Misses
Matte and EunCe Smith of Hudson. where
he received the most tender care and the
best medical skill. His disease was nleuro-
pneumonia of an aggravated form On Sat
nr69V A ina 60 L..
the following Thursday his dearest ones
were all with him. All that care and skill
and love and prayer of earthly friends could
do could not bring him back to us or stav
the course of the disease which. though
checked, terminated in cerebral meningitis
On Saturday two appointments came for
hlm-the one, which was to bring TO him
his chosen occupation, the study and prac-
uce OF civil engineering, life's work:
the other, from the Master Builder of the
Universe, to be a king and priest unto
God " in the upper kingdom Well was he
lifted by natural endowments and by train
ing for each While we mourn his absence
from us in the lower sphere can we Won
der that Another chose for him the higher?
On Tuesday, May D. from the home of bless
ing which he never dishonored by word or
deed, and later from the house of God
where he loved to be, amid the garlands of
flowers placed about his casket by loving
hands, with the Scripture, the PRAYER for
fort tenderly spoken, the hymn Blest be
the tie that binds so precious to him
we bore the mortal form to its resting place
on the hillside Gentle were the steps of the
classmates who bore that form, gently we
dropped our flowers into the opened grave,
glad that we could know that whom we
loved was not there, but risen" And in
the hush that followed, our sorrows were
assuaged by heavens own benediction,
&c the fellowship of kindred minds " with
" those above" He was pure and strong, a
manly Chr Five years from the day
he Joined the church on earth, he was called
to the church triumphant. His departure
Is, seemingly, a great loss 70 us all es-
pecially to those nearest and dearest TO
him, but God knows best While we all
mourn, yet we rejoice that we can know
that for him :" it is all right" Especially
do our sympathies go out for the near
friends-to the father and mother bereft
OF their only son; to the sister left with
out brother, and to her whose life had
come TO be so much and so richly bound up
in his life, That the God of comfort and
blessing may bring TO them of his fulness is
the prayer OF many friends.