The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-22
EAST DORSET.

Our three college boys have returned
to their studies.
Michael Cunningham is visiting the
old home after an absence of ten years
in Springfield, Mass,
Our cheese factory is about opening
for business,
James M. Bebee who lives one
half mile north of our depot, ON the
valley road likes to show farmers the
difference between moving machine,
horse rake and harrow that he has and
any others of their kind,
OF our sick Hartwell Kendall and
Michael Canary are still in doors, but
George w, Brock is up and out meet
ing and greeting his old neighbors and
others.
John Hector Jr, and wife, formerly
Miss Anna Quilter, who lately moved
to New York city, have just buried
their little daughter and have son
sick with the same disease, diphtheria.
A telegram was received Friday
afternoon of last week announcing the
Sudden death at Underhill of Mrs.
DR.. Newton, formerly Miss Grace
Batchelder, youngest daughter of Ed
ward Batchelder of our village. The
remains were brought here for burial
and the funeral was on Monday. Her
sister, Mrs. Convis Parker, Of Wash
ington, d. c., was telegraphed on Sat
urday and arrived on the 2 o'clock a.
m, train Monday, Report says that
Mrs, Newton was apparently in usual
health when the doctor LETT home but
on his return three hours after was
found dead.
1t is said that the Taconic Marble
Co. of Manchester will soon put in
some new machinery and start up a
part of the Dorset Marble Co.'S mill.
The teachers in Dorset for the spring
term, so far as known, are as follows
On the west road, the road west Of So
Dorset, Ms. Nellie S, Snyder. In
Dorset Hollow, Maggie Sheridan
South Dorset, Sarah Kallaher. Morse
district, Mary E. Tully. East Dor
set, Misses Roberts and Regain. Oul
south village a Miss Mcguire. Rog
ers district, Mary Collins. NORTH
Dorset, Bridget Regain.
The following copy Of a newspaper
clipping explains itself and requires
further correction:
at seems that Mrs. John Weaver
of Chicago is not the only living chile
of revolutionary soldier. One ex
ception is Mrs. Mary Woodbury. o
Elizabeth, N. J. She is the only sur
viving child of Roger Huntington whit
served in the revolution and also in tn
war of 1912. He drew pension TO
many years as a soldier of the revolu
ton and died in Hartford in 1850 a
the age of 80. Mrs. Woodbury. wa
the Youngest of seven children and wa
born in 1909. She is very feeble bu
in good health and remembers perfect.
her fathers return from the war il
1914"
Another exception is Ruben Eggles
ton of East Dorset, Vt. He was Dor
March II, 1918 and is "a years, on
l month and seven days old. He enjoy
robust health and does a fair amour
of daily labor He expects to b
, among the boys repairing the ''notch
road in few days and it wouldn't b
at all strange if of all the children c
: revolutionary soldiers he should win tn
enviable distinction of being the las
survivor. His father, Benedict Egg
lesion, was born in Hopkinton, K. l
June IS, 1854 and died in East Dorset
VT, December 10, 1859, aged 3
years and nearly six months. At l
he left his native town and went t
Stonington, Conn.,, where he lived thre
wears with an uncle named Worder
He enlisted at II was with Washing
ton at Yorktown and at the evacuatio
of New York and saw Major Andr
hung. At % years of age he came
SALISBURY where he lived II year
t He then moved to East Dorset on
the John Dunn farm so called, betwee
e the farms of Bradford A. Rogers an
n B. p. Bowen. His next and last T.
y moval was just to the east of our villae
n where he built the house now owne
e and occupied by James Quigley. H
drew pension of So month son
e "A years. He was twice married
!. His second wife's maiden name W;
It Sarah Skinner born in Hopkinton, \
H., and her youngest child was Il
b Ruben Eggleston aforesaid.