The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-11-16
PERU.


lay II telegram received saturday ey
uing announcing the death by SUI
eide Of Jared G. Davis of Lee, Mass
This act was caused by the ravage'
Of long standing disease bright
disease) which the physicians had pro
nounced incurabe and about to prov,
fatal. This, together with some loss
financially, mingled with extreme
grief through anticipated separation
from his beloved wife and his tire,
little children whom he idolized, evi
IDENTIFY unbalanced his mind and car
ried him to the rash act.
Mr.. Davis has of late years bee,
considered as one of the most prom
Using of the many successful men Peru
has sent .forth. Indeed his success
has been phenomenal taken from any
standpoint. From the time he went
out from Peru, thirty years ago, AT
the age of seventeen, his whole life
has been devoted to the training and
breeding of horses, until he had be
come to be recognized both in Boston
and New York as one of the leading
horsemen in the country. One of his
horses, Alcantara, has for several
years stood without peer in the ex-
hibitions at Madison Square Gardens.
For this horse he once refused an Of
fer of sixty thousand dollars. For
several years he has resided in an ele-
CANT residence at Lee, close by the
many country residences of the rich
; est New Workers.
: Mr.. Davis was man of very steady
habits and high and firm purpose.
!; Nothing would swerve him when his
, mind was once resolved. In spite of
the constant temptation to whit h his
occupation exposed him, he was never
!, addicted to any bad or Incorporate
habit, not even the use of tobacco.
& The whole foundation of his splendid
9 character and success was laid here
n in the training of his Peru home and
y society. 1t is most remarkable fact
that of his many schoolmates while
here nearly al! are now living. The
lapse of overa quarter of century
has as yet but slightly thinned thei
numbers. Most of them, although
scattered from Maine to California
will read these lines written by one
who was always looked upon as his
most intimate associate. We have
a all of us, watched his career with deeI
II interest, rejoiced at his success, an(
looked back with pride upon the fac
y that his early life was built up witt
! our own, and each of us, | know
would bear witness to his sterling
worth and the kindliness of his dis
. position. And no one of us, at least
II will allow the manner of his depart
ure to detract from the respect il
y which we will ever hold his memory
e M. j. n.
IS M. j. Hapgood's pack of three
is hounds have already run down two
foxes, taking two whole days and {
% night for each occasion.
IL Loren Whitney and Walter Jenk
{. ms spent Sunday in Newfane.
Mr.. Shepherds two sons from low
\ are visiting him.
William Burke, who has been quit
o sick with erysipelas, is improving.
Earl Whitney has returned froi
a his work in Rutland on account o
Il his health.
If MI. and Mrs. George Kilburn fror
Manchester are visiting at he
mothers, Mrs. j. @. Adams.
~ Miss Nellie Long of Easton, Pa
y a cassmate of Susie Hapgood, cam
Saturday to teach the winter term i
Dist. No. 3.
o' Mrs. Charles Batchelder and Gee
y X. Davis have gone to Lee,k Mass
We to attend the funeral of their brothe
ne j. G. Davis.
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