Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-30

been sick several weeks, died on Sunday
morning about IL O'Clock. TIE funeral
will be attended at his home on Tuesday at
1 o'clock and exercises at tie congregation
al church will commence at $50. Mr..
Nichols was assistant superintendent of
the Sunday school and q helper In the
church. He will be missed in the town
but most of all In his own home, where he
leaves q wife, two young sons and moth
er. They have the sympathy OF many
friends.
At the Sunday school session. Mr.. Foote
said he was called to do something he new
or remembered as having occurred before
In the sohool-remiud them of the death of
two members on the came Sunday. MI.
Foote spoke at some length on the death of
Mrs. Aesgail Nunson, whose funeral was
attended on Thursday of last week.
He said that some came 30 near
bsing perfect that their feelings are
not apparent to mortal beings and
Mrs. Munson came as near 1t IS any
ons Her friends could not grieva for her
but should be grateful and thankful to God
for such an example as her life had bsen.
The school sang to her memory the hymn
which was sung at her funeral and also at
the funeral other mother, the wife of the
Rev. Ami Linsley, "Who Are These in
Bright Arrs,W The second death men
toned was B q. Nichols, assistant super
iutendent. Mr.. Foote said that faithful
ness and constancy had characterized bis
service in the school. "Watcb, therefore,
for in such an hour as ye think not the
Son of Man cometh." A hymn was also
sung with deep f. cling by the school.
series of six meetiuga commenced last
evening, with an interesting service led by
the pastor, William g. Lathrop. Good
singing bv the quartet.
W.C.T.U. meeting on Wednesday at p
m. A new literary committee will try to
have something of interest for ell. A good
recitation is promised and music Ia expect
ed IS part Of the program. All members
are invited and others are cordially vel
coined.
The memb BIS of the L T. L are to meet
on Monday at 3 D m. In the l. lure room,
at 4:30 on Wednesday afternoon at the
chapel, and Thursday evening Rev. j. d.
James of Rockville will give an object les
son in the lscture room. Ali are cordially
invited.
Union nesting of the Kings Daughters
on Monday evening. They are planning
to do good work in assisting In providing
for the interior of the new parsonage, and
will give an entertainment for that purpose
on the evening of February % as fitting
celebration of the day.
AS A. b. Miller was delivering milk U
his customers Saturday evening near the
railroad station his team started of towards
homo at q lively gait. After running over
a mile the horses brought up against q
fence near the barn on f. @. Brsdley's
place, one horse trying to go on one side
of the fence aud the other horse on the
other side, which brought them to stand
still and evidently bordering In their
qnine minds what was up, when Mr..
Miller, with the assistance of +. h. Stiles,
esq.,, and one of his speedy ponies arrived
ON the scene and secured the runa avs
with but little damage to the turnout ex-
cept broken trace and leaving on the road
q milkmsn's parsphernalis of lanterns,
milk cans, etc.
L. P. futile, registrar of vital statistics,
has completed his report for 1893 to the
state board of health. The number OF
birtha in 1898 was 81, deaths 3S, marriages
8. OF the deaths II We're males and 16
females, which is the highest death record
for any one year in the history of the town.
There were but Is births where both
parents were of American birth. There
we're 90 male children born and Is female.
The largest number born In any one month
was in January, 6 The largest number of
deaths was in August and December, B
each. Pneumonis is given as the cause of
death Of more than any other disease.
Two died of old age and Is were over 80
years old at the time of death, and under
one year.