The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09
sons or VERMONT.
Death Of . Son Of Athens.


l Hon A Balch for forty years one of the
ablest men In Michigan. among the "best ed.
ucated that ever lived within its borders" a.
tue 4 .lnmazOo u z-tre styled him. died last
week Thursday Al the home of bis son in.law
John Den Bic, ker about three miles east of
Ralsmszoo He wa. b I'm at Athens, Wind
| ham Co. Vt, January ~. 1878 He was first
married to sally Bennett, aud they became
| the parents OF five sous aud five daug hters.
| HIS sc sond wife was Sarah ChpaIn Of Wood,
Mich. He was eduea, d In tbt district schools
OF Vermont, and ;, 1886 be graduated at Mid
diebury college, and rOnttbu @d to teach the e
| and a. Jericho He came 10 X .Iamsz ~ ttb
bis brother, Samuel 4 R.Ich, Aueu-t 20 1857,
| and entered the law offlce of Stusr & W /.
| ster. where he rem ineu two YEAS q. H. tauR BIT
T. the Marshall college, and Old Huron insti-
TUE, now known ~ the X ,islnnz % cOiiee. I.
He was admitted to the bar at Centreville. st
joseph Co, in March 104O He PROGRESSED he
Christian religion, and was general to all The
churches. Hp was q memser Of the state sen.
ae IN 1648, and IN 1867 he WAS appointed
postmaster To 168Gh- was the Democratic
candidate Tor cong ees. H. had been In poor
health for numoer ofyears, and ~ devoted
bu, small part Of Die time to the practice OF
his pro 'es.tan.
R4ud0 ph contributes q number Of Ulcers
to the Socie,ie. or Sons Of Vermont about the
country. Here 10 . list :: Col. Robert j Kim.
ball IL pres,deE, Of tie Brooklyn socey; A.
W. Eison "a president of the Worcester. N as.
society; q. M. Sessions ia pre.ident OF the
Minneapolis soc,ety aud George Partridge IL |
vice president Of the Pac de- coast society
Col. Thompson, formerly OF st JOhnaburv |
and lately employ ed 10 the government Of |
fee at Washington, last week sustained q
fractured lg and ether injuries by being
knock down y team while crossing the
street. Hts injuries have since assumed It.
rious condition, He has had stroke of ap-
OPT Ky. Ia delirious and bis leg has been set
the third time. The surgeons fear gangrene
and express grave DOUBTS OF bis recovery.
T Bixby,. formerly q Nevis boy,
now at South H'ven, Mich. fs one Of the
Vermonipr- who have won merited auccess
In the ord He Is the largest breefer of
Shropshire sheep 10 Western Michigan, and
does q very heavy business with imported
and registered stock. He al-o makes u spe
,'a'tv of peach cub ure, and has % acres under
70 'tivati0n
Edward NJ Dde of St. bloomsbury was With
10 others discharged from the pension Office
1t Washidg'on. Tuesday.
Norma p try Hall, who died In Chicago
at Thur sday. was born 10 Ptttsford April 4,
S25' Hi- body was brought to his native
o wn for burial
ION letting OF about 80 members who came from {
he latter place. 1t held ne second annual meet
ng ednesdsy evening at tho home OF Geo II !
ers: Pie ideut, ON Doubleday; vica-presi-
lent, 2 pUrter; secretary and treasurer, H Y Z
rmstrong; executive committee, including the 4
Ulcers, e. orss II 6rahsm N, the retiring presi.
ent. Miss Haskell. and a . Lund Z Barney. II &
vas voted 70 hoht regular meetings the nrst E
Wednesday evening OF each month at some =
nember's house. The most important business q
rapeacted was the action taken toward the =
ormati0n Of society 10 include all the natives Il
r Vermont In the locality The matter was set.
led by appointing every member Of she preeent n
ociety \ committee Of one u Q. Q how many Yer. =
lOnters can be found who will JOIN such so.
ety. II 10 estimated that there are between
70 and 400 natives of the Green Aouniain state G.
the city, and many have already EXPIRE ssed d
iemselves a. favoring the project. q