Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-09-17
General Vermont News.

ing the younger geneiatiOn took their turn.
The ncighbOrs contributed purse OF gold
and the children and grandchildren remem-
bered the worthy couple with articles worthy
of the day. Mrs. Owens name was Diancy
Lamb and she was born in Johnson, April
1854 The aged couple had five children
born to them. four sons and one daughter,
Chas. j. who has been in the employ Of Wal
ter Baker Co, OF Boston for the past % years;
Fred T., who Is a farmer In Addison, VT;
Paolina. L., wife of Dexter j. Chatiield OF
Randolph; VIM. H., who is established in
concreting business at Natick, Mass; Her
bert E., who lives on the home farm to care
for his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Owen have
seven grandchildren and three great grand
children, all of whom, with one exception,
were present at this anniversary. Mr.Owen
has always been of retiring disposition and
never aspired for office and would never ac-
cept such gift. the couple are enjoying
good health.
Mrs Horace ]. Brookes, daughter Of Col.
lie Grand Is. Cannon, who came from New
York to her fathers summer house at Over
lake. in Burlington, recently underwent the
operation OF the amputatiun Of her right
leg. 1t was thought that Mrs. BrOOkes
was past the stage when it would be safe
to remove d leg, SO far advanced had
her ailment become, and it was thought
shat she had come home to her fathers
house to die The trip from New
York was made in a private car,
and on arrival here Mrs. Brookes was taken
to Overlake in an ambulance. Dr.L.M Blng-
ham. the family physician, was called. and
after Mrs. Brookes had rested from the
fatigue of the journey he decided that an
operation could be made successfully. Aided
by DR.. ii. Nelson Jackson he removed the
leg above the knee. Tn" patient rallied
quickly from the shock and is now on the
road to rapid recovery. Mrs. Brookes is
one of Burlington's best known summer
residents.
At the state convention of the Kings
Daughters, just held at Montpele~. the fol
lowing officers were elected for the coming
year: Secretary. Mrs. L. NJ. Denny Of Mont
pelier; assistant secretary, Miss Anna W.
Phinney; recording secretary. Mrs. L. VI.
Scott of Bennington; treasurer, Mrs. j. NJ.
Burt, Bennington; auditor. Mrs. a. j, Bal
come; executive committee, Mrs. II. :.
Bingham. Miss Eugenia Hutchinson,
Miss \. s. NJ. Morehouse, Mrs. \. J.
Cooper. all Of Bennington; county ofIi-
GERS. Addison county, Mrs. A. \. Dick
ems of Middlebury; Bennington county Mrs.
T. W. Harwood Of Bennington Chittenden,
Mrs. Frances Walker Of Burlington Frank
lin, Mrs. f. j. Warner. st. Albans Orange,
Mrs. santa Burt of Randolph Windham, Miss
Florence Clark OF Brattleboro Windsor
Mrs. T.. J. Wallace Of White River Junction
Washington. Miss Annie Phinnsy of Mont
peier. The convention next year will be
held at Bennington.
1t is bit Of good news which Charles II.
Smith who has arrived in BrattlcbOro from
Minneapolis. brings to the New England in
yestors whose money was invested in the
great Kelley assignment in Minneapolis
Mr.. Smith has assumed charge of the loans
E mn ~ fhp kpllpys'S piinDts and il
opinion that of the whole volume Of
Kelley loans. or $4,000. 900, not over
10 per cent, or S6O0.000, will be
lost. While even this loss comes hard
on some of the investors, it is much less
than they were prepared to stand, and they
view the situation at present with more hope
than any time since the calamity Numer-
Ous suits against the kelleys are set for
trial at the September term of court but the
chances are in favor Of some of them being
settled by compromise before the grand Jury
COnvenes.
Dr. J. b. Rand one of the best known
citizens in White River Junction, and a
former prominent New Hampshire man, is
dead of an apOpletic stroke. He had been
in feeble health for some time. He was 4
man of considerable means, and was iden-
titled with the history of the june
tion. He came there from Barnstead,
N. H.. lht tduutl lbNH Ill lOTubF
years of New Hampshire Democracy and
was firm in that political faith until his
death. He went to the town Of Hartford in
1859, and was an intimate friend of ex-
Gov. Samuel f. Pngree. The two bourded
together at Pease's hotel for over twelve
years. Dr. Rand leaves one sister who lives
in Lowell, Mass.
Away back in old times, when Christians
were prosecuted in England and every Bible
that could be found was burned, the ances-
tors of Nathaniel Foster an early settler in
Middlebury, lived on an estate in Wales
which was surrounded by a high stone wall.
Over the entrance to the castle was little
room in the wall of which a stone was
closely fitted and behind this was Just suf1i-
cicnt room to secret their Bible. This Bible,
much worn and lacking both title pages, has
come down in the family until recently it
was placed in the heldon museum for per-
manent keeping.
A woman called at the Bellows Falls tele-
graph office recently and wanted to tele-
graph President Mckinley, asking him if she
might wire him her plan on abolishing
hunger, nakedness and lack of shelter. She
also submitted her plan. which in its details
provide for government alienation of every
kind of human want and suffering. The
plan was an elaborate one, and had it been
telegraphed to the president, the "collect"
would have been pretty item. 1t is re-
ported that the same woman wanted to tels-
graph Lord Salisbury from Chester.
Beginning September Is, all the granite
quarries on Milestone mill in Barre except
one will have passed under the management
of the Barre Quarry Co. c. L. Tayntor &
Co.'S quarry is the exception. The Barre
Quarry Co. is a stock company capitalized
at $3.50. 900, organized under the law of the
state of Maine. The officers are President,
Alvin F. Sortwel, mayor of Cambridge,
Mass; vice-presdent, Emery L. Smith of
Barre; treasurer, Clinton N. Field of Barre;
directors, the officers and AFRO ID. Morris
of Barre and Albert +. Hayward of Boston,
Mass.
The people of Readsboro are excited over
the discovery of gold bearing quartz there.
A boy playing in the mountains about three
miles from the village, found peculiar look
ing piece of stone which he sold to Mr.. w.
Brown, the local jeweIer, for SIS. Brown
told of the discovery to w. II. Yan Tassell, a
Holyoke, Mass, drummer, and the latter
with G. II. Ferguson of Holyoke recently
visited the place and took away large
quantity OF ore specimens. 1t is understood
that they intend to develope their discovery.
John Whatso, an Indian trader, who for
years has peddfbd the curiositeS of his peo-
pie through the Green and White mountains
is on his annual trip. Mr.. Whatso is a full
blooded redman, although he wears store
clothes and standing collar and speaks
English like college graduate. He owns a
large and valuable farm in Quebec, where
he spends the winters. He is accompanied
on this trip by his son, a 'good-looking
young man of Is or thereabouts.
Charles A. Smith of the firm of S. A.
Smith e. Co. has been elected director of
the Bratteboro street railway company at a
recent directors meeting in place of L. c..
Crosby, who had resigned. The office of
president is still vacant. Mr.. Smith was the
candidate whom the opposition ran against
Mr.. Crosby at the annual meeting of the
stockh olders.