Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-03-04
General Vermont News.

tons River bridge town man, raNlls hlEH- .
WAYS. -ElEl. uver-eer Of the poor. s47lrs f.
schools. -2l gsl. Of which sl3.55l was for
salaries. miscellaneous. sl4.7O0 making tue I
total for the wear la these departments /
s7g1G more than in ls96. State and county
taxes amounting % $500 have been Ihld
and coupons aud Interest uu temporary
loans amount 90 e5Si4 The Liabilities Oh I
the town ara : 1850 90, an incrra-" during
tue year ct =I02l6. The assets ara sSi'6.
beside, the town hall. school buildings hud
other real estate. Total sales nj the liquor
agency were =54i7. and this branch "i tue
towns business shows an apparent loss OF
-3lt. This Is more than made good. now
ever by the SG01 rental which o. rharSra
for the room in which the agency r. located.
The report vi the school directors shows
that 80 regular and two special teachers are
nov employed. OF which live are in the hign
school aud ten ia the outside districts. lhe
librarians report shows that l.ss3 books
were drawn during the year. an increase OF
nearly 2O1O over the previous year. Inc
present number of books in IN" library 4
GI5H. The annual meeting has been held.
and besides trau-uctiug routine business the
town considered the matter ut transporting
pupils living outside the village 10 the high
school. arranged FOR the collection of taxes
aud made appropriations for Memorial duy.
the free library aud for the Improvement OF
cemeteries
Charles Phelps Noble. who has just died
AT Nassau y. r.. Bahama Islands, was born
in FrauEliu. Vt. on May g. 1888, being the
Youngest of "a familyu nine children born to
Sylvester &. aud Nancy Noble. Ia 1865 the
family removed to 81. Adams where Mr..
Noble attended the common and high
schools. Nri-hiug his education with
course al the Mllli-ton seminary AT last
hampton. Mass lie read law for time
with his brother. the late Guy 1. Noble,
and was also connected with the 81 Al
bans Iron and Steel works. In lew
years he entered the employ oi the ~.
/ Adams MHnuia turing company a lEaN-
4 cling salesman. and IN snort time MADE
| an Arrangement with H. J.. Niurl"Ndhi OF
/ Boston, well known IN connection Win
/ IAN, blower ana dry kun processes an"
/ outittng>, to represent the business IN the
| northwest. lie remained IN TINS position
| until 1881 when co-pdrtheT~hlp was lorulcu
/ between Mr.Nohle and George E.fusN, under
| the firm name of Eo~s a Noble, the lirm tax
| ing the western ag"nrF Tor the i. +. SUR
/ tcvant company and developing "a large ana
/ profitable business. Mr.. Nozzle was man
| whose nam" was well ittcd to his character.
/ Tie was broad minded, generous, true 10 MS
t friendships, his business relations ana every
/ obligation OF life. stun IN the prime OF NE,
| his Untmrly death l. mourn"d by all who
! knew him. Mr. Noble Is survived Toy a Wiie
! ana son. his aged mother, Mrs Nancy Noble,
]
! Mr. George Barnes ml Mrs. \. {. stone
grave. ana "A brother. sylvester {. Noble oil
/ St Adams
Hon. John y. Baxter. one of Eutland's
! most eminent citizens, mas just died after
1 "A week : illness, of poisoning of the blood OF
| the Kidneys, at the hg" oI 10 years. lie was
a son of Judg" llurar" BdNtrr,aud a brother
T of the late Gen. II. Henry BaNt"r was born
/ in Eorkiugham May Is, 1922 and spent
. IN IA of IA fellows
. was educated at the Bellows Falls Classical
/ academy AMI the University OF Vermont
1 graduating in the class OF 1871. On the
( organization OF tine Baxter National bank ~
1870 he was chosen yire-pre-ldent and
/ remained in that position for II years.
| Tie wa, the founder OF the Merchants
! National bank ana was elected it,
president This office he satisfactorily illl"d
/ until few months ago, when DR.. John \.
/ Mead was chosen. lie was the founder OF
/ the Rutland Daily aud Weekly Globe and
/ Wt~ president Of the corporation until It's
/ HmalgamatlJn with the Herald. lie was
director of the Vermont state Agricultural
society for ID years and gave much time t.
farming. being in possession OF one Of the
best cultivated farms near the city. Mr..
Baxter never sought public or political
office he preferred the retirement OF his
nome an l'n'"'S, Nn!'n wa tN,eh1Nt "19
wei S'Ie. ',u' ah" III II io wa S'"'eL' anu
render, ne wa among t''g tn1.' 'h"7'G"tls
!" WV 9'"''. ""' "a '"' 90, ~. ~ ~ ''9
Hoho 6"ar '""' 9lole'' l'"i" 'Ig ,i- an
h'Nt'' va" "."'"- '' '' ''t''"'H Oh"
I'"SI'aI 't''i'9 u" vermont
Miss Adelaide lde.eidcst daughter OF Judge
II. {. lde OF ST JuhnshUry late rhlri Justlt"
Of Samoa, has just died ol typhoid fever AT
the home OF Mrs. T. h. Gi""d IN MOrrlsvtl,e.
Miss lde came there on Jan. u ia respons"
TO an mutation from Mrs. Hieed, president
tt4 hfF lt4 ,..Fg a
OF her Samoan Lille at club reception
heid that evening Miss lde came, al
ready lighting the dread disease. a. II
. now appears, gave deughtiui account OF
her III" III the southern Iaelio. Wheh she
Wa- really TOO sick 10 BE- ont OF ped ana was
guest OF Mr-.'rred S,Where sue remainded
until her death. n" remains were tah-
en- to St dohh-Dury. being accompanied to
the station 10y the members OF IN" Woman :
club. who al>o -"nt q floral tribute. They
retain pleasant and lasting memory Of the
rarely gifted young woman whose coming
may have been an important factor in her
runtlmrr death. She was % years old. \
student Of the 81, John-bury academy she
graduated from the Chicago university aud
had lived four years In Samoa. besides nav
ing Travelled extensively abroad. She was a
friend of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Ey-Judge Thomas White. for sixty yeDrs a
familiar figure of Bennington county has
inst died nj hi. home in bennington. Un
had hepn in f,r some tim. with a ,onuIi.n-
ton of diseases, together with a general
breaking up of the system, and his death
was not unexpected for several DAYS. Judge
White was born in Wardsboro in May, 1915.
When 20 years of age he came to Benning-
ton Centre. Here he conducted a tailoring
business several years giving it up and NOV
ing to Bennington, when he was elected Judge
of probate, which position he held a number
,f 81 ,pt.r
beers of the Bennington Historical society,
, one Of its first vice presidents. and when the