Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-02-18
General Vermont News.

I Gaskill, born Ia Clarendon ia 1923 He fitted
. Tor college AT the Rutland county grammar
school at CastletOn and graduated at Mid
dlebury college in the class Of ls44. After
teaching for "A year or two he went to GeOr-
gia. where he followed to same vocation for
several important pastorates. At that time
Baptist clergyman OF much note holding
several important pastorates at that time 10
of the leading Baptist preachers Of Georgia
were natives of Vermont. many Of them
/ graduates of Middlebury college. He after
/ ward practiced some years in Atlanta and
/ from thence he went TO Chattanooga. From
there he returned to Vermont some 20 years
ago. He was Il member Of the Rutland
/ county bar. but has not practiced the
/ profession since his return. He was
quartermaster aud colonel in
| the Confederate army during the civil war.
/ He returned to the state as a Democrat and
acted with that party for several years, and
afterwards joined the Republican party
and did effective work on the platform dur
| ing the presidential canyasses. He was four
| times married, his last wife surviving him
/ with two sons, Clinton q. Gaskill and Var
ney W.Gaskill both leading lawyers Of Chat
! tanoOga. Tenn. one of whom has been with
/ MIN In his last hours
! Lester Barney of Bennington has Just died
! at his home on Grand View street after an
/ illness that extended over period Of two
| years with consumption. Mr.. Barney was
/ born in SwautOn and was SO years of age.
most of his life being spent in that town.
He was for number of years in the marble
/ business there with Il brother Elisha L.Bar-
! ney. Mr. Barney served in Company VI, Goth
| New York cavalry, and Of late years had
/ drawn a pension. He was a member of Sew
/ enty-siX lodge, No IA. f. and A. NJ, and of
/ Jesse Jewett post. .G. A. r., both of Swanton.
/ lie was married in Dec. 1863. at SwantOn,
J q w wit pt4
] daughter and two sons, survives him.
/ Henry Noyes. for the past four years post
master OF Hyde Park has turned over the
/ office to his successor, T. H. Page Mrs. r.
/ II. Page is first assistant and will
! give the office her personal at
| tentOn during the absence Of Mr.
I Page who is in Texas. She will be assisted
! by Luclus II. Noyes who has been in the
/ office several years. Mr.. Noyes has been an
/ excellent postmaster and he will now give
! his time mainly to his insurance business
The Hyde Park Cemetery association has
! chosen for its present officers: President,
/ Mrs. Cornelia NJ. Small: vice president, Mrs
/ T.. H. Wiswell treasurer, Mrs. E. F. Page;
| secretary, Mrs. j. Il. Mcfarland.
DR.. Daniel Campbell,aged II, has just died
| at SaXton's River. He was one of the
/ best known and most successful practitioners
/ in Vermont. He graduated from Vermont Med
/ ical college at Woodstock in 1912 and from
! the Berkshire Medical college at Pittsfeld,
! Mass. in 1913. He practced in Pittsfleld.
/ was then in Westminster ten years, and since
/ 1854 had an office in SaNton's River. He was
| prominent in medical societies. He was
member otthe Legislature in 1864 and was
/ the Democratic candidate for speaker. He
also received the Democratic nomination for
/ Congress in the Second district in 1888. He
is survived by widow and six children.
Charles Fairbanks. who was born in
| Barnet. Vt, in 1921. and was the son of eX-
/ Gov. Erastus FAIRBANKS. is dead in Nice
France. His early life was passed in ST.
Johnsbury. He entered the firm of H. d T.
Fairbanks d Co.. and went to New York in
1915 as its representative. Owing to poor
| health, in 1860 he went to Europe, where he
had since remained. He leaves a widow and
son in Dresden. and two sisters Mrs. c. NJ.
Stone of st. JOhnsbury and Mrs. c. L.
GOodell of Boston.
School in district No. II. Enosburgh has
closed; number of scholars. II; average at
/ tendance per day. l6 LII Eleven have had
no marks during the term, namely, Ida.
Della, Blanche. and Clyde Austin: Charlie
| and Sadie King; Frederick, julia and Leon
| Jacobs: Lena and Alton Lockwood irving
! Baker lost one day. Those who ranked
| highest in their studies were Charlie King,
| Blanche Austin and Julia Jacobs. Della H.
/ Messier. teacher.
/ The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs. L. 0.
! LuXfOrd of sheldon Junction to the number
| of 81 met at their home to make them a
/ farewell visit. Refreshments were served,
/ aud with candy making, games and music
| the evening passed very pleasantly. Mrand
| Mrs. LuXfOrd will move to We Derby March
! | to take possession of their new home. The
! best wishes of sll were conveyed, and many
| expressions of regret at their leaving were
| heard
Mildred Brewster who is under Indictment
| for the killing of Anna Wheeler MAY 80 last
has been taken back to the county Jail by
Sheriff Collins from the Heaton hospital,
| where she has been nearly two months. while
the bullet was removed from her right ear.
She Is apparently much stronger than before
the operation. The supreme court will give
its decision on the validity of the indictment
in about two weeks.
The department of agriculture has issued
an illustrated Year Book, which contains
! much of interest and practical value to farm
ers. In order that these books may reach
those who will care most for them and to
| whom they will be most useful, they will be
distributed free of charge to those who
write Senator Redtield Proctor at Washing
ton for them before February /.
The Chester mills. owned and operated by
Whitney & Co., of Ashburnham, Mass have
closed their doors. The company was en-
gagged in the manufacture of chair stock and
! employed about so hands. consuming the
greater part of the lumber supply of this
| section. 1t is expected that the mills will
remain closed for an indefinite period.
The business block at Newport, owned by
| Mrs. A. i. Hall, has been burned, causing
loss of about 100000. S. NJ. Flint occupied
! a ana n,,+N .,
| Flints loss was 5000 with no insurance The
estimated loss on the building is $4,000, in
| surance $1,000 Cares loss was $780, in
surance $3.50.
Mr. and Mrs L. D. Carl of Alburgh
Centre have lost their youngest child.
1t lived about two hours after it
was born, and Mrs. Carl is very low.
49, Mrs. Susan Chiffon, widow of George
Chiffon, is dead. She died of Il lingering
disease of cancerOus nature.
D. E. Wright of Montgomery Center has
got pension. although he only gets Sc per
month and 1876 back pay. Those who are
familiar with his case are of the opinion he
! should had much more as he is needy and
deserving.
The animal statistics of Highgate reported
by Mr. Sheridan show TAG horses appraised
ut $50, 232; 2l47 cows $37, 43l; young stock
1905, $425l; 65S swine, S3l5l; 3l4 sheep,
$724.
A daughter was born February to Daniel
Bean and wife of West Milton. Hayes
Tabor and wife have hired out to Eugene
Town for the ensuing year.
Miss Mabel Smith of West Burke has been
obliged to leave her school on account of
illness at home. and Mrs. d. S. Townsend
will finish out the term.
Nelson Chase of East Fairfield has lust
died at the home of his brother Perry, at the
age of 50 years, after painful illness of a
few weeks.