Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-19
General Vermont News.

aged 40 wears lie was ln' sou ol lnohiaS
Gaskill. born in Clarendon in 1923. He lifted
for college at the Rutlani county grammar
school ut Cas,cton and graduated ut Mid
llehury college in the class OF lSai. AFTER
traching for Il year or two II" went to ttor-
gia. where hc followed Ia same vocation for
several important pastorat"s. Al that I'M"
napti~t Clergyman ol much not" holding
several important pastora;rS at that time ~
OF the leading Baptist preachers ot Georgia
were natives of Vermont. many of them
graduates of MiddlrburI college. lie after
ward practIced some yrnr- IN ATLANTA ana
from thence he went to Chattanooga. from
there he returned to Vernon, some 20 years
ago. lie was Il member Of the Rutland
county bar, bat has not rra'ttcd the
profession since his return. lie was
uuurtermuster and colonel III
the Confederate army during the civil war.
he returned 10 the state a. II Democrat ana
acted with that party for several years. ana
afterwards joined the Republican party
and did effective work on the platform dur
ing the presidential eanvasSrs. lie was Tour
times married., his last wife surviving MIN
with two sons. Clinton c. GuSkill and var
nry ". Gaskill both leading lawyers OF 'hnl-
,anooga. Tenn. one of whom has been with
him in his last hours.
Lester Barney of Bennington has just died
ut his home ON Grand View street after IN
illness that extended overa period OF two
years with consumption. Mr.. Barney wa,
born in Swanton AMI was 5j years OF age,
most of his life being spent in that town.
| He was for II number of wears in the marble
business ther, with brother. Elisha l.Bar-
nry. Mr.. Barney served in Company NJ, 26lh
New York cavalry, and OF late years had
drawn II pension. II" wis II member of Sew
! rnty-six lodge. No. II, +. and \. NJ, and oi
,ir,sc Lcwett pust.G. \. r.. both ot Swanton.
lie was married in Dee. 1861, ut Swanton,
I 10 Miss Lucy ". Pratt. who, with one
/ "A. and t,V,,
Henry Noyes. for the past four years post
master of Hyde Park, has turned over the
office to his successor, L. II. Page. Mrs. I.
| II. Page is first assistant and will
give the Office her personal at
irn,ion during the absence Of Mr..
Page who is in Texas. She will be assisted
! BY Lucius ii. Noyes, who has been in til"
office several years. Mr.. Noyes has been an
excellent postmaster and he will now give
his time mainly to his insurance busints,
-. This Hyde Park Cemetery association has
| chosen for its presrn, officers PRESIDENT,
Mrs. Cornelia NJ. Sma'l vice president, Mrs
/ T.. II. WisweI: treasurer. Mrs. h. +. Page
secretary, Mrs. J. b. Mcfarland.
DIR. Daniel CampbelI.ased 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
icul college at Woodstock in 1912 and from
the Berkshire Medical college at Pittsfleld.
! Muss, in 1Si3. lie practiced in Ilttsfelu.
was then in Westminster ten years, ana sine"
1884 had an Office in SaNton's River. He was
prominent in medical societies. He was
/, mem ber of the legislature in 1864 and was
the Democratic candidate for speaker. He
also received the Democratic nomination for
Congress in the Second district in 1883. lie
is survived by widow and six children.
Charles Fairbanks who was born in
Barnet, VT, in 1921 and was tho son of ex-
Gov Erastus Fairbanks. is dead in Nice.
France His early life was passed in st.
JohnsbuL He entered the firm of II. X !.
Fairbanks T. Co., and went to New York in
1915 as its Representatives Owing to poor
health. in 1860 he went to Europe, where he
had since remained. He leaves Il widow and
son In Dresden. and two sisters, Mrs. G. NJ.
Stone of st. Johnsbury and Mrs. q. l..
GOodeIl of Boston.
School in district No. ~, Enosburgh, has
closed; number of scholars, II; average at
tendance per day, lG LA. Eleven have had
Della, Blanche, and Clyde Austin; Charlie
and Sadie King; Frederick, Julia, and Leon
Jacobs; Lena and Alton Lockwood Iryin;
Baker lost one day Those who ranked
highest in their studies were Charlie King.
Blanche Austin and Julia Jacobs. Della II.
Messier, teacher.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. o.
Iuxford of Sheldon Junction to the number
of 6i met at their home to make them "A
farewell visit Refreshments were served.
aud with candy making, games and musi,.
tho evening passed very pleasantly. Mr.and
Mrs IuXford will move to Wet Derby March
to take possession OF their new home. The
best wishes of all were conveyed. and many
expressions of regret at their leaving were
heard.
Mildred Brewster, who is under Indictment
| tI,a 4, Of AM lar ~
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 befor"
the operation. The supreme court will give
its decision OH the validity of the indictment
In about two weeks.
Tho department OF agriculture has issued
an illustrated Year Book. which contains
much of interest and practical value to farnl-
ers. In order that these books may reach
those who will care most for them and T."
whom they will be most useful, they will be
distributed free Of charge to those who
write Senator Redneld Proctor at Washing
ton for them before February l.
Tho Chester mills owned and operated by
Whitney & Co., Of Ashburnham, Mass. have
closed their doors. The company was Ell
gagged In the manufacture Of chair stock and
employed about so hands, consuming the
greater part of the lumber supply of thi-
section, 1t Is expected that the mills viii
remain closed for an indefinite period.
The business block at Newport, owned hy
Mrs. A. +. Hall. has been burned, causing Il
loss of about $40, 900. =. NJ. Flint occupied
the tenement over +. ". Cares tin shop
FIint's loss was 5000 with no insurance. Tn,
estimated loss on the building Is s8OOO in
surance Sl2OO. Cares loss was $500, in
Surance $l250.
Mr. and Mrs. f.. D. Carl OF Alburgl
Centre have lost their youngest child
1t lived about two hours after
was born, and Mrs. Carl Is very low
-. Mrs. Susan Chiffon, widow OF Georg'
Chiffon, is dead. She died of lingerins
disease Of cancerous nature
d. E. Wright of Montgomery Center ha
got a pension. although he only gets 80 pei
month and 1915 back pay. Those who arr
familiar with his case are of the opinion IL
should had much more rs he Is needy an'
deserving.
The animal statistics OF Hghgate reporte'
by Mr.. Sheridan show 748 horses APPRAISED
at $40, ,232; PAT cows, S37, ,43l; young stocl
1905 3425l; 65S swine. s3l5l; 3l4 sheep
s724.
A daughter was born February 2 to DAME
Bean and wife of West Milton. Haye
Tabor and wife have hired out to Eugen
Town for the ensuing year.
MISS MaDel SHl'th Vi west DuIho has pc"'
obliged to leave her school on account %
illness at home. and Mrs. ID. $. Townsen'
will finish out the term.
, Nelson Chase of East Fairfield has jus
died at the home of his brother Perry,at tn,
3 age Of SO years, after painful illness OF I
, few weeks.
q The brick schoolhouse in the Russell dis
trict at Morse's Line, has been destroyed b.
fire. The cause is mystery
Charles Juba. former resident Of Isle l.;
Motto Is visiting old friends after an abse Nc
OF nearly forty years.
( Jerome Dumas, chief of police OF Burling
: ton, has just died after an illness OF 2S days
g The schoolhouse in district No. 10 Frankli
= has been burned. The cause is unknown
- William Meehan, an old and respecte,
q citizen OF Fairfield, is dead, aged II years