Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-04-07

Richard Hoar returned to Boston the
first of the week.
John West has been visiting his daugh-
ter IN Sherburne.
d. N. Jenne has been added to the list
OF sick the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rice are the happy
recipients Of o daughter.
Frank Tucker lie in Bethel this week,
working for M. N. Kendall.
There will be Fast day services at the
NJ. E. church Friday evening.
Rev. e. A. Reed will preach in the uni
versalist church next Sunday at z:3O p. m.
Geo. Il. Cleveland was taken suddenly
i'll on Saturday last, but III the time OF
writing is much better.
Stephen Hoar, who has been spending a
short time in town, goes to Boston this
week, where he will obtain work.
c. d. Cushing of Bethel is having
lumber drawn for the erection of another
cottage at the head of Silver lake.
Mrs. Geo. Wheelock has been testing
and getting samples of maple syrup. She
finds that Michael Reagan stands ut the
head SO far.
William Davis and a carpenter from
Woodstock are at work finishing cot
tage at the head of the lake which was
commenced late in the fell.
May flowers in March are an unusual
occurrence in Vermont, especially In
Barnard, but quite a bouquet of them
was picked March 3Oth by Miss Gertrude
Wilson.
Mrr. Emeliue e. Churchill has bought
of o. T. Boutwell, the Charles Gibbs place
on the Creek road and has moved her
goods from East Barnard into the boute.
This place adjoins her old homestead ano
the two make a very desirable piece OF
property. Her SON in-law, 5. q. Bent,
" iii remain on the home place another
year.
MORE ABOUT THE coxEs.
Benjamin Cox, Jr., was the youngest
Revolutionary soldier OF which we have
any record. At fourteen he enlisted in
his fathers company Of Rangers at Fort
Defiance, serving until the company dis
banded. This company was raised by
Capt. Benjamin Cox from Vermont, New
Hampshire and Massachusetts.
The government awarded to young Ben
jamin a pension for his patriotism and
when he grew to manhood he stayed on
the old farm of his father. raising the
second generation of Cox boys, which
compared we'll with the first, all being
large, strong, muscular men. Following
in the footsteps of their uncles, they were
leaders among the youngsters OF Barnard.
Gardner, the Oldest, was a second
Charles OF splendid proportions, standing
over six feet and weighing 225 pounds,
without an ounce OF superfiuous flesh.
His great activity, which he inherited,
gave him the championship in all ath-
letic games and he easily held the belt in
WI estling at collar and elbow, as in his
day no man la him down after he was
Is years old.
He was very studious boy and became
more so as man, his mind running to
the application OF water power to machin-
cry. When he became OF age he and his
brother, Benjamin, left Barnard on foot
for what was then called the Great West
(St Lawrence Co., N. W Following
their noted uncles, Charles and Tom, they
settled near Potsdam at a place called
Pierpoint. Although these boys brought
nothing with them but an extra shirt and
pair OF stockings, they, too, had left
the grandmother. She was equally proud
OF her boys and had encouraged them in
all their athletic sports and feats of phys
ical strength. Her annual visits in the
fall OF the year, when she went on horse
back to the west, carrying mitteDs and
stockings OF her own manufacture to her
idols, were kept up until her dealh.
Gardner Cox invented about the first
turbine water wheel known, and made
considerable money because OF its popu
larity. He built a saw mill, grist mill
and starch mill, and studied out the pro-
cess, which was then great secret, OF
making starch from corn. Had he lived
in these days of steam and electric power
be would be known as one OF the most
scientific men OF the times.
He married Miss Hicks from Barnard,
but unfortunately there were no children
from this union.
SALE OF THE LILLE FARM
r. B. Lille, Esq, has bought of his !
mother, Mrs. Susan Lille, OF Louisburg, |
Kansas, the well known homestead farm
OF the late Justin Lille.
This is the old place of Major John |
Gambell, who came to Barnard from
Spencer, Mass, and settled on this land |
III years ago. After his death it was
owned and occupied by Orrin Gambell, a |
prominent man in Barnard politically, |
especially in $780, His father, Major John,
was one of the first settlers and his name |
appears upon the records very prominently |
among all officers and doings OF the town. |
Justin Lille bought this farm and |
came tere to live from Christian Hill in |
Bethel in 1851, and raised a large fam
lily, who eventually left the home nest
and settled successfully in other towns |
and states, leaving r. B. the sole repre-
sentative in Barnard OF that once popular |
man, Justin Lille.
Ii was on this farm that Captain Daniel |
Lille was raised. He enlisted in the army |
of the Rebellion as private in the 4th |
Vt. volunteers and was promoted to cap |
tain, after which be was severely wound
ed at the battle of the Wilderness and |
died in the hospital at Washington. His |
body was brought home to Barnard, |
where one of the largest funerals ever held !
in town showed the respect feft. for this |
popular young patriot The interment |
was made in the family lot at Bethel, |
where marble shaft marks the resting |
place of this brave Barnard boy. The |
Daniel Lille Grand Army post takes the |
name and the hall is decorated with a |
life-size portrait OF Captain Lille.
Two other boys, George and Leroy, |
were raised on this farm, who answered |
the country's call and went to the front, |
but came out unhurt. They are now |
wealthy and prominent citizens of Mar
ion, Iowa.
Adjoining this farm Judge Benjamin |
Clapp settled at about the same time as |
did Major Gambell. They were both |
leading men in town and county-strong |
Henry Clay men, taking lively interest |
in politics. Judge Clapp, who was coun-