Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-07-08
Two Sudden Deaths.
That of Geo. w. Stanley, Monday, and
ofFreddie Cass on saturday.

of Freddie Cass on saturday
sudden death occurred Monday about
10 o'clock near the residence OF f. L.
Proctor at the north end of Green street.
Geo. w. Stanley, a prominent and wealthy
resident of Langdon, who comes into the
village regularly with butter and eggs from
his farm, was on the street and ahghted
from his team in front of the house men
toned. His horse was little FESTIVE from
the noise of fire-crackers and he stopped
moment to sooth him before he went INTO
the house. As he left the team and was
crossing the side walk toward the rear en-
trance of the house he was seen to fall. A
number of people gathered Immediately
and removed him to shady spot inside
the ward, sending for DR.. E. S Allbee he
died before the physician arrived, and in
fact only gasped once or twice after ne
fell.
DR.. Allbee pronounced the cause OF his
death as heart disease, probably induced by
the great heat and the little anxiety on &C
count of the horse Mr.. Stanley was about 3O
wears old, a son-in-law of the late Robert
Elwell of Langdon. His wife was widow
when she married him, and the wife sur
wives him with two of her children. Mr..
Stanley was one of the best known resi-
dents of this part of New Hampshire, a
modest. unassuming and thoroughly con-
scientious citizen, one who will be greatly
missed in his town as well as on our streets
A sad death occurred Saturday after
noon in the going out of the young life OF
Freddie Cass, living on Atkinson street
The Sunday before, he had been in Oak
Hill cemetery where his father is buried,
and in coming from there, boy-llke, he
plucked some grass beside the road and put
a little in his mouth. In some way he
drew piece of the head of a herds grass
tip into his wind pipe. 1t did not seriously
Inconvenience him for a few days, although
it had passed through the wind pipe into
the lungs. With the motion of the lungs,
and the prickly nature of the head it wore
its way out of the right bronchial tube into
the main substance of the lung, causing
severe hemorrhages commencing Thursday
and continuing until his death Saturday
evening.
spost norton Sunday disclosed the head
of grass, which was about an inch and
half long, sticking about one-third out of
the rear of the main lung.
Freddie was quiet, gentlemanly boy of
nearly seven years of age and great Joy
to his widowed mother, who is left with an
only daughter, Maud, obout 10 years of age,
who is attending a business college In
Keene.
The family have had a succession of viO-
lent deaths in past years, number OF the
fathers relatives having died from accident.
The father himself died the week that
Freddie was born as a result of an acct
dent He was an employee of the freight
department of the Cheshire road and in
coupling cars the end of broken coupling
pin flew violently striking him on the head
and fracturing his skull He lived some
weeks in dying condition, being quite a
marvel to the medical world, living so long
with the brain injured so seriously,
Mrs Cass, and the other relatives of the
family are receiving a large amount of
sympathy from all classes of citizens. The
funeral occurred Tuesday afternoon at 2
O'Clock from their residence, Rev. j. H.
Reid officiating,
Appropriate reference was made in the
Congregational Sunday school, on Sunday,
to his death, he having been a constant at
tendant, and was in his place the week
before.