Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-10-13
DUMMERSTON.
Deacon Leroy Wilder.

Death of a Lifelong Resident of the
Town His wife Also In Feeble
Hcalth---They Were Married More
Than % Years Ago.
Deacon Leroy Wilder, 90, died Saturday
morning after an illness of many months.
We seldom record the death of a person
more generally or justly respected through
life or more sincerely lamented at death
than this venerable man. Although he
left children, grandchildren, relatives and
many friends the heavy burden of the loss
will fall on his amiable wife whose life and
the life of her husband have been as one
for more than 81 years. Both Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilder have been very i'll for many
months, and their separation has been ex-
pected for some time.
Mr.. Wilder was born in Dummerston
Nov. 3, 1908, and he has always lived in
this town. His wife, whose maiden name
was Patience Could was born in Brattle-
boro and is now in her S9th year. They
were married at the home of her father,
Ebenezer Gould, in West Dummerston,
Jan. II, 1882, by Rev. Hosea Buckley.
Deacon Wilder was the son of Deacon Dan
Wilder, who died on the ancestral farm
March 90, 1875, aged 50 years. Until
about 10 years ago Deacon and Mrs.
Wilder lived on the old homestead in the
south part of the town where the deacon
was born, where his father lived for II
years and where his grandfather, Joshua
Wilder, settled in 1895. The Wilders
were prosperous farmers and illustrated in
a marked degree the health giving and
e-prolonging tendency of the farming
occupation in New England, when pur-
sued with industry, frugality and temper
ate habits. On account of Deacon Will
der's illness the farm where Mr.. Wilder
lived has been carried on by his son Frank
for several years.
The funeral was held from the Congre-
gational church Monday afternoon, Rev.
L. c. Kimball officiating. His sermon
was an admirable and fitting tribute to the
memory of Deacon Wilder.
Alonzo Bradley caught hawk Tuesday
measuring four feet 3-4 inch from tip to
tip of its wings.
AT the close OF his sermon last Sunday,
Rev. Mr.. Kimball announced that next
Sunday he would preach about Admiral
Dewey.
Several copies of the Farley, Iowa, Ad-
vertiser containing an obituary notice of
Mrs. A. c. Walker 70, who died at her
home in Farley, Oct. 8, have been sent to
relatives and friends in Dummerston by
Mr.. Walker, who is prominent business
man in that city, native of this town and
son of the late DR.. Sewall Walker of Dunn
merston.
So far as we have learned from the SUI
perintendent and other sources, the schools
OF Dummerston are progressing well. The
teachers are competent, faithful, doing
excellent work, and good results are ex-
pected. One serious defect, however, is
the frequent absences from school of many
of the older scholars, who are absent, in
some instances, week at a time. Teach
ers are doing all they can to remedy this Sc
rious defect, but cooperation on the part of
parents is needed. Pupils who are absent
much of the time make little or no prog
ress in their studies. 1t is not an unusual
thing for the parents of such scholars to
complain that the schools are poor and
their children are not learning anything.