St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-06-21
RECENT DEATHS.

Blake.
Mrs. George H. Blake, wife of the late
editor of the Barton Monitor, died Sun
day morning at 2 O'Clock at Burlington,
where she went twelve weeks ago for a
surgical operation. Owing to unlocked
for complications Mrs. Blake gradually
failed until her death. Mrs. Blake was
the daughter of S. c. aud Mary w. Burn
ham of Woodbury., where she was born
Nov. 10, 1S43. Thirty years ago she
married George H. Blake and five years
after they moved to Barton, where she
has since resided. She has been valued
member of the Methodist church for
many years and has always taken an
active part in the church affairs. She
was kind neighbor and faithful friend
and will be sincerely incurred. She leaves
one daughter, Mary, wife of w. S. Jacobs,
the present editor of the Barton Monitor,
a granddaughter, Frances Jacobs, a sis
ter, Mrs. Sarah Stone of st. Johnsbury,
and brother, Alfred Burnham of Sutton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacobs and Mrs. Stone
were with Mrs. Blake during the last
hours of her illness. The funeral will be
held at Barton this afternoon.
johnson.
The many friends in Barton and st.
Johnsbury will be saddened to learn Of
the death of Miss Julia Johnson. She
had been i'll since March and passed
away at the residence of her sister, Mrs.
Robinson, at Jacksonville, Florida, June
10. She was born at St. Johnsbury
Center, in October 1888. She resided in
Barton for 80 years. Her mother, Mrs.
Mary c. Johnson, now 90 years of age,
will be pleasantly remembered by her
friends at the north as very enthusias-
tic and efficient worker in church and
Sunday school. The aged mother and
two daughters, Mary and Louise, sur
vive her and have their home with Mrs.
Robinson, who is the widow of the late
Solon Robinson at one time associate ed
itor with Horace Greeley in the New
York Tribune.
All of Miss Johnson's acquaintance
can testify to the quiet patience and fidel.
ity with which she did whatever her
hands found to do.
Beautiful hands are those that do
Work that is earnest and brave and true
Moment by moment the long day through"
Kelly.
Wilbur Fiske Kelley, who died at his
residence in Lynn, Mass, Thursday
morning, was one of the best knowr
| paper statesmen in the eastern states. HI,
was formerly employed by F. M. Spauld
| ing & Co., of Boston, but of recent years
has been acting as selling agent for sew
eral of the more prominent paper mills
particularly the Berlin Mills Co. of Port
land, Me. He was particularly adapted
to his business being of the strictest in,
tegrity, of very genial nature and ex.
tremely popular with his large class o
patrons.
Mr.. Kelley was born in st. Johnsbury
and was nearly At years of age. He had
resided in Lynn about nine years. He
was member OF St. Johnsbury Lodge
F. & A. M. He had been sick only two
days, having had an operation on Tues.
day and died OF congestion of the brain.
He leaves beside the widow one sister
and four brothers, Mrs. DR.. Moore OF
Provincetown Mass, Henry of st. Johns.
bury Center, Harvey of st. Johnsbury
Levi OF Holland and George i. of Lynn,
Funeral services were held at Lynn, Fri.
day afternoon and the interment took
place at st. Johnsbury Center Saturday
afternoon. Many floral tokens testified
| to the high esteem in which the deceased
was held.
scully.
Louise Chamberlain Scully, widow ot
the late John Scully and daughter oil
Ephraim and Mary A. Chamberlain, late
OF Lincoln, ILL.,, died at Northampton,
Mass, May 20. She was born at
Lyndon, April 26, 1852, and went to
Lincoln with her parents in 1865, where
she has since made her home, with the
exception of few years, having lived at
Northampton only about year. On
June 16, 1880 she married John Scully
of Lincoln, a man of high business and
social qualifications. He died April 4,
1885 leaving two children. After her
husbands death she devoted her entire
time to the education and care Of her
children. Of her brothers and sisters,
Mrs. John A. Lutz OF Lincoln and Ed
ward c. Chamberlain of St. Louis, alone
survive. All who entered Mrs. Scully's
home socially, at once recognized in her
the cultured lady and charming hostess.
On leaving school she continued to be
instructed in art and literature. BY in
tuition and instinct as well as by SELF
preparation and education, she was an
artist and artistic in the highest and
best sense. Her religious views were
ilumined by a lofty ideality and in the
discharge OF her religious duties she
practiced that charity which she believed
to be the greatest of Christian virtues.
For Grand Army Veterans.