Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-01-22

number of persons attending Protestant
church 478; number attending Sunday
school, 233. He visited III families in
Barton Landing and gives the population
as 644; Roman Catholics, three. Number
Sunday-school scholars 266; number of
persons attending Protestant church, 452.
| Total number of families visited in the
county, 52S5; number of persons in the
families, q, 642; Roman Catholic popula
| ton, 1921; number of persons attending
Protestant church, 1869; number at
| tending Sunday-school 1909; number of
ilIiterate families, 70; number of individ
uals found destitute, 81. Mr.. Newcomb
does not claim that hiss,tfgures are abso
lutely correct but thinks that they are
nearly SO. We believe that be, has given
the population of the villages too low as
this village had a populations Of 1926 in
1897 as shown by the census taken at that
time, and since that time the population
can not have decreased to, any great
| extent.
DR.. r. B. Skinner died at his home last
| Tuesday evening. Although in poor
| health for some years he practiced his pro-
| fession until about one year ago, when his
| health having failed until he was too
| feeble to be about, he was obliged to give
up. During his earlier life he was closely
| identified with the interests of this town
and village; he was a public spirited
| citizen and at different times he had held
| many of the town offices. He was a mem
Der of the Congregation church and one
of our most highly respected citizens. The
| funeral was held at his late home Friday
| afternoon; Rev. r. L. Sheaff officiated,
assisted by Rev. w. E. Douglass. The
large number of townspeople present and
the floral display testified to the esteem in
which the deceased was held. He leaves
two sisters, Mrs. E. E. RaWson of Ben
nington, and Miss Sophia Skinner of this
village. The following sketch of DR..
SINNERS life appeared in the Cen
tenhial edition of this paper in 1896.
Orchard Baxter, son of DR.. j. F. and
Sophia Stevens Skinner, was born in Bar
net in 1884. He was educated at Brown
1ngton, Lyndon and Peacham academies.
After his graduation he attended course
of lectures in Castleton medical college,
and the medical department of Harvard
university, from which he graduated in
1858 with the highest honors of his class.
The following summer he began the prac-
tice of his profession with his father, with
whom he remained until 1871. DIR. Skin
ner has an extensive practice all over
Orleans county, and is in great demand as
a consulting surgeon in doubtful and
critical cases. For the sake of recreation
he has purchased a small farm, and was
one of the earliest breeders of Jersey cat
tie in the county. In 1860 he was COM
missioned surgeon of the Third Militia
Regiment of Vermont by Governor Hall.
He has been a staunch republican ever
since the formation of the party, and in
1880 represented Barton in the legislature,
rendering efficient service as chairman of
the House committee on the House of
Correction. For several years he was one
of the trustees of Barton academy, and
town superintendent of schools. He was
one of the early members of the Orleans
County Medical Association, and also a
member of the Vermont State and w hite
Mountain Medical Association. He was a
member of the county board of examining
surgeons for pensions at Newport for the
four years of ex-President Harrison's ad-
ministration. From his early manhood he
has been an active and exemplary member
of the Congregational church. DIR. Skin
ner was married in 1864 to Marcia A.,
daughter of Amos c. and Eliza E. Robin
son of Barton, who died in November,
1892
Barton Landing. r..
M. M. Taplin and wife visited at Lyn-
donville Saturday. .--
Mr.. Gay and. Mrs. Baldwin, two aged
people, are very sick.
John Brennan is getting out timber for
a new house on his farm.
Ed. Lanou was quite badly hurt while
working in the woods last week.
DR.. Rowell and family have returned
from their visit to Pembroke, Canada.
Mrs. S. E. Wiley was called to Orange
last week by the death of her brother.
Miss Helen Austin is spending a short
vacation with friends in Massachusetts.
Mr.. Todd spent Sunday at Newport
where his wife is caring for daughter
who is sick.
III. B. Smith harvested considerably
more than 100 tons of ice from the Brown
pond last week.
Presiding Elder Sherburne preached two
very interesting sermons at the NJ. E.
church yesterday. t,...s.f
Tom Buzzo, who boards at Mr.. Cooper's,
has been very sick with appendicitis. but
is better at present. - -.
A new tenement has been finished off
for Geo. Hoyt in the Austin block. He
will move into it in few days.
: Miss .Inez Winslow, on account of poor
health, has been obliged to resign her
position as teacher, and come home.