Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-03-01

bad wslking, a goodlv number of our
| people and some from Bethel aud North
held were present to pay their respects TO
a former Well-known resident OF our
town. After brief burial services at the
! grave, the ho5y was inferred in he family
lot OF Mr.. Wall in South View cemetery.
Mrs. Strong, who has been very poorly
/ in health for some time preceding her hus-
/ bands death and since, will remain with
| her brother, Mr.. Wall, for the present.
jamestown papers contain long sketches
OF Mr.. Strong, testifying to the high re-
4 gard in " hieh he was held as a public
4 business man and citizen OF that place
and giving particulars of his sickness and
death, which occurred at SOB Monday
evening Of last week. He had been suffer.
ing from severe cold for several days and
the Wednesday previous he had a chill.
Then came hemorI hayes. In spite of med
ical and nurse attendance, he failed rap
idly, sleeping most OF the time. He passed
away quietly.
We quote rs follows from the James
town Daily Capital
"Mr. Strong has been identified with
the growth OF the city for two decades.
IL was in the spring OF 80 when he came
here TO clerk for Curtin and Winslow in
their large general stores. Later he
was with ID. Curtin in bis store located in
the building which burned last fall while
occupied by Augustus Kuhn as a bakery.
DE knew every detail OF the grocery and
dry goods business by long years expert
ence and In S4 went to Darlington, where
he engaged in business for six years.
With the capital secured by his profitable
business there he returned to jamestown
in 80 and, with Mr. Chase, opened the de-
psrtment stores which have since been so
prosperous and become so well known
under the firm name OF Strong and Chase.
In '95 he dissolved partnership, Mr.. Chase
taking the grocery business and Mr..
Strong the dry goods. The business grew
steadily from the beginning and so well
that Mr. Strong, who recently took lease
years, had decided to retire at the end OF
the lease to devote himself to the quiet
OF home life and leasure.
HIS was a selt-made man. All that he
was and bad he had secured by his indom-
liable ana untiring energy. He applied
himself assiduously to his business. He
came here with nothing and had built up
a business declared to be equal to a very
comfortable fortune at the time OF bis
death. Mr.. Middleton, his head clerk, is
now in New York buying goods for the
store and will be shocked to learn OF bis
employers death, no intimatiOn OF his
serious illness having reached him, II is
believed. Mr.. Chase is also In the east
and will not be able 10 reach here for the
funeral
Edison d. Strong was born in Gaysville,
VT, Apr 20, 1916. He married Miss Mary
Wall Nav 2, 1874, in Randolph. Two years
were spent in Des Moines, Ia, previous to
coming to this city. No children were
born to them. Last year Mr.. and Mrs.
Strong celebrated their silver wedding, an
event made very pleasant by the remem-
brances from their many friends.
Mr.. Strong is the last OF his race. His
brothers and sisters and his parents have
preceded him and only an aunt, Mrs.
Brooks, OF Bethel, VT, survives him. The /
remains will be taken To Vermont for in |
terment and the same minister who |
preached the funeral service for Mr.. |
Strong's father and mother will preside at
his funeral at the old home at Randolph |
in the Green Mountain state. The body /
will be accompanied east by Mrs. Strong, /
who will be met in st. Paul by her broth
err, VIM. B. Wall, claim scent OF the Bos-
ton ana Maine railway. Mrs. Pierce |
Blewett and II. c. Flint will accompany /
Mrs Strong as far as st. Paul.
Mr.. Strong was member OF jamestown /
lodge, No. 6, Ancient Free and Accepted |
Masons, and members OF this order will /
escort the remains from the house to the
depot.
Funeral services will be held at the resi-
dence at - NJ. Wednesday, conducted by /
Rev Gum and assisted by Rev. Miller.
In the evening the body will be taken east,
Mrs. Strong's health not permitting OF
travel today"