St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-05-29
RECENT DEATHS.
Young.

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painter. His death was quite unexpected
and came as great surprise to his east
ern relatives. The immediate cause of
his death was congestion of the lungs.
Mr.. Young was born in Lyndon, Nov.
%, 1910, and his boyhood life was spent
in St. Johnsbury. He early showed
taste for painting and entered the school
OF Fine Arts at Worcester, Mass, to begin
his education along these lines. Hecrossed
the continent about 1860, and for the
next ten years lived in California, where
the natural beauties of the Yosemite val
ley, the wonderful coast scenery and the
ever-changing views Of the Sierras gave
him abundant opportunity for the de-
velopment of his chosen profession. In
1871 he went abroad and spent six years
in Paris, Munich and other continental
art centres, studying under Pelouse, Lam
binet and other noted painters.
Early in the SOS he came to Denver,
and he is as we'll known in Colorado from
his mining ventures as by his reputation
as an artist. He was the first man to
open the Aspen mining district, and was
about that time interested in the noted
Mollie Gibson mine. But connoisseurs
agree that it is to his landscape scenes,
mostly in Colorado, that his fame is due.
His success in his profession may be seen
in the fact that the first picture sent to
the Paris Salon was Immediately accepted
by the judges. Mr. Young was also
noted water color artist, and Bierstadt
considered him the greatest water color
artist in America. After spelling thous'
ands of canvasses, success at last crowned
his efforts and he succeeded in pro ducing
picture which had the strength of oil in
the fore ground, with the transparency of
water color in the distance and sky. The
discovery revolutionized water coloring
and from that day until his last sickness
he made picture after picture with aston
ishing rapidity and with an ease which
not only astonished his friends. but proved
an unfailing source of delight to himself.
He was noted for his generosity to
struggling artists, and one OF them re-
Gently said of him, There's many an
artist who can look back to the time
when life was made worth living again
just through the generosity of Harvey
Young" Since 1879 he has lived in COL
orado, though he kept studio at Mani
tou, Washington and one or two other
places. He leaves a wife and four chill
dren. Mr.. Young also leaves one brother,
Henry S. Young of Boston, and one
sister, Mrs. N. P. Lowering of st. Johns
bury.
Roberts.
Horatio N. Roberts, member of Co.
H., 10 Regiment, Vt. VOL, and respect
ed citizen of st. Johnsbury Center, died
last Wednesday, after an illness Of but
five days with pneumonia. He was born
in St. Jounsbury in 1917, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs Hollis Roberts, and most OF his
long and useful life has been spent in
this town, he being one of the early set
tiers of -Four Corners" He married
first, Mary Chaffee, and their daughter
Viola, of Lakeport, N. H., survives him.
For his second wife he married Adeline
Baldwin. Their daughter Anna, is
teaching at Antrim, N. H., and their son
William, lives on the home farm. They
also buried two children. His third
wife was Mrs. Nancy Simonds, who sur
wives him. He also leaves one sister.
During his later years he has been great
ly interested in writing of the early his
tory of the town and his researches have
brought out many interesting details.
The funeral was held Friday from his late
residence, Rev. G. Merrill officiating. The
many and beautiful floral tributes testi-
fled to the high esteem in which he was
held.
Stafford
Robert Burns, the youngest child OF
Judge and Mrs. Wendell P. Stafford,
died last Friday afternoon after less
than weeks illness with acute laryngi.
tbs. Robert was six years old, boy oi
remarkable intellectual attainments and
possessed of an exceptionately sweet dis.
position. He was in the first grade oi
the Summer street schools and the
children of that room sent floral offer.
ing. The funeral was held on Monday
afternoon, prayers being offered by Rev
DR.. Edward T. Fairbanks and Rev. Dr.
Chas. Pickells. There were many beau
tiful floral tributes, and the parents have
the tenderest sympathy of a wide circle
of friends over the calling home of this
child of such unusual promise.
Burnham.
Mrs. Bessie Church, wife of the lat,
Justus Burnham, died early last Wednes
day morning, after an illness of severa
weeks with grip and pneumonia, at th
age of about 70 years. She was born ii
Waterford, the daughter of David an,
Susan Church and was married over 81
years ago to MIR. Burnham. They cam
to St. Johnsbury about that time AM
lived on farm, for few years at Fou
Corners, then for time at the Center
Later she returned to this village, wher
she has since made her home. The fur