Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-12-09

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the death of Mrs. Orrin Stevens of Island
/ Pond. Mrs. Stevens leaves a husband and
four little children, the youngest of whom
is about a week old. The case seems doub-
Iy sad. For two years the family lived in
Holland and during their residence here
gained many friends by their amiabIe ways,
kindliness and genuine worth. The de-
ceased, who was held in high esteem, was a
daughte of Mr.. and Mrs. John Cargill and
/ a sister of Mrs. Isaac Hackett and of Mrs.
Don Allbee.
Irasburgh.
Mrs. Peavey has been in very poor
health the past few weeks.
Several from town attended the funeral
of VIM. Bsrrows in Coventry.
H. B. Chamberlin of Coventry will take
possession of his creamery January 1st.
Miss Clara Power has been spending the
week with Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Keith.
All Of the schools in town to-
day. Blanche Keith and Leland Greene
return to Barton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rollin Baldwin have come
to spend the winter with Mrs. Bald wins
, parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Page.
Hon. C. w. Wheeler and family went to
reunion at the home of Deacon Henry
Dow, Mrs. WheeIer's uncle, the occasion
being IN honor of his S0th birthday.
Miss Blanche Keith entertained quite a
large company of young friends at her
home last Friday evening.-Fred Kidder,
from Sunderland, Mass, is visiting friends
in town.-Sidney Thompson is quite ILL.,
c. w. Wheeler was in Boston the first of
last week buying Christmas goods.
Mary Eliza Haynes, wife of Hon. W. D.
Tyler, passed peacefully away at the
BrattIeboro retreat Monday night, Dec. 2,
aged 90 years. Mrs. Tyler was born in
Westford, VT, and was the daughter of
DIR. Haynes, who was a man of distin-
guished ability. Mrs. Tyler was a woman
of rare excellence, a sincere Christian, con-
scientious and faithful. Possessed of a
remarkably clear, active mind, enriched
with choice reading, and the ability to
grasp the higher problems of life; she was
a companion and friend to be priced. The
beauties of nature were never lost to her
admiring gaze. She was of a happy, hope
full disposition, with an eye and heart to
discern the beautiful in life, from the
passing cloud, the tiny flower, or the
sweet note of a bird. To her most in
innate friends she seemed almost like an
encyclop edia of knowledge, until failing
health cast its shroud of darkness over her
brilliant mind. 1t could nave been truly
said of her, ''Sh9 openeth her mouth with
wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of
Kindness She leaves a devoted hus-
band, who deeply mourns his loss, and
while Mrs. Tyler's mental condition has
been such as to demand special treatment
for the past eighteen months, during this
prolonged absence from home Mr.. Tyler
has been especially watchful and careful
that nothing should be left undone that
could in any way contribute to her COM
fort. The funeral service was held in the
Congregational vestry Tuesday morning,
Rev. E. p. Treat officiating. The burial
was in the Irasburg cemetery.
In his discourse. Rev. Mr.. Treat spoke of
the record of the life of Christ as given US
in the gospels. A life busy not only in
teaching but far more so in deeds of mercy
and love. We find Christ many times Civ
ing of His power and strength to help and
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istry was filled with what we call
of healing, these miracles were
primarily not the exhibitions of the power
of Christ, but rather of the love OF the
Saviour. It is the same loving Saviour
who has touched the life Of her whom we
to-day mourn, and has changed her life
even more completely than were those lives
changed nineteen centuries ago. The mir
acles of healing to-day are more marvellous
than in the days of the apostles. The la
ter years of Mrs. Tyler's life were clOuded by
mental strength; to her came what
most consider a burden, what many say is
worse thar death. But to-day her life has
been touched by the power of that loving
Saviour whom she trusted and loved and
how changed it is. We may not seek to leave
life but we know that the future life
is so much better and more glorious than
this even at the best, that we long for that
which is to come, and what we call death
is a release from all that binds us to-day;
it is a release and a glorious entrance into
that for which we live. The touch of the
can do more for her than for you
and me since it lifted the burden resting
on her life as well as ushering it into the
in which there is no Impairment, no
of anything that men count dear. To-
day we must think of her in possession of
all her powers and to one like Mrs. Tyler
cannot but bring the greatest possible
JOY. We cannot but mourn in our grief
we can know that she is living in the
brightness of such joy and gladness as
could not come to her before death came
took her from Us. Mr.. Treat spoke of
the exemplary life of the deceased. Such a
as this cannot be passed by without
words of praise and c~ommendation. All
praise her and tell Of her good deeds and