Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-06-02

William Cham berlin was ill last week.
Hazel and Lynn Eldridge were in Bar
ton on Saturday of last week.
Charles Duckless has gone to Lyndon
vile to do carpenter work.
Miss Essie Mitchell, from East Durham,
p. O., is stopping at w. Ell. Chaffees.
Will Johnson and George Walker trans
acted business in Newport last Saturday.
Mrs. Jewett Twombly, who has been ill
a long time, died on Tuesday evening of
last week.
Horace Way is home for few days. He
is employed in building mill near Mt.
Mansfield.
Meetings are held each evening at East
Albany, two lady evangelists being in
attendance.
Mrs Fisher is here from Colorado to
spend the summer with her aged mother,
Mrs. Bagley.
The long continued rain of last week
has washed out the newly made roads in
many places.
Pre- Memorial exercises were observed
in nearly all the schools in town, some
being quite largely attended.
Leon Hyde is home from Mansfield,
where he has employment. He says there
is plenty of snow there yet.
Miss Mabel Cutler, who graduated from
Craftsbury academy last week, will work
in the store for Mrs. Nelson at South
Craftsbury.
Large quantities of pickerel are being
taken from Little Hosmer Pond. Merton
Cutler caught thirty five last week in less
than two hours.
| The friends of the Rev. Mr.. Lansing were
Lansing will be RENE nbered as former
pastor of the Congreg ational church here.
IN n" ~ East Albany.
The special services which are now being
held in the East Albany church by the
evangelists, Misses Avery and Bryant, will
be continued this week in the same place.
All are invited. Special music.
Mrs. j. j. Twom oily whose sickness has
been mentioned in the MONITOR died at
her home last Tuesday evening after an
illness of about eight weeks. About sew
enteen years ago the family moved to this
place. Mrs. TWombly was most excellent
lady, great worker in the church, and in
every enterprise where her services were
desired. She was kind to the poor, SYM
! pathetic, a loving mother and faithful
wife, one who could always be depended
on to do her share for the we'll being OF
the church or the community, the nee1y
and suffering. She made friends among
all classes, and the church which she at
tended met with great loss in her death.
The funeral was held at the house Thurs
day at 900 O'Clock p. M, the Rev. j. E.
Knapp of Irasburgh officiating. Mrs.
Twombly leaves to mourn her loss her
husband, daug liter, Mrs. E.. Mcclure, a
son, Fred E., and many more distant rel
atives and friends. The Rev. Mr.. Knapp
spoke from the words, ''She hath done
what she could" and this was we'll exem-
plified in her life. Mrs. Twombly was
sixty three years OF aga. [5tanstead papers
please copy].
Mr.. j. J. Twombly and family return
their sincere thanks to those who so kindly
assisted them during the illness and since
the death of Mrs. Twombly, the wife and
mother.
The folio wing is copied from a
paper published in Whitefeld, N. H.:
'sThe shock to the community when it
learned, April 18, that one of its respected
citizens, Mr.. w. 81. Simon, had just sus-
tanned a serious accident at Sherbrooke, P.
, O., was not as great as that caused by the
message last Thursday announcing Mr..
Sinon's sudden death 1t will be remem-
bered that Mr.. Simon, who was in Sher-
| hrn n a frnr hax -,
, charge of car load of horses he had
purchased there, attemp pied to board the
moving train, was thrown beneath the
wheels and received such Injuries to his
feet as to necessitate their amputation
3 above the ankle. Tnis operation was per-
formed in the Protestant Hospital, Sher-
brooke, (although Mr.. Simon was a Roman
. CaJholic). He survived the operation
: wonderfully we'll and 40 one had any
9 misgivings as to the ultimate result. He
had achieved degree of contentm ant and
cheefulness amazing under the clrcum-
stances. Then without an instant's warn
! ing last Thursday, May 10, at about one
I O'Clock in the afternoon, he died suddenly
of heart failure. The remains were
brought here last Saturday. The funeral
q thew's church, of which Mr.. Simon was
9 communicate. The Rev. FIR. Lsssard, who
:. had visited and confessed Mr.. Simon while
he was in the hospital, performed the last
sad rites. A high mass of Requiem was
impressively celebrated. The church it
self was draped in mourning and thu
4 floral emblems were many and beautiful
Interment was here in the Roman Catholic
: cemetery. The Catholic Order OF Forester!
did escort duty. A great many people
s, from Littleton, Carroll, and relatives from
r Lowell, Somerville, Mass, Nashua, ane
Albany, VT. were present at the funeral
< William Fl. Simon was born ia Vergennes
Z VT, April q, 1861, the son OF Mr.. and Mrs
: James Sinon, both of whom survive Mr.
g Simon. Unhappily illness prevented thei
attendance at his funeral. He also leave!
four brothers, James, John, George ane
a Martin, and one sister, Mrs. Mary Ruin
: parents moved to East Albany, VG., whers
: they now reside. The greater part OF Mr.
Sinon's life was spent in Littleton, wher'
i, he enga ged in the horse business with