The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-26
WILLIAMSTOWN.

Rev. Newell w. Bixby a son of the
late Ebenezer Bibxy, and a brother of
the second Mrs. Francis Carleton, died
January 81, in Edgewood, Iowa, at
the age of ninety-four years. Fifty
seven years ago he went to Iowa as
Free Baptist Home missionary, the
first, it is said, of that denomination to
go west of the Mississippi. His visits
here with his sister, will be recalled
in somewhat recent years. He i'm
pressed one as good man.
Tom Matson is said to have given
up stone cutting at Concord, N. H.,
and has gone in with his brother as a
partner in the hotel business there.
Mrs Folensby Goodrich was buried
from her old home on Sunday after
noon, Rev. +. f. Currier officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs Herbert p Martin,
who have been SO much of invalids in
the late months, are both thought to be
gaining, though very slowly, perhaps;
they are confined to the house yet, and
see but few people.
George, the brother of our tinsmith,
Bert Robinson, has been in very poor
health here for some time.
In our item of last week on the pro
fessional" Martins, the name of law
yer Frank j. Martin, of Barre city,
was inadvertently omitted.
DR.. Frank M Lynde, dentist, of
Barre, was in town last week. His
loss above insurance in the late fire in
Barre city was about $3.50. He will go
to Boston this week to purchase an
outfit tor another office in Barre.
Miss Katie Carlin was given a party
last Saturday evening, in celebration
of her seventeenth birthday.
Miss Julia c. Bass arrived here
from Massachusetts, ON Sunday morn
ing to attend the funeral of her broth
er, Joel A. Bass. She was accompan-
led by a lady from Portland, Maine, to
whom her brother was engaged.
Last Monday, February 90, our high
ly esteemed townswoman, Mrs. Or
cutt Abbott, was eighty mine years
young" as Wendell Holmes puts it,
She is spending the winter with her
daughter, Mrs. DR.. James Bailey of
Ticonderoga, N. Y. In anticipation
of this birthday, Mrs. ]. Monroe Sea-
yer, who has Il genius for doing such
nice things, had given out large num-
Der of blank cards, to the many friends
of Mrs. Abbott, here, on which they
were invited to express any sentiment
they might wish, to Mrs. Abbott. We
are told that there were probably fifty
or more of these cards used. Mrs.
Seaver then made IA birthday book of
them and forwarded to Mrs. Abbott
For a long life, Mrs. Abbott has been
identified with the interests and work
of the Congregational church here and
in the life of her family and her neigh
borhood has ''acted well her part.
Surely in her case the whitened head
is crown of glory"
The body of the lamented Joel A.
Bass arrived here from the West last
Monday morning accompanied by his
brother, DR.. George E. Bass of Chi
cago, Ill. The interment was in the
family lot in our village cemetery on
Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. Bass died in
hospital in Milwaukee Wis, on
Thursday last. His professional work
had been in the South, in some months
past, and he returned North quite
worn down. He was suffering from
; catarrh of the stomach and bowels,
when he was taken short time ago
with the grip. He anticipated moth
from him, received in the East, the
day he died. He wrote that he was
not well but that there was no occa-
sion for aniexty. He attended to his
professional duties in Milwaukee, even
to the first of last week, and was in II
hospital but two or three days His
death was unexpected by the ply
sicians. He was taking medicine of
Nsome kind and asked his nurse if he
might not take it in milk, which she
was glad to have him do. In the act
of drinking it he lay back and died mt
once. Mr.. Bass was graduate, we are
told, of the Boston school OF Oratory,
aud Mt first intended to make the teach.
ing of elocution his life work, but af.
/ forwards adopted the dramatic profess
sion, which has engaged him for some
/ years past. A man OF good ability, of
| great perseverance aud kindliness of
heart, of good habits and fine traits
! of character, born and having grown
up hero, with the high respect and es-
TEEN of his acquaintance, his death is
sincerely mourned here, as it must be
elsewhere where he is we'll known.
He was some thirty-eight years of age.
Mrs. Lucy Bass Ralph came here
from Massachusetts on Monday to at.
tend the funeral of her brother. joe
A. Bass.