St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-08-17
LYNDON.
Many visitors i'm Town.

1nougn neither the town nor village
has prepared a special program, nor sent
out unusual invitations, yet the Old
Home idea has brought together larger
number of former residents than ever
before. and all have received a cordial
and delighted welcome. Miss Nellie
Bartlett of Oakland, CAL. has been
spending week in town at E. 81. Hoff-
mans and with old neighbors who re-
main of those familiar many years ago;
Mrs. Lillian Hunt of Superior, Wisconsin,
after Il years absence, is re-visiting her
old home and friends; Lorenzo Eaton of
Jacksonville, Ala, arrived last week at
]. c. Eaton's to complete the family
party; Charles Hubbard and Will Mat
tocks of Schenectady, N. Y, are at DIR.
L. w. Hubbard's and S. S. Mattocks' for
a two weeks vacation; George Chase
arrived Saturday at his old home bring
ing with him his mother, Mrs. c. M.
Chase, who has been tor several years at
a sanitarium for care and treatment;
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Walter of Chicago
are at c. T. Walters; Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Corcell Staples, of Boston, are visiting
their mother, Mrs. Ellen A. Staples.
A Pleasant Birthday Party.
Mortified, who now resides wIch her
daughter, Mrs. John Nichols, was given
party Thursday, it being her 18th
birthday. There were present four of
her daughters, Ellen. Mrs. John Nichols,
Miss Anna Pearsons, Hattie, Mrs. L. D.
Brown of Concord, N. H.; and Marion.
Mrs. James Cone OF Northfeld; also eight
grandchildren and eight grea t. grand
children; Mrs. Mary Lamine and son of
St. Johnsbury, Mrs. Jennie Lang of
Lyndon, with FIVE children, Mrs. Lila
Knight and daughter, Mrs. Fannie
Simpson of st. Johnsbury, Corinne,
Leonard and Frank Cone of Mortified,
and Mrs. Lottie Pike and son of Con
cord, N. H. These with others to the
number of 20 sat down at noon to
sumptuous repast and later were served
with ice cream and cake. Several old
friends from this village called during the
afternoon to offer congratulations and a
number of useful presents were left for
Mrs. Pearsons, beside a gift of money
from a daughter, Mrs. Ella Stone, of
Almena, Kansas.
Death of Mrs Deos,
Mrs. Rose Clement Deos died Friday at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Will Will
Hanson, aged 80 years and five months.
Mrs. Deos was the daughter of Francis
and Mary Clement and her home was in
Canada until the year 1887, one year
after her marriage to Dister Deos, when
they moved to Lyndon and they have
lived here and in the town of Wheelock
ever since, but the last 20 years have
been spent in Lyndon. Fourteen chill
dren were born to them of whom twelve
are now living, and five sons and five
daughters attended her funeral as well
I 1o1,s1 T.
aged couple left their own home and
went to live with their children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Williamson, and Mr.. Deos died in
November OF the same year. The funeral
services were attended Sunday by Rev.
E. Newell and the interment was at Lyn-
don Center. Mrs. Deos was an industri-
Gus and kind hearted woman and de-
served and received the kind care and
attention Of her children in her old age,
and especially in her illness of the last
few months.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Quimby went to
Montreal, Tuesday, for week s stay.
Adelaide, the daughter of Albert D. and
Carrie Eaton Brewer, who with her
| mother is visiting at her GRANDPA theirs,
J. c. Eaton, had the misfortune to fall
and fracture her collar bone, Thursday
| She is improving as fast as could be
expected.
Mrs. E. c. Morse and son Leslie visited
| Mrs Morse's mother at East Concord
last week.
Mrs. Wells Quimby is making a two
| weeks visit at Concord.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse B. Gage of Wor.
| cester, Mass, visited at Scott Farnum's
| last week and were also present at the
| Grange meeting Saturday evening.
| Mrs. Josiah Pearsons of Martinsville
| P. O., visited her mother, Mrs. Bowker
last week.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kimball O
North Haverhill. N. H., accompanied by
two granddaughters, spent several days
last week at James Lamond's.
| Mrs. L. E. Leclaire and son of Wor
cester, Mass, visited friends here Thurs
| day.
| Mrs. Bertha Paris and Mrs. Heller
| Pope went to Boston, Saturday.
w. E. Emery of Monroe attended tn,
| family gathering at John Nichols
Thursday.
A union service was held at the Con
gregationa1 church Sunday with specia
reference to those who were visiting Their
old home. Rev. Mr.. Clark spoke upor
the subject 1.-THE Opportunities of {
Country Church., which was followed
by remarks upon the subject by severa
| others. Special music was provided ane
the church was decorated with a pro
fusion of cut flowers.
| Both Sunday schools in this village at
tended the union picnic at the Lyndon
vile camp grounds, Tuesday.
When He Killed His First Man.
The killing of a brother man, even In
battle, is a painful thing to remember
| A soldier of the war thus wildly de
scribed his first experience:
my first man I saw but twenty sec