St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-12-07
RECENT DEATHS.
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Richard B. Flint died at the Cottage
Hotel Saturday evening, aged 70 years.
He was taken sick on his trip to the st.
Louis exposition and after a brief stay in
Memphis returned home growing steadily
worse until the end came. sa -
Mr.. Flint was born in Walden in 1925
and was the only survivor of a family of
FIVE children. His youth and early man.
hood was spent there where he conducted
a blacksmith shop and shoe shop. He
also served the town two years as con-
stable and collector. He came to St.
Johnsbury in 1850. At that time Russell
Hallett built store on the site of Lougee
& Smythe's store where Mr.. Flint and the
late L. c. Woodbury. started grocery
store and eating saloon. They were the
first merchants on the street and the
building is now occupied by David Frech-
cite. Mr.. Flint was also the pioneer in
the livery and meat business and built in
1853 the slaughter house on Portland
street which was burned to the ground
the morning of his death. In 1852
he bought the lot on which the
Cottage Hotel stands by trading.
a horse valued at $780,. On
this lot he built the same year his house,
a two story building % by % feet, which
was his residence for many years. By
degrees the building has grown to It's
present size, three stories with ground
dimensions OF so by 20 feet, and for 80
years it has been known as the Cottage
Hotel. During all the years that Mr..
Flint has run this hotel he has kept a
temperance house and had an excellent
reputation as landlord. During the
war he bought horsesfor the government
handling at that time 253 horses. All
but one of these were accepted by the
government and he arrived with them in
Washington in prime condition. This
experience made him widely known as
skillful connoisseur OF horses and he has
dealt in them quite successfully, for many
years exhibiting fine rOadsters ct the
county fair. A
Mr.. Flint married in 1857 Miss Mar
ciaiine M. Hopkins of Montpelier, a lady
of fine social gifts and a true helpmeet.
Two children besides wife survive him,
Willis d. Flint and Mrs. Ella M. Horner.
The latter is not only favorably known
to guests at the Cottage Hotel, but as
prominent member and district deputy
grand matron of the Order OF the Eastern
Star of Vermont. Mr.. Flint has been
for many years an esteemed member of
the South church, and the family have a
wide circle of friends who sympathize
with them in their great loss Of good
husband and a kind father.
The funeral was held from the Cottage
Hotel yesterday afternoon at 100 and
was largely attended by the friends of
the family. His pastor. Rev. DR.. S. 6.
Barnes, ofhciated.
Brown.
Mrs. Horace r. Brown passed away
at her home on Linden Ave, in Maiden,
Mass. last Saturday morning. To the
older residents she will be remembered as
Ottie Paddock Carpenter, who lived at
the north end of Main street until 1869
when she married Mr.. Brown and went
to Maiden which has since been her home.
She was born in St. Johnsbury SO years
ago this month. She leaves a husband,
two daughters and a son. She was
prominent in church work and made
life study of doing good. Her many acts
of kindness. coupled with sunny dispo-
sition, had endeared her to a large circle
of friends who will sadly mourn her loss.
She is very pleasantly remembered in the
town which was her home through her
early lite.
Sylvain.
Joseph Sylvan, aged ID years. died at
his home on Maple street, Wednesday, of
cancer of the stomach. He has kept
about his work until within about two
months, and for the past 35 years has
been in the employ of E. & T. Fairbanks
& Co. He leaves besides his wife two
daughters, Mrs. A. Trothier and Mrs.
David Lamere of this place. three daugh-
tiers, who lived at home, Leo, Philom1ne
and Josephine, and two sons and one
daughter in Connecticut, Joseph and
Theophile and Mrs. L. Castonguay. All
were present at the funeral. Mr.. Syl-
vain was an honest, faithful laborer. as
is evidenced by the length of his service
with the Fairbanks Company. The flu
neral was held from Notre Dame church,
Friday.