St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-22
At the Willie.
meath of Raymond Bean.

Diamond Sewel Bean, the only
Nc" ~ Mir. and Mrs. John Bean, died
% s1dor after a brief illness with peri
fl .;+,s He was % years of age, and
to5 been married about three months,
L pau n,ife having been Miss Clara Tower.
T rl' services were held in the Con-
national church on Sunday, the church
t',sa crowded with the many friends
u. came to pay their last respects to
,Sis exemplary young man. The floral
.sbrtes were numerous and beautiful.
, Tas;c was furnished by the regular choir,
Nv; Ta,' Henry Cowles, Miss Florence Steele,
,i.ssrs Homer Wilson and Roy Gage.
, Io, are the testimonials of esteem and
. rnn expressed to the bereaved
, Sor5g wife. and the other relatives of
III; s Young man, who through his boy
t.nod and youth, spent in this town, has
n nyv the respect and friendship of all tor
SS industry honesty, and fine character.
His sudden death is a calamity felt by
every one.
Double Drowning.
Leo aged eight, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
WTred Beauregard and seven-year-old
William lock, only child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmer lock. were drowned Monday
ahprno6n in the Passumpsic river, near
the yndonville school house. The boys
lift their homes about three O'Clock in
,omnany with several other boys and
we're not seen again. When Mr.. Beau
,soard came home from his work at the
,boo and found that the little fellow had
nat returned he became alarmed and
b4oan a search which led him to a swim
ming pool in the river known as the
",ucker hole. Part of the clothing be-
hnging to the boys was found on the
ryer bank and after searching for several
hours the bodies were recovered about
S80n the evening, one OF them about
two hundred feet from where their
clothes were found, on the bottom of the
stream and the other still farther down
stream where it was caught in the bush
Is which held it on the surface
boat has been kept at this point in
NE river for some time and the boat was
found Tuesday morning near the Center
bridge It's thought that the two boys
we're PLAYING in the boat when it became
ooseaed from its moorings and started
down stream with them. Becoming
alarmed at their plight the little Beaure-
gard boy Jumped and probably sank
Immediately, while his companion stuck
to the craft a little longer and finally
Jumped in a vain effort to reach safety,
neat where his body was recovered.
Both families are Frustrated and the
entire community is saddened at the
shocking fatality which removes two Of
the villages brightest and most promis-
i1g little fellows.
The funeral OF Leo Beauregard will be
held from the Catholic church this morn
Ing at $50, and of William Jock from his
home this afternoon at l o'clock.
The members of the Lyndon Union
CHIC were very pleasantly entertained at
Spcedwcu Farms, Saturday, by Mrs.
Theodore Vail and Miss Katherine Vail.
About IS ladies' were. present, and the
hours were passed in conversation, mu-
SIC and 10 making plans for the work of
thecIu5 in the coming year
Dr. and Mrs. Harry NJ. Smith were at
WIIoughby Lake over Sunday.
Mr. aud Mrs. Erton Shorey and son
Laurence are in Boston tor a weeks
vacation
Mrs a. G. Bradsh Of Medford, Mass,
Dyls.tug her old schoolmate and friend.
Mrs EIbrdge Gerry.
The uiyersalist Ladies Aid society
are 70 give an elaborate vaudeville en-
tertanweut in Music Hall next Wednes-
day evening for which an elaborate at
tracuve program is being prepared.
Mis-, Chrstabcl Brown is in charge of
the affair which is sure to be both sue
ctsStu. and interesting.
f ] BIodgett is spending the week at
Lake M0rey with his brother and fam
ly who are camping there.
Mrs J. W Spain and two children,
Jack and Anne, who have been stopping
with her father, c. b. Hutchinson, have
returned to their home in Georgia.
Warren HENDERSON has bought farm
IN Burke and has moved his family there,
intending to sell his house on Broad
street.
Ar.and Mrs. John Nash have gone to
housekeeping in Mrs. Fred Harvey's
house on Charles street.
Talk with Auctioneer Cook about
cottage lots on his Point at Joe's Lake,
West uanvIle