St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-06
Ex-GOv. Bells Funeral.
Large Attendance at the Home In Walden
Last Wednesday. Many Distinguished
VermOnters Were Present.

Verm0nterS were present.
About 500 people from all sections of
Vermont gathered at the home of Ex-
Gov. c. J. Bell in Walden, Wednesday
afternoon to attend the funeral of their
dead neighbor and friend. Many people
from the west side of the state came to
Greensboro and East Hardwick on the
regular train while those from the east
aud south were carried to the crossing
near the Bell farm by a special train
which left this place at ~. 80 and return
ed here shortly after six. They were met
at the crossing by teams under the
charge of T. g. Bronson and conveyed to
the Bell home.
The house was filled with the distin-
guished guests and ladies while just out
side the house were seated in body the
members of Caledonia Grange, No. 9 of
East Hardwick, of which Mr.. Bell was
member, and several members of Burn
side Post No. 6, G. A. R., of Greensboro,
Ellsworth Post No. 25 of Hardwick and
Morrill, Post No. II OF Cabot. These
old comrades acted as an escort to the
body to the cemetery.
The officiating clergyman was Rev. H.
A. Campbell of the Congregational
church OF East Hardwick, who gave an
eloquent tribute to Mr. Bell as citizen,
a pablo official and Christian, and read
the poem Crossing the Bar" Music
was furnished by the Grace church male
quartet of st. Johnsbury which sang
two selections, Savior with Thee" and
lust Beyond" both by ], A. Parks.
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Parker, first tenor; w. B. Atwood, second
tenor; Eldridge French, baritone; and
Edward Mackey, bass. A stringed
quartet from Montpelier also furnished
instrumental music.
The casket resting in the parlor was
almost hidden by the great quantities Of
flowers sent by wide circle of friends
Two teams were necessary to carry the
flowers to the grave in the North Walden
cemetery, where the lot containing the
graves of Gov. Bells father and grand
father was entirely covered with ever.
green and the body of the third gener.
alton of Bells sank to its final resting
place in a bower of flowers.
The honorary bearers were: Ex-Lieut
Gov. c. H. Stearns of Johnson, Adjt.
Gen. w. H. Gilmore of Fairlee, Gen. N
G. Williams of Bellows Falls, and Gen
w. E. Putnam of Bennington.
The active bearers were: W. A. Duttol
of Hardwick, Col. M. B. Roberts o
Rupert, H. S. Drew of Cambridge, Mass.
Charles T. Walter Of St. Johnsbury, J.. A
Pearson of Bellows Falls, and H. S
Dole of Danville.
The National Grange was represented
by Ex-Gov. N. ]. Bachelor of New
Hampshire, the master, and M. F. God
frey OF Olean, N. Y, chairman of tn
executive committee OF the nationa
grange and of which committee Ex-Gov
Bell was secretary The master of tn
state grange, c. F. Smith of Morrisville
and his wife, and Dow c. Adams o
Waterbury, prominent granger wer
also present.
The state government was represented
by the following members: J. A. Mead Q
Rutland, lieut-governor; Aaron II
Grout of Newport, secretary of civil an,
military affairs 9. N Bailey of Esse
Junction, secretary of state; E. II
Deavitt of Montpelier, treasurer; H. F
Graham of Craftsbury, auditor; c. "
Gates of Franklin, state highway con
missioner, (Mr. Gates received his frs
appointment to this position by Gov
Bell five years ago.; M. S. Stone of Mont
pelier, state superintendent of education
T. c. Cheney of Morrisvlle, speaker {
the House; Luther A. Cobb of Brighton
bank commissioner; George Atken {
Woodstock, member of the board {
agriculture; Cassius Peck, manager {
the State Experiment farm. The assis
ant Judges of Caledonia county cour
Cloud Harvey of Barnet and Herbert
Campbell of Lyndon were present.
, Among the federal officials presel
were Alexander Dunnett of st. John
, bury U. S. district attorney; H. '
Bailey OF Rutland U. S. marshal; F.
1 Smith of St. Adams, national bar
examiner.
i Among Others present were:'Ex-Gov.
D. Proctor'of Proctor, Ex-Lieut. Gov.
w. Fisk of Isle LaMotte; f. G. Flee
wood of Morrisville, Judge E.
/. Harvey and G. w. DAILY of Montpelit
/ G. T. Howard of Craftsbury, ].
Curtiss of Georgia, H. E. Parker
Bradford, John Chase of Lyndonvil
= H. N. Turner, Perley F.. Hazen, Judge
/ P. Smith, DR., T. X. Stiles, George Haz
|, and wife, Elisha May, l.. P. Slack, c,
s. Calderwood, S. P. Pinney and w.
$, Bigelow of st. Johnsbury.