Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-07-21

Mrs. Estella Lambert and con of
Biddeford. Me-, are the guests of rela-
tives in town.
Mrs. Mary Eastman and son Albert
are spending month in Canada, Wis
iting relatives.
Roy L. Miller, who has spent the
past year in Boston, is spending his
vacation at the home of his parents.
Miss Eva Gilpin left Saturday fer
the White Mountains, where she has
accepted a position at the Fairview
House for the summer.
Considerable work has been done at
the North Hill cemetery recently,
grading and new fence greatly i'm
proving its appearance.
Miss futile of Los Angeles, Cal
who has spent month visiting Miss
Elizabeth Trumpass, started on her
homeward journey the 18th.
Mr. Flood has moved his family to
North Troy, and George Goddard has
moved his family into the tenement
vacated by Mr. Flood, instead of Mrs.
May Eastman's house, as reported
last week.
Miss Marjorie Elkins of North Troy
is a visitor in town; little Goldie Jer-
kins of Newport Center has been Wis
iting her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
:. L. Hendrix; Harry Buck, from
Boston, is visiting at D. @. Wood
worth's.
Eugene l.. Miller, whose death was
announced last week, was the son of
Ahira and Sophronia Powers Miller.
He was born on the ZONE farm in the
southwest corner of the town of Troy
on March s, 1850, so that he was fifty
nine years four months old AT the time
of his deceasP. On Dec. 20, 1876, he
married Miss Alice A. Wright of New
port, who was at one time COM
position in the Monitor office. They
commenced their welded life in
Albany, where they lived ABOUT four
years, and then returned to the no me
farm in Troy. In 1888 he bought the
Richardson farm in this village, which
he owned and occupied unit 1897,
when he sold it to Harold III. Farman
and moved into the unoccupied NJ. E.
parsonage, where he was living at the
time of his decease. April 1, 1894, his
wife died, and on June 6, 1899, he
married Miss Carrie L. Miller, who
survives him. He is also survived by
Lillian, his daughter by his first wife,
and by two sisters-Maria, who is
: Mrs. Nelson Martin Of Troy. and
Flora, who is the wife of E. W. Lang
maid of Newport. He was a genial
man, kind in his family, very obiiging
as a neigbbor, and upright in lis
business dealings with his fellow men.
He held various town Offices, dis
$ charging the duties with efficiency.
He was elected selectman repeatedly
I and was the justice of the peace be-
fore whom most of the suits we're
brought since 1896. He was fond of
o horses and was skillful and expert
f enced horseman. Early Saturday
= evening, June Is, while wedding in
e his gard n, Mr.. Miller was stricken
with apoplexy, from which he never
:, recovered. He died Wednesday morn
ing, July IA. The funeral was held in
: the church on Friday afternoon, and
+ was attended by large number OF
n people. Rev. j. E. Bowman officiateo
and Fred Taylor was the manager
The bearers were brothers. in-law Of
the Reconsideration Martin, E. w
Lapgmaid, Wallace D. and Arthur W
e Miller. The floral tributes consisted
OF pillow W1Gn Papa on III, SeVofd
q long sprays of carnations and Other
= flowers. Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Adams
Of St. Johnsbury, Miss Lillian Miller o
Manchester, n. H., who had been will
/, her father for several days before hi
!, decease, and relatives and friend
from Coventry, Jay, Lowell, Newpor
/, and Troy, as we'll as this town, were
, present. The interment was in tn.
town CEMETERY The bereaVed famil,
have the sympathy of many friends
Mr.. Miller will be missed sadly by hi
fellow toWnsmen. NJ. W. F.