News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-12-28
The Late A. D. Robbins
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North Hyde Park, Dec. %. 10.


Editor ofthe News and Citizen:-
Please allow brief space IN YOU
widely circulated paper for the writer to
pen few lines concerning his acquaint
ance and friendship with the late Angus
tus d. Robbins. first met him at Hote
Johnson Monday, May 10Th, 1890, and
from that time until the date OF his death
Dec. 10Th, 1910, there was a warm
friendship that continually existed be
tween him and the writer of this briel
sketch, which have always valued very
highly, either when doing business with
| him, or when just meeting for a briei
| friendly call. He possessed a very kind
genial and generous makeup, cheerful
and social as few men are with whom we
meet in our daily walks and conversation.
During our acquaintance we have had
deals of several hundred dollars and on
each and every occasion he practiced a
large degree Of honesty and promptness.
When we first became acquainted he
told me the date and place OF his birth.
AS l have noticed in reading reports in
different papers every one gives his age
and date OF taking possession of Hotel
Phoenix different. will state a few facts
that are fairly reliable. He was born in
Craftsbury, Orleans county, Vermont,
July 10th, 1850, which would prove him
to be 60 years of age on his last birthday
He took possession of Hotel Phoenix on
Aug. 2Sth, 1905.
My wife and | visited Mr.. and Mrs
A. D. Robbins at their farm home in
Eden, Vt. July 10th, 1905, it being Mr.
Robbins 55th birthday. We were pre-
viously kindly invited to visit them on
that date and we had one of those en-
joyable visits long to be remembered and
is stamped indelibly upon the pages
of fond memory. After doing JUS
tice to a splendid dinner friend Robbins
htched up his team and gave me an in
vitation to take ride over a part of
Eden and look over the property he had
recently purchased and which one month
later he exchanged for the hotel property.
We had quite an extensive and pleasant
ride. When my wife and l took our
parting hand shake with our kind friends
Mr.. and Mrs. Robbins, it was the clos
ing act of remarkably pleasant birth
day visit of our host, except in memory.
October 31st, 1905, following the visit
at Eden, our friends to the number of
one hundred made a surprise party for
my WIG, II DSlllS hCi Oolh p'l lhb''S'
Numbered among the guests were MIR.
and Mrs. A. D. Robbins.
Now in closing, | wish to mention
few of the late A. D. Robbins kind acts
that come wildly to mind while writing
this sketch My brother, U J. Mudgett,
died Feb 3rd, 1906. and was buried the
9th. My two youngest daughters, May
and Josie, in company with the writer
started with team to attend my broth
er's funeral at Wolcott We called at
Hotel Phoenix to leave a crate of but
ter A. D. Robbins met us at the door
and said he was going up to attend U.
!. Mudgett's funeral and had just as soon
drive up pair. with a two seated rig, $50
put your horse right in the barn" did
so. and we all went to and from Wolco
together. He would not take cent for
either passage or for horse keeping While /
being kept in his barn at Hyde Park.
The next season after Mr.. Robbins left /
MS farm and came to the hotel, my
laughter May taught the school in the I
District where the Robbins farm is ln- !
lated and engaged board with the fam +
ly at the Robbins farm The family Iiv
ng there moved away three weeks before
he term of school closed and our girl I
cit greatly disappointed. Just then our
riend A, D. Robbins appeared and said .
lis brothers widow, who was stopping
at the hotel at that time, would come I
out and keep house and have a man to !
Ook after the work, and she could con-
,inue boarding there TO complete her
ERIN of school, and he would not take
,ent for the three weeks board for she
vas company for his sister.
II E MIrnGETT