St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-09-13

LYNDON.
Death of DIR. L. ID. Carpenter at At
Ianta, Ga.-Village Locals.

Death of DIR. L. d. Carpenter at At
lanta, Ga.-Village Locals.
News was received "a few days ago
by relatives in this place of the death
on Wednesday, August 80 OF Dr. i-e-
al der u. Carpenter at his home IN
Atlanta, Ga. Ir. Carpenter was the
son of the late Asa Carpenter of this
..iace and Was bora IN kirpg, jIna
II 1881. Later his father moved
to. Lyndon and after receiving his
education Leander went I'd Massa-'
chusetts where he s.ddied nsediclne
and dentistry and aiterwar,l return
ed here and for several years prac-
ticed dentistry in the rooms in the
McMullen house now occupied By
Ed. Young. In 1856 DR.. Carpenter
went to Perry, Ga, having previous
ly married Miss Jane Miller of Lyn-
don, sister. of the late john D. Mil
Ter of st. Johnsbury. Soon after the
beginning of the civil war he was cut
off from communication with his rel
atives here except when he couid
send letter by some one who was
going Mouth. Such an opportunity
occurred Aug. %, 1862, when a man
named Samuel kneeland from Vic
tory determined to break tint ough
the lines and DR.. Carpenter hastily
ing of the death of his wife and little
daughter, Carrie. WHO died within
48 hours of each other and were
buried side by side in one grave.
The letter thus written was carried
north between the soles of Mr..
Kneeland'S boot, such a precautiOn
being necessary in case he should be
arrested and searched as spy. DR..
Carpenter has lived in Atlanta, Ga,
since 1869 and his high professional
standards, upright life and genlal
warm-hearted ways have won as
friends his entire circle of acquainL-
ances. He was an officer in various
dental societies, one of the
founders of the Southern Dental col
lege and dean of the faculty for
prominent Masons in the state. was
a past eminent commander of Occur
de Leon commandery of the Knights
Templars, and for many years an
active and useful member of the
Baptist church. The funeral occurred
Sunday, Sept. 3, and was one
of the largest and most impos-
ing ever held in the state. At 8
a. M, the body was escorted by the
Knights Templar in full uniform
to the Masonic Temple where 1t lay
in state until o'clock when it was
removed to the church for the funer-
al services and afterward buried
with masonic honors. DIR. Carpenter
leaves wife and three sons in At
1anta and two sisters, Mrs. M. L.
Hovey of ST. Johnsbury and Mrs.
William H. Bowker of Lyndon.
There are many people in this vicini-
ty and in other parts of this state
and New Hampshire who remember
with real interest and friendliness
this former friend and neighbor
Prof. and Mrs. Regis Michaud and
son went Tuesday to their home in
Princeton, N. J.
F, c. Grant of California is Wis
ting his sister-in-law, Mrs. Eliza
Grant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Jones re-
turned Thursday to their home at
Millerton, N. Y.
Monroe Pedley who has been in
very poor health for the past two
years suffered a serious surgical OPP
GRAFTON last Wednesday at S. M.
Farnum's. He seems to be doing as
well as can be expected.
Mrs. Richard H. Little invited her
Sunday school class to visit her at
her home last Saturday Mr.. Far
mum carried the tots up and brought
them back in his automobile.
S. K. Emurian an evangelist, will
commence holding meetings in the
Methodist church next week Tuesday
evening to continue till October 2.
Mr.. Emurian is an Armenian educat-
ed at Christian college in Constan-
tinopel and at Oberlin, Ohio, and is
very much liked wherever he has
labored.