The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-10-20
Vermont Neus.
Death of Senator L. M. Seaver.

State Senator Lewis Nj. Seaver, one oil
Williamstown's most prominent citizens,
dropped dead from heart failure not far
from his residence in that village Tuesday
forenoon at $50 o'clock, the body being
found by Leon McAllister and others. Mr.
Seaver was driving COW up the road to
pasture, and he fell near the house OF John
Dow. The death came as a great shock to
the people there, as it was not known
that he was troubled over heart weakness.
II is said that when he left the house Mr..
Seaver appeared in his usual robust health,
after eating a hearty breakfast. \ native
of this town, Senator Seaver had but re-
Gently came back to the old home place
after years Of residence in the middle west
and in New York city. He was born on
July 3, 1913, being the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ebenezer Seaver, one of the old
families of the place. He was educated in
the public schools and when still boy he
went to Chicago with his mother, the
father having died when Lewis was about
10 years old He was located in Chicago
for about 20 years, being engaged in news.
paper publishing, with few years of the
20 taken in Iowa, W here he was engaged
in railroading. Leaving the middle west,
he came to New York and was engaged in
the advertising business. He came back to
his native place in 1900, having gained a
comfortable fortune.
The following officers were elected Fri
day at the 9Sth annual meeting of the Yer
mont Medical society, in Burlington Presi
dent. DR.. F. T. Kidder of Woodstock; vice
president, DR., William Lindsay of Mont.
pelier; secretary, DR.. G. Fl. Beecher of
Burlington; auditor, DIR. A. M. Norton of
Bristol. Over 100 delegates were present.
Mrs. Odule Gilbert of Graniteville died
at the Barre hospital Monday morning at
725 o'clock from injuries which she re-
ceived early in the day when the automo-
bile in which she was riding went over a
steep embankment on the East Montpelier
road and fell 25 feet to the ground below.
Mrs. Gilbert suffered broken pelvis and
was otherwise injured
Tallmadge Delafeld, a former New
York broker and financier, died at Burling-
ton Monday. He was 50 years Of age. Mr..
Delafeld was born in New York in 1929,
and during his younger years was engaged
in the East India trade. He established the
first national bank at Aurora. N. Y, and
He was first president of the New York
Iron & Metal Exchange, which he was in
strumental in establishing.
"Jack" Smith, machinist in the EN-
ploy of the Sibley Machine works, brought
into Bennington Monday night what is be-
lieved to be the largest black bear killed in
that section in many years. Smith killed
the bear Just across the Pownal line and
before starting home with his prize
weighed the bear at farm house where it
tipned the scales at 292 pounds. The ma
jority of the bears killed in Vermont will
weigh less than $50 pounds.
At the annual state convention of the
Woman's Christian Temperance union in
Morrisville, Friday. the following officers
were elected: Honorary president, Mrs.
Ida Fl. Read of Shelburne; president, Mrs.
Gracia Davidson of Newfane; correspond
ing secretary. Mrs. M. L. Pearson of Or
leans; recording secretary, Mrs. Ellen D.
Turner of st. Johnsbury; secretary of Y.
P. B., Elsie Pease of Swanton: editor of
Home Guards Mrs. Clara Smith of Wells
River. During the convention news was
brought by Mrs. Annette Parmalee of the
success of the woman's suffrage campaign
in California and the delegates cheered and
also sang the Doxology before resuming the
work.
Mrs R. B. Mcintyre of Randolph was in
stantly killed Sunday when an automobile
in which she was riding went over 90
foot embankment near Upper Lisbon vii
lage, N. H. Miss Alice Mcintyre, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Alice Mcintyre, was severely