St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-10-09

Amos BatcheIder Burned to Death
in Fire That Destroyed His Build
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in Fire That Destroyed His Build
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The buildings on the place owned
by y. L. Removable and occupied
by Amos Batchelder and Ueo Switser
near West Burke, where Ira Emery
formerly lived, were destroyed by
fire last Wednesday and Mr.. Batch
elder lost his life in the fire. Mr.
Batchelder was removing the furni-
ture from the house and it is sup
posed that he went into the upper
part of the house and was in some
way either by smoke or fire D event
ed from getting out. The children
were playing with matches and were
in the barn close to the house, and
they set the hay on fire. Mr.. Batch
elder was in the woods at work when
he saw the flames and ran to help
carry out the furniture. He was not
missed at first, but was found near
the place of the front door where |
he had evidently been overcome prob
ably by the fire. Mr.. Batchelder |
leaves a wife and nine living child
rem. Funeral services were held |
Friday at the church at West Burke. !
Mrs. Sarah (Stone) Gray died at the |
home of her daughter, Mrs Harvey |
Bishop Friday morning from heart |
failure. She had been in poor health |
for sometime. She was the daugh-
ter Of Augustus Stone, who resided |
in this town many years ago. She
married Mark Gray, who was killed
in the Civil War. She leaves one
son, Harlan Gray, and a daughter,
where she died. The funeral service
was Sunday afternoon, Rev. Mr..
Stratton from Lyndonville officiating
and the burial was at the Rowland
cemetery in Burke. She also leaves
one sister, Mrs. Eliza Farmer of
Burke.
Next Sunday is to be observed as
rally day for the Sunday school and
church and it is hoped there will be
4 large attendance at both services.
The next grange meeting comes on
evening of this week. /
The seventy-f1fth anniversary of {
he organization of the Free Baptist
iome week day the last part of this 6
month at which time nonresident
md former members of the church I
ire invited to be present. If they can Z
lot attend they are asked to report f
or themselves by writing. 1t is pro- Z
'osed to have services at the church C
for the time and to have a
Inner at the hall if the service is in ]
he forenoon; if in the afternoon
he service at the church is to be i
olIowed by supper. 1t is proposed s
o invite neighboring pastors and to C
et together as many as possible for
he occasion.
A nice granite monument with n
markers has been placed upon the P
Llbert Ball family lot at the ceme- +
cry. Il
The memorial service for deceas- ~
d members of the Free Baptist q
hurch was well attended and af- O
er Sunday school the people went F
D the cemetery and placed flowers h
nd wreaths on the graves of men,
ers buried there that had been pre-
iously marked for that purpose. A =
arge number are laid away there; A
everal are buried at the North =
.idge cemetery and elsewhere.
One of Fred Craig's horses drop :.
ed dead while drawing feed from v
Vest Burke last Thursday.
Rev. A. N. Chandler, H. A. Blake,
)avid Chapman and H. M. Curtis
rere chosen by the church as dele
ates to the Wheelock Association
hitch meets at West Charleston the
9Th, 18th and 18th of this month. .
~
is son, Walter L. Craig, with some ir
f the farming tools; consideration, Ia
1900. No one is expected to live
n the farm for the present. The son tt
) to work for his father in the feed O
usiness the coming winter and per- r.
apps longer. W
H. D. Chapman, administrator, has o.
old the Freeman Hyde place here n
t the village to Thomas Mitchell. s.
rice, $500. Mr.. Mitchell expects to a
love to the place in the near future. a
Rev. George H. Watt from Barre 50
tho conducted a series of meetings G
ere one year ago last March is to a
old services at the church Thurs g
ay evening of the present week. io
t 7.3O o'clock. 1t is hoped he may be al
reeted with a large audience. a
The Ladies' Aid society are to a
leet at their hall Friday evening. n
upper is to be served as usual and Is
II are invited. Il
The G. E. meeting this week is to a
e held Saturday evening at the hall o
t 100. d