St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-22
SUTTON
Death of Mrs. Stephen Z. Taft-In.
staIIation of Grange Officers

Death of Mrs. Stephen e. Taft-In-
staIIatiOn of Grange Officers
Mrs. Stephen E. Taft, whose sick
ness has been spoken of in the past,
died Thursday afternoon at about
six o'clock. Her maiden name was
Mary M. Smith, daughter of Olney
Smith of Newark. where she resided
through her younger years and up tc
womanhood with the exception of a
few years when she was in Webster
Mass. She married s. E. Taft, then
living at Newark, Sc years ago last
June. About 80 years ago they NOV
ed to Sutton and for the past Is
years have resided at the village.
They had two daughters both dying
some years ago. Beside her hus-
band she leaves one grandson, Carl
Farmer of Springfield, Mass, and
three brothers, Henry, Joseph and
William, having buried five brothers
and an only sister. Mrs. Taft was
home woman for years, had poor
health and could go but very little
from home. She was respected by
all that knew her. The funeral SER
vice was held Sunday afternoon at
the house, Rev. A. N. Chandler off,
ciating and burial was in the village
cemetery.
e. H. Hallett and wife from st.
Johnsbury Center We're present at
the grange meeting Saturday even
ing and installed the officers for the
ensuing year: d. G.. Cheney, mas
ter; N. J. Seymour, overseer; John
l.. Gray, steward; Mrs. N. J. Sey-
mour, lecturer; Perley Goodwin, as
sistant steward; Leslie Berry, treas
urer; Sadie Blake, secretary; d. M
Goodwin, gatekeeper; G. Parker.
chaplain; Addie Gray, Ceres; Sarah
Whipple, Pomona; Mrs. w. /. Rob-
bins, Flora; Bessie Goodwin, lady
assistant. After installation there
was bountiful oyster supper serv-
ed and the lecturers hour and a
good program presented and able re-
marks by the lecturer of the state
grange.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. HI. Hallett stayed
at H. A. Blake's and daughters un-
Sunday afternoon after the grange
meeting Saturday evening.
The next regular grange meeting
is to be held Saturday evening Jan.
rs.
Guy Clark from Enfield, N. H.,
has been with his father, Charles
Clark, a few days, returning to his
home recently. There is no marked
change in Mr.. Clark's condition but
he is supposed to be gradually fail
ing.
Mr.. Hasbrook, teacher at the viii
lage school, went to Saxton's River,
Thursday night to attend the confer
ence of Older Green Mountain boys
Jan. 1913. Mr.. Hasbrook is the pres
ent president of the conference. He
returned for the remainder of the
term here Monday night.
Saturday brought the January
thaw and it rained all day and well
along into the evening when the
wind changed into the north and
grew colder.
F. e. Healey, formerly Univer-
salist preacher, died at the real
dence of Charles Varney i'm the east
part of the town, Monday Jan.
ID, where he had lived for some
time. Mr.. Healey retired from
preaching some years ago. One Of
the last places where he preached
before that was at Lyndon Center,
when there was a Universalfst
church there.
C. G. Flint has been allowed a
pension under the act Of May IL,
1912, of $3.50 per month from
May 81, 1912.
Mrs. F. W. Ford who lives at
the s. C. Otis farm near West
Burke is i'll with rheumatism.
Bennett H. Curtis did not. return
to Bates college at Lewiston, Me-,
as soon as he expected after the
holidays, but went. Monday OF the
present week.
Mrs. II. vs.. Barber remains
quite i'll, not being able to do any
work or to sit mp but very little.
Mrs. H w. Turner, who lives
near West Burke is very i'll.
Miss Sadie Blake was at st.
Johnsbury Saturday on business.