The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-02-28
Recent Death of Aged
Lady of Paupack.

Lady of Paupack.
When death claimed Mrs. Ann
UT, of Uswick, in Paupack township,
on the 7th of February, remark
able woman passed away. She was
remarkable in many ways. A little
story of her life is worthy of publ
cation.
Eleanor Ann Bennett was born in
Purdyville on January %, 1925, and
she was therefor in her 8Sth year at
the time of her death. Her parents
were Rufus and Amanda ivan Vleit)
Bennett, who were among Wayne
County's early pioneers. At the age
of 20, in 1S45, she married William
UT, and the young couple began
housekeeping at Wilsonville, more
commonly called Shouse's, because
the extensive saw mill at that place
was conducted by the Shouse broth
ers. Mr.. UT was at that time the
sawyer at Wilsonville.
Only a few weeks before her death
the writer heard Mrs. Utt recount
some of her varied experiences in
the early days of her married life,
those. DAYS that Shakespeare de-
scribes as the period of "love's young
uT6dm. one IOlu VI hOW thCy pOSoh
their housekeeping, what furniture
they had, what it cost, and how just
ly proud they were of their home and
possessions.
AS there was but one store in
what is now Hawley, (for Hawley
had not appeared on the map in those
days), and that store only catered
to the canal trade, it became neces-
fn nn tn unnncda1p tn do
necessary trading. She walked all
the way to Honesdale, bought the
materials for a new bonnet, also
some other necessary purchases, and
rode back on a canal boat. Her SON.
in-law, ex-Sheriff R. w. Murphy,
can make the trip with his car easily
incide half an hour. Mrs. UT had
good long ride of at least three
hours.
! The Utts remained at Wilsonville
| for several years, and by good man
agement saved $500. With their
money they bought the farm on the
! Lakeville road that is now known
as the Ainsley estate. They did not
move on their new possession at
once, however, but Mr.. UT continued
at his avocation as a sawyer, work
ing in the Budd Cole mill, down
where they bored 1000 feet hole in
search of oil many years later. The
Budd Cole mill has disappeared, 10!
| these many years, but part of its
| foundation still remains to show
where it stood. In 1855 the Utts
moved on their own farm, and in
building the barn, which is still
standing and in a good state of pres
ervation, Mr.. UT fell to the ground
and was so seriously injured that he
was not able to work for many
months. This farm was subsequent
ly traded for one owned by Mr.. Utt's
| father, now the property of Mr..
Oliver Locklin. Of Mr.. UT it may be
| said that he was farmer and lum-
! herman. He ran RATS on the Del
aware river for about ten years.
Much of his lumber was bought on
the stump from Mr.. R. R. Purdy,
who in those years was one OF
Wayne County's extensive land and
lumber owners. Mr.. UT died in Oct,
! 1901.
Mrs. UT told many interesting
"reminiscences of her early life.
Every year she for long time made
a horseback trip to Stroudsburg to
see her grandmother. She told of
her school days and mentioned the
names of her teachers. Two or three
of her teachers came from Mount
Pleasant. One of them was a Mr..
Miller.
With a smiling face and bright,
flashing eyes she quoted an old-time
school rhyme as follows:
multiplication is a vexation,
Division is as bad,
The Rule of Three puzzles me
And Fractions make me mad"
Then she added quickly, 'but frac-
tions never made me mad, because
we never got into fractions very
much at our school,"
No Differentiated, bright-disposi-
toned person ever lived in Old
Wayne than Mrs. Utt. She was the
very soul of hospitality, and even
with grief eating away at the very
centre of her heart she had smile
and a cherry word for her friends
AS stated in the beginning of this
sketch, she closed her weary eyes to
the lights and shadows of the earthly
on February Z, and her peaceful
hands that had always labored low
ingly to make those about her better
satisfied with their environments,
laid down the burdens of life forever
She Is survived by one sister, Mrs
Ellen Utt, of Jermyn, Pa, brother
Aretas Bennett, of Douglas, Mich.
and by the following daughters: Mrs
G. E. Webster, of Sterling; Mrs. R
w. Murphy of Hawley, and Mrs. F
E. Baisley, of Scranton. Several
grandchildren also survive.
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Many Hawley Ladies at
HOnesdale on February %.
A goodly number of women from
Hawley attended the Martha Wash
; ington supper in Honesdale on Friday
last. They went up on the regular
Erie train and returned on the e.
J w. " train that leaves the county
seat at 6 o'clock. They came bach
| Inadad hOWn with oucnfQinno lonEfn G