Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-11-04

same, but now it can be seen from day
to day that she is failing.
Rev, and Mrs. J. w. Burgin went to
/ Newport Center last Tuesday morning
to attend the association meetings and
returned Friday afternoon.
Mrs Elmer Allen of Island Pond
and Mrs. Cora Farmer and child Of
Stratford visited Mrs. Maggie Allen
and Mrs. Josie Royce Monday.
Ernest Worboys is having brick
chimney built, beginning on the cellar
bottom, and will install furnace.
A. NJ. Temple is doing the work.
Edwin Hill went Saturday evening
to Coaticook and returned Monday.
His mother, who has been there for
some time, came home with him.
| Mrs. Fannie Ramsdell, son Kenneth,
and daughter, Mrs. Ellis, all of Ply
mouth, N. H., are visiting her father.
C.. P. Church, and other relatives.
Remember the meetings held every
evening except Saturday evening.
Rev. Lomax is forceful and pleasing
speaker and good singer. Every
body welcome. Come.
| Myron Waterman of Island Pond
was hehtl last week one day to move
the household goods of his sister, Mrs.
Addie Miles, to East Charleston. where
she has bought the Webster farm.
Mrs. Amy Crawford while at New
port Center received telegram Satur-
day evening from Enosburg Falls
announcing the death of her uncle,
Alfred Simpkins. Mrs. Crawford
went there Monday morning.
Geo. Cummings and family are
going to Georgia, where they
entire family will be much missed
here and the many friends of Mr.
Cummings sincerely hope his health
may be much better there.
On account Of the bad roads and
weather last week Tuesday evening
not as many attended the grange
'doings' and oyster supper as was
anticipated, however a good crowd
turer and state master. All had a
pleasant and profitable evening.
JOHN COFFEY
Another family circle broken, anoth-
er husband and father called away.
Not many people in this community
SNCu hI1SW tIidt COlll1 OOlISy was III
and so on Saturday evening when word
went from one home to another that he
had passed away, the people. were
shocked. Mr.. Coffey had worked
steadily until coming home Thursday
noon. he was taken suddenly III and
grew worse until Friday afternoon
when it was decided he had appendicitis
and an immediate operation was neces-
sary. DR.. Allen of St JOhnsbury,
accompanied by trained nurse, came
by auto and the operation was per-
formed during Friday night It re-
vealed the fact that the appendix had
burst and recovery was impossible
| The nurse remained and everything
that skill and love could do was done,
but all was of no avail and he passed
away about six o'clock Saturday even
ing. Only those present have any idea
of the agony Mr.. Coffey endured. The
nurse stated that she never saw a
person suffer as he did, and through
it all he was so patient, thinking Of
his family and especially planning
| for his little daughter, whose health is
SO poor, and to whom he has been
always SO gentle and considerable. Mr.
| CotFey would not give up but that he
! might live, and to the very end talked
ntelligently. He would have been a
years old next January, a large,
strong and healthy man. just in the
prime Of life, yet he has been, wit
hardly a moments warning, taken
away, and we cannot but question why
these things are so. He was one Of
three children born to John and Mary
(Miner) COffey of Barnst0n, Que The
sister died twenty years ago. but the
brother, Charles CoGey resides in
Coatic0Ok and reached here Saturday
morning remaining until Monday
night. The parents are both dead. Or
Oct. IS, 1891, Mr. CofTey was married
/ to Miss Margaret Harvey of Barnston
Que, and to them were born three chill
dren. Glen, whose sad death it will b.
remembered occurred here last Novem
Der, Walter and Ethel. who with tht
, wife. survive him. Mr. Coffey spen
A his younger years on farm, but was
carpenter of good ability, and in fac
he could carry to successful compile
ton almost any work he undertook
Much sympathy is expressed by ever.
one for Mrs. Coffey and children
t Last fall when she was called upol
! to give up Glen it did seem as if tint
burdened mother-heart would break
but to have the husband taken in les
y than year afterwards seems almOS
too much. Mr.. Coffey was a yer!
pleasant man to meet with, Away
jolly and obliging and his face Away!
} wore smile. and in death he looked
as if only asleep, for his face still
retained the smile. He will be much
missed in the home, and especially by
Walter. for they were what all father:
and sons should be-chums. Very
seldom did you see one without the
other and Walter never will forget the
splendid times they had fishing, hunt
ing and trapping. The funeral was
held at the Congregational church
Monday afternoon at l O'Clock, Rev
Thomas Hall of Island Pond officiating
, assisted by Rev. j. w. Burgin, of this
place. Appropriate selections were
rendered by Messrs. Brown and Tracy
with Mrs Tracy as organist. Despite
! the weather there was a good number
! present. TIE bearers were Iames