The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-22
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Mrs. Lydia 0lmstead jDied in Morrisville
After Short Illness.

Aitct oh0Il lllncSS.
The funeral of Mrs. Lydia 0lmstead,
mother of A. T.. 0lmstead of this place,
was held at the Methodist church last
Monday afternoon Rev. G.. l.. Reddng
officiating. The remains were placed in
the Main street cemetery receiving vault
until spring. Mrs. Olmstead's death, due
TO lobar pneumonia, came as u great
shock to her many friends here. She
was at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Raymond in Morrisville, where she was
taken sick only day or two before her
demise, which occurred last Friday even
! ing. She was member of the Woman's
Relief corps of this place, also a member
of the M. L. church, and belonged to the
Rebekah lodge in Montpelier Her hus-
band died in this town in 1908. Her hus-
lived here for the past As years, and was
well-liked and much respected lady,
and will be greatly missed in the COM
munity.
Mrs. j. r. Stewart took a week off
from her work at the Hardwick Savings
Bank & Trust Co., last week.
N. Poon Chew the Chinese statesman,
who appeared here last Thursday even
ing as one of the leading numbers in the
Hardwick lecture and entertainment
course, was an able and interesting
speaker, and delighted a large audience.
Owen Atkins has vacated the small
Mack house on Main street, and has
moved into c. o. Alorse's house on North
Main street.
Mrs. Homer Hadley of South Wood.
bury was operated on at the local hos.
pital last Thursday DIR. j. w. Allen of |
st. Johnsbury performing the operation,
assisted by DR.. A. d. Ferris of this place. !
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Leon
Stewart at the Hardwick hospital last
Saturday.
Roy Conrad has purchased the farm on
west hill known as the Folsom place, and |
has moved there from this village.
Mrs. Gordon Austin of Orleans was a
recent guest of friends in the village.
John Macarthur was home from Con-
cord. N. H., over Sunday.
Mrs. Wesley Coney of Stratford, Conn,
is a guest of her sister, Mrs. Carl War
rem.
Mrs. J. f. Conant and daughter visit
ed in Morrisville this week.
What is known as the old Sam Hoyt
house in Mackville, about a mile from
this village, one of the oldest houses
in town, was totally destroyed by fire
last Monday morning at about 6 o'clock.
The cause of the fire is unknown, bit
int -, ba fan ~ 20 ~
ed in an unused portion of the house in
one of the partitions, and it is suspect
ed that mice and matches had something
10 do about it. There was no wind that
and everything in the house
was saved, even a lot of vegetables in
The cellar were taken out The house I
was owned by J. d. Martin and was oc-
,ouped by Owen McGough. II was in '
,ured for 800 The fire company from
lere responded and assisted in removing 4!
he household goods and other property. 8
The annual mems supper at the Meth |
,dist church last evening was largely
attended The women admit that the u
men were right on the job last evening
Our next number in the lecture course >
) an entertainment by the Hinton Verdi
ompany, and lecture by Gov, Glenn of
Worth Carolina. This entertainment is
me of the two that the Redpath bu- Y
can substituted for the failure of the
Melting Pot" to appear here some weeks
60, d
The warning for the annual town
Meeting has been posted, and it contains ,
few articles which should interest the y
oters more or less. Town meeting talk n
as been unusually quiet this winter,
nd it is not expected that any contests U
ill develop unless it be over the road o
However. that does not II
lean that the voters should stay at n
ONE. 1t also behooves all delinquent a
axpayers that in order to vote the tax u
lust be paid on or before that day The re
eport is in the hands of the print
n and will be in your hands within a a
w days. III
Hardwick people, in common with peo-
e of other towns and nearby cities, are
.eling the result of a threatened coal
lmine. Wood also seems to be scarce,
the roads are in such shape that it is
most imDossible To draw any into the ls