The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-10
MONTPELIER
Horatio N. Taplin, Many Years President
Vermont Mutual Died in Washington.

Horatio N. Taplin, for many years
president of the Vermont Mutual Fire
Insurance company and one of the found
ers and incorporators of the Capital Saw.
ings Bank and Trust company, died at
! his home in Washington, ID. c., yesterday
at the age of II years. He had been ill
for some time. The remains viii be
brought here and the funeral will take
place tomorrow from Christ church, of
which he was for many years warden
and yestryman. Mr.. Taplin was born
here March 20, 1916, and in 1863 became
affiliated with the Vermont Mutual. Aft
err five years he went west and from
that time until 1875 he was in various
kinds of business, returning in that year
and becoming president of the Vermont
Mutual in March, 1891, holding the po-
siton for IL years For IA years he had
been in the real estate and mortgage
loan business for the Capital Savings
bank in Washington, having charge of
the banks investments. Mr.. Taplin was
also at one time clerk of the Wetmore
& Morse company. He is survived by
his widow.
Telesphore Allard, who had been very
i'll with pneumonia for two weeks at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. L. G.
River, died there Thursday at the age
of 81 years. Mr.. Ailard was born in st.
Francis, P. O., the youngest of family
of IA children When be was Is years
old he came to Montpelier and had lived
here ever since except for Is years that
he resided in Washington. He married
Mary Jangraw Of Montpelier January
Z, 1865, her death occurring two years
ago. Six children survive, Mrs. Marcel
Guevin and Mrs. f. B. Martell of Spring
field, Mass, Mrs. II. C. Gravelin of Ash
burnham, Mass, A. j. Allard of Hart
ford, Mrs l.. G. Rivers and Mrs. y. ).
Meigs of this city A brother, Peter
Allard, lives in Richmond, Va Mr.. Al
lard was a blacksmith by trade, mem
Der OF st. Augustine's church and for 80
years a member OF the choir. He was
also one of the charter members of the
st. Jean de Baptiste society. Before
Montpelier became a city, he was one OF
the selectmen.
f. NJ Eastman OF the Montpelier
branch of the Tenney company gave a
lecture Thursday afternoon here before
employees OF the Montpelier & Barre
Light and Power company. He took as
his subject, plant Maintenance" A Sc
ries Of such talks have been given dur
ing the winter. Next Thursday j.. A. |
Harris Of Montpelier viii lecture on
'The Office and Its Relation to Other !
AT the fourth quarterly conference |
held March in Trinity church, DR.. W.
NJ Shaw announced that be considered it
nnwise for him TO remain with the Mont
pelier church after the close of the pres
emit conference year, and that he had re-
luested the conference to assign him
some other field OF work.
Articles OF association have been filed
with the secretary OF state by the Yer
mont and Quebec Power corporation OF
with capital of 100000. The
are Charles II. Thompson
VI Montpelier. Sheldon r. Boright and
Eva A. Boright of Richford and Robert
= Ryder of Boston.
Joseph Vega was committed to coun-
v Jail yesterday for go days, charged
With stealing a travelling bag belonging
o Paul Boisvert of Barre from the Cen /,
raj Vermont station Sunday morning.
}oisvert was on his way to Burlington
nd lost his bag while waiting for his :
rain. Vega said he was passing through !
he station, saw the bag and as no one ,,
vas near and the color and size were +,
THAT he had been wanting in the bag :
inc, he appropriated it. What few ar.
icles were in the bag have been returned
kept two neckties.