Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-09

that the real explanation was to be found in the invigorating climate of Woodstock When MT. Clark reached three score and ten he stated that it. was his intention to live until he was 13o, but when on June IS, 1920 he celebrated his Tooth birthl day, he admitted that he would not attain his goal. sis-
 MT. Clark was born. dune. 15,s 1920, in New, Durham, Straford county, N.. H.. the son of Capt. jacob and Jane Gray Clark. s Capt. Jacob Clark was a native of New Hampshire, but later. moved to Canada, where he died, In the war of 1872 he attained the rank of captain MT. Clark was next to the youngest of family. of eight children At the age of MT. Clark was taken from his home in New Durham to Newport, Vt.a and a few years later to .Bronle, Canada, where he. attended school until. he was 15. Un- til lis marriage he assisted his father on the farm. He married at 20 and at once began farming on his own account on a farm of, 100 acres which had been given to him by his father. On this farm at Brome he lived for six years He then exchanged this farm for one at East Farnham, Canada, where he. also lived for six years, ,sthen moving to Stanbridge, near by. Here he erected a store build ing and started general merchandising,
 
 ly nine years. For. seven of these years he also served as postmaster. On selling his store he moved to Waterloo. Canada, and purchased number of building lots erected several building blocks. and, en- parked in the real. estate business. In addition ot this. he opened general store oflarge dimensions and feA Is years con ducted it -with success. after, which he sold it to his son. and devoted all his time to real estate. He built several more business blocks, hotel and a number of residences
 Desiring to see more of the world, and feeling that he had earned a vacation, Mir Clark now spent a year in travelling l through the western states of this. coun- | try. Upon his return: he went to Boston and purchased a Yankee notion store on | Cosway street. This he conducted for a 1 year and then exchange it for the Lieu tenant Governor Stoddard place in West i Woodstock. This he conducted as a hotel l and for many years it enjoyed great | popularity. In connection with the hotel 1 Woodstock.
 In early. life MT. Clark was a demo-
 crat, but in later years his. interest in | party matters cooled and he did not ex.
 ercise the franchise in Woodstock. While
 in Waterloo, Canada, .-he held many loca offices. He was at one time member ol l the school board and chairman of the
 commissioners of the court: It was dut to his initiative that the town of Water.
 loo developed to its present size.
 March 25. 1s4o. MT. Clark married Miss Emily Stone, a daughter of Georgt
 and Hannah Welch Stone of Stanbridge
 Canada. She died March 14, 1859. Thre'
 children were born to them. MT. Clarl
 married Jan. 2, 1880. Sarah A.lBenhan
 of East Farnhana. a daughter of. Ira ant
 Maria Wells Benham. They had no chil
 dren Mrs. Clark survives her husband
 For a number of years MT. and Mrs
 Clark have made their home with Mir
 and Mrs. Charles Hall at West Wood
 stock.
 Mrs. Lueretia KinEsbury, s5, die, Sunday at her home in Pomfret. Sh was the widow of Philo Kingsbury ant
 has lived in Pomfret for many years Mrs Martha Warren Torrey, 80, die
 Sunday morning at the home of he daughter. in Hardwick; Mass. followin
 an illness of more than two years. Mrs Torrey was, born in KilIingly Aug. 22 1s4e, the daughter of William $. an 3 FreeIove U. Page Warren. Sept. s, 1861 : she married Charles D. Torrey of Putnar
 and they came to this town to make thei home. Five children were born, four c whom survive. Attorney Charles l.. Tor 5 rey, a member of the state board of ed
 ucation and public defender of Windhar l county Putnam, Ernest E. Torrey an . Olin w Torrey, farmers in East Putnam ! and Mrs. Martha Louise Wheelock C : Hardwick Charles D. Torrey died i
 May, 1907. and shortly after that M-' : Torrey went to HardTick. to make he , home.
 Mrs. Josephine steere of East Doug i, las, Mass, is the guest of her daughte
 Mrs. George Wetherell, East Woodstocl T Following m adventure that for sey e eral hours kept his father in state ( . anxiety and members of the Putnal n Chautauqua association, more than mildl e interested. David Touchette, fl. is safel F back in Putnam. During the week tn; C Chautauqua was in Putnam David man c tested more than ordinary interest in u e activities beneath the big brown ter 1 pitched on high school lot For seve e days he had been the constant conpanic y of Samuel Brown. Jr.s and Herbert Mo l. ley, who had acted as tent crew, ar 2 during the morning sessions romped wit q the boys who attended the junior mee e ings. As the time came for the departu s of Chautauoua David and three of h {. friends, Leo Bousquet, Ernest Bousqu
 and Raymond Riel, decided among ther ,. selves that the Chautauqua life was u
 life for them, and thereupon decided
 leave Putnam and travel tr> Rutland, V
 when the tent was taken down for shi
 ment to that city. All the boys notif
 their parents Friday afternoon that th would not be home until very late, in ia,
 probably not much before sunrise Satu day, because, as they explained, tn were going to stay on the high schc
 grounds and help take down the ,Chauta
 qua tent and be eorrpagy for the old
 boys with whom they had become chul
 during the week. Members of the te i crew were willing, and were glad of t
 help the youngsters were giving the
 When the work WAS done, and it was D;
 2 o'clock in the morning. all four agre
 that it would; be fun to sleep in the sl
 cial car in which the ChautauQua pr, k- erty. had been packed. So they craw E. in and made up rough beds and went e. sleep. About o'clock the father of c. Bousquet boys decided that they had b - ter come home. So. went out in search A. his sons. Young Riel, too, left the = at dawn, but David would allow noth leS to disturb his, slunbers. At 6 o'clock v tent crew called to him, announced t ses the car was to, go out in a, few niinu Ire on the Worcester train. and tefd him < was, time to be going home and say his goodbye. They, left him and vent ab an the final preparations for leaving. La In- they came back te the Chautauqua { entj put m tnelr ren1aining naggage lLai closed the doors. In their haste they nn not see David who was curled' up m ion asleep on a bundle of canvas, a part nis the tent When the car was coupled the train, the tent boys weRt to the co s- and stayed there until Worcester ich reached. Other members of the Ch md tauqua party, including Miss Ruth B st. lett of Putnam, Vt ent to Worcester 0 lc- later tram and upon reaching theer