Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-01-04

l have come at last to believe that
she. was right, that this life is but
a school, In which we learn how to
live in the life which is to come. 1t
is wonderful not to be afraid of death
either for myself or my friends but
to believe as Aunt Melissa did, that it
is only the passing on to better things
which eye hath not seen nor ear
heard"
The Rev. Charles o. Gill of Hart
land, VT, first pastor of the church,
writes concerning Mrs. Hyde as fol-
lows:
at was always pleasure for me
to call at the very hospitable home
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Hyde and with
them to discuss the affairs of the
community. Mrs. Hyde possessed
the virtues and graces of Christian
wife and was also one of the few per-
sons who tried hard to do something
for the religious welfare of Westmore
in the years when the town was with
out church. She was active In the
Ladies' society, which in 1893 was in
strumental in securing a minister and
establishing a church. She was one
of the charter members, was one of
the staunch, reliable persons who
make possible the progress and con-
servation of the moral and religious
life of a community. She exempli-
fed the words of ST. Paul: BE We
stedfast, unmovable, always abound
ing in the work of the Lord, for as
much as you know that your labor is
mot in vain in the Lord
During the last two summers Rev.
George I'll. Toop, d. D., rector of the
Church of the Holy Apostles, Phila-
delphia, came each Sunday after
noon to her home and held with her
brief service of scripture reading
and prayer. This Mrs. Hyde deeply
appreciated and often spoke most
feelingly of it.
Mrs. Hyde was greatly beloved, not
only by the townspeople, but also by
the cottagers who year after year
came to the shores of beautiful Will
loughby lake to make their summers
home in the section known as "Hyde's
grove" They came to have for her
and for her husband, "Aunt Melissa"
and "Uncle Joe," personal affection
and attachment.
Of Mrs. Hyde these ancient words
might we'll be spoken: "Her price is
far above rubies; the heart of her
husband trusteth in her. She maketh
strong her arms; her lamp goeth not
out by night. She reacheth forth her
hands to the needy. Her husband is
known in the gates. Strength and
dignity are her clothing. She open
eth her mouth with wisdom, and the
law of kindness is on her tongue.
She looketh we'll to the ways of her
household, and eateth not the bread
of idleness. A woman that feareth
the Lord, she shall be praised. Give
her of the fruit of her hands, and let
her works praise her in the gates"
Mrs. Hyde had been in failing
health for several years. For the
past few weeks, she has been con-
fined to her bed. For the last "a
hours she was unconscious and peace
fully slept her life away. The end
came at o'clock in the morning,
Wednesday, November 2.
| The funeral services, which were
largely attended by the townspeople
and by many friends from the near
| by towns, were held on Friday, No
vember a, at p. m. in the Westmore
church and were conducted by the
pastor, Rev. T. III. Root, who spoke
from Psalms 1914. Appropriate songs
were feelingly rendered by the choir.
| The children of the village school with
| Miss Hendrix, teacher, attended in a
| body. There were many beautiful
| floral tributes. The bearers were M.
E. Calkins, George M. Craig, A. E.
| French and Geo. G. Myers Inter
ment was in the Fairview cemetery,
! WaStnnora