Sorry to bother the list, but I'm trying to get in touch with Harriet Cady. Apparently, her email is not working. I saw another message from another lister earlier as well. Harriet, if you see this message, let us know when your email is functioning again. Lisa llepore@comcast.net

The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, June 28, 1889 Felchville 6/28/1889 We hope the Blue Ribbon Club entertainment will be largely attended, the 29th. The principal part of the programme, "The Family who Lived in a Shoe," will surely please you. Mr. MEAD and family, from Boston, are visiting at Otis BALDWIN's. Several from here attended the funeral of Lillian MALONEY at Hammondville, last Sunday. C. H. CADY has bought the old hotel at Hammondsville and expects to move there soon. There were over 1,600 pounds of butter made at the creamery, last week. There is to be a display of fireworks here, the 4th of July. Do not forget the dance, July 3d. C. F. WHEELER has returned from Boston, and intends to remain here several weeks. Recent visitors are: Rev. Homer WHITE, from Northfield, at Hank WHITE's; W. H. WILKINS and son, from Lebanon , N. H., at Geo. MORGAN's. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, June 28, 1889 Spafford 6/28/1889 A general time of health; but two cases now under the doctor's care--Mrs. Polly JONES, aged about 85, living at Asa SCALES', and Miss Ethel HALL, at her grandparents' (J. C. SCRIBNER), is treated by Dr. EMERSON. Fred LOCKWOOD, formerly of this place and now living in Boston, contractor for opening a canal across Cape Cod, had a shock of paralysis, June 9th. His wife reports him on the gain. B. D. HUMPHREY of Baltimore received a telegram, Wednesday afternoon, from Doctor DRAPER of Brattleboro Asylum, saying his boy (Arden HMUPHREY, aged about 20 years, doing farm work there for about one year), left there, Tuesday evening, with his everyday clothes on, and had not been seen or heard from since; neither had any trace been learned of his whereabouts up to 8 a. m. Thursday, when his father took the 8:15 a. m. train for Brattleboro, to unravel the mystery if possible. His fears are that the boy went in bathing and was taken with cramps and drowned. The family is feeling very anxious about the affair, as he was their only boy and of a faultless character. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, June 28, 1889 Springfield 6/28/1889 L. B. BARNEY has reopened his store, to close a few lines of goods that remain unsold. Charlie BLANCHARD made what he thought a very desirable horse trade, last week, in Whitehall, N. Y., but was detained by an officer at Proctorsville, on his way home, and made to give up the horse he had traded for, it being mortgaged to Whitehall parties. BLANCHARD went back to see if he can recover his own horse, and in the future will look out a little. The route contractors who bid off the mail route from Springfield to Charlestown, N. H., have sub-let the route to Fred G. ELLISON, for a sum considerably larger than the $570 for which it was bid off. The route from Manchester to Landgrove was bid off by the same parties, for $475, and the lowest bid they have received is $600. Temporary service has been engaged at the rate of $900 per year. They hve also got badly left on the line from West Claremont, N. H., to Weathersfield. Rev. G. W. BAILEY, in preaching the fiftieth anniversary of his commencement in the ministry, was greeted with a well-filled house. During his ministry he has preached 4,025 sermons and lectures, solemnized 325 marriages, and preached 616 funeral sermons. Starting out fifty years ago with all that hope and zeal of a young man, he has made his life-work the teaching of the gospel as he saw it, and now lays down the work at a ripe old age, with a competency sufficient for the needs of this life, loved and honored by all who know him. Schuyler C. JOHNSON has been obliged, through ill health, to take a vacation for a few weeks from his post office work, and sailed on the steamer Dorchester, from Boston, last Saturday, for Norfolk, Va., where he expects to spend about two weeks. It is hoped that his voyage and his stay in Norfolk Bay will be of benefit to his health. A. O. COBERN and daughter Etta started for the north of New York State, Wednesday, for a short vacation. Haying is commenced with prospects of an abundant crop. School-meetings were held Tuesday evening, throughout the town, under the new law; and it is hoped that the schools well soon be in running order. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, June 28, 1889 Reading 6/28/1889 It is with a feeling of sadness that we record the death of Lillian MAHONEY, only 12 years of age. Her kind disposition and conscientiousness of doing right won for her many friends. She has been in poor health for more than a year, and died Friday, the 21st; funeral Sunday, at her uncle's (W. W. KEYES), Revs. Moses KIDDER and A. HEALD, officiating. The flowers were many and beautiful, a large quantity being furnished by the Blue Ribbon club, of which she was a member, the club being present in a body. The remains were taken to South Woodstock for burial. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, June 28, 1889 Weathersfield Center 6/28/1889 Mrs. H. S. ALBEE has been very sick with spinal meningitis, but is gaining slowly now. All must turn out to the special town-meeting called to see if the town vote to exempt from taxation J. A. CALL's estate, for the next five years, if operations be resumed there. The opposition to such things is always out in a body, but the friends generally feel too sure of a favorable result. Let every friend of this measure turn out and vote early and often, until the opposition is tired out. Give us a majority which will snow under completely all fossilliferous tendencies on the part of some of our crystalizing population. If the town can aid a new industry to start, or encourage an idle mill to resume work, let us vote favorably and think that we as well as those in the immediate vicinity of the mill will be greatly benefitted. Friends of the measure, turn out! turn out!! TURN OUT!!! Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, June 28, 1889 Perkinsville 6/28/1889 A warning is out for a special town meeting to be held Saturday, July 6th, at 2 p. m., to see if the town will vote to exempt from taxation for the term of five years, the cotton-mill and the buildings connected therewith; also the machinery and materials necessary for putting and keeping the same in operation, provided any one will run it for that length of time. The Selectmen will meet at the town clerk's office, July 3d, to divide public money. Supplementary school registers should be in the hands of the town clerk before that date. The income of the Huntington Fund, for Weathersfield, for 1889, is $46.73. Melvin G. ROBINSON is prudential committee in District No. 1. The many friends of Mrs. Otis STEARNS will be glad to learn that it is reported that she is better. John P. STOUGHTON has sole the DeGOOSH place to Francis F. DIGGINS. Recent visitors: George PRATT of Bellows Falls, at his father's--Lynus PRATT; Dea. R. C. ALLEN and wife, of Brooklyn, N. Y., at Dea. YORK's. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, June 28, 1889 Proctorsville 6/28/1889 Children's Day was observed at the Methodist church, last Sunday. the church was made attractive by a display of choice plants and cut flowers. The concert exercise in the evening by the children was largely attended. The injury Fred EATON received on his knee, while playing ball at Springfield, the 22d inst., has proved quite serious, confining him to the bed with the prospect of a slow recovery. The Rt. Rev. W. H. BISSELL, bishop of the diocese, will make his annual visitation to Gethsemane chapel, Sunday, July 7th. notice of the hour of the service on that day will be given next week. School in district No. 8 closed June 14th. Number of pupils, 18. Names of those who were not absent or tardy during the term--Allie ADAMS, Josie CROSS, Grace LIVERMORE, Rollie MORSE, Ella SANDERS, Ida SANDERS, Georgie SANDERS; absent but not tardy--Lizzie CROSS, Nellie HAVEN, Frankie HAVEN, Merton HAVEN, Alice WILLIAMS, Guy WILLIAMS, Ethel SUMNER. Nellie POLLARD, teacher. The Proctorsville base-ball club won their third game of the season from the Springfield club, at the latter place, last Saturday. The game was a close and exciting one from start to finish. the least said about the umpire the better. For the Proctorsvilles, Rob FOSTER at centerfield did the best work, accepting four chances (two difficult ones) and assisting in a double play to CONNOLLY. McNULTY did the most batting, and caught two very pretty fly balls. EATON played a fine game at third, accepting all his chances, and scoring three of the eleven runs. E. FOSTER excelled in running, and did not seem at all bashful in regard to stealing bases. The battery work of BATTEY and POLLARD was good at critical points, but on the whole was not as good as it has been in the other games they have played. For the home nine, ATWOOD did the best work with the stick and COONITY caught a difficult fly ball in far left field. The score: Proctorsville-11; Springfield-10. Players: Proctorsville Springfield POLLARD ATWOOD McNULTY PERHAM Rob FOSTER HOAG WHITE O'BRIEN EATON COONITY BATTEY GIFFORD Ed FOSTER MORGAN CONNOLLY DONOVAN SPAULDING EMERY (Box scores given but I don't have the patience to transcribe. RHB) Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, June 28, 1889 Ludlow 6/28/1889 Michael PURCELL is home for a few days. Joe CONNORS has resumed work at the mill. Firemen's meeting, Saturday evening, at 5 p. m. George JOHNSON's residence has been newly shingled. Judge HINES has been confined to the house, the past week, by illness. Charles COMSTOCK has moved into the DEMARY house, on Andover street. Michael DALY is at work again, after being laid off two weeks by illness. Amon MUNROE of Norwich, Conn., was the guest of James ROBERTS, last week. Children's Day concert at the Methodist church, next Sunday afternoon. J. G. SARGENT and wife, and Miss Ina SARGENT, are camping out at Lake Rescue. Geo. P. GALE and wife went to Saratoga, last week, where Mrs. G. still remains. Rev. N. A. HYDE will occupy the pulpit at the Congregational church, next Sunday. O. S. WASHBURN of Minneapolis, Minn., is the guest of his son-in-law, Geo. S. BRIDGE. Lorenzo FRIZZELL, wife and son, from Brattleboro, are guests of Misses Ada and Lilla TAYLOR. Robert BARLOW, now of Chicago, but formerly of town, called on friends here yesterday. Miss Bertha WHITTEMORE of Malden, Mass., is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. A. C. HESSELTON. Henry POLLARD, a former resident, now of St. Louis, is visiting friends in town, this week. Jay BROWN showed us a curiosity, the other day, in the form of several double yellow daisies. For sequel to the horse-thief excitement, last Friday morning, see Springfield correspondence. Thomas KENWORTHY is reported to have had a slight shock of paralysis, Sunday, which somewhat affected his sight. Bertie, son of A. W. THOMPSON of Glens Falls, N. Y., is stopping for a few weeks with his uncle, S. W. STIMSON of this place. John REED and family are visiting in Rutland , with Mrs. R.'s people; John being laid off for a time in consequence of poor health. Mrs. Sallie A. POLLARD and her daughter Mrs. ALLEN, from Jacksonville, have been the guests of Mrs. Orinda POLLARD, this week. While playing ball, last Tuesday, Charles HORAN had the misfortune to sprain an ankle, that has confined him to crutches for several days. Abram WRIGHT and wife, of Storm Lake, Iowa, are guests of their nephews, E. A. and L. C. HOWE. It is their first return East in 33 years. C. M. GIDDINGS and wife of Charlestown, Mass., were in town over Sunday. They have had a monument erected on the family lot in our cemetery. Charles CHAPMAN and son George captured a 15 pound pike in the mill-pond, last Saturday afternoon. It was sent to the Bardwell house, Rutland, and brought $3. Mrs. LIVINGSTON of Sandy Hill, N. Y., Mr. WILMARTH and wife and Jesse COLBURN and wife, of Shrewsbury, have been recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph SANDERS, of late. A. F. SHERMAN left town, yesterday, for the West. He will be absent some two months, his objective point being Utah, where his son Frank has already or purposes soon to locate. G. I, HOWE was apprehended, one early morning last week, in pilfering from Geo. P. GALE's wood-pile. Suspicion being aroused, watch was set, with above result. The culprit settled by paying for the wood and also a store-bill that had been considered neg. The post-office pot is boiling again, and the prospects are that the present incumbrance will be boiled out in the near future, charges of official negligence having been preferred against him. The Bridgewater base-ball players concluding to stay at home and help celebrate there, the 4th of July, the Healdville club are now booked for the game here next Thursday afternoon. They do say that "Charlie" (C. L.) JOHNSON is about to take unto himself a better half, in the near future, and has hired Oscar GASSETT's tenement in which to begin housekeeping. We are pleased to learn that Joel WARNER has made such progress in the line of his business that he is soon to be placed in charge of a branch house in Cambridge, Mass., by his Boston employers. The cheese-factory is now receiving about 1,000 pounds per day more milk than last year. And a recent generous donation convinced us that the quality of the product is not deteriorating under Mr. SMITH's management. Norris BUTTERFIELD is home again from the Far West, his last abiding place having been Tempe, Arizona. he says he has seen and had enough of the Great West. he took in the scene at Johnstown, Pa., en route here. Geo. E. ADAMS was in town, yesterday, having concluded his engagement at Bellows Falls. The wish that he might find it possible and profitable to again locate with us, finds general and hearty expression; to which we add Amen! There was no preaching at the M. E. church, last Sunday, the pastor being at the Silver Lake camp-meeting. Mrs. REYNOLDS, Mrs. Lizzie STONE, and Misses Ellen BAGLEY, Ladell HESSELTON, and Sarah JONES, also attended the same gathering. The strawberry crop is a failure hereabout, this year; not half a crop being expected. Mr. KINGSBURY of Cavendish made his first trip here early in the week, and says he shall come but once or twice more. What berries he brought, however, were of fine quality and in the pink of condition as usual with his fruit. Fred COLBURN returned from Massachusetts, the 15th, and thinking to surprise his folks, sent them no notice of his coming. he remained in town until Tuesday, then went to his home in Tyson, only to find that his mother, alarmed at his silence (Fred having been ill for a long time), had gone to Boston the day before, to see what the trouble was. The base-ball enthusiasm is spreading. The latest is a match between the Fats and the Leans of town. The former nine shall embrace no player of less than 195 weight, and no "Lean" shall exceed 140 pounds. Tim HORAN of the Corpulants and George G. WOODWARD for the Emaciates, are arranging the details, and the first game will probably come off July 4th. A. H. LOCKWOOD withdrew from the express-office contest, last Friday, and Mr. BABBITT of Bellows Falls came up again Wednesday of this week and concluded arrangements for locating the office with C. H. HOWARD, at the Depot street furniture store. The patrons of the company will thus be greatly convenienced; and the company could find no more capable or careful agent than Mr. HOWARD. There was no excitement or contention at the village school-meeting, Tuesday evening. A tax of 60 cents was voted; balance above current needs of the district (about 40 cents) to be applied on the debt, which is now something like $2,500. Voted, to increase the Academy terms from 34 to 36 weeks; other schools to keep 30 weeks, as usual. The officers chosen were as follows: Moderator, E. A. HOWE; clerk, Frank A. WALKER; treasurer, L. G. HAMMOND; committee (1 year) E. A. HOWE, (2 years) John DAILEY, (3 years) W. D. BALL; collector, L. C. HOWE; auditor, C. H. HOWARD. The mill-boys dared the "Dudes" (as they were pleased to call the ball-tossers who earn not their bread by the sweat of their brow) to a contest on the new ball grounds, last Saturday evening. But five innings were played, owing to rain, the score being Milltrash 5, Dudes 7. Spectators say it was a well-played game on both sides. The nines were made up as follows: Dudes--WARNER c., RAYMOND p., HESSELTON ss., KNIGHT 1b., ALLIS 2b., SNOW 3b., HOPKINS lf., SARGENT cf., HAMMOND rf., Milltrash--HASTING c., CONNOR p., W. TAPPER ss., E. TAPPER 1b., AGAN 2b., W. ROCK 3b., ROONEY lf., G. BOWKER cf., M. BOWKER rf. Of course they will try it again. BELLOWS FALLS DOWNED.--The base-ball match between a picked home nine and a similar team from Bellows Falls, yesterday afternoon, was a surprise in more respects than one. It was freely predicted, through out the week, that our representatives would get done up in the latest style; but barring the fourth inning, when the visitors did not earn a bag, yet pulled off three runs on errors, the home team played a fine game. RAYMOND in the box, was singularly effective for a "straight" pitcher; the balance of the honors were about evenly divided. The game was lost to the visitors when the Ludlows piled up 6 runs in the second inning and returned their opponents a goos-egg. When MURPHY went into the box, however, the picnic for the home team ceased, and they had all they were capable of attending to in preserving the lead gained off WHITMAN. All in all, the clubs were very even ly matched, and the interest after the third inning was absorbing. Not being a witness of the whole game, we are not able to mention the individual plays of merit, and its occurrence at the last hour before closing our forms precludes extended report. We observed, however, that the visitors were a very gentlemanly company; and this seems also to have been recognized by the small fry who ordinarily make themselves a nuisance on such occasions, for they were conspicuously quiet. Another creditable feature is, that there was no kicking or wrangling from either side. Players: Ludlow B. Falls HASTINGS BISSELL HESSELTON ALEXANDER RAYMOND MURPHY SARGENT WHITMAN KNIGHT F. WEBSTER CONNOR HOBSON TAPPER H. WEBSTER WARNER HENRY GALE BLAKELY (The box scores are also given but I don't have the patience to transcribe them. RHB) Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

Hi Harriet, I sent 2 emails with the copy of the death notice but they were returned as undeliverable. Lisa > -----Original Message----- > From: vermont-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:vermont-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Harriet E. Cady > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 1:42 PM > To: vermont@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [VERMONT] Hiram Hefflons death certificate or Obit > > Hi Lisa, > I have had two returns saying Lowell and Lobdell so maybe he lived by > the Lake. Its always a mystery how things get twisted on old records. > It certainly should be in an old newspaper. > Harriet > > > > >________________________________ > > From: Lisa Lepore <llepore@comcast.net> > >To: 'Harriet E. Cady' <kd43l8@yahoo.com>; vermont@rootsweb.com > >Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 11:59 AM > >Subject: Re: [VERMONT] Hiram Hefflons death certificate or Obit > > > >Hi Harriet, > > > >I found an announcement through genealogybank.com I'll send it to you. > > > >It does not say Lowell, Michigan. It says Lobdell. Now I don't know if > that's > >a real place or if it's a typo, but it's something else to look for. I > found a > >Lobdell Lake in s/e Michigan, south of Flint. Maybe they called the > area of the > >lake Lobdell. > > > >[No Headline] (Mortuary Notice) > >Date: 1875-02-18; Paper: New Hampshire Sentinel > > > >"In Lobdell, MI December 1874. Hiram Hefflon, formerly of Walpole, aged > 69 yrs > >Papers in Vermont, please copy" > > > >I did not find the notice in the Vermont papers at genealogybank.com, > but I'll look > >around again when I have more time. > > > >Lisa > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: vermont-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:vermont- > bounces@rootsweb.com] > >> On Behalf Of Harriet E. Cady > >> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 7:05 PM > >> To: Genealogy Vermont > >> Subject: [VERMONT] Hiram Hefflons death certificate or Obit > >> > >> I asked about an obit or death certificate for Hiram Hefflon in > Lowell, > >> Michigan and got a message no record then an email that stated there > is > >> an obit in the newspapers of VT for former resident of Walpole so > >> probably in 1874 newspaper or early 1875 since he died in December. > >> >Any body know if VT Library would have newspapers of this age for > >> bellows Falls area? > >> >Harriet > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >Hi Harriet ... > >> > > >> >For death records (but no certificates prior to 1897 in MI) I go to > the > >> below link ... but I don't find Hiram. > >> >I searched by only first name, also ... no luck ... records are > sparse > >> for early times ... > >> > > >> >http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/pha/osr/gendisx/search2.htm > >> > > >> >> -------Original Message------- > >> >> From: Harriet E. Cady <kd1843@myfairpoint.net> > >> >> To: Ancestor Hunters <ancestorhunters@yahoogroups.com> > >> >> Subject: [ancestorhunters] Hiram Hefflons death certificate or > Obit > >> >> Sent: Jan 15 '12 4:41pm > >> >> > >> >> Hiram Hefflon, b. RI Oct. 22, 1804 amd d/ Dec. 1874 @ Lowell, > MI., > >> son of > >> >> Silas N. & Polly (Knapp) Hefflon. of RI & Franklin, VT > >> >> > >> >> I thought if there is an obit I might find something about Polly > or > >> Silas. > >> >> Would anyone be able to find the death certificate or obit or > tell > >> me how > >> >> to contact a way to get same? > >> >> Harriet

Source, Rutland Daily Herald--Tues. Feb. 1, 1927. WEST RUTLAND, VT. DEATH OF SALEM WINCHELL. Salem Winchell, 73, a life-long resident of this town, died at his home in Whipple Hollow, yesterday morning at 9 o'clock following an illness of two years, resulting from cerebral hemorrhage. He is survived by several cousins. Funeral services will be conducted at his late home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The body will be placed in the vault at Evergreen cemetery. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby

Source, Rutland Daily Herald--Feb. 18, 1929. Page 7. MERCHANTS ROW GAMBLING JOINT IS RAIDED BY SHERIFFS. Liquor, "Machines of Chance," Cards and Other Paraphernalia Seized ; Fred Snyder Arrested And to Appear in Court Today. Gaining entrance despite an elaborate system of bell alarms, sheriff's department officials Saturday afternoon uncovered on Rutland's principal street what they describe as one of the most elaborate gambling dens that has ever been operated here in many years. The establishment, which is located on the second floor of the building at 67 1/2 Merchants Row, had been in operation for more then six months, the authorities stated. Gambling machines, poker chips, tables, cards, and a considerable quantity of liquor were seized, when Sheriff Henry R. Adams and Deputy Sheriffs Almo B. Franzoni and David A. Baker swooped down upon the "joint" about 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. SNYDER IS ARRESTED. Fred A. Snyder of 76 Williams street, who was in charge of the establishment when the authorities arrived, was arrested. State's Attorney Lawrence C. Jones had been preparing to spring the trap upon the den for several weeks and late Saturday afternoon the sheriff's department, with all plans formulated, drove up to the entrance on Merchants Row, hurried to the second floor of the building and brust into the place. Snyder, who, the authorities say, was preparing for his Saturday night's clientele, was the only person in the rooms. An elaborate system of the bell alarms was found. Some of the bells were in operation when the men entered the place. ORDERED INTO COURT. The sheriff's searched the quarters thoroughly and found several gambling devices, besides many packs of cards and nearly a score of tables. A large quantity of sealed liquor, liquor seals and caps were also seized. Snyder, who was ordered to appear in City court this morning to answer to charges of possessing intoxicating liquor and running a gambling joint, stated that James Cox of State street, his son-in-law was the proprietor of the establishment, the authorities say. State's Attorney Jones said last night that he may arrest Cox, who is now in the hospital recovering from an operation, within a few days. He also stated that Snyder admitted the gambling den had been in operation for almost six months. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby

Source, Rutland Daily Herald--Thur. March 2, 1916. WALLINGFORD A regular meeting of the Hook and Ladder No.1 will be held in Fireman's hall this evening. A son was born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Murray. Miss Myrtle Andrews is visiting her brother, Erwin Andrews, in Proctor. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown and two sons are visiting relatives in North Adams, Mass. Will Dawson has gone to Lowmore, Ia., where he has employment. Mrs. W. A. Cutter and daughters, Fannie and Dora, are ill. George Howe has moved his family into John O'Brien's tenement on River street. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby

Thanks to the great help of the Corinth Town Clerk several years ago a mystery was solved. Spent several years looking for Mary BORYDING (my gggrandmother) in Corinth (presumable wife of Robert GORDON). Boryding is Danish name and didn't think there were any Danish settlers of Corinth in 1800. Then, I had the opportunity to look at the original signatures (many thanks to the Corinth Town Clerk) it showed that her name was Mary BOYDEN. Whoever entered her name had put something else down and then tried to erase/blot it out. It was clearly BOYDEN in the original. However, when photocopies were made for the films, all of the letters showed up and the result apparently looked like BORYDING so the transcriber entered that name. I was very glad to see Boyden since lots has been written about that family. Alice Gordon -----Original Message----- From: vermont-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:vermont-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Harriet E. Cady Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 3:38 PM To: vermont@rootsweb.com Subject: [VERMONT] Hiram Hefflons death certificate or Obit That's right Darrell. I thought if I looked at Hiram's death certificate I might find a clue for Silas Nicholas Hefflon born Ireland march 18, 1772 and Polly KNAPP Hefflon born RI April 2, 1785. The parents of Hiram say he was born RI in 1804 but where? Harriet >________________________________ > From: Darrell A. Martin <darrellm@sprynet.com> >To: vermont@rootsweb.com >Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 4:56 PM >Subject: Re: [VERMONT] Hiram Hefflons death certificate or Obit > >On 1/16/2012 12:41 PM, Harriet E. Cady wrote: >> Hi Lisa, I have had two returns saying Lowell and Lobdell so maybe he >> lived by the Lake.  Its always a mystery how things get twisted on >> old records. It certainly should be in an old newspaper. Harriet > >Harriet: > >No mystery, really. Things like place names change. People misunderstand >the material they are working from. Handwriting can be peculiar, or just >plain terrible. Typists make errors. Transcribers make errors. Ink gets >smudged. Fly specks land on the copy machine.... > >As the King of Siam says in the movie, "etcetera, etcetera, etcetera." > >Darrell > > > >*************************************** >List Guidelines: http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm >Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/  > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VERMONT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > *************************************** List Guidelines: http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VERMONT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, June 28, 1889 State Notes 6/28/1889 H. L. ROBINSON of Springfield has become insane at Willimstown, over the death of his son, of verioloid. Mrs. Mary SMITH, an employe in W. A. COLE's paper mill at Putney, had the ends of three fingers taken off in a paper-cutter last Friday afternoon. Sadawga reservoir, which has caused the dwellers in Deerfield Valley considerable anxiety, has been examined and found in a bad condition, by an expert from Northampton, Mass., and a citizens' committee from Shelburn Falls. The residence of M. H. TORREY, in Georgia, was struck by lightning during the storm of June 9th, destroying the east chimney and playing pranks with stovepipes. Several of the family were severely shocked, and Mrs. HAYDEN did not recover until the next day. The hired man was thrown three feet from where he stood. Score another for "Aristos." The Clay stakes, $3,000, at the Island Park (Albany, N. Y.) spring meeting, were won in three straight heats by "Gillig" a son of "Aristos" and bred in Rutland; 2:231/4. "Gillig" is five years old, is owned by Willaim MOORE of Hartford, Conn., and has never lost a heat in which he has trotted. Greenleaf Kimball SYKES, a St. Johnsbury academy student in the class of 90, died last Friday evening of acute peritonitis. June 10th, he and 19 other people ate something which poisoned them. The rest have all recovered. SYKES lived in Dorset, and was about 20 years old, a universal favorite, brilliant scholar and a devoted Christian worker. His death occurred only a few hours after the commencement exercises, and has cast a deep feeling of sadness over the entire school and community. The Bethel road machine team ran away, the other day, and collided with a wagon in which were Mrs. Charles SPAULDING and a young grandson. Mrs. SPAULDING was thrown down a bank and considerably injured. the grandson could not be found for some time after the accident, when a small voice was heard from the branches of a tree near by, and it was found that the little fellow had been thrown, uninjured by the force of the collision, into the branches of the tree. A ludicrous case of absent-mindedness was recently exhibited by James DENHAM of Shelburn, who with his wife and twelve children started for Oregon. He bought $600 worth of railroad tickets, and taking them home locked them up in his safe. The next day he loaded his household goods into a car, including his safe, and shipped them. When he was ready to begin his journey, he was very forcibly reminded that his ticket were far on their way West, in the safe. There was no alternative but to hand out another $600 for more tickets, which he did with as good grace as he could command. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, June 28, 1889 Windsor County Court 6/28/1889 The amount of the verdict in LEGG v. BRITTON was $2,700. State v. Herbert L. CLARK.--This was on a complaint for selling mortgaged property; but after a hearing by the jury it was decided that the respondent had not violated the law. The jury were all discharged, last Friday, with the exception of one, as there is a possibility of a trial for kidnapping. The court will resume its sessions July 8th, at 3 o'clock p. m. , at which time all the court business will receive due attention. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, June 28, 1889 Here and There 6/28/1889 Items Begged, Borrowed and Stolen, from various Sources, that Our Scribes did not Catch On. On the farm of E. H. HORTON, in Clarendon, are two pear trees in full bloom. Daniel W. DAVIS of Chester, is one of the recent luck ones to secure a pension. Brattleboro and Londonderry baseball nines play a game at the latter place, July 4th. Mrs. Kate Morris CONE of Hartford has been chosen a trustee of Smith College, Northampton, Mass. The woolen mill at Gaysville is to be rebuilt and started up with new capital and improved machinery. A prominent citizen of Manchester has been complained of, to the grand juror, for pulling weeds in his garden, on Sunday. At Jamaica, last week, Mrs. Lestina HIGGINS, 70 years old, set fire to her clothing while smoking, and was quite severely burned. The Jessup first prize for Botany, in the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, was awarded, Tuesday, to R. M. EVARTS of Chester. In the BENT and ROBERTS murder trial at Manchester, last week, the jury failed to agree, and were discharged. It is understood that the jury were evenly divided, though none favored a verdict of murder. Lucien HEWITT of West Hartford, aged 43 years, has been at work on a farm in Brattleboro, and while harrowing last week, he was thrown on the teeth of the harrow by the horses suddenly starting, and received a bad wound in the abdomen. His injuries were not thought to be serious, but inflammation supervened, and he died of lockjaw. Senator JOHNSON has appointed Miss Susie WILDER of Ludlow, to a scholarship at Middlebury, and Eugene RICE of Chester, at Burlington. Senator PERKINS has appointed Miss Ada BARNEY of Ludlow, to a scholarship at Middlebury. Senator PARKER has appointed Loyal E. TARBELL of Chester, to a scholarship at Burlington, and Joseph S. CRAIGNE of Weathersfield, at Norwich. Elmer CLOW and William TRUMBULL, the Shaftsbury burglars, escaped from jail at Manchester, Tuesday morning, between 8 and 12 o'clock. they sawed around the stovepipe hole and got into the atic through a hole about 9 by 12 inches. They then opened a door and jumped to the ground with out being seen. They were to have been taken to Windsor, next day, to stay until December. Sheriff PIKE has offered a reward of $100 for the recapture of the men. Some person utterly wanting in self-respect or humanity has been shooting lambs for Simon BRONSON, at Weathersfield Bow. Seven were found in one day, recently. The killing was done with a rifle or revolver, it is not known definitely which, the bullet entering the head between the eye and 11/2 inches back of the ear, excepting one which was shot between the eyes. The vandal exhibited considerable marksmanship, for the shooting could not all have been done from one point of vantage, the dead lambs being scattered over considerable territory. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

Here's the dangerous inventiveness of youth. Ruth The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, June 28, 1889 Disastrous Ingenuity 6/28/1889 Harry and William JESSER, 15 and 17 years old respectively, and possessing a mechanical turn of mind, were killed at Philadelphia, last Saturday, by the explosion of an old range boiler with which they were experimenting. they had connected it by lead pipe with a small engine and were preparing to turn the crank of the family ice cream freezer by motive power when the boiler blew up with tremendous power. Harry was thrown with great force against a fence and instantly killed. His legs and arms were broken, and one side of his head was horribly crushed. William was thrown further under a shed, and a flying brick evidently struck him in the head, fracturing the skull. Both his legs were frightfully crushed. He was taken to the Pennsylvania Hospital, where he died in about an hour. Little henry KNIESS, who was watching the experiment from a shed, was cut under the eye, and Miss Flora KNIESS was severely scalded about the back. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

While not strictly Vermont I thought this an interesting article. Ruth The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, June 21, 1889 A Tomb for 40,000 Dead 6/21/1889 It is Proposed to Build it Above Ground in New York At the invitation of the Rev. D. Howard CROSBY, Alfred BIERSTADT (the artist) and others, the Rev. Charles R. TREAT lectured recently at New York on the new system for the "Sanitary Disposition of the Dead." With the aid of a stereopticon the lecturer gave views of the mausoleums in which the dead of olden times were entombed. Entombing, the lecturer thought preferable to ground interment. He said: King Mausolus sought refuge in death from the cold damp ground in a massive tomb, and sepulchres have born the name of mausoleums ever since. Kings, heroes, saints, and millionaires have followed his example, and there is hardly a cemetery in any land that does not contain these resting places for the dead. Old as the mausoleum is, its use in this country does not extend beyond a family's needs, except in New Orleans, where circumstances have compelled its use. A new plan is offered for the disposition of the dead. It proposes to substitute for a multitude of family vaults a fine building, better in ornamentation, in ventilation, in care and superintendence than many dwellings, with room for thousands of coffins. A building of such magnitude within a city necessarily involves a radical change in the preparation of the remains. Corruption must be banished, or else the health Boards and the public would alike reject it. We will dry the bodies. Extract the moisture and decay will be summarily stayed. The new mausoleum is to be a large, handsome, and massive building, closely resembling in many respects to a well appointed library., plans have been prepared for a building to be erected in this city showing a frontage of 350 feet and a depth of about 100 feet. Such a building would become the last resting place of fully forty thousand. It will be constructed of concrete of the finest quality. The casket spaces or sepulchres will be in tiers of six, and each tier and each sepulchre, as well as the arched corridors and halls, will have walls of concrete. The inner walls will be built up in conjunction with the outer walls, three inches at a time, and the whole will form a monolithic house of concrete, seamless, jointless, and as durable as the everlasting hills. The force that levels it will first have leveled and pulverized every other erection of man. For the purpose of ornament the walls both outside and inside may be faced with polished granite or other durable stone, fastened in the concrete before it hardens. Each casket space or sepulchre will be supplied with an inlet pipe and an exit pipe, and these pipes, thousands in number, are to be brought together in a furnace room in a sub-cellar. The process of burial is simple in such a building. A casket is placed in one of the cells, the head of the sepulchre is filled with a glass door carefully sealed, and the entire space becomes air tight, except where the two pipes have openings. A current of dry air is drawn through the casket to the furnace, where it is purified by fire and then discharged in the upper air, innocuous. This current eventually carries away eighty per cent of the body, which is water or gases. Only the mineral or solid parts are left, and these will remain for all time. Although the body will be reduced to almost 40 pounds in weight, the face remains with out discoloration or material change, the large bones preventing material shrinkage. The feasibility of the new process has been abundantly demonstrated before, and is vouched for by such men as Prof. R. A. WITTHAUS, Dr. Charles Inslee APRDEE, Dr. A. N. BELL, editor of the SANITARIAN, Dr. E. P. FOWLER, Dr. Egbert GUERNSEY, the late Dr. A. P. T. GARNETT, and others. The dry, pure air would not suffocate, and such a thing as a burial alive becomes practically impossible. One horror will certainly be dismissed. The quiet dwellers in such a building will not poison the air, the earth, or the water, and no vandal or ghoul can molest them. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

On 1/16/2012 12:41 PM, Harriet E. Cady wrote: > Hi Lisa, I have had two returns saying Lowell and Lobdell so maybe he > lived by the Lake. Its always a mystery how things get twisted on > old records. It certainly should be in an old newspaper. Harriet Harriet: No mystery, really. Things like place names change. People misunderstand the material they are working from. Handwriting can be peculiar, or just plain terrible. Typists make errors. Transcribers make errors. Ink gets smudged. Fly specks land on the copy machine.... As the King of Siam says in the movie, "etcetera, etcetera, etcetera." Darrell