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Carleton Sentinel, The Dispatch and The Press Newspapers were
published
in the Town of Woodstock, N.B.
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Sheriff
Dibblee's Death
Carleton Sentinel Sept. 16 1893
Not altogether
unexpected, still the announcement of the death of Sheriff
Dibblee, on Saturday morning, was a surprise and shock to the
community. As there
was no man better known in the County so there was none more generally esteemed
in his personal and official relations. Thirty-five years active
discharge of the duties of high sheriff must necessarily involve
rather trying experiences, and during that length of time Sheriff
Dibblee discharged the duties of office and without making an
enemy.
Carleton County has
only had three Sheriffs since it's independent establishment,
namely J. F. W. Winslow, Samuel Dickinson and F. R. Jenkins
Dibblee, now just deceased.
Mr. Dibblee was in
his 68th year; for
some time his strength had been failing and it had become evident
that his health would not be restored, but his immediate death
was not anticipated and he had been out in his carriage on
Friday, but on Saturday morning he quietly died owning to heart failure.
Sheriff Dibblee was
a direct descendent of historic stock, being the eldest son of
the late F. B. Dibblee and grandson of Rev. Frederick Dibblee who
was the first rector of Woodstock : he was born on the Dibblee homestead a
few miles below town, but at an early age came to Woodstock to
reside with his aunt, the late Mrs. Morehouse, upon whose death he inherited very valuable properties in
the town, one being
nearly the entire block on the corner of Main and Connell street
extending to the Connell estate on the latter and to Chapel
street on the former.
Animated by an
enterprising desire to benefit the town, while promoting his own
interests, he erected the large and expensive brick building,
known as the " Cable
House " which
was subsequently destroyed by fire.
The Sheriff was,
through life, firmly attached to the liberal party in politics,
but while never hesitating to affirm his preferences in this
regard, he, while in office, carefully abstained from obnoxiously
obtruding his views or allowing them to influence his official
conduct.
The deceased leaves a widow, a daughter of
the late George W. Cleary, and two children--a son, Col. F. H. J.
Dibblee, and a daughter, the wife of A. B. Connell, Esq.
At the time of his father's death, Colonel Dibblee was in Chicago
and did not reach home for the funeral, which took place on
Wednesday afternoon at the parish churchyard, Rev. Canon Ketchum
of St. Andrews officiating. The public respect for the deceased
was indicated by the several flags hanging at half mast, and the
closing of the stores while the procession, a very lengthy one,
passed through the streets. As a mark of regard to their Captain,
the firemen, in full citizens dress, formed an escort guard.
East
Florenceville High Schools Graduates
1936-1956
Principal: G. B.
MacKenzie
Graduates 1936
D. S. McLennan
D. M. Bishop ( f )
A. L. Lewis
Y. A. Boyer ( f )
E. R. Cullins
G. P. Fowler
H. A. McIsaac
D. J. Blackie
P. S. Lloyd
F. F. Estabrooks
C. Fraser ( f )
R. J. Trafford
K. Foster ( f )
C. D. Burnham
Principal: G. B. Curtis
Graduates 1937
Leona E. Curtis
Vella I. Cattelle
Hertha N. Bell
George A. Bishop
Marion C. Smith
Principal: : G. B.
MacKenzie
Graduates 1939
Kathryn B. S. Bell
Anthony P. Blackie
Gwithyn E. M. Gray
J. Douglas Waugh
Jean E. Davis
Deane R. Crabbe
Principal: G. B. MacKenzie
Graduates 1940
Ruth C. Clarke
S. Ferne Billings
J. Herman Smith
Shirley S. Burnham
Evelyn P. Lawrence
Principal: Harold J.
Beairsto
Graduates
1941
Florence E. M. Stewart
Harold M. Boyer
Wyona A. Catelle
Miriam L. Carle
M. H. Faye Stevenson
Malcolm S. Hunter
Gwyneth M. R. Gray
Greta E. Davis
John R. Gallagher
Margaret H. McIsaac
Robert S. Smalley
Principal : S. H. O'Regan
Graduates 1942
Paul D. Foster
Norma B. Banks
G. Aubrey Clark
Hazel M. Lloyd
Harold D. Curtis
Hazel S. Salmon
Roy C. Boyer
Erlene W. F. Bell
E. Louise Ebbett
William B. McIsaac
Mary E. Gaunce
Principal : S. M. O'Regan
Graduates 1943
Janet I. Allison
Audrey R. Crabbe
Eugene A. Stephenson
Janet B. Clarke
Erlan N. Vincent
Phyllis E. Clarke
Harriet G. Bell
Elizabeth J. Clarke
Harriet G. Bell
Elizabeth J. Clarke
Gerald R. Derrah
Dorothy M. Britton
Principal : S. M. O'Regan
Graduates 1945
A. Colleen Davis
Mark E. Canam
Rayma K. Lunn
James O. Salmon
Dorothy O. DeMerchant
Alden L. Golding
Principal : S. M. O'Regan
Graduates 1946
Eleanor P. Rideout
Clarence A. Hunter
Arthur J. Curtis
S. Marie Till
Bette D. Saunders
Georgie E. Smalley
Dora J. Hunter
Margaret P. Burke
Robert N. Bell
Marjorie C. Canam
Norma J. Hunter
Carman D. Carle
Arnold B. Banks
Principal : S. M. O'Regan
Graduates 1947
Rowena H. Fisher
Marilyn L. Tompkins
J. Kathryn Smalley
Jack S. Davis
Norma C. Ebbett
Anna P. Curtis
Frances S. Hunter
Principal : S. M. O'Regan
Graduates 1948
Shirley Messenger
Robert W. Davis
Wendall Burlock
Betty L. Bell
Frank B. Smith
Jacqueline Ebbett
Gerald W. Waugh
Leslie I. Estey
Carl E. Tompkins
Principal: E. W. Reid
Graduates 1949
Donna E. Hunter
Beatrice E. Boyle
Principal: E. W. Reid
Graduates 1950
Joycelyn R. M. Smalley
Donald G. Golding
Principal: Mrs. J. M. A.
Runaffs
Graduates 1951
Maxine P. Melville
Harold A. Redstone
William E. Burnham
E. Louise Anderson
Pauline E. Salmon
Doris R. Saunders
Donna A. Pelkey
Principal : L. F. Dow
Graduates 1953
Franklyn W. Lovely
Allison W. MacPhail
A. Patricia Smalley
Jennie G. Montgomery
Principal : L. F. Dow
Graduates 1954
Arlene R. Fisher
Janet M. A. Burnham
Ronald B. Hawkes
Charlene M. Hallett
Principal : L. F. Dow
Graduates 1955
B. Dawn Bell
W. B. Dyrlin Redstone
Weldon R. Rideout
Marilyn M. Underhill
Donald B. White
Principal : L. F. Dow
Graduates 1956
Donald C. Hathaway
Richard J. Burnham
Earl N. Hunter
Betty J. Campbell
Mary E. Burnham
Edward A. Campbell
Gary S. Lovely
Wakefield
Resident's in the Year
1905
Carleton Sentinel Feb. 3
1905
1905:
Parish
Clerk John
Emery
Assessors
of Rates
H. P. Birmingham
Charles Briggs
John B Mallory
Collector
of Rates
Wellington Haley
Wm. Simonson
Gilbert Cheney
Overseers
of Poor
Frank J Shaw
Thomas
Johnson
Elbridge Bell
Surveyors
of Lumber
A F Lockhart
Frank Boyer
Charles Briggs
Thomas Briggs
Allan McElroy
Surveyors
of Dams
Thos
Briggs
Robert
Briggs
Allan
McElroy
Fire
Wardens
Frank Albright
Harris Cox
W J Davis
John Emery
Benj. Wilson
Chas Briggs
W A Bell
Jarvis Baker
Fence
Viewers
Samuel Sipprell
Chas. McCormac
Edward Shaw
Howard Clark
Burrell Britton
Wm. Kearney
Odbur Tracey
Wm. Kimball
John N. Harper
Geo McLeod
Harley Hannah
Robert Briggs, Jr.
Alfred Blackmore
George Sharkey
A. Carter
John Davis
Wm. Wilson
Pound
Keepers and Field Driver
Miles Rideout
Charles Stevens
Norman Hoyt
Joseph York
Christopher Burthwick
Frank Haley,Sr.
Norman Clark
J F Jewett
James Gardiner
Edward Lipsett
Frank Slipp
Israel Kinney
Frazer Burtt
Geo A Good
John Callahau
Henry Briggs
Nicholas Sharkey
John Gross
Jos Faulkner
John McBride
Richard Martin
Chas Noddin
George Bull
William Wilson
William McBride
John McLellan
Samuel Smart
Thos Bell
Stephen McLaughlan
William Cheney
Jarvis Baker
Fred Britton
Frank Haley
Preston Tracey
Wm Hamilton
George McGuire
Weigher of
Hay and Straw
Israel Slipp
Constables
Jos F York
Frank J Shaw
Frank Haley, Sr.
Sandy Shaw
Melvin Dewitt
John Emery
Stanley Harper
William Kimball
John Grass
Thos Briggs
Milton McBride
Jos. Faulkner
Chas Caldwell
Jarvis Baker
Samuel Bagley
Orison Estey
Charles Noddin
The
Mercer Fortune
Carleton Sentinal Oct. 13, 1909
James A.
Mercer, 2 Beechwood Place, Cork, Ireland, writes to The Telegraph in connection
with the Mercer fortune, asking for information regarding relatives in Woodstock.
Mr.
Mercer, in his letter, says:
"I
was born in Woodstock in July 1855. My parents resided there for
some years and then returned to Ireland with two sons. I am the
oldest."
He gives the names of a McAfee family in Woodstock as his cousins and desires that they, if
located, should write him particulars of the Mercer fortune to assist him in establishing a
claim to it.
He says that one of his cousins, a Miss Maggie McAfee was married
in 1892 to a J.B. Wolverston, but the writer of the letter is
at present unable to locate any of them.
Benjamin
Burtt
of
Jacksontown
Sent this
letter to the Editors of the Carleton Sentinel,March 3, 1897
I am writing a few
lines to let the readers of the Sentinel know that my father Benjamin Burtt was one of the
first settlers in Jacksontown 85 years ago and that I was the
first male child born there in 1815. I went to school to the first teacher, Rev. Thomas Magee.
I remember John Jackson the first man to make a farm and went to
school with four of his children at Jacksonville. There has been
many changes since I was a Boy, the poorest people in the Parish
of Wakefield know little of the hardships of early settlers, my
mother told me that one spring they had to dig up potatoes after
planting to use for food.
There were no provisions to be got this side of Fredericton and
the men used to take a Canoe and go there and pole up a barrel of
corn and keg of Molasses if they could raise the money.
Now, Editors, I will say a
little about Woodstock.
In 1823 I was there for the first time. My older brother John
went with me both on one horse. There was no highway from Anthony
Bakers place which is now owned by Rev. Thomas Todd, to the
creek, only a path through the woods. At that time there were only three
houses in Woodstock, two on
this side of the creek and one on the other owned by Capt. Smith, the first store was kept by Thomas Phillips, it was on the east side of the highway
road where Frank Sharp's plum trees now stand, the next store
was owned by Perley and
English at the mouth of the
Houlton road. The first store at the Creek was owned by Jeremiah Connell where Dibblee and sons hardware now
stands.
My grandfathers name was
Benjamin Burtt, my fathers name was also Benjamin and Benjamin is
my name.
I am now in the Eighty Second year of my age.
Jacksonville New Brunswick March 3.1897.
James
Kelly Dead
Carleton
Sentinel Newspaper Dec. 30, 1904
Nearly everyone in town knew "Jimmy Kelly", an old gentleman who formerly lived on a farm near Plymouth, and who recently came to town to board at the Brunswick. Monday morning he was found dead in his bed. An inquest was held at which a verdict of death from heart failure was rendered. Mr. Kelly's wife died about two years ago. He was famous as a dealer in horses.
Patrick
McAnna
Carleton Sentinel
Newspaper Jan 27, 1905.
The subject of this
sketch was born in the city of Fredericton in the year 1834. Two
years later his parents moved to Woodstock, where the son was
brought up. After securing the elements of a common school
education he learned the trade of mason and builder, and in the
pursuit of that calling became known as a mechanic of skill and
integrity.
Nearly all the
larger buildings in town were erected under his supervision, and
of him it may truly be said
" If you want to see his monument, look around."
Deceased was never
married, but along with his sister Annie and brother James kept
up a comfortable and hospitalable home on Broadway. Another brother, John, has been living
for years in Calfornia. Some five or six years ago Patrick McAnna
was seized with rheumatism, which rendered him almost unable to
move around. A few weeks before his death paralysis set in, and
on Sunday last, Jan 15th, he breathed his last. The remains were
interred in the new Catholic cemetery.
Britton
Family
First Reunion 1925
The Press Newspaper Sept. 8, 1925.
The Britton family
reunion was held on Tuesday afternoon, August 27, 1925, at the
home of Mr. Darius Downey, Brighton, N.B. On account of short
notice ten families could not be present.
Those Present were:
Mr & Mrs Darius
Downey, Brighton, N.B.
Mr & Mrs George Downey, Brighton, N.B.
Mrs. Emma DeWare, Waterville, N.B.
Mr & Mrs Gerald DeWare, Waterville, N.B.
Mr. & Mrs. Burrell Britton, Woodstock, N.B.
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Britton, Woodstock, N.B.
Miss Jacqueline, Woodstock, N.B.
Mr. & Mrs. George H. Sutton, Woodstock, N.B.
Master Reid Britton, Woodstock, N.B.
Mrs. P. J. McCourtney, Augusta, Maine, USA.
The invited guests
present were Mr. George McLaughlin of Perth, N.B., Mrs. Roddie
Richardson of Brighton, Mr. Frank A. Sutton of Lynn, Mass.
The banquet was set in Mr. Downey's beautiful orchard, " in
the shade of the old apple trees." The table was a delight
to the eye. While the birds sang in the trees, those present sat
down and did full justice to the good things set before them.
Brief remarks were made by Mr. Gerald DeWare and Mr. Burrell
Britton.
The following committee was appointed to make arrangements for a
yearly reuion to be held in the month of August.:
George H Sutton, chairman; Mrs. Gerald DeWare, vice chairman;
Harold Britton, recording secretary; Mrs. Harold Britton, George
Downey, Burrell Britton and George Britton.
George H. Sutton was chairman of the committee. A most enjoyable
time was spent by all. The first annual Britton ReUnion was ended
by all singing the National Anthem.
Argyle
and Vicinity
About 1880
Range Five | Range Six | Range Five | Range Six |
41 John Smith |
41 Wm. Thompson |
64 Wm. H. McLaughlin |
|
40 Robt. MacLachlan |
40 Edward H. Smith |
63 David H. Glenn |
|
39 Chas. Crawford |
39 And-McCordick |
62 Joseph Stewart |
62 Thomas Mackey |
38 Chas. Crawford |
38 John Crawford Unocc. |
61 Wayman Lloyd |
61 John Campbell |
37 Chas. Crawford |
37 C. Crawford, Sr. Unocc. |
60 George Sproule |
60 Unocc. |
36 Chas. Crawford |
36 D. Crawford Unocc. |
59 George Taylor |
59 Unocc. |
35 Chas. Crawford Jr. Unocc. |
35 W. Crawford Unocc. |
58 Unocc. |
58 B. Maddox Unocc. |
34 Jas. Crawford Unocc. |
34 Chas. Crawford |
57 Edward Wiley |
57 Peter McKenzie |
33 Joseph Crawford |
33 James Crawford Unocc. |
56 Samuel Lilly |
56 Unocc. |
32 Robert Upham Unocc. |
32 Michael Welch Unocc. |
55 Samuel Lilly |
55 Alfred Ball |
31 H. E. Hay Unocc. |
31 Jos. Crawford Sr. Unocc. |
54 Unocc. |
54 Everett Chute |
30 Joseph Hemphill |
30 James Humphrey |
53 Robert Jamieson |
53 David Smith(?) |
29 Joseph Hemphill |
29 Wm. M. Connell Unocc. |
52 Robert Jamieson |
52 Arthur McLean Unocc. |
28 Geo. Hemphill |
28 Advardis Shaw |
51 Hugh McLean Unocc. |
51 Arthur McLean Unocc. |
27 John G. Hemphill |
27 John Weeks |
50 Hugh McLean Unocc. |
50 Arthur McLean Unocc. |
26 Geo. Hemphill |
26 John Weeks |
49 Wm. J. Dyer (?) |
49 Jas. McLean |
25 Wm. Hemphill |
25 Albert Powers |
48 Robert Jordan |
48 Geo. W. Gillmor |
24 Jos. Whitehouse |
24 Geo. C. Turner Unocc. |
47 Thos. Somerville |
47 Geo. W. Gillmor Unocc. |
23 Leonard Doucette |
23 Alexr. Currie |
46 Unocc. |
46 Well'n Gillmor Unocc. |
22 James Ryan |
23 Alexr. Currie |
45 Unocc. |
45 Sarah Faulkner |
21 James Ryan |
21 Joshua Hallet |
44 Unocc. |
44 John Smith |
20 Unocc. |
20 Unocc. |
43 Unocc. |
43 R. McElhinney |
19 Unocc. |
19 Unocc. |
42 Unocc. |
42 Charles Wilson |
Taken from
History of Argle & Vicinity by Annie Currie Dyer &
Herbert Bradley:
Waterville
Anne
Vivian Stairs
The Press
Newspaper Jan 25 1925
Bangor, Maine, Jan.
19
Anne
Vivian Stairs, brunette beauty of 20 years, whose native place is
West Waterville, N.B., and
who had for some time been employed as housemaid in the family of
George Haskell, a merchant in Houlton, died in the Aroostook Hospital in that town *
Friday night and as a result of her ante mortem statement a
warrant was issued on Saturday from the office of County Attorney
Weatherbee in Bangor for the arrest of Dr. Charles D. Edmunds of
Bangor on the charge of murder.
Dr. Edmunds ws
arrested at 3:20 Saturday afternoon by Frank J. Rogan, criminal investigator
for the county attorney's office, and Police Inspector Frank J.
Golden, and locked up in the police station.
At 2:30 Saturday
morning the same officers arrested at the Maine Central freight
yards Edward D. Gilbert of
Houlton, who was one of the crew of 19 men employed as caretaker
of a train of 38 cars of potatoes, bound from Aroostook county
points via Vanceboro to New York.
Gilbert, who has not as yet been informed of the
girl's death, admitted, so the prosecuting authorities say, his
connection with the case, saying that on Wednesday last he accompanied Miss Stairs to Bangor and
to Dr. Edmund's office, where the illegal operation is said to
have been performed, after which the pair returned to Houlton.
Gilbert is
28, and has a wife and one child. He is said to come from a good
family.
Dr. Edmunds, who maintained perfect composure when the officers
came to arrest him, has made no statements so far as the
newspapers can find out. He has engaged George E. Thompson as
attorney. Murder not being a bailable offence,
Dr.
Edmunds remains in a police cell, as also does Gilbert.
Miss Stairs, accompanied by Gilbert, returned to Houlton
Wednesday afternoon. On Thursday at 10 a.m. the girl's condition
became so serious that Dr. F. W. Mann was called to attend her,
and at once ordered her taken to the Aroostock Hospital, where,
as is usual in cases of patients who are liable to become public
charges, an affidavit was prepared, reciting the circumstances of
her illness, to which she made oath. The affidavit was prepared
at the instance of First Selectman George W. Ervin, by Walter
Cowan, attorney and notary public, and was read to Miss Stairs
and sworn to before those named and two nurses. In the affidavit
she is said to have named Dr. Edmunds and Gilbert.
On Saturday morning, after consultation with Attorney General
Fellows and County Attorney Weatherbee, Dr. H. J. Millikin, one
of the medical examiners for Penobscot county, went to Houlton
and there, with Dr. Frank H. Jackson, medical examiner for
Aroostook county, performed an autopsy on the remains of Miss
Stairs with Drs. Mann and Potter as observers.
On Sunday
the body of Miss Stairs was taken to her home in West Waterville,
near Woodstock, N.B., by her mother, accompanied by the girl's
fiance, a young man of that town.
Debec
Thomas
Griffin
Carleton
Sentinel Newspaper Jan 13, 1905
Thomas
Griffin lost his
barns and stock, including
20 head of cattle, 12 head of sheep, hay, straw and farm
machinery by
fire, which was
caused by
children playing with matches in a cellar under the barn. We are sorry
to say there was no insurance, and hope that the citizens and
country at large will asssist Mr. Griffin in his loss. At the
time of the fire the wind was blowing at the rate of 60 miles an
hour.
Lower Woodstock
John Craig
Carleton
Sentinel Newspaper Nov 26 1904
John Craig, who lives seven miles below Woodstock, is one of the best farmers along the beautiful St John River or elsewhere in Carleton County. He has two farms consisting of 400
acres, 20 head of cattle, 6 horses, 10 hogs and a good flock of
sheep. The beauty of farming is plenty of help both in the house
and outdoors, and Mr. Craig, who has two sons and a daughter, has
all the help required. He is a carpenter and can work at the
bench and do all his own repairing. He realizes from six to eight
hundred dollars on butter and cheese.
Off for
Sussex
Carleton Sentinel Newspaper, Sept 16, 1899
The soldiers boys belonging to the 67th Battalion, Field
Battery and the Brighton Engineers left, the latter on Monday and
the two former on Tuesday, by regular and special trains for camp
at Sussex.
The officers of the Engineers are Lt Col Boyer, and numbers in all some 400 men, divided
into nine companies and the staff.
Lt Col Boyer goes as Major, Capt A J Raymond, adjutant, Capt L R Harding, paymaster, Capt H Carvell, quater master, Surgeon Major Curtis, surgeon.
The
officers of the companies are as follow:
No 1, Lieuts Bull
and Bedell.
No 2, Capt Kennedy,
Lieut. Adams.
No 3, Capt
Kirkpatrick, Lieut. Jones.
No 4, Capt Webster-Ross,
Lieut. E S Kirkpatrick
No 5, 1st Lieut.
Sutton, 2nd Lieut. Jones
No 6, Capt Kupkey,
1st Lieut Rickett, 2nd Lieut Stephenson.
No 7, Capt Baker,
Lieut. Cyr
No 8, Capt Perkins,
1st Lieut. Bell, 2nd Lieut Taylor.
No 9, Capt
Williams, Lieut. Margison.
The Field Battery is in command of Major Wm Good, with Capt Carvell, Lieut Fields, Lieut
Chas Grey, holding commissions, Sgt Major VanWart, Quater Master
Sergt. Randolph Good, Sergts. Toms, Dysart, Drydale, Harold Grey,
Al Hayden, Frank Wallace.
There are 101 men,
51 horses and six guns.
This contingent to the grand army at Sussex will, there is no
doubt, do themselves and their military training credit and the
Sentinel hopes their stay in camp will prove a pleasant one.
The Body
Found
of
"Henry Lawson"
The Press Newspaper
May 6, 1907.
About seven o'clock Thursday night, while Earl Nye was coming through the field of Mr. Clair, adjacent to the woods on the cross road
in South Gordonville, he discovered the body of the missing man, Henry
Lawson, face upwards.
The missing man who had wallowed through the deep snow in the
wood and facing a heavy storm must have played out and froze to death.
At the coroner's investigation the facts of the case will be
brought out as near as possible under the circumstances. The man
had emerged from the woods for about 40 rods into the field where
he was found. The Orangemen of the district have taken charge of
the body.
Note: The disappearance of Henry Lawson below on this page.
Big Boys
By Calvin Green
Carleton Sentinel Newspaper June 3, 1904
Augustus Kirk of Richmond Corner has a boy 12 years
old who weighs 144 lbs.
F. Bither of Linneus has a twelve year old boy of
the same weight.
To these must be added young
Dunham of Campbell Settlement, who is only 5 years old but weights 124
lbs.
The total weight of this trio is 412.
These chaps should attend the big carnival in your town next
month.
Greenville
and Vicinity
by Calvin
Green
Carleton Sentinel Newspaper May 27,1904
Columbus
Grant has four bay horses very much alike in
color and size; they are handsome, well put up, kind and with
good dispositions; their weight is 1100 lbs each; one pair is
three years old.
The same gentleman has two apple trees planted by his father,
which have borne fruit for 75 years and continue doing so.
John Grant saw in his field, recently, 13 deer,
which is quite a large number.
Frank
Turney also saw
four deer a few days ago.
Emerson
Dickinson, sick for some time, is gaining slowly.
Mrs.
Joseph Ivy, of the
Blow Down settlement, is very sick with slim chances for recovery.
Harry
Saunders, engineer on the C P R, lost his
grandmother by death at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Kezier, at the age of ninety years
The church at the corner and Union has given Rev Mr Atkinson a call to labor with them.
Bull's
creek is situated four miles below Woodstock.
Leonard Slipp came
to this country some 52 years ago and purchased 1100 acres of land in one
block. He had been very successful in farming for he knows how to
farm, and his stock shows that he does; it consists of 18 cows,
22 head of young stock and four good horses. They cut 150 tons of
hay, 1000 bushels of oats and from 75 to 100 bushels of wheat.
The day I was there was his
birthday, the 12th day of May, and he was 82 years old, and is able to work everyday. He has a
pair of three year old colts breaking harness.
Mr. Slipp experienced religion and a change of heart at the age
of 10 years, at 20 years he commenced to preach the gospel in
different places, and now he has been preaching about 62 years.
Notice is hereby
given that the under-mentioned Non-Resident Ratepayers of the
Town of Woodstock are still in Arrears for Taxes, in the amounts and for the years as
set opposite their names respectively, and that unless the same
is paid, together with the cost of advertising, within ONE MONTH
from the date hereof, legal steps will be immediately taken to
recover the same.
H. W. Bourne
Collector and
Receivers of Taxes
Dated at Woodstock, N.B. May 9th, 1904.
Names | 1898 | 1899 | !900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 |
Mrs Isabella Ganong | $5 00 | $5 04 | $6 00 | |||
George Moore | 27 50 | |||||
James E Wright | 5 00 | |||||
John P Davis | $3 75 | $3 75 | ||||
John T Kerrigan | $9 38 | |||||
D M Kinnear | $11 25 | |||||
Charles Kelly | $2 50 | |||||
Rankin McLardy | $8 75 | $8 82 | ||||
Christine Smith | $18 75 | |||||
Luella A Smith | $1 88 | $3 00 | $2 60 | $2 60 | $8 00 | |
John Whalen | $6 25 | |||||
Henry Wilson | $48 75 | |||||
J W Boyer | $2 52 | |||||
Elizabeth Hilley | $1 26 | |||||
Howard D Shaw | $5 13 | $5 67 | $6 75 | $5 85 | ||
M B Craig | $8 82 | |||||
Jacob Palmer | $5 04 | $6 00 | ||||
Henry Wright | $7 56 | |||||
Harriet A Anderson | $13 50 | |||||
Abram E Clarke | $15 96 | |||||
Mrs Alice Foster | $12 00 | |||||
C W Jenner | $6 00 | |||||
A F Randolph & Sons | $15 00 | |||||
Fred Thompson | $18 75 | |||||
R McElroy | $7 50 | |||||
Susan M Shaw | $7 50 | |||||
F H Hale | $21 70 | |||||
George Colter | $1 26 | $1 60 | $1 30 | $1 30 | $1 60 | |
James P Doherty | $9 00 | $7 80 | $9 00 | |||
A G Fields | $11 70 | |||||
George F Gregory | $28 13 | $38 35 | $33 75 | $29 26 | $30 55 | $36 25 |
I E Slipp | $37 50 | |||||
A F Hale | $3 90 | |||||
Harriot Hamilton | $11 70 | $12 00 | ||||
E M Taylor | $18 00 | |||||
John M Gillespio | $2 60 | $3 60 | $3 00 | |||
J J McGaffigan | $2 60 | $3 00 | ||||
Veron J Nicholson | $5 20 | $6 00 | ||||
Walter S Smith | $7 60 | $6 50 | $6 50 | $7 50 | ||
Catherine Jacques | $3 00 | $2 60 | &2 60 | $3 00 | ||
Frank Munro | $1 50 | |||||
Alden V Boyer | $1 50 | |||||
T W Murphy | $9 00 | |||||
C L Smith | $16 25 | $13 25 | ||||
George Upham | $19 50 | |||||
John Oldham | $6 00 | |||||
Mrs E M Boyer | $41 00 | $40 30 | $55 60 |
Heroic
Rescue by Robert Gill & Others.
Carleton Sentinel Newspaper August 5, 1904.
On Sunday last a
party of young fellows were bathing in the river on the Northampton shore, when one of them, by the name Harry Kidney, got out of his depth.
His distress was noticed by
a young Englishman named Malcolm Orford who though too far away to give
assistance called the attention of others near the water.
Mr. Plate, another
young Englishman, and Mr. Harry Bull gallantly went to his rescue; they were
followed up by Rob
Gill in a punt, who
was the first to
reach Kidney and saved him by
thrusting a paddle to him. If it had not been for Mr. Gill's
promptness, Harry Kidney would most probably have drowned as the
current was taking him out into the river and the other men were
too far away to save him.
Mr.
Lawson's Disappearance
Carleton Sentinel Newspaper
April 22, 1907.
There is something of a sensation around about Oakland in this
county.
As a result Deputy Sheriff Foster with a posse of men is making
an investigation, acting under the direction of the Attorney
General.
Back of Oakland is
a place which is popularly known as "Rogue's Roost."
Here lived a man
named Henry Lawson, who was married to a woman named Cullens. Other families by the name of Cullins
lived round about. As late back as the early days of February,
Henry Lawson left his home, or at all events disappeared, which
was recorded in this newspaper at the time. Since then nothing
has been heard of him and certain stories implying the
possibility of foul play have been talked about and hence the
steps now taken to investigate the matters.
The deputy, A R Foster, had telegraphed to all points and can
find no word whatever of the missing man.
Lawson is a man about 50 years of age and weighting about 150
pounds and was very poorly clad when last seen.
Carleton Sentinel Newspaper Nov
10, 1894
The N. B. Telephone Co. are
going to connect Woodstock and Hartland by telephone.
The poles are being placed.
James Hayden has purchased a mill site at Hartland,
just below where the Burrt mill stood, and has begun the
construction thereon of a mill for custom sawing, house
finishings.etc.
Mrs. A.W. Rideout, Peel, was thrown from her carriage, owning to
the horse taking fright and springing over a bank.
Dr. Estey of Hartland, was called, and found that while no bones
were broken the bruises were severe. Mrs. Rideout was rendered
helpless and suffered great pain.
Alfred Scott, Hartford, while pressing hay on Saturday, met with
a painful accident. In some way his right foot was caught in the
machinery and the bones broken. Dr. Hand was called.
John A. Carpenter, Bloomfield met with what might have proved a much
more serious accident, Thurday of last week. He fell from the
scaffolding of his barn to the floor below, quite a distance, and
although no bones were broken he received quite a shaking up. Dr.
Colter attended him.