1894
The lead for this month's column shall be a letter from Bar Cassin, in view of his birthday which comes October 20. He is the third oldest man in the Class, Love joy having come about four months ahead of him, and Gibbon, four days. Here is the Cassin letter:
"You asked me to write a letter to '94 and the College in general. I don't remember of writing such an epistle before, but here goes -
"Probably none of you have had such a varied career as the writer. Here is a partial list of the different occupations I have been in, in my long life of almost 88 years (October 20 next).
"I have taught school in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, viz. Hollis, Me., Norwich and Jacksonville, Vt., Jamaica, Vt., Ascutneyville, Vt., Alstead, N. H. Worked in a peat mill in Con- necticut, a saw mill in Jamaica, Vt., Limington, Me.
"The peat mill I worked in was a hard job. The peat was ground up white stone and put into 100-lb. bags and put aboard cars for shipment to England where it was made into crockery ware for reshipment to the U. S. Handling these 100-lb. bags was too hard work so I soon packed up the job and took up mill work. Later I got a job on the B & M Railroad for the summer. The roving fever got me again and I migrated north to Island Pond, Vt., and got a job when snow fell driving a team drawing logs down the Green Mts. at East Brighton, Vt., to a saw mill. I got pneumonia and went home to Maine. Later went to the Academy at Limington, Me. and fitted for college and came to Dartmouth in 1890 with the famous Class of 1894.
"Well, this is a short sketch of my early life. You all know my history from that time, and I graduated known as John E. (Bar) Cassin. Thanks for reading."
Two deaths have occurred on the distaff side of our family. Mrs. Timothy Bagiey went on July 1 and Mrs. William Gibbon on August 14. About a year before her death, Mrs. Bagiey had a stroke of paralysis which left her without speech. The immediate cause of her death was a coronary thrombosis. '94 men have never forgotten the day when she and Tim came to our 25th Reunion. Tim was sick at the time and his death came soon afterward. Her interest in and loyalty to the Class were substantially shown. Very fortunately after Tim's death she adopted a daughter who, with her three grandchildren, have been a great comfort.
Gibbon's marriage to Mary E. Demeron took place in December 1911 so they had had a companionship of well-nigh 44 years. She attended the 25th Reunion. The Secretary has treasured a letter which Mrs. Gibbon wrote for our Goth in which she said:
"I am sure you '94 men will have a wonderful time at the Reunion. There is nothing that Mr. Gibbon would enjoy more than to join his classmates in the celebration but it is impossible for us to go. He will be with you in heart if not in person."
Page 32 of the July issue of this MAGAZINE was the one most noted by us of '94 for it contained the splendid citation that was given our classmate, Phil Marden, as an Award for Outstanding Service to Dartmouth College. It was most worthily bestowed and we of '94 are very proud and happy about it.
The outstanding event of the fall for us is the Matt Jones Fall Round-Up which will take place at the home of Don Colby and his daughter, October 5. Full account in December.
Secretary, 74 Kirkland St., Cambridge 38, Mass.
Treasurer, 60 Maple St., Somersworth, N. H.
Bequest Chairman,
