Abbreviations used
Date October 4 1892
County Westmorland
Place Moncton
Newspaper The Times
The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.
Charles BAXTER s/o John BAXTER, Digby, N.S. returned home a day or two since from a Boston hospita; where for the last four years he has been under medical treatment. Baxter is suffering from cancer and came home to die having been pronounced incurable. Several years ago when a child, Baxter was scratched by a companion near the right eye. The place soon healed leaving no mark, but years later the scratch revived terminating as above mentioned.