Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-01-06

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rem, renee 81 tbs sa0 shfrs s' was mill
end the owner having viewed the make
OF the ground 10 the north end or head OF
Che poud, and finding its elevation so
email as 10 oppose but trihing obstacle
It's running in thai direction, conceived
ae idea Of turning its courset TO the north.
(, 3 as to aid in the operations OF bis mill
accordingly on the 4lh Of July, himself
and a number of others. went with spades
and shoveIs and commenced digging
They very soon found tina: a few inenes
from the surface there was no'ning Du'
ouicksand. and the moment the wafer pc
can to RON in that direction, this gave
wav very rapidly, cutting channel, and
the whole water Of the pond soon appear
ed 10 rush 20 that point-the banks OF the
new sream, cavlng In. were swept on by
the GocI, so that the party were only able
70 escape with their lives. The owner Of
the mill seeing a, once that there might
be more water than he desired, and thai
his mill might be in danger, very judi
ciously made a rapid movement III &C.
vance ofthe water. and arrived just in time
to apprise his wife Of her danger. and en-
abled her to escape from the mill which
she was attending in her husbands alb
sence. AS the food moved Onward, !!
bore down every thing that opposed its
progress, taking along trees. earth, and
rocks, and in narrow places in the vale,
the moving mass would rise often to the
height Of fifty or sixty feet, and again
reaching broader place would spread
out and leave immense masses OF timber,
stones, and earth, which, after lapse oil
twenty-nine years, are still visible.
The beholder, who was not apprised Of
what had been done, was struck with alb
solute Arrangement. as the water, the NOV
ing cause, was wholly invisible. He saw
trees, of all sizes, and every other sub
stance, which could be accumulated, roll
ing onward; roaring and crashing and
shaking the hills, and leaving perfect des-
olation in its course-the forest and the
morass were both OBLIGATED. the hills
were laid low, and the valleys were exalt.
ed. II swept in this way some 90 miles,
the whole distance to lake Memphreiia-
cog, where, finding nothing to resist its
course, r gradually mingled its placid
waters, having erected at every step the
most enduring monuments of its resistless
power.
Ths width of the track of this food was
from six or eight rods to nearly half a
mile. When the mighty torrent, rolling
onward, struck the mill, for whose benefit
this " letting out Of waters was undertake
en-, it was crushed into atoms, and so com
pletely obli,eraied that not a vestige has
ever been found. There was only here
and there solitary tree left to show tina
: forest had been there. LIN one of them
q fish was found 20 feet from the ground
Among the extraordinary and almos
incredible exhibitions of the power of this
food, is the fact that rock was moved
about half mile, the estimated weight o
which was fifty tons
The pond lay between the mountains
occupying the whole space. and on being
drained It was found to have been seventy
feet in depth. Through the bed of " Run
away Pond the whole three miles, Their,
is now road leading to Montpelier
The town of Glover has been greatly ben
Gifted by the opening OF this road. A de
1ightful little village now occupies groun
that was made by the flood. It may b
asked what was the fate of the inhabitant
: below2 The answer is that 20 years ag
there was not house. and no buildin
except the mill, in the track over whic
the food passed. Runaway Pond wi
long continue an object of much curiosi
iy and the history of its unceremoniou
exit will continue to be told in generation
vet 10 come. Boston WeekIu Magazin