The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-02-10
TnEFnE AZ PAssuMPsIC,

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Any ono WHO Witnessed the ire al Pas
sumpsic Village l,si Sabbath evening ih'
way tho wind drove lhd flamrt, Sc, will IL
ready % c0ncods llal, with bot q small fire
Engine the Two dwelling houses tint were
burned west Of HE slore, could have beer
onsily snvediHod We ro not rUre, hat Ihal
with VOL organised dre department, si1elt
M every village ought 10 hayo, tho Dwelling
house north might nlso have boun saved. Tim
Is somewhat doubtulyelw Gro hooks viii
which 10 lnyo Torn down tic stable between
tie STORE aud tho house, the chance would
not have beeG desperate.
/ 70 add force 10 the argument in favor of
yiH.ses hoing we'll supplied viii Enginea,"e
need not Toll whni could hayebeeu doncillmI
which was done, NJ late hour, need but 20
b La eal.Fgadl 70. Whea Ilia Engines ithree In
uuuhcD lrou dis place, reached dlo scene
af the Gre, The slbre, the slnhle, aud three
dwelling hourrs, were 90 fr burned Rnt no
efforts could suye them; but there wefo some
four or five dwelling houses, several harus,
mud sheds, Sc, IN tho mos, imminent peril,
which, had tho Engines been ten or fifteen
minutes later, must tn0 ilnbly have pcrshed,
Had the brick house, standing nonr tho one
llrl burned, tool, fire, all the force on hand
could not, probably, have arrested The dcyour-
ing element until the west side Of tho street
had been swept clean to The north end Of the
Village
The anxiety ord,e people for the arrival
OF lhe Engines was intense. They saw at "a
fln,cc that upoiiilirir action alone, the fire
could be- stayed, They judged rightly mud
lhcy irlI greatly relieved when the Engines
commented playing upon the buildings
mostly exposed. ae
Wen, spys one why make 80 much ado a.
bou, the natter We answer ,hni, IN villa
ges where buildings nro contiguous, Fire Eu-
pihcs Afford greater protection to property,
provided lhey ate kept la repair aud not AL.
lowed 20 io6zc upJ ihau anything else yet dc.
vi,cd. Insurance Companies nrc excellent
institutions! bat Willie they make up but n
bout ninielv nr rron.-,,,. .f..~.-~,-i -. s---,
trvVI wiru insured hardly tnifofourdWeli-
frequently ,.ihc whole nny he often saved
When grcal, exposed. They uii;rd prorcc-
ton, mud ~ most economical manner too.
We lave several occ6sions urged the
attention ollhr people, living ia Villages, To-
tho Necessity oiprccurnF Fire Engines The
people OF P"ssuWp-ic, We opprrhcud, will
now acknowledge tho appropriateness OF our.
doing +" willoul calling for any very clrbo'
mlc arguments 20 enforce the NECESSITY; nutl.
we vcuiurc To hope Ihot other villages siill
unsuppllrd viii not wu,Itor "a similar vista
iion before they set efficiently in tie mnlrr.
- CHS. TAYLOR. a letter dated Baton Rouge,
Jan'23, referring to the movements of Gen
cr.l Taylor and his fanny towards WETTSg-
ton, says: "Cql. Bile, accompanied hy
Mrs, Bhss aud her mother, NfF- 'iSS.rt6T, Sill
leave here in tho morning for New 'OSyfnus.
en- row, lor Washington, hy tho Mil line.
Tho Goucral mud suite will leave ibr Vicks.
burg on the following day; aud after visiting
mud spending day or Two nj his plantation,
Will embark a'' tl.e 4yi February, IN steani-
boot placed nr his disposal, Tor the mouth Of
The Cumberland md Nashville. Leaving
Nashville Ol-ns early q day ~ pracIicoblo,lh
Ggu viii proceed to Louisville; aud thence
Via Cincinnati, Frankfort, Wheeling and Bal
iimorc, 10 Washington, where ho hopes to
nrriye on the Goth February"