Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-08-04

THE RICHMOND FIRE.-Our dispatches
last evening contained brief account of
the fire at Richmond on Wednesday. The
fire was the most disastrous that ever
happened in Richmond. We find the fol-
lowing additional particulars in the Free
Press:
The flames were frat discovered in the
loft of the hotel barn of J. H. Ransom,
and from there they spread with great
rapidity TO the grocery store of Cyrus
Green, on one side, and the stove and
hardware store of J. ?. Barnum on the
other. 1t was impossible to put out the
fire, and all three buildings were burned
to the ground. The heat was 50 intense
that it was only by placing wet blankets
on the roof, and by constantly drenching
the front with water, that Ransom's hotel,
across the street, was saved from being
burned. 1t was by the greatest exertion
that Barnum's house, standing within 20
feet of the burning store, was saved and
it could not have been saved at all had il
not been for a row of thrifty trees stand
ing between the store and the house
breaking the force of the flames, so thai
parties could work on the roof.
The upper story of Barnum's building
was occupied by S. III. Davis, lawyer, ane
II. Fletcher, photographer; the base
ment by .. n~etw.ick, grocer. The upper
, story of Green's by Dir-~nette & Courcy
tailors, and Henry Guimond, palDo---.
The losses, as nearly as could be esti
mated by the parties soon after the fire
are as follows:
G. ?. Barnum, building and stock, $40,
600; insurance $4,000,
J. Fl. Ransom, barn, shed, hay, etc
$500; insurance $3.50.
Cyrus Green, store aud stock, $4,000
insurance $1,000
G. Bostwick, groceries, $1,000; insur
. ance $500.
Bissonette & Courey, tailors, 500; n
insurance.
S. H. Davis, lawyer, $15D; insured.
II. Guimond, barber, 5000; insured
$500.
Fl. A. Fletcher, photographer, 800; Ii
! insurance.
Goodrich & Edward, butchers, $50
occupied the basement of Green's store.
The citizens turned out in force, an
after drawing the wells and cisterns dry
: teams were kept drawing water from th
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, hotel or Barnum's house, a number c
other buildings besides them must inevi
tably have been burned. Nearly all tn
window glass in the side of the hotel mex
the fire was cracked by the heat.
BUSH EELs If there ever was fish
erman who loved eels it was old Jo
Stuart. They were, in fact, the suDlnlun
j0nuDa of his existence, and he never wa
so happy as when he drew in a gres
wriggling monster; and nothing woul
make him so mad all over, or fight q
quick, as to insiuuate that they in th
slightest degree resembled suak~s. An
for fifty wears the old man revellrG in hi
favorise dish. Then fate, or rather tn
death of brother, called him West, an
he waa sorely troubled in spirit at ia
thought that he should be deprived of hi
gGfBfi9gmGiah gGfBfi9sgm iht. tl.qgxFJa.Fy Very great was hi
table of the prairie tavern loaded wit
fried eels, and the old man ate with eve
more than his accustomed gusto. But b
thought it strange there should be such
. bountiful supply, as be had seen nei:he
river or pond anywhere in the vicinity, 5
he questioned the landlord as to wher
he obtained them.
"Wall, stranger" was the reply, "w
always have them-just as many as W
want"
"But where DO you catch them?"
"Anywhar ON the perarer; and tn
woods are full on 'em. We call em bus
cells"
Job Stuart didn't eat any more eels i
that latitude. He says be "hain't righ
sartin, but believes thar hain't 40 diff
ference between Bush Eels' and wha
they call Massaysangers."