Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-06-24
For the Monitor
NOTES OF TRAVEL.

yacht launched from the boat works of
John B. Herresof, SO | decided to be
present. This yacht was 20 feet long
and about 20 wide, and had been built
in boat house on track of stout tim
Der that led into the harbor The men
were busy in knocking away the props
and blocking that held it in place and
greasing the track upon which it was to
slide into the water. At about 1880,
at high tide, the builder went aboard,
carrying his child up the ladder into the
vessel. He was accompanied by his
wife and several other ladies and gentle.
men, among whom [ was numbered
The word ''all ready was given. and
away we went into the water, and the
craft was aAoat in her proper element.
The cannon was fired and there were
congratulations to the builder. We soon
went ashore. The child was carried by
its father over narrow plank from the
yacht to the wharf, about twenty feet.
Now why do mention this? Only be-
cause this boat builder, that makes and
sails the fastest yachts in America and
perhaps in the world, is totally blind. and
has been for years yet he goes about in
places of danger; oversees and directs
his men; works himself and sails his
own yachts. He wears gold watch and
chain worth $500 that he won in boat
race last year; and this week he goes to
New York with two boats to attend ra-
ces there. He employs dozen men or
more, and makes all varieties of small
sail and row boats, and combines light
ness and strength with shape for speed.
His hands pass over the work and with
marvellous delicacy of touch detects err
rors, notes progress and insures perfec-
ton. [ saw him putting steam engine
into small boat While his man done
the hardest work his hands decided the
fitness of the parts, and two iron pipes
were laid aside because an inch too short,
and others were made. But the most
perilous thing seemed to be the bringing
of the child from the yacht to the wharf
over the deep water below, although he
was somewhat guided by his man.
Canker worms are great ~pest here.
Apple and shade trees are eaten by them.
Jar branch above you suddenly and
down drop the green worms about as low
as your face and hang swinging by their
slender thread They destroy many ap-
pie trees by eating the leaves and apples,
completely stripping the trees. One far
mer who raised 700 bushels of apples
last year pastures his orchard and lets
about 200 hens run IN it, and his trees
are quite free from worms. Pears are
the favorite fruit here as insects do not
trouble them. The past winter destroy
ed many grape-vines and evergreen trees.
Most every home here shows some eff
fort for ornamentation. The arched
gateway; the trellis and climbing rose
the graveled walk the well-cut turfed
border; the hedge of box buckthorn lilac
or orbor citea the arbor and the grape
vine; the flower bed with its combina.
tion of bright foliage and blossoms-all
show an appreciation of the beautiful.
In Northern Vermont the same taste be-
gins to develop in the villages and is
spreading to the country homes. This
adornment of country homes will be more
and more shown when the owners and
households decide that the present resi-.
dence is to be the permanent one and nc
advance IN price shall be sufficient temp.
tation to sell. L. E. J.
1t is not probable that Mr.. Michae
Moore of South Boston will trouble him
self in future about fragments of United
States Treasury notes which may come
in his way. 1t appears that some time
ago Mr.. Moore by some means came il
possession of "a piece of $50 Treasury