Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-04-28

as to carry earth, trees and, underbrush
nearly across the river, which is six or
eight rods IN width at that point. Just
how to account for it intelligently, is
Since the road was first built,
there has been no place where less APP
prehension has been felt, as far as safety
was concerned, and trains have passed
over it almost daily for the past ten
years with few repairs being needed to
the road bed The most reasonable ex-
PLANTATION is that secret springs of water,
filed to more than usual overflow by the
great rains and heavy fall of snow, had
completely soaked the foundation at this
point, and the action of the frost had
made the under ground a perfect honey
comb-the few days of warm spring
weather had so far removed this frost as
to leave little, if any restraint to the
water, and when once started, even the
network of roots and rocks was not suf-
ficient to hold it; hence the force-when
once started-to carry it such distance,
the angle of the bank being probably
sixty or seventy-fve degrees. Fortu-
nately the section men passed over the
road Immediately after the passage of
the way freight south, and so discovered
the break before the arrival of the
through freight north, else nothing could
have prevented the entire train being
precipitated into the chasm-as a sharp
curve in the road on leaving the ledge
cut, prevented the sight of the slide
more than ten seconds ahead, and the
suspended track with ties attached, de-
pressed but slightly, would tend to de-
ceive the engineer as to the real nature
of the danger. AS it was, the section
men did not discover it in season to stop
their hand car, having had barely time
to jump for their lives, letting their car
pass over in safety. Had this slide oc-
CURED at any other time in the day, in
all probability the next train passing
would have been completely Wrecked
single hour earlier would have taken the
noon express. 1T might have been, .
but there is intense relief in the fact
that ''it was not. Fletcher and his
bridge men were on hand at once, work.
ing all night, and the damage repaired
so far as to pass the noon express, Wed
nesday, only about two hours late-tht
mail and express Tuesday evening, ane
the mail Wednesday morning, having t.
carry by. All the trains were running
in regular order on Thursday.
BARTON LANDING.
A. M. Garland has a lot of seed whea
from Upper Canada of superior quality
Hiram Blaisdell has sold to 0. HI
Austin, one acre of land situated nea
Mr.. Halls house.
Salmon P. Dodge of Irasburgh has 3;
sheep which dropped Sc lambs during tn
first II days of April, and 46 of then
are still living. He thinks little NOR
care would have saved more of them.
Sarah A. Stearns has gone to marke
for new goods and she will soon b
out with lot of nice things for he
numerous patrons. See her. advertise
ment in a few weeks.
Mr. James Brown, of Lowell, vt
wishes to inform the farmers of Barto
: Landing and vicinity that he has lease
the Starch factory at that place ft
J., five years, and as he is dependent upo
, the farmers for his stock of potatoe
requests them to plant some for him
grind, promising to pay all the mark,
will afford, and use for his motto, Oily
and let live" So, farmers, prepare to gil
the starch factory business next fall.
= COVENTRY.
" The examination of teachers for Il
summer schools, will be held on Satu
> day, May Sd, in the school house at Il
village, commencing at o'clock, A. \
u F. w. DICKINSON, Superintendent
! Hon. E. Cleveland is improving
g house by putting on new roof with pc
= iment ends and putting in new windo1
and new chimneys with fresh coat
: paint.
# The schools in this village are to COZ
d mence the 18th of May. The highe
Il department will be taught by Miss VIII
te of Washington, and the primary depal
,e ment by Nellie Chamberlin of this tow
81 CHARLESTON
70 The Rev. G. H. Smith and fami
have again left Charleston, and remov
to New Jersey.
ed
y A little daughter of J. G. Page s
he quite badly scalded about the neck a
es arms, a few days since, by catching hi
&C of and upsetting tub of hot water
If. The examination of teachers will
mt held at the school house in the w
Is village, on Saturday, May 3. CONNIE
80 ing at 8 o'clock, A. nj. The public
rk invited. G. 5. HINMAN, Sup't
George Brownell has moved i
on Charlie Hildreth's house, and VIM.
Id, is about moving into the .'tenem
lso house"
~, We. understand that one of our +
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