Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-07-28
0utragcs by Tramps In Berlin.


Tho residents Of the southwest portion Of school
district No I, which is situated in the west pari
Of the town. near the Morctown line, are labornp
under considerable excitement ut the present
time, on account Of outrages committed by an un'
usually boldand " cheeky" patty of tmmrs.
The first seen Of them was on last Saturday NJ.
ternoon, when two men came to the house Of I'm.
erson Hill, and asked for come dinner Mrs. Hill
was the only one at home, the men folks being a
nile away haying on the IIcrrick place, occupied
by Mr.. Hill's son-n-law, Warren Swan. The men
were young-from twenty to twenty-five de-
Gently dressed and carried small satchcls One
was short and thick-sct with an Irish brogue
tie other taller and slendorer, with no perceptibe
accent They told Mrs. Hiu that they had been
travelling all the night before, and had come some
forty miles that forenoon they had been lying
in an unoccuped house, short distance from
Mr. Hill's The tramps didn't say whence they
had come, or where the unoccuped house was
but it is believed to be tho W. u. Martin house,
so-called, owned by Mr. Hill. Mrs Hill got them
some dinner and they sat down 10 the table and
ate heartily like men to whom square meal "
was something Of rarity and who knew how 10
appreciate one when found After finishing dinner
they lounged around the building for few min
utes Re-entering the house, one Of them re-
marked, " You haven't done much haying about
here yet Mrs Hin replied, " No, not but a
little lie asked, "Where are the men folks To-
day p She said, They are somewhere about
here" They replied, Cd d-n it, that amt
what we wanted to know; we wanted to know
where they wcre2' The next question was, Is
f.,t
No. "I Is there any liquor 2" She told them,
" she didn'tuse it, One Of them said, by Cd,
am going to bed" sultng the action to the
word, he went to a bedroom close by the kitchen,
where by the way all hitherto related took place,
and jumped on the bed lay there few minutes,
got up and came back 10 the kitchen, rcmarking,
" have laid ahed long enough" Thereupon, the
other one went through the dining-room into an
other bedroom, and examined some private pa.
pers and loose things therein Returning 70 the
kitchen, he complimentod Mrs. Hill upon the ar
ringcment Of her dwelling, with the remark,
You have got a id handy house here,
haven't you Yes, she replied.
BRAVE DEED
by this time Mrs. Ill., who is represented to
be "a stirring and resolute woman, had become
considerably worked up" by their abusive Ian
guage, and she made up her mind that her visit
ors were making themselves altogether too much
at home considering they had had no invitation
TO stay She stood near the stove, and said, 81
want you should 60 away now, | have got a
good deal Of work to do; or ! shall call the men
folk" The Irislman replied, " by Cd, perhaps
you can't call the men iolksi' With that he
stepped up and caught hold Of her There was n
kettle Of boiling water on the stove, and, free.
ing herself from his grasp, she gave warning that
If he didn't keep away he would be doused lie
approached again, and, true to her threat, she
dashed quantity into his face. He made a
loud exclamation, put his hands to his face, and
howled, BY Cd I'm burned "Tho subse-
quent proceedings interested him no more" His
companion then tried to grasp her, but he, too,
was met by dose Of water-the full effect Of
which he avoided by whirling around so that it
only hit ono Of his arms 1t probably stuug him
through and he vented his rage in yolley ~
oaths, and told her that they would burn the
buildings to ashes before Sunday night we
have been hired to burn buildings, and get a hun
drcd dollars n month fer doing it, They retired
after this, the burnt one led by his companion as
IL he were blind from the effects Of his scalding
ATTEMPTED INcESD1AGisM.
Mrs Hill locked the doors Immediately, and went
across lots to the house Of Patrick Murray, the
nearest neghbor on the north. Mr.. Murray, his
son, and hired man, were in the hay field She
told them what had happened, and they started in
pursuit Of the villains but the fifteen minutes oc-
cupied in arousing them gave the tramps an OPP
portunity to reach the thick bushes not far from
Mrs. Hills house, and no traces Of them could be
found. Meanwhile, Alrs. Hill alarmed her hus-
band their son George, and their hired man.
Hurryng back to the house, afraid OF the miscre-
ants threats she went in, and discovering that
the fire needed replenishng she went to the wood
shed for some shayinss Aud providential it was
that she did, for in a few moments the house
would have been in a blaze Prom undor some
boards she discovered a thick smudge coming, and
pulling them apart, pile OF shayings disclosed
in full blaze, just ready to spread She ran
to the wateringtrough, got pail of water, put II
out and saved the house.
ANOTHER ATTACK.