Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-17
MnrShall's Barn.


Silverton is a quiet old-fasbioned New
England town. living in as charming a bit of
conntrv as one wonld vish to 500 soon
after leaving tbe village the road towards
tbe sontb masses an old stone house. which
has been Standing there since revolutionary
timos. and still looks strong enouoh and
annie enoucb In be the future home of ren-
erot;ons VET Unborn.
Abont and bevond il lie broad fields of
,rain growing yellow under the Nuoust
sunshine. and acres OF corn rustling in the
summer breeze
And ali This is the nronerty of one fortu
nate man standing mon the broad balcony
of tbe old stone bonse be can look toward
the east and toward tbe west. and call il his
own almost as Ear ne he can see
I'm, soma vears apo tbe farm had two
owners and I,ichard Dean. who lived in the
stone bouse and .Iohn Marshall. Who owned
the land onnositn ia il on the other side of
the rood were no friends There had been
some ancient uno,reI about landmarks. and
ike true Canulets and NJontapnes. the fami
lies had n,irsed their enmifv and trans.
mitted il from, father to SON along with the
family acres.
There had been Deans and Narshalls in
Silverton almost from the time when the
town tirst had name but they were from
widely different wake in life. The first of
the deans was an English gentleman Of for.
tnne who. in travelling throuph the country.
was charmed with tbe natural beantv of the
rIace homght n large tract If land tbsre and
bn;lt tbe Stone bnnse of this story The
first of the NIarsballs came into Silyerton
Viii all lis worldIv e,oods in the bundle
Which hs carried nnder his arm and the
,,,a, a. ana ,,e III, f,r,,e,s In tba na;obhor-
bnod After wears service be married the
far,,,,,.,s danahtar ,rbo being nm o,,l,, cIiI1
in nrocess ~ time dntifullv Inherited her
fa,bor,s ocres and handed tbem over to ber
hcbv [ iord
S3nno thoso dave there had haan ,root
oh,nros Vona of tbe deans had ever addeJ
10 thoir o,iginal inheritance and one of
/ The race had ~ crinnlsd bis resources Inv OK
travagant LIVING tbat IL became necessary
far him to sell n portion of the estate. The
Na,sbaus fro, fathar Ia son had aver baeu
a fr,,|,aI set and the ornrdfnthcr old .Iobn
Marian vas Inv tbis time allie 10 Inv the
land bis fast.Iivi1g neighbor was forced to
,,a,t u,itb II was from disnute nc IN
landmarks arising from This sale. that the
nuarrai ,,bicb ,re have ,nentioued snrong
fhe case was carried IN Law the Deans
la,,,o ~ ,ictor;ons and tLo V,.sbaIs rever
for,,a,,o !,
nnreoyer If ,yo. runored that when Rich.
ard nsam nf tbis stn,.v married the beanti.
ful daughter of the ola Silverton clergyman
IL ,a%c5nd Jobn Narsbail verv nearly 80
tbat % hnt,,oo, % the olJ wonnd to the nocl Of
amd nd the MAN, yonnd 10 the affections tbe
| family onarrel seemed in no way likely to
die ont.
II reoched its climax when the two farm
ers. who belonged to opposite parties in pol
itics. became rival candidates for election to
the state legislature. John Marshall was
| heaten and Choosing 10 consider his defeat
os a direct iniury. indicted by his neiphbor,
vo,ved hat he would he even with him,
Ana Ricbard Dean when he came home at
tbe end Of the season. found it had been no
idIe tbrent
ares tho ,oad d;rectIv in front of his
lo,,sa iSo,,,oi ,n hefore lin tho frame NJ a
hnoo uH harm WorLmen were busy nlying
,he;r mo;sy hammers loose ti,nbers were
snaitornJ na about ,,reaf henns Of bonrds Inv
LII ~, ba,o and tbore roadv for nse and
ri PHI H. vi d;rt anJ rnbhisb oe hailding dsfaced
a.. a. - Wv " =, t.s'',;s,I '''' ,,,o,1,,,
VI, A., L''I9 Doon stooJ anhast and could scarcaly