Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-04-13

FRIDAY, APRIL ~, is7s.

About Town.
Wild geese went over last Sunday eve.
ming.
Geo. s. Shaw and family are about NOV.
ing TO Boston to live.
VIM. II. Wheeler has bought paper at
jacksonville, Santa Cruz county, Gal. Bill
will make spicy paper, whether his readers
like his style or not.
Last week was excellent weather for sap
in this vicinity. Many sugar makers bad to
boil day and night oil the week to take care
Of their sap. The season is proving q very
good one thus lar.
The Barre hoe and fork works have re-
moved to the shops of Eely, Balch 4 Co.,
st. Johnsbury, their goods 10 progress Of
manufacture which were saved from the FIRE,
and have come here to finish them. Thoy
have large orders from Ireland, Scotland
and Germany.
A lecture has been arranged for at the
Athen@um hall next Tuesday evening by
DR.. Il. q. Nortbrop Of New Haven, Conn.
DR.. Northrop is the secretary Of the Con-
necticut state board Of education and is con-
sdered the leader 10 educational matters in
that state. The subject here will be lies.
sous from the Centennial" His lectures are
spoken of in terms of highest praise by the
press. The lecture is free and all are invited
to attend. Commences at half past seven.
AT halfpast ten o'clock Saturday night
the cry Of fire rang through tho streets Of
St. Johnsbury. The FIRE was IN Johnson's
block, large wooden building on Railroad
street, standing close to others of the same
kind 1t is owned by N NJ. johnson and
occupied by N. M. johnson, dry goods !;
Quinton Cook, groceries; Bartlett & Dan.
ies, meat market; Henry Q. Bates law
Office, II, @. Cokeley's law office; VIM. II.
Horton, tailor Chas. Aiken, piano tuner.
Three families also occupied the upper floors
for living purposes The stores and offices
had been closed for the night, Mr. johnson
not having reached home W hen the alarm
was heard. Owing to the situation aod the
in6ammable character of the buildings the
interest in seeing the FIRE subdued was great,
and the activity Of the hose companies in
getting water into the flames was wonderful.
The fire seemed to originate inside Of par.
tition and about down to the first floor.
From thence it ascended to the space under
the fat roof where it got we'll under head
way before making its appearance outside.
As it broke through The jet the fame
streamed up aud revealed the doom Of Rail.
road street. But the Flanders pump. the
well-drilled hose companies and the Pas.
sumpsic river were equal TO the occasion,
and more too. Two streams were let into
the flames and their immense force and great
volume OF water soon drove out the fiery
element and restored darkness, saving the
building with a pretty shaky roof aud
charred partitions. The water drenched
down through doing considerable damage,
which would have been much greater in
Johnscn's store had he not packed bis goods
10 trunks and covered them with oil cloths
The damage to the building is estimated at
$4,000. 1t is estimated that the water
works saved their cost that time, as without
them the fire could not have been stopped
but would have burned Randalls, Hoyt's,
Cowdrey's, Merchants Bank. Fletcher whole.
sale store. the passenger and freight depots,
Lards granite works, the Avenue House,
Jewett's, Lonergans. Flint's, Estabrook's aud
Allen blocks, Woodruffs and no knowing
how many others. II was a wonderful es-
cape, and has put all faith in the Flanders
pump.