, 1880-06-19

that English land will never long 70 heFElnY
either fer enpltnflsts to own or for rarnlnra to
mako livelihood III II.
4 LOCAL "REMINISCENCES.
The Waite ForGerIcA nt Isrnttlchoro
Gail to Mind tho Fnte Of the Old NVcst-
orn Marina Il Fire 1nsurnnae Conn
pnny.
The vuhmlnous account II, Wettncstlay's 's Thin
uas Of tho failure Of tho First National Hank us
Bratt,cbnro, VT. cn,,sc.f by tho alleged forgrries
Ut La President, s. NJ. Wntto, to tho extont nf 4
quarter OF million, has brought to light In MI
indirect way scrap Of local financial history
ling since forgotten. and nany of tho nctnrs In
which hive 1dng since Rnnc to that undiscovered
country from whGncG III traveller rcturns The
ample kilograms Rtated TINT WHltc'8 cUrr,ita
tion dated back more thnn ten years, when It Ia
alleged biz brother got into financial lrrcrunri-
ties III n Chiclgo bunk Or insurance company,
which, IL Ia sail. wcro strnlght1netl out by tho
Payment of $4,000, tho funds coming from tho
Iirnttlcboro bank" Tho scrip of forgotten hIs-
tory Is aR follows:
For many ycnrs previous to 1863 thero was IN
operation In this city banking corporation
known al the
WESTERN MARINE b FIRE INSURANCE. CO.,
which, by its chnrtor. modelled after sumo OF
those gr1sntel by tho Gcorgin mud dotor Southern
Legislatures, was permitted to transact both IN
insurance Ind bankins business. Tho formor 1t
had abandoned; tho latter Il retained, mid rs lts
stockholders and Directors were well-kn0wn
c!tIzcns and buslncaa-men 1t did lnrBo
business, and hnl It enjoyed the services Of
III honest CAshier would no doubt havo cou-
| tinuei In business until tho preseat honr. W,
II. Waite. a brother Of the =. n. Wnto, oe Ilrut-
| tlcbor0. WIS tho Cashier, and hui tho iiurc-
str1.lncd 1n! unlimited management Of tho
| ennk. Mts directors and stockl,o'pra hlsl per.:
feet confidence fri his Integrity and ability, nru
| tho bunk did KoDtl business. One Of his pu-
cMiarltes n ti,G ot!re management w,,s the
on tSe Now YSrF sccot M,tn "H The ks ro
New YORK, with which I X kept Iq is Eastern nc
ttltcss TO . sso nl,ti thoy KNEW nothng Of tho
sttns @ 1i te a. @ ncfo'tnt sxGpt as It, nppcnsG!l On
Tuitlc, weIl-knowtl merchant d tlis city, l,ai
Ut one LIMO bce.l rresiden and III lst. tle year
resaSnt ' wss M"s sr cs 1nH t. n1,it1 Wuo
@ Worth, ,o,n m cx.sehooI-teaehcr. who by
9GG gem rs ior y sgSsfai ,S ycE snne IN % tnG IN
Resigned, aud slr. WoHi"nrih assumed the nctiro
manlgement ~ nl tho bunk. lle wns conpnrativc;,
s ,,e uas u a;ii ig & u'11k, LII
Tin inst tmv Of Srt,totnlrr' 1Hu u tri"Tyn,r was
reee!ve rec M TX from t,ln Mufrofaia,, t snnE u Now w
YHrk stating thut tic Wes,ur,, Murine K Fir,
Insurance. lt,ltl Uyrrrstw it, dccottI,t s,,uc 5s0-
f,rsn, tnnr skv far ti,n oi,ictns ~ thn ,a"{,
were Under Tic impression thas tho ,;s '1iI- bai-
ti,ijug thro,'rh tao sli:cuity III. Woo1wnrt,, 1u II
sss a9osE tS SoE ,, snxs vii M S
tic "r,,w ms Mas of '6s oct 1s5a tna an o on
ts Ss Msnt9 I'm Mr. r wss ,nsy "9 T.
cstctl in Ht"rK snScf,ntjof,s uni, Ivst III hansiiy
to Kz o any St s krs 1lsf Frrs IRON
~ m n s. 5 , o;sstfa ID
10 section 0f thp tuwt, ws II nrcnttr ih4r IN thn
did Twelfth Wnrd, tic prrsc1t Fn,rt"ontM ] H. IL Il
VIVA In lin Inost irwin t,,t,,r ~ tho Wnr Isrnxi
bI bcc ssed, ' nn' tu 'eo nI'evE wnrc nsius t'1s
III srs Ct 5 to III %1
ss; ~ }.s Ssf! ,; Wsi Sosa'!sss sa H. i,
Ed taken crra Of thn t VIZ, ~ MHu,, u
its m nota of ,sfss IT Il men, s and Ead rnisi h h.rRS
npSssa wih t5 tans s stp na thsr eto r l
Gsn 1 o Ssr9 e ssittes f9r
peoplc Of f1rtni.,ap,o propnrt,o,s u,l,horc
a'ouma .no n'''.ns' nnu a. nar-past *oeloek
~ fnk1f n, rEST.1p ,s', WI WHAT. F9uSn VENT.
wis nsilo tl,o building with s,,s or liz othor i
olicols, became alnr'net At the denonstrat!ou,
buck window, liz: hnwcvcr. wnA ,!utoctcd, nnt
,.s tnss %as 5Gn saet I"r pSrsoh'i assn1it Tlo
.,oui,ced ,,n h ",,d ",. tym sun, an sr,a
hials hiitnl with @ their af,. lists, Others Gmnlstere
strmrk lin will ,nmH.t ,v,,Ir " 1,,t NV f o ~
% sser1ions @ q @ sao evns, % %n %t by W a lo1 wiz H.
snms s, sart 11 tt yHts no, MIepyy CHrps a
bcon ke Gy ne Infurun ml nra,p, lfny WIKI aSo ao
excite oxstecn1 w,s q is hxh5 @ re rryes.
rynd ,,pa1 tto aro,,n and II srt h Ms ttn," s- mr.
n ssi';F E ts sS sf # dsaSy n %s IT,
n ns sno. ae ~ c ,3 fho Str sstps sor Of no nk
| anu hHtsoAHEGA " tAH HtlIu tuat tj!ny WOlllu 10