Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-02-13

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few of them cine dark night, in the Y
fall OF The year, they. n company with 4
another colple. S arted on a tn.eving /
expedition. They pro-eed Il TO a Il
neighboring farmers who had l. very /
nice orchard there being one tree that
stool very near t. the house, which .
bore "a large sweet apple known a. ,
pound sweets. This being their favor &
1 tie, they determined TO procur' some /
| without regard to the asking. So with
great caution they at last reached the /
| position of father up in the tree, throw
| ing down the apples and mothcrcateh- |
| ing them in her apron. During this
1 Iime, the other couple had gone dStts /
ia some other part OF the orchard and
turning up at some unexpected place,
frightened mother very much, she
thinking it To be the owner OF the Or
chard Hastily whispering 10 father
her fears, she at once took TO her heels.
Father took ia the real situation az
once, but thinking il a good OppOFtuni-
ty to carry out D joke, waited until
mother mad got a good START aud then
Jumped 10 the ground and followed III
her tracks. She thinking iu 10 be the
owner of the orchard IN pursuit of her
did honor to h5I name IN regard 10
speed, Goldsmith Maid being no where
fac chase was long aud hard one,
over fences and stone walls, over hits
ana through dAleS, sire wing apples ,ll,
the way, until at last She could run 10
longer, aud dropped down behind Il
STUMP, thinking perhaps he wouII
pass by and not see her. Bur she wds
mistaken, and when father cane up
and sac found out VINO iJ was, she WIS
suddenly taken with Il mai fit, aud
that jaw troubled her for few nun
utes pretty bad. -
On another occasion they prem Ared
to take d ride. Alter mother hII 40
fairy seLle1 IN the wagon, father Pro-
ceeded TO get in, when some DIouOn of
the horse JArew him over the d1shel,
between the horse and slaves, 10 the
: ground. This of course frightened tie
morse, and he at once starred on the
, run, wlIn his driver and Lady III Rather
ii peculiar predlclmenJ for mother
/ was sitting i'll the wagon, and father i'll
: under il on the ground, stretched at
fun length, with Inc reIns in his hama.
5 Now that might nave been the styIe III
| those days, but 1 for one ain glad II
? has gone out of dLle. HOW lar they
went before father concluded TO get in
e to the wagon do uOU Know, but prob
/ ably not more than 10 miles, as IL was
c in the spring Of Tie year, and the roads
e, were very muddy, and lie undoubtedly
/ mad on his best clothes, and for augnt
1 / know, thatsuarched nlsh6cap too.
= Rather aud notnpr CdMe IL Island
gl Pond some tine before they we've niLr-
u RED, on u visit. CfIIudfLth9r LIIl
d WIS then living in the mouse known Is
/ the "SrOWn house, which stood WAele
e the "POrlll house now Stands. Dur
,. ing Their visit tuey brought Water from
4 d trough, the ruins Of Which are stil
l. on THIS farm. Little did Uney tneu
IL mink they would ever Own dad i've Oh
is that farm and nave Il silver wedding
ii there, with children WrltIug poetry
d and prose about ldem. Rather cdiilt
- 70 island Pond i'll the summer Of 1894
s, and commenced building the uuuSy
ID now Tned by Mr.. LeleDrre. In al,
1. following winter tie went back x
T. I'elcldn and was married at the nous,
" of his brides mother 10y the lev. Air
of Boutelle, III 1853. Ihey cNme az ono
id To lSlanu Pond, and moved INTO thei
Il. new mouse. grandfather LWeIl
~ among other things gave them D coy
#, DIS d wedding pl esent, and seat AIS Sol
II, iIOraGe up with il. lie WAS three d,tN
I'd On the road but arrived saieIy, COY
&c and all. After they were fairly settled
,e- father went to work at his trade, an,
III working on his house whenever II
ne could get a spare moment. MOthe
IN kept boarders, and by hard work an
IT. close economy tney managed TO bult
ed this house and keep out Of debr. The
Ut also bought two pieces OF land adJoIL
to ing the farm where they now reside. /
be 1866 tn rented their nOuse'and move
re-, to the Boundary Line, where fdthe
he went to work for the Norton Mills Co
he and mother again kept boarders. i
ell, 1867 they returned 10 island Pont
he Shortly afterwards, father went TO )
Of JoEasUuTy to Work for Il. y L. Ehi
all banks g. Go. lii 1868 tney Soid all the
S. property ut Island Pond, one pete {
for laud excepted babe their oid fuent
rgt farewell and setUied down ut Sr. j Ohm
Sc. bury, never expecting TO again live {
NJ, island Pond. During their four yea
ele stay at ST. Johnsbury, Their chilIre
ne had the benefit OF q good school, wnic
or l for one am very thankful for. III
contrary to their expectations, lii Isl
,od father bought the farm where he no
Ieu lives and rented IL for one year.
las inc e ltt Ol Tie SdI tIlS Lttl4iiy ihOF'
len to Island Pond, father staying &C :
to JOhnsbury 10 work Tor the old firm
The foreman in the carpenters SHOP.
10 1875, ne left st. Jolnsbury and can
aid here to live with his family. FRO
vie then, up to the present time they h4'
ne. lived on the odd farm WITH but lit
ild change, except To LII a rev years
ed. their age. father working at ms trad
ted and mother Keeping french Doafdli
en- house,
DE We don't blame her--Er.l
nm This sketch was received wi
ers tokens Of great satisfaction. N
l AL Hall, seeing in the company MI. w.
ch- Cheney-~who is to the manor born
10 3 invited him to respond to the sen
me ment Of the Pioneers of the Tow
4 which Mr.. Cheney did in a very
few teresting manner, reviewing t
lilk history Of Mr.. Ladd and SO come
id ing it with the town in respect
to its architectural progress as to ma
the the it exceedingly entertaining. I
itch "prince of farmers" was then invit
' aIG to say a word about the agricultu
II to interests Of the town, which he
, !, a, as in manner that ftly represent
yer, that sentiment, which always con
sh h from care, industry and home.
Laid, then in a few words on
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