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

We cai~,5arJly expect this cobris e i've,
Their golden wedding t. see;
But II good foltune should favor sL,
What q good and grand welding twouid be
IN twenty ave years scarce dare 20 think,
Tor fe n the great future DC sad:
As years roll along in that icug q time,
There may be no such name as Ida.
But weII hope for the best, and le; fate take
it, course,
But vii tell YOU thing or two;
II they root out the L4dIs from the face Of
a. the globe,
vIthlnk Jhey'll have sonu;aingto do.
Then on invitation 5rr. Martin
Ladd recited the following biograph-
ical sketch which his fathers friends
had invited him to prepare, in which
il will be noticed a great many things
are charged upon his parents when
good boys ought to be silent about.
But all wished--by way Of joke
that the same things might be said in
reference to all the families that
have populated this town:
Luther Ladd was born in Danville,
VI, in the year 1929. tits fathers name
was Joseph, and his mother 5, Betsy.
dis father was a carpenter by trade,
but at the time OF which speak, living
on q farm. Father III his early years
probably went through the general
course of esGapaGes common TO al
boys. Like all other buys he was very
fond of hShMg, hunting, sudlng, skdI-
nag, etc, although he never hdd d Sled
except as lie ma lie il himself, aud never
but one pair of skates, and they cost
ing but % cents. Fishing tackle was
generally cut pole and a home made
! ltne hunting equipments consisted OF
! old muskers thrown aside from the
| 1912 war. But even under these CON
dltions my father WAS us we'll oil as
boys in general, and probably enjoyed
himself az we'll as the boy of Today
with his club skates, fine painted sled
brtech loading rifles, iointed fish pole
with silk line, lily hooks and all othei
modern improvements that can bC
thought of. On one occasion, father
in company with one of his scnool
mates, shoulaered their musketS ans
started on the Wal pan towards lii,
woods, probably expecting 10 brins
back all the game there was within !
radius OF 20 Iuiies, What happened
while they were III the woods, Is hard
~ necessary to relate, except THAT I'd
game was Lot as plentiful is they sup
: posed. But on tneir way home, (chd
, armed at their nOn-SuccGs,) they deer
ahmed TO have some sport III rather
curious way. They loaded their gun
! Dy puttlnS in uemendOEs charge [
powder, and filled them with sand an
pieces OF tUTI UillS naIng done. tI5
. placed them behind two large stump;
fastening a string TO the triggers an
! ,,thIl6 IL DIck seat, awaited the resul
4 Ihs can be better imagined than d,
scrlbed, but both guns we're completed
destroyed, except about Is inches {
> the Dreech of one of the barre.s; an
|, ,hey determined 10 Test its sIrengtl
ouiting the action to the word, the
Il loaded it with powder, sand and tur
4 drove it into the ground, muzzlo dowl
clear to the top. They then alta ;he
IL ClIh llifhNNI ~ IL iS.y 1A-NIL1io VI Gu B2CN
+ of paper, fred it and retreated as b
fore. This time, but little eXeeutio
Il was done, except TO dig o hole in Il
y ground about the size Of Il commo
- hour barrel, and to throw the gun ba
p rel out OF sight. This was repeate
q several times with a like result. b
a they were not satisfied, SO resorted
another scheme, which was TO load Il
q barrel more thoroughly than hefor
n set IRE 10 the stump and throw tt
barrel in. This probably finished Il
= lob, aS they could not find the barre
re and but very small portion of II
stump.s Father was especially fond
u building miniature saw mills on SIM
le streams, and was rather more succe
= full than the general rule laid down
/" boys. 4 boys motto, is / believe, I'll
as Il gan, then Il watch, and then d hof'
-, In fathers case the watch was missin
y and, I'm afraid, his horse trades we
e. not very prQhtable. II he made 0
% good trade, h6 Was sure TO make TWO
three bad ones 10 offset it.
&c Father commenced wording at wO
or work at avery carly age, / think, VIII
:. about Il years old, which trade ne h
'iS followed up to the present time. VIII
n, D young man, he made it a practice
~ wear night caps, and dare say if {
u truth was known, uightgOWns too.
CHI account for the former nAbit, | wor
-, say that in those days il was the ST,
for young mgl1 to wear their hair lOl
IT. and us father was very curly, he {
r. it to keep il from Becoming snarl'
Our father first became acquaint
re- with Martha EWell, now our nothe
nd at one Of those old fashioned app
-, pairing parties.
al Martha Ewell was born in Peacha
to VT, in the year 1892. Her fathe
~ name was Isaac, and her mothe
:" Lilias. Her father WAS jlck-of-t
EST trades. He was farmer, miller, prea
-, or and the inventor of a very valua
'A scale known as "Poor Isaae's Seal
lis 1t has always been a mystery to
al as to what mothers food was when
sW all child, but judging by her go re
ser ment Of her children for the past
he years. | should say it was sour IL
, and jaw, with Il good piece of ton!
ne thrown in for dessert. When o. CHI
mother was noted for her readiness
loo aay out OF door work that her
~. theirs ought to do, and for being
' greatest tom boy in town. To ca
eat her in the house at work, you wo
do better than her older sister cot
She had a great habit of running OF
school, or somewhere else as soon
'wn there we're any dishes to wash or OF
house work to do. She has howe
outgroWn all this, but doubt il
you ever gets rid Of that piece Of jaw
swallowed some 30 or 40 years ago.
One Of tho most ridiculous thi
that | ever heard of mothers dc
hcy was at funeral--I think. one of
aunt's WHO was one of those old Fl
no Toned spinster's with lace Caps
steepe TON bonnets. During the