The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-22

short Of a hot-blast converter, would convert
At last we found ourselves in the grounds OF
the state house, whose terraced granite steps
lead up to the really imposing building, with
its massive Doric portico. Meads statue Of
Ethan Allen, near the entrance, reminded us
of days when in Morse's geography we used to
read of the battle of Bennington and the bold
Ethans exploits as marking the early history
of Vermont The attitude Of the statue would
seem to illustrate the moment when, in 1775,
the fearless Green Mountain boy demanded Of
Captain De Ia Place the surrender Of Ticonde-
roga, in the name of the Great Jehovah and
the Continental Congress- 1t is neat, clean,
charming town, this Montpelier with its French
name; neat residences, with lawns unfenced; /;
a handsome railway station, lovely cemetery,
and doubtless other pretty sights had we time
to see them"
THE "Idler" of the Free Press, who by the
way has the most interesting column in the
paper, presents the following in recent issue:
1t is really surprising how few people can
spell correctly. 1t is very seldom indeed that
a manuscript comes into printing office in
which number of words are not spelled incor-
rectly. Regular and volunteer contributors
are indebted much more than they are prob
ably aware to the editor and the proof-reader.
But document which takes the entire bakery
on spelling is one the ldler accidentally ran
across the other day 1t isa statement, written
by Timothy Rogers, town clerk of Ferrisburgh
in 17S5-17S6, of the accidental burning of the
town records The precious document is headed,
A copy Of the account of Timothy Rogers
having his ritings bornt, and is as follows:
| "I timothy Rogers of ferrisbargh moving from
Botn bay ferrisburgh to lel oror erik little Ottel
Creek fors and went by warrior did not git mp the
bay till about mid mite and my wife and five chldorr
and one woman peggy smith by name and one child wa'
| all in an open bote and 1t dark rainy time We
landi about quartor of a mild from the hous som Of
the hands went up and got fir when they got down agan'
the fire was so rand out cndild some fir by the sid
Of tree to lite barks that the famaly mite se it'll t'
walk up to the house for my wife elk led hr by
the hand this morning Being the day of the 10 m l7s
about rise of my came and told me the tre
by which the fir kinded was bornt down and born
up large chist of droys that was packed full as
cold be off cloths and Rtings of CRATE mportuns sepos
had about forty deads for about six thousand
land som on Record and som not notes and bonds TO
about thousand dollars and all the propretors Rec
ords OF ferisburgh other gods bornt with al
the cloths only what we had on these whoughs name
who here sind setain witness to the for the
helpd me move and the fire of the this Sd O
the 10 1885 likewise they the heaps of Riting IL
their proper snaps bornt to ashes TIMOTHY ROGERS"
This unique document is witnessed by 'amo
Catlin,' 'Zimry hill,' Stephen Rice Jr., ant
Others and the certificate Of the justice Of tn
peace is as follows:
"Rutland county wallingford Janary ye 2Sth A.
1856 personly aped Timothy Rogers and gave his Aor
nation to the truth Of the within writing deposition
before me Abraham Jacktion just
of peas"
| Zone Abil tomson, assistant judg,' ais
gave what he called sartafycate to tn
same effect No modern imitation could pos
sibly be one-half as funny as this genuin
! die~upent Of century ago."