Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-07-20

feet long, the lake being shallow on
the village side.
Holland.
Hollis Stone was badly hurt by a
kicking horse, recently.
Mrs. P. Huntoon is here from
New York, on visit.
S. Stearns is sick with typhoid fe-
yer. Mrs. Benz. Hall who was re-
Gently hurt by being thrown from
carriage, is able to ride out. Mrs.
Chas. Bennett is fficted with a
cancer.
The grass crop is very good here,
it is little later than at the south
part of the county and has been ben
Gifted more by the late rains. Farm
ers estimate they will cut more hay
than last year.
Caswell & French are doing large and
profitable lumber business. Their tim
bered land is situated around Holland
pond; nearly all of easy access to the
pond. In winter they draw their logs on
to this pond, and when the ice goes out
of the pond in the spring, they boom at
the south end. Here they have sluice
which runs into what is called the bog,
and the logs are all run into the bog
throu oh this sluice. This is a very fast
process. The bog will hold three million
feet of lumber and all the logs are run into
it. This secures them, preventing any
br eaking of booms and drifting about the
pond. From the bog there is another
sluice leading to the pond at the mill. It
is about three feet high, three feet wide
at the top and about six inches wide at
the bottom on the inside. There is just
| fall enough to make the water run in a
rapid current and yet to keep the sluice
ne arly full all the time. The logs go
single file, but take themselves out Of the
| way as fast or faster than they can be
| guided into the entrance by several men.
The sluice from the bog to the mill pond
| is something over one third of mile in
| length. At the lower end the water falls
| fifteen feet or more. The logs pass over
a roller at the end of the sluice on to the
planks and timbers so placed as to slide
| them into the pond. It is rare sport to
see them go laundering down in rapid
succession, splashing the water as they
enter the mill-pond. At the lower end of
the sluice a platform with steps leading
up to it has been constructed where Wis
itors can stand and see the logs coming
for long distance. Some of the most
daring of the boys mount large log as
it passes out of the bog, and standing up
take ride the whole distance down to
the lower end, jumping off on to the plat
form just before the log plunges into the
mill pond. Some of our company had
the pleasure of seeing yonng man per-
form this feat. You can judge something
of the amount of timber that can be float
ed through the sluice in day when I tell
you that $50 logs passed through in the
hour they were running while we were
there. Caswell & French have an engine
of So horse power which runs their ma
chinery. They finish the lumber at their
mills, shipping little in the rough. They
have telephone office at their mills, and
though Mr.. Caswell lives at Derby Line,
he spends most of his time at the mills.
His son gets his mail and reads his letters
to him through the telephone. 1 very
much doubt if anywhere in the state there
are better facilities for taking timber
from the stump and converting it into
boards, clapboards, lath and shingles,
than at Caswell & Frenchs mills, or where
it can be done with so little expense.
1rasburgh.
The ice cream festival Wednesday
evening was success financially
and socially.
Daniel Caples, who died July Sd,
has been sick nine years, being con-
fined to his bed most of the time,
and for the last three years perfectly
helpless. He has been a great care
to the family.
A CARD.-We take this method to ex-
press our heartfelt thanks to our neigh
bors and friends who so kindly assisted
us in the recent sickness and burial of
our darling child. May heavens choicest
blessings ever be in store for them.
c. E. RICE.
e. M. RICE.
Arthur Jameson, son of Z. E.
Jameson, has been home few days
on a visit, also his sister Winnie,
who has spent three years in school
at Bristol, r. /. Arthur still holds
his position as mail agent on the St.
Adams and Ogdensburgh route and it
will be difficult for the new admins
tration to find better man if one is
sought. Mr.. Z. E. Jameson has
been suffering for some time with a
throat difficulty which of late has de-
stroyed his voice, but within a few
days he has regained his speech
much to his convenience and JOY.
Lowell.
| Henry Shortsleeves fell from the
roof of barn last week and broke
three ribs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Leland from
Minnesota, former residents of this
town, are visiting here.
I. S. Page, who has for some time
lived with his son-in-low, Johnny
Young, recently went to visit anoth-
er son-in-law, in Springfield, VT,
and was taken sick and died there.
He. was &c years of age. He was
buried in Cavendish.
Morgan.
| The many friends of Rev. A. B.
Blake were glad to see him and hear
him preach once more.
| Mrs. w. HI. Rood has the finest
Gala we have seen. 1t is one year
old, contains eight stalks which are
forty inches high. The leaves are