Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-03-26

on it until 1917, when he sold it to Reu-
ben Munger. one of the most extensive
land-holders in the early history of the
town. In 1924 Munger decided the lease
to Ebenezer W. Allen. G.. II. Balm now
lives upon the lot
HOME LOT John O'Brien from Bris-
tol settled on home lot about the close
of the last century. In 1925 he sold the
lot to Buel Preston, who lived there over
sixty years until his recent decease. Mr..
Preston built the house in which he lived;
the old O'Brien house was on the oppo-
site side of the highway.
HOME LOTs >, 6 and I. A certain a.
Murray is said to have lived at very
early date on the east side of home lot >,
where the remains of a cabin were re-
Gently to be seen. But there is no deed
to him on record. Only one permanent
settlement was ever made on home lots
>, and :. In 1896 James Andrews of
New Haven received from Thaddeus
Royce, who then owned the three lots, a
deed of 10 acres on the east end of these
lots. Andrews built house about tif-
teen rods west of Timothy Boardmans
present dwelling. Andrews had long
continued lawsuits with John O'Brien,
arising out of a destructive fire which
had run from the premises of the one
who kindled it on to the premises of the
other. They were so Impoverished by
these lawsuits that they were both oblig-
ed to sell their farms. James Andrews
in 1917 sold to Levi Smith, who lived
there until succeeded by Timothy Board
man in 1924.
LINUS BEACHs PITCH.-Directly east
of these home lots Linus Beach in 1892
pitched IA long wedge-shaped lot running
up to the mountain. Here he lived in
the house now occupied by William Fales
until 1922. when he was forced to sell his
farm and removed to the State of New
York. He is still remembered by some
of the older residents of that neighbor-
hood for his gOod-natured character, and
for his long hair braided up into a pig
tail behind. This used to get caught I'M
der his coat collar as he rode horseback.
and the peculiar bow he was frequently
obliged to make to extricate his cue
made vivid impression upon the young
people of that day. a northumberland
story is told of him that ought to be
preserved. In 1915 five wolves were dis
covered in the woods between his house
and John O'Brien's. All the men in the
neighborhood turned out and surrounded
the wolves. Those who had not guns
provided themselves with clubs. As
they closed in upon the wolves one of
them was bent on going out and came SO
close to Burnam Phelps that she gave
him a number of pelts with his cudgel
and turned him back; and they succeed
ed in killing the whole five. But it was
on a Sabbath-day that this famous hunt
took place and several of the participants
were church members. among them nota.
bly, good Deacon Beach. They were in
due time labored with and brought W
before the church. Deacon Beach, how
ever, was incorrigible. ''lIp won't OWL
up" He claimed that he did it in de-
fence of his family; that the wolves
might have got away if they had waited
over night and that then his children
wouldn't have been safe out of doors
The difficulty was finally ended by DR.
Merrill's saying that he thought they
fought to let Brother Beach 60"