Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-07

II is reported that Gen. Grout will be
home soon.-Carroll S. Page is spending
a few weeks at Old orchard Beach.-Col.
Woodbury. is off on trip to New York.
Washington and other cities. Our war
Scared politicians, having had their bat
tie fought out in June, can spend the mid
summer months in rest and recuperation.
Rev. DIR. w. A. Robinson of Homer, N.
Y, formerly pastor of the Cong. church
in this place, is here with his daughter
snending a few days with friends. He
preached two able and interesting dis
courses at Cong. church yesterday. DIR.
| Robinson has been very successful in his
labors in Homer and is held in high es-
TEEN wherever known. He was invited to
| Vermont to deliver sermon In Nor
| risville, his native home, on the occasion
of the late centennial ceremonies in that
place.
The following items are from our cor
RESPONDENT in the northeast part of the
town: Homer Leland is home from Low
ell. Mass.-Carl Leland talks OF buying
the I. G.. BARTLETT farm.-Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. Heath are home from a visit to
Mass. Mr.. Heath's health is very poor.
The Baird boys have been in Montgom-
erv completing their lumber job.-At the
annual school meeting in Dist. No. 5. G.
w. Clark was chosen committee.-O. +.
Badgers people were visited June 20 by
ABOUT twenty friends from the West and
hereabouts. 1t is sometimes dangerous
to set a first-class table.
There was an expensive and provoking
railroad accident at Barton Landing,
Tuesday afternoon last, by which engin-
eer George Shorey had a leg quite badly
injured, two engines were damaged, sew
en- cars destroyed and injured, and the
railroad bridge considerably wrecked.
The road is unusually crowded with bus
mess this season, in running the Chicago
beef, ice thro' freight and a large number
of passenger trains. Nearly all freight
| trains are s'double headers and the road
is heavily taxed both in power and in ex-
perienced men. On the day mentioned,
two heavy freight trains ofabout twenty
seven cars each started from Newport in
the afternoon. The first one reached
Barton Landing, where it became ''stall-
ed" lust below the village, and was drawn
in by sections and placed on two or more
tracks (the road is short of siding and is
, at this time putting in new and long
side track awaiting the arrival OF the
Mogul Triumph" to be helped over the
Summit. For some reason Triumph was
held at So. Barton for orders, and did
not reach the Landing until an hour or
more after the time the train ought to
have left that place. The train men, as
soon as the Triumph came, got telegraph
ic orders to go to Barton, and were draw
ing out on to main line, when the second
train, also "a double header" drawn by
the HOrange'' and the Cheney" with y
cars attached, was heard approaching
from the north. The conductor OF the
train at the Landing ran out and signalled
the approaching train of danger, at the
same time giving motion to the forward
l train, then drawing on to the main track
a few hundred feet to the south, to move
out rapidly The engines of the real
train were reversed, but the speed was sc
rapid and the trains so heavy that the
r speed was not greatly slackened. The
t forward engineers, anticipating the dan
ger, put on all power and got the trair
I under considerable Roadway, and had JUS
V drawn the cars attached (only seven cars
:. had been coupled) on to the main line
:, when the rear train was so close at hant
J. that the switchman only had time to draw
It his switch over, but could not fasten 1t
= The switch is close at the end of the lon:
river bridge. The engineers and one fire
! man of the rear engine jumped, Shore.
g receiving fractured leg. The forward
engine kept the track, except the rea
: trucks of the tender, and struck the rea
car of the forward train with such fore
lie as to knock it off the track and down tn
embankment, itself passing on some rods
K still on the rails. The 'Cheney" left tn
rails at the end of the bridge and plowe'
ties and timbers nearly to the farthe
=. end of the bridge, when it stopped, tn
"Orange'' having broken away when sh
left the track. Both of thes
- engines were considerably damaged
- The bridge was smashed on the nort
end badly, hut stood the racke
Is and held up the Cheney and two
10 three cars. The damages will be con
siderable to rolling stock. The acciden
ar was the result of delays which cause
IN | the first train to remain at the Landln
until the second train approached. Bot
ne | trains had been ordered to Barton In &C
al vance of mail, land the train men on eithe
st train had no knowledge of the fact thu
nd one train was in the way of the othel
Fortunately trestle bridge was in pre-
40 cess of building beside the main bridge
g and it was put in order during the nigf
81 and all trains ran around the wreci
nd The escape from more serious loss Wa
90 remarkable.
South Barton.
II. F. Pillsbury has thoroughly repal
. ed the 0. & G. Steam Mill house, by p
y per, paint, etc. He has carpeted I'll
- halls and most of the rooms, and 1t
y one of the best furnished houses in tow
NJ He will have to make it a summer boar'
ing house when the lumber business stop
e. Our people in this vicinity have show
IN an unusual spirit of patriotism in tt
,r- line of fireworks, ETC., this year. I
is Thursday evening quite good display
rockets and other fireworks were burnt
at the Steam Mill by the young people,
'oi large number attending; and on Frld'
ay' evening there was considerable in the
hoi rotechnical line at the station.
Barton Landing.
A girl baby at E, D. Stafford's.
Mr.. Clement and Mr.. Chandler are DO
WI falling.
VI" Mrs. Willard Trip has gone to keepil
III house in F. A. Staffords tenement hous
will
an The Landing band played at Irasbur
-; the 4th, and a large number from I'll
place celebrated there.
or Miss Jennie Wiley is visiting frien
Of in st. Johnsbury.-M Mrs. Mcfarland
owe gone to Canada on visit to her daught
=, aud other relatives.