Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

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tic purposes are necessity.
J. w. Halls people have located in
Baltimore, Md. Mr.. Hall has been af-
| fiicted for some time with rheumatism
and feels it necessary to select a mild
er climate. He is employed as com
mercial traveller, for Wells Richard
son & Co. and his business takes him
South several months in year. The
many friends of the family will regret
their departure from this village.
Through the fault or blunder of
somebody to whom the knowledge OF
! the Barton Landing fire was cOmmuni-
Gated by telegraph onIFriday morning
last, the village and hose companies
were not aroused in season to go to
| the assistance of our neighbors dur
ing the fire. We are chagrined and
indignant, but that does not help any
at this time. The firemen finally got
word and took the engine, etc., to the
depot, but word came that the fire
was under control.
| Friday was a day remarkable for
! September. The heat climbed up sud
denly to about 80 degrees, when very
violent thunder shower came on, do
ing much damage in all directions by
the wind. Many trees were blown down
and some buildings unroofed. In this
| village a chimney was blown off the
Page block and one from the Cong.
| church. East of the village the wind
was still harder. The roof was blown
off Judah Brooks barn and a portion
of the roof off the barn of 10. Paquet.
The same barn was partially unroofed
last year 10. will have to chain down
this building.
V. n. Spalding met with an acct
dent on Thursday afternoon, in which
he came near being drowned or Sc
verely injured. Mr.. Spalding is very
nearly blind, but is about town with
an assistant attending to matters of
his business. He was driven down to
one of G. F. PercivaFs shops and left
in his carriage near the door, the riv-
er running close alongside over the
| edge of a wall. The driver step
| ped into the shop for a moment while
Mr.. S. was holding the horse. The
animal became somewhat restless and
Mr.. Spalding began to hold up tightly
on the reins when the horse backed
up and ran the carriage over the wall,
himself falling over as the wagon went
down. 1t was several feet down to the
water, and man, horse and carriage
were piled up together in swift run
ming water of three or four feet in
depth There were several men in
sight and they jumpedint the water
at once and helped Mr.. Spalding out
so that he was not in danger of drown
ing. The horse meanwhile was having
worse struggle, but his head was
kept out of the water and he wasso
led on shore. 1t turned out that nei-
Their man, horse or carriage were seri-
ously hurt. Spalding was most thor
oughly wet and he describes his feel
ings as he went over the wall, into
and under the water, as something
terrible. He was extremely fortunate
in his escape.
Barton Landing.
Mrs. P. B. Bailey, confined to the
house for three years by sickness, is
better and rides out.
Mrs. John Trip went to Boston on
Monday last on account of the illness
of her daughter Martha.
Mrs. Alden Seavey and Mrs. Chaun-
cey Smith left for Illinois last Tuesday
to remain during the winter.
Mrs. E. L. Chandler and family are
home from Peaks Island, Maine
where they spent the summer.
Mr.. Grimes and wife visited il
Hardwick. = Miss Alta Moulton has
gone to New York to visit a sister.
Our high school nine went to Derby
and played the Academy nine on Sat
Urday and won on a score of 35 to II
They were most handsomely treated
ed by the Derby boys and people.
Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan desire thro
these columns to extend hearties1
thanks to all who assisted them in saw
ing goods from the house and store
Mr.. Stafford, also, thanks the many
men, women and children who SO he
roically labored to save his goods.
GREAT FIRE.-On Friday morning
last, at about o'clock, fire broke on
in the rear room or basement story O.
building occupied by Geo. w. Ornt
as jewelers. store and dwelling, and
despite the best efforts of the fire com
pany and citizens, ragged until it de
: stroyed the Orne building, the large
: store building occupied by FL. W. Blu
5 chanan and the Lewis Allbee house OF
? the north, and the E. E. StafforC
I | dwelling house and the Stafford store
block on the south. The fire was wei
= under way when first discovered, ant
Mr.. and Mrs. Orne had not time t.
D fairly dress before they were driver
g out of their rooms in the upper stor,
erything, both in the store and house
The fire engine, which had always be
: fore proved efficient, started u
very slowly and the hydrant strean
from the reservoir failed to operate
while the force pump at the grist mil
near by could not be started on &C
count of repairs. Suddenly the Stat
ford house on the south, and the Blu
e chanan store on the north, were i
e flames and the citizens were clearing
), them of goods as rapidly as possible
s The Buchanan store was filleG wit
o general merchandise, including larg
). stock of heavy goods. A carload c
: flour had just been putin the basemen
story and the stock of goods had bee
d largely increased within the week pre-
Y vious. Mr.. Buchanan carried onl
z. 50, 900 insurance on his goods, and hi
# father, Daniel Buchanan, who owne
d the store, had no insurance on tn
IS building. The loss on the goods abov
e that sum is, perhaps, SO, 900. The build
ing could not be replaced for less tina