The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-06-22
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ep." But orr woods meantime are being
called upon to furnish maple for snip. build
ing purposes, and the rest must come later
We had a shocking" strike at the
stone sheds, last Tuesday tree and
telegraph pole, near by, were struck by
lightning, sending horror through the
frames of the bosses and their appren-
tees, who were working at the time. NO
other damage was done to speak OF.
Stone. cutters John Dow and Wallace
Hunter began work for themselves in the
railroad shed, last week. 1t is said that
our town would be doomed by out-of-town
locked-out granite-workers, now, II they
had the facilities for workings and we think
there are those here who would like to see
the needed facilities furnished.
In the splendid effort at fighting fire, on
Thursday night last, grand work was done
by number of young ladies'. Mike Elliott
deserves high praise for his work. He was
stationed on the roof of @. M. beaver's
store, at the corner nearest the fire, con-
tending with heat and smoke and SPARKS In
manner heroic,
Word has been received of the death, ap-
parently from old age, of Walter Newcomb,
at his home in Detroit Mich, on Wednes-
day of last week. He was eighty-four years
old. For many years he was citizen Oh
this place, and highly respected. In his oc-
casional returns to us he had been warmly
welcomed as one of the most intelligent and
genial of our former residents. A wife,
three sons and a daughter survive him.
For some years the residents of the south
part of the town have set noble example
to all the country round in the matter OF
celebrating the Fourth of July. The same
sensible course will be followed this year,
and the celebration. in which everybody is
invited to join, will be held in grove near
Gurdon Martins place. A four-horse team
will come to the village, and free rides to
and from the grove will be given to all who
will accept them Could generosity go
farther?
A friend gives us this Orange county rem
iniscence of perhaps seventy-ive years ago.
In neighborng town lived farmer who
was accustomed to ride horseback to church.
In the course of human events, he was per-
suaded by resident of the village to swap
horses. One Sundays trial of the risky
animal was too much for the farmer and
he made haste, on a coming week day to re-
turn with it to the former owner of it, with
an offer to pay the grog, and the petition
that the horses might be traded back
When asked the reason for this desire, the
farmer replied that "he could not ride to
church with any solemnity at all"
About eleven O'Clock last Thursday
night our village was startled by the alarm
of fire, which was occasioned by flames in
the livery barn connected with the new no.
tel 1t was the third time in eighteen
years that fire had started on almost the
same spot-twice before destroying the no.
tel and other buildings. No wonder that it
sent dismay into all our hearts. When
first seen the fire was in the basement Of
the building fused for storage purposes in
part) and apparently in an express wagon
AS yet there is no clue to the exact cause
of it, and Spontaneous combustion -
which is as convenient phrase as - heart
failure "-suggests itself as a plausible one.
The barn was burned, and with 1T seven
horses, COW, four large hogs, harnesses,
wagons, etc. BY dint of great effort the
hotel, the Beckett & Gale block and Beck
EFT block under way were saved. Ihere
had been thunder shower just before, and
a dead calm prevailed, otherwise the de-
struction might have been far greater. The
fire was fought in the antediluvian way, with
buckets of water. A quantity of latJer-day
liquid fre-extinguisher seemed to make no
impression on the " fiend." A subscription
was started in I" the light of the flames " for
a fire engine, and some S325 were SUBJ
scribed by Saturday noon. Two OF the
horses burned, valued at $500, were driven
by G. A. Weston Of Cambridge, who was
on his way home from Hanover, N. d..
Another belonged to the Cutler livery OF
East Barre, and was driven by Fred Grear-
son, a stone-cutter of East Barre, who was
visiting his cousins, Messrs. Grearson and
Moore. John Perry lost some dollars
worth of tools. There was 5000 insurance
on the barn, which belonged to the Will
Jamestown Granite Company. j. K. Lynde
and hotelkeepers Humphrey & Winchester
were the proprietors of the livery.
Mrs. Luther Davis of Waterbury is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs John Duffus. ="
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank York,
last Friday. - Rev. j. j. Hall of South
Ryegate officiated here with great accept
ance. last Sunday. - Miss Laura Ropes
of Montpelier is the guest of Mrs. j. X.
Lynde.
Woodbury..
Mrs. Thomas Burnham died last Satu r
day morning, after lingering illness.
Messrs. Rice and Barry, the present own
ers of the Chase quarry, commenced active
operations last Monday.
The examination of the schools in town
for the summer term will be held during the
week in the several districts
Mrs. Charles Dana, who was reported last
week as very ill, has been moved to her
mothers, Mrs. Farnsworth at South w ood-
bury.
The republican caucus for the election of
delegates to the district and state conve n
tons was held on Saturday night last, with
the following result: District delegates
Alton Benjamin, and Andrew Morse; STATE
delegates Rufus Pray and Charles Watson.