Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-18
NORTON.

March 1+.-Rcal March weather is
upon MS now Those anticipating max
ing sugar are waiting a little longer.
Two sad accidents happened the past
week resulting i'll the death of two men
The first occurred Wednesday the 9th, at
the Lake mill. 4 man giving his name as
John McCutchcon, 35 years of age was
shovclling snow off the landing when
the logs started, rolling over him crush
ing him so badly that he lived only two
hours. His body was kindly taken care
Of BY Mr.. Conway. in whose employ he
had been few weeks and dcccntly bur
ried in the Roman Catho &c cemetery here
on Saturday He was a stranger and
gave no clue to his antcccdcnts. The
other accident happened at Mr.. Wood
ards mill at Avcrll. Young man, JOS
eph Brother, engaged i'll hooking the
chain on to the logs at the foot Of the
slip. had his leg badly broken by a log
+ which was let back bv broken chain
He was carried to the boarding house
and a doctor at Canaan tclephoncd for.
! but did not through some irrcgularitN or
! trouble with the wires receive the mes
sage. After a delay of some hours DR..
/ Ward arrived and amputated his leg, the
effects from which he never rallied, dying
/ the same night, Saturday. He leaves Il
! Young wife to mourn his loss.
The first annual drive to No. Camp
was iuaugurated last Wednesday, under
the auspices of Mrs. 5. A. Baldwin whom
we must thank Tor the most enjoyable
time we had. Mr.. 4. l.. Johnston with
four-in-hand full and flowing over-(We
mean the sled was tull and flowing over
not Mr.. Johnston we left the valley OF
the Norton river at 1890 passing along
Saucicr Avenue in Mill upper town,
leaving fac SiHiie OF a Mohamedan
- Temple. Il shelter tor sheep in summer time
to the left. we then struck Burberry
d. plain, crossed Clear Creek" passed
Green Goggle" castle, a place kept by
roadmastcr Garncau, his sole occupa-
ton at present is looking after the now
famous road to No. 6 camp. After Il
drive Of about one hour and half we
drew up at the door OF the camp After
shaking hands with Camp Manager NJ
Drew, we entered. ladies and gentlemen
threw of their cOats-wc meant business
and awaited the beans; these were served
i'll right royal style by a. Humphrey
cook We shant say who cat the most,
After dinner the ladies strollcd out to see
the sights and it wasn't long before il
was a sight to see them; their little army
marched up with weapons ofsnow balls
and commenced an onslaught on poor
Pat Cleary, as innocent man as ever
brcathcd. They nearly killed him, got
him down washed his face with snow
then ran for Charlie Welsh. Charlie was
prepared and stood his ground for awhile
but was soon overpowered and met the
fate of his comradc. Quiet was restored
and in due time we lett for home, by the
way of Little Lake Averlll. thence across
big Averll, Woodard's Mill and Norton
all pleased and happy, without an acci
dent to mar the days outing, which We
wont forget for long time.
In your last issue Mr. Editor, we no
ticed an account OF some big lumber hauls
made i'll your section of country. lthink
we can beat you-at least we will re
port what has been done. Pat Clearl
who is driving one of Mr. Stetson':
teams here drew in As days 10000 feet
OF spruce logs on two trip road little
more than miles. He never missed a
trip during this time, and on the Sthinst
he drew the largest load OF logs cvcr
drawn to this mill by one pair of horses
10 trees making 1912 #. There arc sew
eral other teams that have done nearly
as well this winter.