The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-02-26
zHE'1Asr OF 4 QUAINT TRIO.
The Pathetic st0rr OF Three Strange Oh
Friends In tho Lumber Woods.

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NoRw1cH. Pa. Feb. 25.-John A. Merritt.
formerly Of the village OF Humans Corners.
died,in Buffalo a few days ago He was tho
last OF three singular old friends. Cyrus Miller
and Lewis Dorr being the other two. They
came to Truman's Corners together forty-five
years ago from Maine. Tho Cornors was then
an important numbering centre. Miller pur-
chased the old tavern there. tore 1t down.
and had O larger ono built Dorr. being q
carpenter. didths work. Miller bought a saw
mill near By and employed Merritt as his
sawyer. MiNer kept the tavern forty years.
and then decided 1t to his son George. The
veteran landlord continued to make his home
at the tavern. He had never permitted any
change to be made in the old building. and 1t
remains to-day one OF the few typical road
side hackwoods taverns Of the stags-coach
days to DO found in tho State. Its business
has for years been only such as the small local
trade can give it. Miller made o fortune from
II. however. in the days when trade was brisk.
He also kept the mill running. 1t never having
missed n day from the time he turned on the
ES y. g rl in hstI; a edncs.na 1 # iS %as r rro S s the 70
onIy, olt-tasaioned npright saWmil ~ the
M MsSIG ., w a." ti s,e as,y ,nm msn w Issl h"d ever sshP had a
chars. q; us machinery. aud he had grown
gray listening to its CHATTER. ..
Lewis Dorr. this a rpenter who built the old
tavern: had never married. and he boarded Ut
the old tavern from the time 1t was onened.
Soon after Mil er's son became tho owner OF
the tavern and mill he sold. both properties.
s. years old ana in feeble, health. and he lad
long EXPRESSED u wish to die in tho house he
had founded. Re had his wish. for he took the
began ran!aiy 70 fall and ,o DIED q week later;
Truman's Brook. under the turnpike bridge.
dead. with his face buried in the water. Work
men had been laying a new. floor in the bridge.
posed that old Mr. Dorr had attsmped to cross
s ON if hsd p isIisa se so sn .,% cf. ssr1 Ss IL the H %G wns rs
kkiiss tss Sisi and ND s 30 ssser that he had not misssd
days work IN al the forty years no had been
The night after that the cry Of fire was heard
:: :ae the 9, a tSs pias. i0F T the o tss ai ti%' s "a shs twas Wa.
light II HAI The IRE tn and the Tie mill ri and its contents
."wss sSG %. SsisatS s.iied a. Ss 4. $R Sass 4 the ias n H.%
Sssasa hin siSo: The sasaas sSs MA Ssd
chaser, that the mill had cost for years more
to run than 1t had earned. and that 1t could not
D.ss issIp sS BUY sail Sf shst old MILL" said Merritt.
. uhsD sil nsy I ATT H tasssd Z the S:y rs ssw On fh IN w NJ ,sSa
s sSsT y and Il ieE Ei IL his n 9aths %i shd | fG aslis eve
s ops iri .sd d SSsE al Hli asae siS q Us e Ssssuf 70 t 4is
ni.Ss together; and ws'y: always s. stood TODD to- to;
sS'oSSidht i've sa : v eel A 81 / 81 Il on lSS IRE Sarnsd
itnp. and NOW want to pay you for IT.. m,-.
si sSs two 20! I'D ia' f asnss MI Mill s. ana 6 Sa!; 1sss
<nned tossthsri and after the funeral Merritt
Hiss Ssd tssi h i t., waS ,y 4 ys with e sis S.n y Wa:
In Buffalo. whore he diod last week.