Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-10-26
PUTNEY
Fire at the Marcy Fnrm

The house, furniture, farm buildings,
tools, stock and produce of the L. Marcy
farm of 81 acres of tillage land at East
Putney were almost totally destroyed by
fire at about six o'clock Wednesday morn
ing. There were but three men on the
place; Mr.. Marcy, who has hardly recov-
cred from a serious illness and was in the
house, his son Ernest, and a Polauder
The two latter were doing the morning
chores. Ernest Marcy went down under
the barn to feed a colt and set down his
lantern with the intention of cleaning out
the manger. Hardly had he done so when
the lantern exploded and only those who
have been in similar positions can realize
with what rapidly the flames spread
Marcy called to the POlander to unloose the
cattle, while he Embossed three horses and
started them off across the meadow. Two
OF the cattle were unloosed, but by this
time the smoke and sparks had entered the
barn floor in front of the Others and they
set back in their chains so that it was i'm
possible TO release them, and eight of them
We're burned. Eighteen more head of cat
tie were expected this week Four fat
tened hogs which were going to market
Monday were taken out of the pen but
they persisted in reGnterinC and were
burned. One hundred and twenty five out
OF one hundred and fifty hens were also
burned. There were also burned about u
tons OF hay and quantity of straw and
corn fodder 1000 bushels of corn, guam
tity of oats and potatoes, wagons and har-
ness and all the farming tools; the farm
was well equipped with the best of tools
In the house all were busy removing the
furniture, of which the greater part down
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were saved. Up stairs the bedding in one
room was saved, but by this time Ernest
Marcy was unable to get down stairs and
was obliged to leap from the chamber win
dow. severely iniuring his back in doing so.
They will live, for the present, on the
Shelley farm Mr.. Marcy says he is too
old to rebuild and the buildings could not
be replaced for the insurance money. There
was an insurance of $1,000 on the buildings
through Sherman d Jenne, which policy
expires this month, and $1,000 in the Yer
mont Mutual through Agent \. w. j.
NlAlns'
Al the 0h"rcheS'
AT the Congregational church Rev. F. B.
lockwood OF Jeitersonville, this state, is
expected TO preach morning and evening.
sunday school following the morning ser
vices; Junior Endeavor at p. NJ; senior
Endeayor at ! +. NJ; regular prayer meet
ing at ! 80 Thursday evening.
AT the Methodist church Rev L. W.
Sharpe Will preach in the morning at 1890
on Inc cause OF the worlds sorrows"
Text, john Xxx, 10, because they have
taken away my Lord Sunday school at
HAD; meeting OF the Epworth league at
r. NJ praise ana prayer services followed
by bref talk at 1880 p. NJ. Rev. Mr..
Sharpe breaches IN Brookllne every Sunday
AFTERNOON Inc Methodist church is to ar
range Tor series OF SIX lectures during the
winter, Tor which able speakers will be Sc
cured
Al the Baptist church, Rev. Edwin f.
mitchell, pastor, VIII preach at lO:3O a. NJ
on 'Chrlsl, the sure toundatlon,' taking
as text, Cor. III, II, For other toun-
datlon can no man lay than that is laid,
at l1:45 A. NJ: meeting of Christian
Endeayor society at I'm.
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