Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-05-14
ISLAND POND. VT. FRIDAY. MAY IA. 1897.

has been taken from its house and
placed under temporary shelter in the
grounds. 80 that all the parts can he
| thoroughly inspected \ few days
ago several gentlemen made an exam
inaiion of the organ, and they were
aStoniShed al the excellent condition
in which all of its parts were found.
Cases of pipe, both wooden and metal,
| were opened at random. The metal
| pipes showed no sign of rust. or even
| tarnish, but were as bright as the day
when they were so carefully packed
away; even the largest of them
| showed no signs of having sustained
any damage whatsoever. The wooden
! pipes were also found in perfect con-
| dition. not a joint showing any imper-
/ fectiOn. nor was there a yeStige of
warp or crack in the wood. This re-
suit is doubtless owing in a measure
to the excellence of the material and
workmanship, but also in Il great
! degree To the care exercised in pack
ing the instrument, which was done
under the personal supervision of DR.
/ 'rOuriee. who expected TO use il, and
| took no risk Continuing the aNam-
| inatiOn. il was found that none of the
carvings. panels or statues showed
any evidence of deterioration. In II
few places small portions which were
/ only glued have become separated,
| but they were preserved and can be
replaced. One figure has lost finger,
which little glue will replace. One
would naturally expect some of the
! heavier portions to have suffered in
handling. but there is not Il scratch
visible. and il may be said with truth
that the organ is in perfect condition.
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The bill to allow the running of
motor vehicles in the streets meets
with no opposition in the Legislature.
nor with amy particular attention
| either. for that matter. And yet it is
not unlikely that the privilege thus
| conferred will he more or less extern
| sively ayaiIed of within cOmpara-
| lively brief space Of time. One of the
! great mercantile establishments of
| this city has postponed the erection
! of stable for the accommodation of
the large number OF horses and wag-
| onS used in the distribution of its
| goods for the reason that the head of
| the establishment believes that the
| horses can be dispensed with in his
! business, and his goods be distributed
with hurseless vehicles. Undoubtedly
the revolution is bound TO come, soon
| er or later. Just at present the build
| ers Of these vehicles appear 10 be ra-
| ther more backward in putting them
on the market than the public is in
! looking for their appearance.
Workmen while digging recently in
| the new North End park. about OPP
| posite the city buildings and close to
an old cesspool. eNhumed human
| bones and headStoneS. One of these
stones proclaimS that some one had II
burying ground in Boston about 100
| Years before the latter was settled.
| On the face of the stone, which is of
| slate. two and Il half feet high by
about two feet across, the following
| lettering has been rudely chiseled:
civilian Thomas. son to William and
| Abrigal Thomas. aged Is years, /
mon. Died Mch llth. 1j31." Another
| headstone SAYS: Sarah. daughter Of
| John and Esther Barnard Died Oct.
| ), 1853. aged ) mon On another
stone. dug mp in the same spot, APP
peared the following: MARY,
daughter of Joseph and Rebecca
| Smelling, aged II mon., II days The
date of burial or death has been eff
faced by time from this stone. The
| name, however, is an old North End
one.
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One of the committee of arrange
mentS at the recent annual entertain
ment of the Boston Press Club was
| Ernest f. Markham, for some years on
the Boston Home Journal. on the
| Traveller, and for the past two Years
on the Boston journal. in charge of
its advertising department. Mr..
| Markham was not present, however,
as his body was somewhere in the
| Niagara river, whittier a few days be-
fore he had jumped from the suspen-
| sion bridge to his death. He was 25
| old, happily married, was in receipt of
a good salary, which he never over
drew, had the handling of no money
but his own salary, there was no
woman in the case" and why he
killed himself is a mystery. There
seems to be but one soution-mental
| across THE bridge in hack. Half way
| over he jumped up, said "Goodby,
Boss" to the driver and Ieaped to his
death, his body instantly disappear
ing.
1t is said that Joseph jefferson,
whose sojournS in summer on Massa-
chusettS bay have given him an inter-
est in Massachusetts colonial history,
| has persuaded Charles =. Dimitry of
| New Orleans to present to the Massa-
| chuSetts archives Il document of much
interest. being the will of George Lud-
| lowe. This Ludlowe is described as
| brother of Robert Ludlowe, deputy
| governor of Massachusetts and Con.
| necticut from 1890 to l634;" but it
| evidently shou ld be Roger LAldlowe,
| who was assistant in the MaSSachll-
setts Bay colony lG30-34 and was in
the last year made deputy governor,
| but only held the place short time.
| He went TO Connecticut and afterward
to Virginia, where he died in 1868.
George LudIowe. it appears, made his
will 10 years earlier, and left to his
nephew, Thomas (Roger's son, prob
| dpIN J, CERTAIN pl'pt''N III 80 S''''"'
and IL" 10th part of the ship May
flower" This is one of very few all-
thentc mentions of the ship of the
Pilgrims.
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The will Of the late John Foster of
this city gives $l2l,O0o to public char
ity. Most of this large amount of
money is to he distributed in Boston,
and in a number OF eases will prove Il
relief 10 worthy institutions. Such
an example as this cam be followed
with profit by wealthy citizens who,
| dying, leave their wealth in toto to
their own immediate families and
| friends.
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4 bronze tablet has been. put. up
over the door ,of Kings Chapel: Civ
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