Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-22

all time. r.. r. stevens, who as a hoy
made voyage around the world I'm her,
writes of her beautiful old bell, for many
years lost. as follows; During tn"
memorable battle between the Constitu-
tion and GueIrierr shot from the Brit
ish ship carried away the bell Il old
Ironsidos. As the Guerriere was rolling
in the trough uf the sea, her masts shot
away her bell tolled responsively to the
of the shattered craft. The
tones were remarkably clear and me
ludious, and attracted the attention Of a
on the forecastle Of the Con
stitutiou. who had been ordered To hold
himself in readiness TO go on board the
Cuerricrc and superintend the transfer
of the prisoners, Bearing the fact in
mind that Old Ironsides no longer had
bell with which to mark the time, he re
solved to transfer the sweet sounding
bell of the captured craft to the deck of
the victor. The bell of the Guerrero
was transferred to the deck of the Con
stitution by the enterprising young gen
tleman. and did good service for many
years This bell must have had a his
{ nv before il found its way into the
British navy, and just how it came To
perform duty. on man-uf-war is not so
plain. 1t may he that the bell was on
board the GueUriore when she was cap
turoG from the French in 1906, 10y the
Blanche. an English frigatc of IS guns.
No one was killed on board the Blanche
and but one officer and three men
wounded. while the Guerrero had - men
killed and 30 wounded. During one of
the many oVcrhaulinEs experienced by
Old Ironsides, the bell, together with
other valuable trophies, was removed
became misplaced and forgotten. In
this way the silver-toned bell lost its
identity. was Sold by auction and passed
into the possession Of a gentleman who
placed it on a factory near the village of
Saylesville. K. l., where it is now, We
echo the words of the author of the in
teresting account when he says: If the
venerable relic could be recovered by the
government and placed in its position on
the deck of Old lronsidcs, it would be
fulfilling mission. certainly more ap-
propriate with its past record and IN
keeping with a spirit of sentiment That
should jealousy guard and preserve
trophies If a grand old type of lighting
vessels that have forever passed away.
Around this bell about four inches from
the crown. is the following inscription:
peter Seest. Amsterdam, ammo 1858, me
fecit." The figures carved thereon in
dicate that the bell was long used on
convent in England, and was sequcstered
during the Reformation. or it may have
done duty on some continental house OF
worship and thus have found its way
on the deck of the Guerrierc before her
capture from the French.
The Boston gas war is on full tilt, as
the latest developments show Mr.
Henry NJ. Whitney, who consolidated
the various railroad companies into the
West End" of which he was as long as
he chose the leading spirit, is in control
of the Jamaica Plain company, and the
Standard oil people have invaded the
territory in which the Jamaica Plain
company has acquired prestige. Ihe
latest rumor, that scheme is on foot
10 turn over the whole Boston gas field
tu the Emerson Mcmillan people, who
,r identified with Mr.. Whitney, is de
.d by the Bay State and Bruokllne
-. interests. The rumor has it that Mr..
/! II. Rogers is negotiating transfer
to the Mcmillan syndicate. 1t is sup
posed that this transfer, if successful,
will bring Mr. Whitney to the front. and
make him the gas king of BrookIine. 1t
has been often remarked that Mr.. Whit
ney never does anything ly halves.
Therefore, it is predicted that if there is
a deal on. and he is interested it in, il Will
mean his complete mastery of the situa-
ton.
Rev. +. Fay Mills, now of this city, II
appears, is still member Of both the
Presbyterian and Congregationalist
bodies Of Christians. He has been
served notice that he is not wanted in
either of them by religious newspapers
that represent the two seCts. The lnte-
rior the Presbyterian paper of Chicago,
says that he should return his commits
sion as a Presbyterian preacher and
have it Cancelled, and intimates that if he
does not it may be Cancelled by judicial
process The COngrcgationalist of this
city declares that he should withdraw
from the Congregational church, and
sees a way to drop his name from the
rolls of that body if he fails to do so
In addition to all this. the Unitarian
Christian Register declares that Mr.
Mills, though fellowshiping considerably
with the Unitarians at present, lis not
a Unitarian" In the mean time Mr.
Mills goes on doing a good deal of eff
ifective religious work after his own
manner. He seems to be very much in
the attitude of a religious mugwump.
MIR. j. Edward Addicks, who for some
years cut such a big dash here has re-
ceived SO little attention of late out
side the state of Delaware in his political
aspirations that most people probably
think he has gone out of politics. 1t is
a fact, however, that he still keeps a
Republican party in Delaware, holds to
his aspirations for a seat in the senate
urhasgingly and is preparing to make
another fight for it next year. The ad-
ministration is against him, and this
keeps up the faction contest in the state.
AddLcks holds his men together by the
use of money. He had considerable
vote last year, four -fifthS of which the
Wilmington Every Evening says was
purchased outright. II costs a good deal
to carry it, but Mr.. Addicks has one
quality which was once attributed to Il
worse personage-he is very persever-
ing,
SO far the system of house toulouse
collection and delivery mail boxes has
been looked upon as an experiment here,
but the indications are now that it has
passed that stage. The verdict of the
people seems to be that the system is
worth adopting, and the government has
assumed an even more favorable atti-
tude toward it than it had several
months ago, though it has always advo-
Gated the idea strongly. The system
has had only a few months here in which
to show what it is worth, and that at a