Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-07-30
HISTORICAL SKETCH GIVEN IN
GREENSBORO, VERMONT,
JULY 4, 1900.

commentaries the D1rtn0dy or Oul
nation, but all may not be as we'll &C
quainted with the fact that it also
celebrates the birthday of Mr.. Will
liam Barclay, who is "a years old to-
day. And as we are here met to re-
ioice with him over his long life, ii
may be interesting to take a brief
survey of his history together with
that of some his friends. Mr.. Barclay
although 10 ng a resident of this town,
Is native of neither this town nor
country, but was born in Dundonald,
Scotland. When he was about "a
years of age he decided to emigrate to
America. The removal from one
country to another is a memorable
event in the life of any person. Old
ties and associations must be broken,
and the new and unknown must be
faced. The party with which Mr..
Barclay sailed in the year A. D. 1880,
consisted of himself, John Simpson,
wife and five children, William An
derson and Miss Ann Noodle who
w
Steele, James Mitchell and William
WOODBURY., wife and two children.
When the party sailed from Greenock,
almost all were on deck to see the
last that could be seen Of their below
ed land as the vessel started on it's
long and tedious voyage. But one
man who was too easy going to go on
deck when the ship moved off, waved
his hand as he lay at rest accom-
panied by the words, "awa' goes the
Mailer" The same person provoked
amusement later on when having just
taken something from his pocket, he
was asked for something else that
was in it, by exclaiming, "Why didna
you spear for it while my ham was in
my pouch"
Our friends found that an ocean
were assailed by stormy weather and
by sea sickness. We do not know
whether any of them felt as bad as the
man who, on being attacked by that
~
promise him to care for his remains,
but who, a few days later, told him
that he need not trouble himself
about it as he didn't think there
would be any remains. We do know
however, that some Of them had a
generous share OF that malady. To
add to their discomfort, storm set
tied down upon the sea, and for more
than a day the passengers were nail
ed down in the hold, while the ship
was tossed by the waves. During
that time they must have had space to
calculate how far it was to the bot
Simpson were helped during their
sea sickness by the young Mr.. Bar
clay, who has ever since been honor
ed by invitations to all their family
gatherings. At length, after six
weeks and two days spent upon the
ocean, their long tedious voyage was
ended, and the weary but thankful
stepped ashore at Quebec.
From there they came to Burlington
by way of Montreal where Mr.. Bar
clay remained short time. Mr.. An
derson, Mr.. Simpson and Mr..
leaving their friends at Bur-
Iington, came on foot to Craftsbury.
The others were brought into town
by David Noodle. Mr.. John Simp
son had been proceeded to this
country by his brother George, who
was so well pleased with this beauti-
full and promising neighborhood that
he urged his brother TO come to the
castle, as he jokingly called it, which
ne had prepared for them. He was
so DESTROYS for them to come that he
made a vow that he would neither
cut his hair nor shave until they
came. When they did come and the
children were shown their uncle,
hey said: "That is not our uncle.
rhat is an old beggar man. for full
oeards were not then worn. The
goods and the two younger children
George and John were taken from
East Craftsbury on an OK cart to the
castle. The road up through the
woods by Mr.. Gebbie's was rough
being made of logs. The cart went
olting along until it came to a place
more uneven than usual and then
over it went and smash went the
choice china which had come in safe
ty thousands of miles over a storm
tossed ocean, when almost at its des-
tination. When they finally reached
their castle they found that that lord
w o6ifi0o consisted of LITTLE 1orr