Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-06
IN BOSTON
Alex Fjnd|ay Runs Against
HARD PROPOSITION
Taken In Hand By Amused
Globe reporters

One Of the most interesting news
articles of the Bos on Globe for the
past two DAYS has been an account of
the strange exploit of Alexander Find
lay. well known in Barre and At Cne
time resident Of this city. The ar
ticle in Wednesdays Globe is headed
Findiay's Kindlings.' IL relates
how Mr. Findlay someti ne 10 Novem
ber read that kindliug wood Was SELL
Ing in B st u at the rate of 10 POUNDS |
for Is cents. Considering tuis al
exofb can't price for kindlingS, Find |
lay decided to embark ia the business |
of buying and shipping kindling wood
to Boston.
Coming from his home at Peacham
t. Montpelier he purchased two cords
of spru e wood. split it into kjndlingS'
tied it into small bun lies, fastened by
wire, paid $40 for freight and sent his
wood t, Boston. The Car reached
the Hub last Friday. The wool had
been consigned to Findlay him.
self, as he said he did not know
man IN Boston that he dared to
trust with any Of his property.
From Friday night until Wednesday
afternoon the eccentric citizen OF
Peacham walked from the south end
to the Charleston Navy Yard from
Atlantic Ave-, to house on Beacon
Hill. He had spruce kindling wood
to sell. but greatly to his surprise Fl d.
Law found that no one wanted his Car
load of kindlings. The spruce had
cost him $75, but the only offer he
had received up to Wednesday nom
ing was $40
AT er the first article appeared IN
the Globe. the old man succeeded in
disposing of his wood. The figures
are not given but it is stated the
Kindling Wood Manufacturer is out a
few dollars by the venture. The sale
was conSumated in the Globe count
ing room, the cashier acting as agent
; for Mr.. Findlay
: The selling OF the wood came at an
opportune time fo- Findlay for ex
pecting to have no trouble in diSpos-
log OF his kindling, the odd type VI
the Green Mountain Yankee entered
u the Athens of America with only 8:
d in his pocket.
j. After receiving the pay fol
J. the wood, Fl dlay gave vent te
d his feelings by declaring he would
rather spend his time in NJ ntpelie
iail than live in Boston. The hote
=, M 4nage ment where he remained while
2 in B ston charged him no board anc
4 be also received an offer from a thea
- ire. Findley expected to receive
h something like 5000 for bis kind
linz but returns to Vermont
sauder though wiser man to dream nj
a a more of.the bag Of gold at the end o.
II II the kindling wood rainbow. Findla!
i is the man who has a suit in the Yer
mont Superior Court against Yer
'e mont fire insurance company ant
If while his case was in progress II
II Washington county COURT after b.
4 he had left the witness stand, com
menced to address the jury concerning
the meri s OF his case and was escort
ed to bis seat by a court officer.
=, Findlay has poor oplni OF man
al kind IN general and his neighbors II
a. particular az he said to a Globe re
y porter that in one town where b
~ had properly there were but five hon
lo est men and in another only ten.
nc NC List nights issue of the Globe cor
= tanned an exc. llent like ness Of Fine
" lay, VIII clad 10 blue overa)lS, re
ne fl .nnel sweater aud a pair OF hig
leather boots after waiting SO yeal
for a place in rhe ladder OF fam
y ~ reaches the Hub and in one day
70. known all over New England as tt
oo pioneer In shipping spruce klndlln
wood from the snow capp,d hills
old Vernon to the crooked streets
bS Puritanic Boston.