The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-06-05

10 Greenwood Csmttsry, writes . cori
spondeut from frsbien, n are u
Dossds Of ffesh esith. rounded . fs
days $50 BY The sexton 9th unusni
ese Thsy mark The graves Of Gidso
Assop spd bic isilhfnl dos, Cad. Msss
for yssrs bed been isrilisrly known /
ths psoris Of Trenton - "Lumbsr Lss
bscssss Of the cl1msy.lsokips Pisos
~oei ,bs, did ssrvics - the lower be-
Of Ms.ons right leg. Tits leg be mad
himself.
Macon came to Trenton . quarter Of
csntury seo. He rode 90 the bumper 0
. freight car. and his life would probsbl
have eens 10 30 cod 10 soue Other se
ticn Of the country bad II not been Ter ID
i.ei thsj the train vs vresksd on th
on,,tiris OF the tosp. and Mason lost
l's BY The sccidsnL
Mason vss . philosopher aud smiled =
bis nisior,u1s He absolutely niussd Il
talk about hims,ii, bat bis ssntiemsnl!
msnner snd use Of good language convin'
cd those Who came IA contact with hin
that be hsd seen be,tr days One %
mission hs did m,ke. II vas that run
vss responsible Tor the ptedicsmsnt h'
found him self 10, When st last Mssor
vas sbIs 10 90 on, be became acquainted
With Gis,on Hutwsll. keeper Of osnsI
bridge. Hsttvsll and Mason becsms
GRO lies. The bridge tsndsr was CON
monty considered . crank on the subIse,
Of empsrsnce, He bossted that ho bad
ssvsr tasted liquor in bic liis Mason
~n deeply impressed With what Hart
veil had to say on the subject Of drink.
and one day signed . pledge and the
pledge sss never broken.
Hsuwsll gsvs him . start 10 lie by
'snting . email house 10 the outskirts Of
hs town aud sublstting il TO the cripple,
He bought . push cart aud . wooden
ss, and handiss them over to Mason,
Isid to him: O.her men ire making
money picking up junk around Tho city,
Ind you osn do - we'll % they, I'll losn
'ou enough to start you 10 business, and
'ou NAV pay me back when you are able.
For fifteen yeats Mason went about
,ith bis hsndo,rt m ,king the cir merry
With bis tuueinl CRY: R,ss. bottles,
bags. he rrospsred until bis soqusin
ance began TO wonder what he did with
lie money. Uron this point Mason re
used to enlishten anybody, Hsrtwell
lid bis best 10 6nd ont but failed. Ma
on psid cff his indebtedness 10 him and
10 complete master of lis own tfiNrs,
When bis wooden leg that Hsrtwell
ought for him wore on. Mason one day
ppesrsd wearing woolen leg OF bis Own
nan uiscture,
Hsrtvsll vas made sexton OF Green
rood cemetery. near the homo oi Mason,
I'd they b,camo H,mer friends than
YER. Oas morning 10 the winter Of '96
issou came TO the sections house with =
,ueh hsired. bob-tsilsd dog tagging st
10 heels. or rather 1t bis heel.
Where did you get that orittstf ssksd
artusll,
Found him on my doorstep last night
srving and half dead With the cold. II
ID him and warmed him. and be 10 sll |
sht nov.
Cad had one bad habit. He possessed
, inssiiabls appetite for raw eggs. and
10 night came homo with one Of his
ind legs 10 . steel trap. The leg wss
D putsted BY veterinary surgeon.
'ithin = few weeks Cad appeared on the
reefs with Mason equipped With . home
sde wooden leg. which be managed to
10 with ~ much ssss ~ though II we're
. own limb. To inquiries % TO how
I'd lost bis leg Mason Was deaf and
,mb. He told nobody but Hsrtwsll End
sde him promise that he would keep II
secret 90 long - Cad lived,
The cad came to both Mason snd the
q two weeks ego. Ols dsy the sex
q heard Cad barking doleiully in the
tie house that sheltered Mason. and be
reed the door open. Stretched on bis
d, - though ssleep, Icy Lumber Leg"
I'D,
The county pbysicisu and the Coropsr
,rs sunni opsd. and during the investi
tion thst followed the leather cap that
vsrsd The top Of Lumber L,s's clomsy
,oden liub fell of. revealing q cavity
which several neatly folded papers
ire concealed. O,e vas the pledge
Irsd by Mason years before. smother
Ys . will, appointing H.rtsell executor
bic property, which consisted Of the
use be lived 10, his pu,bcart and $l2.
10 cssh, which was found slowed
~ 10 . roll st the bottom OF tue hole
the wooden leg,
The will provided that . portion OF the
,nsy sbouid be sfelt for u burial plot
Green ood Cemetery. sud . hesdstope
granite, snd thst the bslsnoe should
used for The csre Of Cad, Who vn TO
buried st the feet oi bis master st bis
sth Five thousand dollars we're TO 60
Hsrtssll, and the residue 10 be spent
him for the purchase OF srti6 cisl limbs
worthy cripIl".
The dog wss inconsolsbls. II spent
ny hours every day st the grave. and
. d.y vss found stretched scross The
,und, dead.
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