The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-10-29
WAITSFIELD.

| julie JOSlyn is dong carpenter WORK
in Mortified this week.
The first snow storm of the season
visited this place, October 81.
W. M. Taber is doing a job painting
in Warren this week.
Sam Somerville was in Warren on
business last week Tuesday.
M. j. Waterman has purchased two
more driving horses this makes six
.een horses that Mr.. Waterman has for
sale.
j. H. Witherell of Oakland, Maine,
A. M. Reed of Utica, N. Y, Prof.
Brown of Waterbury, e. T. Slayden
of Newport, N. Y, Mr.. Prouty of
Burlington and A. @. Breem of Boil
week Tuesday
Mrs. Elvira Jones is better
Watch for the wedding invitations.
One of the most disastrous fires that
have happened here in II long time &C.
cured in this village Tuesday morning
of last week when the block owned by
Norton and Boyce, with its entire con-
tents, was burned to the ground.
About nine O'Clock in the morning of
the day mentioned Mr.. Norton entered
the store and kindled fire in the
stove which he left and went home to
breakfast, little thinking that in bare
ly more than an hour the building
would be nothing but "A mass of smoul-
ering ruins. While Mr.. Norton was
at breakfast a neighbor rushed in and
informed him that the store was on
fire. G. L. Billings and j. e. Badger
were the first to discover the blaze
and quickly gave the alarm. A ter
rife wind was blowing at the time
and the flames were gaining rapid
Roadway. AS soon as Mr.. Norton ar
rived on the scene an attempt was
made to enter the store, but smoke and
flames barred the way. Next the base
ment was entered and few articles
were taken out; in the meantime a
bucket brigade had been formed and
men women and children were bat
thing with the fire demon while others
poured pail after pail of water upon
the surrounding buildings, else half
of the village would have been wiped
out. j. ID. Davis who rooms III the
block had a very narrow escape from
being burned to death in the building:
he rushed up the stairway to his room
with the intention of saving a few ar
ticles of furniture when, CHANGING to
look around, he discovered his retreat
cut off by the flames For a moment
Mr.. Davis was in perilous position.
Opening a door and rushing over the
already crumbling floor he regained
one of the windows overlooking the
piazza roof through which he dashed
out on the roof and with a spring he
landed into the branches of IA tree
fronting the post-office, from which he
slid quickly to the ground, a little
burned and bruised but otherwise un-
injured. Mr.. NortOn's stock of goods
was entirely destroyed, the building
was insured for So, 600 and the con-
tents for "a, 600, which will not cover
the loss. The furniture i'll Odd Eel
lows hall valued at 81, 600 was in
sured for 500. The contents of the
post office were saved and when the
safe was opened after passing through
the confagration the papers it contain
ed were found intact, although a little
singed. j. ID. Davis was a loser, notb-
ing insured. The. basement which
was used as a paint shop and the con-
tents including paint brushes, paper
hangers tools. etc, valued at 800. and
owned by @. j. and w. NJ. Taber, was
destroyed with no insurance. For a
time there was struggle to save the
Gleason house. NJ j. Waterman's
residence and the Congregational
church and too much praise cannot be
given to the women who worked and
fought fire with courage and skill
truly marvellous. Mr.. Norton when
interviewed by your correspondent and
asked if he intended to rebuild stated
that he had made no definite plans
but in all probability a new block
would be started in the near future.
Charley Newcomb shot deer last
week Wednesday that weighed 100
pounds.
WARREN.
James Hewitt is reported among the
sick
Aleck Downs has moved into Mrs.
Ella Hamlin's house, Mr.. Edison NOV
ing into the James Pierce tenement
vacated by Downs. Jumbo" Ferno
has moved up the river into the old
Martin house. John Corliss has moved
into the Lyford house.
Rev. and Mrs. W. E. Streeter went
Saturday to their new home in Massa-
chusetts, bearing with them the best
Gene Van Dusen and wife, who
have been in Fitchburg, Mass, for the
past year, have returned to Warren to
reside.
Ed McGlafin of Mortified is laying
the brickwork around the boiler at
at the steam mill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bagley have
gone to East Warren to stay with their
daughter, Mrs. Welman Thayer, this
winter.
The first deer killed by Warren hunt
ers was shot by Albert Kingsbury in
Fayston last Saturday
John Mcmahon who went to Ireland
about a year ago has retured to War
rem to end his days. He was accom-
panied by his wife who stopped in
Boston for a time.
NORTH FAYSTON.
Mrs Bertha Nelson has gone to Mont
pelier to work for 7. w. Eagan.
Allie Neil has gone to work for Mrs.
J. G.. Bisbee of Moretown.
| The Social Circle is to meet with Mrs