St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-04-22

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,f,,o,, have an afternoon at your dis.
80, and would like to see how the
P .,, wheels of industry moved In st.
I Ihasburv let me suggest plan for you
nnrsue, Try track walking between
to-e and Lyndon, or if you have a row
boat or canoe, take a trip up the Pas
,,,nsic. 1t is a nice, shady trip full OF
interest =,
r;rs+ on your way look at the old
trck ward at the foot of Hastings HILL
There nearly all the bricks were made tor
G. Iohnsbury when the town was in its
;nfancv. They were good bricks, too,
"a r,anv of them are still in use and
tha durability OF them is unquestioned.
Inst opposite Hovey's ice house on the
.tos, hill that almost rises out OF the
liver is a place famous for its many end
mos Of bear hunts. This was the place
who're the troublesome bruins were
driven down the hill into the river and
L;Iled This part OF the town and Pad
docks Village was then scarcely settled
and the settlers for miles around period
;cary held these hunts driving the bears
or deer to this spot. Perhaps moose
was caught in this human circle. Can
YOU imagine this, or can you imagine by
closing your eyes, canoe with Indians
IN it silently padding a departed brave
n his last resting place on Hooker's
hal7 1t is undoubtedly true that this
last was done.
MANY of the younger generation have
often wondered what makes the water
y, the "Muster Ground" remain on there
after high water has subsidized IN the
soring with such defined banks. Some IN
town will remember the famous skating
r;nt that was once in full sway there.
All one summer workmen hauled dirt
ord Gravel and built these banks. The
small fish pond on the opposite side o.
the track hidden in nest OF trees was
also made and then water was usec
from this to flood the rink. Now part o
the earthen dam has given away ant
only small brook trickles through
while the bed OF the pond has gradual,
filed up and cat-tails grow there, bu
still the limits OF the artificial pond ar
we'll defined. For one short wlnte
merry throngs came skating on thi
rink Teams were run here and else
where after skaters-the trains stoppe
at this place, booths in which reiresi
ments we're served were built. All tha
remains now is the recollection OF 1T
rhe minds of the older inhabitants.
A half mile above this on the lett SIC
of the railroad track is the old potter
factory. 1t would take more than OF
glance to see this, and as viewed fro
n the road nothing but heap OF ston
seem to be in sight. Viewed closer Il
= stones turn into bricks and take t
orm of an oven. Though the oven
somewhat sunken into the ground
fire arch can be plainly seen, While
the TOP a few broken pieces OF earth
lars still remain. Very near, beside
81 small brook, is what seems to have be
the store room or workshop, tor here
II large amount of broken earthen VIZ
lies strewed upon mound. In some
the larger pieces the graceful curves c
be seen. while the hardness OF the ma
rial testi6es to the good workmansI
of the finished article. Fifty feet abo
no a steep bank, was evidently SIN
Il pond, from which the power to run
Il mill was possibly obtained. Here
we'll defined small pond with the q
on the edge of the hill. Though part
Il the rocks forming the dam have ia
down the incline enough remains
make small bog. This pottery
long since been abandoned as none
the buildings remain though the sun
nj hole of the cellar, where the dwell
house stood. is still visible between
II track and the road near the railr
M crossing. This pottery was estaolis
in 1900 by Col. E. c. Fenton and
n run byL. W. Fenton. All kinds OF pot
were made, from stone beer bottles a
dozen to fancy flower pots at ShS
dozen. The concern was called the
n Iohnsbury Stone Ware Pottery Comp
III One of the most interesting relics o
HI old town is the undershot waterWhe
St. Tohnsburv Centre near Bacon s G.
ing. This wheel furnished the pow
run the old tannery, but has long
been abandoned and fallen into d'
The wheel is nearly II feet in diam
set in hewn timbers with rim abo1
inches wide, so constructed that v
from a now dilapidated sluiceway
E into divisions on the rim and rem
there, causing the Wheel by the W
III of the water in the rim, to turn.
nants of thl old airing watts are 81
be seen and the arch where the I'M
ents were boiled over the hre Is
fair running order. The place is
worth seeing and kodak picture
II old wheel, no W nearly 7Oyears olo'
sometime be a cherished treasure
buid;no is rapidlv decaying from n