Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-08-05


Death of Mrs Porter HI. Dale.
Mrs. Porter III. Dale died Thursday
morning at her home in Island Pond, fol-
lowing long illness with heart disease
and acute congestion of the liver. She is
survived by her husband, who is collector
of customs at the Island Pond port, two
sons aid two daughters.
Norton Mills Lumber Mill Burned.
E. 81. Barllett's lumber mill at Norton
Mills, all the machinery, and the dry
house containing $500 worth of the
finished product, were burned Wednesday
night. The fire originated over the boiler
and travelled through an elevator to the
mill. Lumber piles and logs surrounding
the mill were saved. The loss is 5000 and
there was insurance of a 600.
Young Irishman's Brave Deed Just
Come to Light.
About the first of June, 1855,
young man left Ireland to come to
America, thinking our country
afforded better opportunities for a
young man to get on in the world
than Ireland.
After five weeks voyage he landed
! in New York, with nothing but a
brave heart and strong body and an
active mind with which to make his
fortune. He journeyed about for
week or two searching for work. Not
succeeding in finding employment he
went to Manchester, n. II. The next
morning, as he was sitting on the
doorstep of No. IS Concord street, he
was startled by the cry of girl, about
fifty rods from him, who said: "John
| B. Clark's son is drowning!" With
the fleetness of a deer he ran to where
the maid was standing, and, looking
into Concord pond, saw little child
in the water, family struggling.
Taking in the situation at once, he
plunged in and brought the half
drowned boy ashore. 1t proved to be
little boy, fourteen months old, the
son of John B. Clark, editor of
the Manchester Mirror. In short
time Mr.. Clark came with his team
and found the young Irishman the
center of a crowd, who were praising
him for his heroic act Mr. Clark,
seeing the young man, took him in
his carriage and brought him to his
house, where Mrs Clark, the child's
mother, greeted him very feelingly,
and insisted upon his being rewarded
for saving her child. The young man
refused to receive anything, claiming
he had only done his duty, as anyone
would under like circumstances.
He told Mr.. CLARK, however, he was
in need of work, and he would be
grateful if he would help him secure a
JOB. Mr.. Clark promised to help him
out before he had found him employ
ment the young man found work, and
Mr.. Clark lost all knowledge of his
whereabouts. The next year the
young Irishman went to work on the
Passumpeic railroad, working at team.
ing along the road from st. Johnsbury
$ to Newport. He worked in this
a vicinity until the breaking out of the
a war of the rebellion, when he enlisted
from Barton in the 9th Regt., Vt. Vol
e At the close of the war he bought
u farm near Barton, and has lived OF
/. that farm all the years since.
In December, 1895, the hero of the
story was telling George D. Bickforc
of the saving of little boy in Man
; chester many years before. VIVA
was his surprise in few weeks to re-
$ ceive the following letter:
. MANCHESTER, n. H., Jan. Z, 1895
: Mr.. JOHN HEATING,
e Barton, Orleans Co., VT.
/ Dear Sir:-The writer of this is tn,
a boy you pulled out of Concord pond
[ never knew who the man was tina
= saved me from drowning, and I an
very glad to know his name and BIZ
location, and the particulars which
: were written to me concerning thu
t affair as coming from George D. Bick
:, ford. If am ever in your vicinity
e shall make it my duty to call upol
you, and If you are ever in Mancheste
| want you to come and see me.
have ordered the Mirror and Far me
sent to you gratuitously as long a
I, you and your family live. Of eours
II some of the particulars of the affai
?. have come to me, but many of then
# are vague and indistinct. I shoul'
! like to hear from you, sometime whel
Is you have leisure, an accurate versio
- of the bath. If at any time l can d.
= anything to assist you please let m
/ know, and [ shall be glad to seize tn
j. opportunity to do it.
II Yours very truly,
r ARTHUR E. CLARK.
a 1t will be seen that the years hav
passed, the little boy has become
very prominent man, the Mirror an
Farmer has been united into an agri
- cultural and horsenan's paper-th
: leading one in New England-John
Clark has passed away, and Arthur
r.