Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-02-15

an| NNHIHsI.a- WHAA 80 80 w. Nr'h'
ia the face 1T the brisk wind- An o.
c.i~r.uaI Steamer or an "cran ils with
"a raw ilmt,-i q diugy Str"amer ~
sisaEr here and tisrc amid the grace
fgl >rbusurrS.
AIsas the e,l-sr 81 the channel ami
sr,rinEi.I amid the blue were patches
uG o. ut ar-ra wafer where the waves
ran hi-hrr and broke occasionally.
There were the Shpal>-ihc Razor
hars." tide "Bpueyar r. aud the rest. III
IL wr~. possible aud fashionable IN
erect tpmhSinneS for lives lost nj sea
these hidden sand bars would hrisi!e
with them. Not n winter month That
PASSES but vessels are driven ashore
r,.-n ana The w'cErl tide and winds
,rat.r. Their t.mhcrs FAR and wide. The
Spi-c-t life saviu" crew have Few
restC,l hours from October q May.
en- the cl~n of one Of these shoals.
tut over in deem water. a little
schooner Ivy nj anchor rocking and
plrrg'ug nccsSantly Her sails were
down. ami only one man was aboard.
Half "a nile AWAY. inst where the TAN
If the shnal maCc ont into the chan
mol two Ia~'ps wrrr moving slowly in
parallel courses. trai'i"" a rope he-
tween them. The schooner was the
Lizzie: Tive man aboard Ter was Bar
nev Small once stage driver. but
now. forced ont Of business 10y the new
railroad. back AGAIN at his old trade
wrecling Captain Ezra Titcomb was
rowing one 1ory and Bradley NicEer-
son the other. They were anchor
dra~g.n"."
The two Gor,cs moved slowly down
the clge Of the Shoal. senarated by Il
distance Of perhaps Il hundred yards.
The lire between them, weighted with
lead snlinr at each end, was drag
Cing along 4 10 bottom.
They wcrr trN~"ing for an anchor
lost hv the coaStil- schooner Mary u.
n month Irfp"r. she hal been caught
by the ffTn md the ch&ia had been let
g. wifi run one of the hands
aboard Flarrl"c by namc-waS an
Crhqm man. and be had had the pres
once Of mind to take the ranges"
which information he h9d sold n cap
tom TftcYmh for five dollar bill.
nr,a,,, o,l tnr coptain hcran row.
tn ,,,., r.n~. They had zone but 4
LITTLE WA vhau. slowly but surely. the
dorfes I,.r.u % draw nearer to each
other. Bradley looking over the si@',
CIV. ra, tra drag line" no longer
,,,,., st,.,.,,tr down but ti~htiY
,.,..t,l,,l ly v-hotaver vos holding Il
,n e.. h,.t,o, LODI off diagonauy
aston,
q.l,, r,,,t ~, rowing easily and IN
. f,,- ,.,ip,rt.. tnc nrcSsurp on the linz
h,l l,.,,,r, tbe dories side hv side
Tl,.,, prr,Inv roSsed his end Of the
r,r, T., bf. r,rtnnr who began haul
i,.. IN WITH ,are ny this oneratior
t,, .,.;r,,or's l,rv was s,on brought
lfr..t,, o,.or She spnt where law tn,
btl,ou oniact bradley rowed his owl
no,, ..,,pa.Ifa
"\,,,. tb.n g" said Cantaip Titromb
.l,,.. ..n, If shn.s GOT tba right con,
r,o.-,n"
Itn raane5 oyer the side and, takin.
ono p,I of the line in each hand
,,r..a6 .pa,n r,uht and sawed vigorous
n, h,c;, and forth. thus drawing sec
lion ar ,b,.r,.e a.an and again under
In, treasure troyp COW. Then he pai,
ONT one end Of the Hae and hauled il
n,o., mon, NINA th.s ser,iou came TO tn,
surrar,. II was marked with Il dul
rel S,p.p.-irou rust.
., The smaller end of the way line." (
: stout rope npcrlug from one inch t.
. three fachel in thickness, was splice,
TO iITn drag line" and drawn dow