Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-02-18
MEMORIES OF GLOVER.
Its People Sixty-five Years Ago and
Since.
Letter No. 4.

Letter No. 4.
Mn. EDITOR:
Twill begin this letter by giving an
account OF the men in business in lS4l
to 1874.
The professional men were Rev. }.
w. Ford, Universalist, Elder Mason
(superannuated), Congregationalist,
Doctor Artheton and Lawyer Poor,
(although not a poor lawyer The
merchants were Simonds x Conant,
general store, and William B. Palmer,
the latter having the brick store at
the north end of the village. Will
Simonds & Conant he'd forth in the
building directly opposite orin
French. Grin French had the only
shoeshop in the village and some
times had three or four men to work
for him. The work was all hand
made at that time, and good for sure.
oJack', Drew had hardware store on
the east side Of the street short dis
lance north Of Onn French's. George
Leonard, painter and an excellent
citizen. also lived here. One of the
most permanent as we'll as prominent
men in business was Joseph II. OWN
mel. the cabinet maker, located in the
old Goutine building. He was also
the principal coffin maker in that sec
ton, and in the winter of 1928 was
driven night and day as well as Sun
DAYS, for that was the year of the
epidemic of the "black eryeipelas,"
when from the first of January to the
frat of June there we're % deaths;
mostly by that dread disease. Paul
Cook was the first person who had 1t
and died and at his autopsy while the
doctors we're trying to find out about
the disease, DIR. Artheton pricked his
hand with an instrument he was using,
from which he took the disease and
died, to the great regret of the entire
population as he was a very skilful
and popular physician.
Jack Ellis conducted harness shop
in the north end of the Simon's
block. Horace Bean had fulling
mill and carding machine just above
the village bridge. Ira Strong and
his father had blacksmith shop be-
low and a Mr.. Burroughs a wagon
shop near by. Mr.. Bemis had
the tannery, and Mr.. Metcalf own
ed and carried on grist mill and
saw mill north of the tannery. At the
time of which / write "yoang Dan
Gray" brother of DIN, was proprie-
tor of the tavern and came from
Keene, N. H., with the avowed pur-
pose of establishing a shoe-factory
for the manufacturing OF ladies' shoes,
bat it was not a success. AFRO VIII
liams, a brother of Clifton, had some
kind of a wood shop at the north end
These are al the business men l now
remember. DIR. Garfield, a Glover
boy, had graduated as a physician
and came and took the place left va
cant by the death of DR.. Artheson
He proved to be the right man fol
Glover for he was one of the most &C
tive men lever knew and a really sue
cessful physician. After the death o.
Lawyer Poor a Mr.. Fletcher came
and settled there and besides being
a lawyer he was a musician and banC
master.
In relation to Joseph FL. Dwinnel
l ought to report him as a stronI
element in the musical department. o
the town. For many years he wa
chorister of the choir in the Univer
salist church and also singing maste
for the singing schools in many of tn
winters of those times, while hi
two daughters, Emily and Mary AM
were constantly in 1.-THE choir an
Emily the banner soprano singer 6
well as the handsomest young lady
the village. There was anotht
young woman with a marveloI
volume of voice who could fill IL
church full above all other voice
This was Miss Sabree Lawrence. TT
substantial singers among the me
were John Crane, Olin Gray, Hira
Mcclellan and Lyman Darling.
will now call to mind the men al
families in that part of Glover wi
which / was acquainted and will
it by way of the different road
Paul Cook lived on the Barton ro
the farthest place to remembe
afterwards known as the Bemis plac
Starting from the lower schoolhou
the first farm towards West GLOW
was Clifton Williams, nextUncle Sa
Beams, afterwards owned by JOSH
Phillips) then Amos P. Beans and
yond him Uncle Jim Vance's and
sons. Turning south from Am
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