The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-09

rapidly deepening ana widening, large
pieces of earth from either side with
the trees and bushes standing there
on began to slide into this vortex
throwing up great sheets of water. I'll
to this time this crust had held, bui
all at once this gave way to the depth
OF at least fifty feet, and several rods
in width and went out with lout
noise All this low land, with the
water of the pond, went whirling anC
plunging down into Mud pond cut
ting for itself channel some flfteer
or twenty rods wide, and from one
hundred and twenty-five Ito one hun.
bred and fifty feet deep. All of the
party were very much frightened anc
ran for high and firm land, and as they
reached the hillside, they saw the enc
of the pond as 1t were, swept out an6
the raging torrent go rushing past
such was the rapid move of the water
in the pond. that the sides thereof
cleared of water as fast as a man
of water to the center and north end
where the break was, that the pond
boiled like a caldron. Two looms
swimming on the pond. (the suction
was so great were unable to rise
and were compelled to pass out
through the new outlet All the wat
er in this deep pond ran out in one
hour and fifteen minutes, but thick
black mud ran for hours.-Frost.
About two-thirds of the bottom of this
pond was sidehill the rest lev4l or
rearly so, as the water receded and
the bottom was reached, large fish
could be seen Hopping in the mud
and working down with the mud into
the low places, but the mud was so
deep and soft, it was impossible to
get near many of the fish; in several
places the mud left was very deep,
and even within few years, whore
post and board fences have been built
on it's bed. they have & 'adualy
dropped out of sight. Large quanti-
ties of eggs of light green, some
yellow, some dark gray, were left in
the bottom of the pond; some seem
ed to be nearly as large as hens eggs,
and some very small.--Frost.
Different persons who have writ
ten of this event, dc not agree as to
the person who was left in the Will
son gristmill on the day in question.
One records Mr.. Wilson's wife was
left to tend Nhe mill, another that
Mrs. Solomon +. Dorr, the wife of the
miller, who was the son-in-law of
Aaron Wilson, was left; another states
horse load of grain and was engag-
ed in grinding his own grist, | am in
clined to think the latter story cor
rect, because nearly all accounts
speak of man who was saved and
of horse that was hitcheu near the
mill that was lost. Besides. neither the
North Star, Joseph Owen, Pliny White,
o. V. Percival, or Judge Parker say
anything of woman being in the
mill when the messenger from the
pond arrived.
also there is a disagreement as to
the person who made the long run
from the pond to the mill ahead of the
flood to notify the occupant of the
mill. Isaac Parker of Coventry states
it was Solomon +. Dorr, while Mr.
Perciyal, who lived and died in Glov-
er, and was painstaking historical
investigator. and Mr. Wilson. who
spent weeks in Glover investigating
this matter, say it was Spencer Cham
berlin. OF those who have written
upon this subject no one but Parker
mentions the same of Dorr.
81 think Spencer Chamberlin was
the man All records state that when
the avalanches of water, trees, and
land went laundering down into Mud
pond, several started to run to mott
fy those below, one says Aaron Will
son, another the miller. but were soon
distanced by Spencer Chamberlin
(Mr. Wilson states that Mr. Percival
took down in writing the account Of
this event from Mr.. Chamberln)
Spencer Chamberlin has beer
described as tall, wiry man, who
was as fleet as a deer, a great wrest
Ter and runner, and capable of grea
endurance; that he took to the higl
land alongside the rushing torrent
after running two miles, through thu
woods, he saw he had passed the heat
of the flood, whereupon he turned
down more into the low land. Hi
soon discovered the distractions hold
ing back the torrent had given way
and the great column of debris ant
water was close upon him, urging hin
| to make "A run for his own life as wei
. as that of the miller. o. V. Perciva
in his account of it says, He reached
the Wilson mill none too soon, TO
the miller, in the sound of his grind
ing, had not heard the roar of the ap
preaching waters, Chamberlain ant
the miller. each seized bag of mea
and rushed for the hills, the waite
very soon overlook them, and the