Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-06-08
RUNAWAY POND EVENT
Continued from page one.l

simply cutting out the fallen trees,
falling the few trees that could not be
got around and bridging the streams
with logs and poles; it was under the
direction of Timothy Human OF
Derby. :.
1.-The settlement of this township
was commenced about 1877, by James
Vance. who made the first clearing on
lot number 14O, being just east of West
Glover village, and erected the first
frame house, which l am informed is
still standing. The next clearing was
made by Ralph Parker on lot No. Ito,
at the southerly end of Glover pond,
since known as Parker pond and
opened the first tavern, and it was
near this place where the first church
was built and the first burial ground
established; all this done along the
Human road.
ALSO in 1897, Samuel Cook COM
menced a clearing and built house on
lot No. 81, the same lot now owned by |
N. H. Wilson. Previous to 1910 road
had been made from near the Parker
tavern, southeasterly over Hardy |
hill crossing the Glover branch of
Barton river on what has been known
as the Philander Owen farm. From
this point one road went easterly to
the settlement known as 'Keene's
Corner so named because several
living about there came from Keene,
N. H., and from there to Barton; and
one road southerly to the Samuel Cook
clearing and thence to Sheffield and
Wheelock. 1t was on this road, and
the Glover branch of Barton river,
short distance south of the junction of
these two roads, where the stream
dropped down through a rocky gorge,
was located Aaron Wilson's mills, that
were swept away by the letting out of
Long Pond.
''It was on the 'Hinman road, in
Barton where it crossed Barton river
near the place now known as the
David Collision place that the
David Blodgett sawmill at this time
was swept away.
"At the time the town of Glover
was granted, there were five sizable
natural ponds within its borders
Glover pond, afterwards called Parker
pond, in the northern part, Daniels, IN
the western part, Chambers, afterwards
called Stone pond, near the center,
Mud and Long in the southeastern
part, all of which except Long dis
charged their waters into Barton river
thence into Lake Memphremagog.
1.-The valley Immediately north o.
Mud pond was narrow with steep side
until you came to the outlet of Cham
bers, now Stone pond, where 1T was
little wider, it soon narrowed and con
tinued so until was reached the vicinit
of the Samuel Cook clearing, where tn
valley was quite wide, but it 500
became quite narrow, until the Wilso
Mills were reached, here was dee
gorge, and the stream dropped sharpl
to the vail ey below, where was
cedar swamp, the site of what is noN
the village of Glover. From the mill
to Mud pond was covered with heav
growth of softwood timber.
Long pond was a beautiful bod
of water, situated in the eXtrem
southeastern corner of Glover at a
elevation of fourteen hundred fee
above the level of the sea. 1t wa
nearly all in Glover but its Quite
and it's extreme southern end, WhiC
was very shallow, was in Greensboro
it's outlet flowed south over near
level land for some distance, formin
the headWaters of Lamoille river ar
was the watershed between the l.
noble valley and the Barton riv
valley; in the dense forest, no rof
or pathway around it, and some mile
from any habtation. 1t was abol
one and one-half miles in length ar
from one-half to three-fourths of mi
in width and probably from one hu
dred to one hundred and fifty feet de-
in its broadcast part, and did not dimi
ish in depth until within short di
lance of the northern side. The cas-
ern shore was covered with heavy til
Der and sloped gradually to the water
edge. It's western boundary was
steep, rocky hill, rising abruptly fro
the water in places over one hundrt
feet, and covered with white birch
to quite an extent; on this day the
delicate gray green foliage was thic
ly interspersed with the darker gre
of the hemlock, spruce and cedar, nc
and then broken with bare patches
gray moss covered lodges, the whC
one of natures finest settings, maxi
picture of rare beauty. At
northeastern corner was a little vail
or plain of few rods along the she
of the pond, covered with a growth
alders and other small growth where
shore was nearly level back for abe
twenty rods; it then dropped off gu
abruptly into Mud pond which "
about one hundred rods north a
about one hundred and fifty feet low
and nearly half as large as Long POI
The outlet to this pond was north {
the water from this, Daniels, {
Chambers ponds fed the stream t
supplied power for the Aaron Wil
grist and sawmills, which were alb
three and one-half miles north,
stream running through virgin fore
1.-The spring of 1910 had been v
dry, very little rain had fallen, c
sequently all streams were low ;
Mr. Wilson was much troubled
power, the same difficulty had exis
the year previous, and he had cont
plated cutting channel across
low land northerly out of Long pc
making its outlet into Mud pc
thereby increasing his water pow
after talking the matter over v
the settlers from Barton, Shelf
Wheelock and Glover, all of WI
patronized his mills, it was thou