The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-03-07

AMtftN NAHN 40 ftAfF HAF Ha
Morse lived ou the oia Mafte place
wasFr his father before hsm Lived
ile marrisa FanuY Whte tAndruA
Thee nas Laura Who married in
nrsndon. 1oseph uho married Sarah
Cathfane Ira CpchrabeN gifi Jos
diod 50 yeais Aeo and Sarah mar
ICED Robert Andras tioo " Died
la Brandon years aEo They are an
dead now. Hemaa vas killed ny y
moving mschlns running over him
Ia the neid the horses running
away
Among she odd characters Who 50
years ago suolied around here was
HaRee Hammond. an old whiteNash-
e. Little vail paper vas used
then and old lance went the rounds
With HE brass kettle. lime and
brushes and Rhitcnod up as be went
0no named Amedon kept the old
Green Mountain House on the Peru
turnpike and Hnnee used 10 put
IN there as board was cheap and
EroE plenty Mrs Amedou was a
great worker and quite curtain
lecturer Ilance was disturbed
nights hearing the Amedou's quar-
rel. 50 one morning he told dream
10 Mrs Amedon He said he
dreamed he died aud Went TO the
hot place where be found sll the
black imps asleep he shook them
Ip aud they told him they we're glad
to see him. had been expecting him
FOR some time, but felt sorry for
aim because he had come at that
limo as they had just heard that
Mrs Amedon had died and was on
her way there and that they were
Jying to get what sleep they could
before she arrived because when
lie get there there would be no
more sleep In III for some
lime She gave him Hail Columbia
nd he had TO get out before break
asst. hungry and dry lie almost
rled when he told how she used
i'm.
When the first telegraph line was
put through East Dorset II was n
me wire affair and there was no
jffice IN Dorset. Mr.. Goodin
It Manchester Street had an office
aud there was also one at Dandy.
rhe offices used tape machines as
lid all offices. Fifty years ago
Shen the railroaad was built line
vas put along IT with two wires but
rains we're not handled by tole-
grarh as they now are.
Before the war E. NJ Torrey
came from jamaica, VI, to East
Dorset and kept select school,
There was large school OF day
scholars and some who came in 70
ecite In mathematics, Torrey was
IN expert In mathematics. He tSas
graduate of b. & b. S. and Mid
nebury College He married p E.
Buffums girl Cornelia, and they
lived in Jamaica where he repre-
icnted the town at Montpelier. They
anne back to East Dorset where
10Th died Irving Torrey Of New
York City and Luther Torrey OF
Cast Dorset are their sons. There
we're also several girls. e. NJ. held
everal town offices here and was
quite local writer for newspapers
IS is one OF his daughters, Mrs. w.
}. Herriek OF North Dorset. Tor
ey's father lived In Stratton In the
Id whig days and Daniel Webster
itaid at his fathers house the time
4 the big Wing meeting on StrattoL
mountain where Webster spoke.
Old Uncle Joseph Morse could
emember Col. Marsh who owned
he r. Andrus place In the days OF
3uTgoyne and the Green Mountain
Joys, aud he said he was down at
he old Marsh stand when old Marsh
mounted his big black horse and
ode first south TO Join the Ameri-
.aans and then north towards Cana
la and the British lie repeated
his several times but finely went
North. He had large lands here
md these were confiscated and sold
o arm the Green Mountain Boys,
But understand Marsh In Canada
IeIped those who were prisoners
here. and although he received a
.arge grant OF land In Canada his
leart was always somewhat with the
Yankee rebels. Johnson Marsh, hit
on, lived for years at the old stand.
lie was fiddler, grave stone max
r. sign painter. etc. Many old
crave stones yet stand that he made
90 years ago.
One OF the Marsh girls was Mrs.
andorlip Of the old -Vanderlip Ho-
el now part OF the Equinox Houst
n Manchester. The name Marsh
las died out here,
a great many queer people lived
,ere more than co years ago. "
iear the old Money Cobble lived
le'r-do-woll man named Bradford.
Jld Bradford lived from hand TO
mouth and his wife ran business.
bradford whenever he went out to
raining. town meeting, etc. was
iure 70 get drunk as soon as he
.ould, and others would load him
nto the wagon they carried feed for
he horses IN, where with others,
ie slept all day and then they car
sied him home at night. Ma Brad
.ord was always ready for him with
an old leather apron. She would
thrash him back TO consciousness
and drive him up the ladder into
he garnet 10 bed. One night he
came home sober but played drunk,
she tackled him and she got the
logging and he drove her up the