The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-02-29
81 Clones "Reminiscences.


lived at what 10 now the home O..
Hon. Geo. II. Wall 10 East Dorset
There was a saw mill as now ant
they Kept a hotel and stage house,
good thrifty farmers and good eiti.
zeus. Marcus Roberts OF Manehee
ter married Hannah Deming ant
lived and died there. His daugh'
ter married Geo. Wall. father OF
Geo. N Wall, who has been sem
several times TO Montpelier as Re
preventative and Senator Also Geo.
A.. has been Town Clerk for year,
as well as Lister. The Demingt
and Roberts were very liberal PEG
pie. IN 30 much they hardly helG
their own. The old man Demint
once heard a noise In his cellar ant
went 70 see what It was. The out.
side cellar door was open and he
went down that way. On the stairs
he met one Of the light fingered
gentry who rs years ago infested
the community the same as at pre-.
sent He was coming out of the
cellar with big piece OF salt porh
Hold on" says Deming, that Is
the last layer of pork We have ana
you have stolen about all OF that
last barrel" What" says the
thief. 'all you've got" what a
careless man yon are Deming, you
ought TO put down more pork FOL
you know lots OF us don't have any
10 put down And he walked of
with his share OF what was left.
There was for quite a while foui
or five generations living at the Rol
erts place. Geo. NJ. Wall ia III,
last man OF them, He has two
daughters but no sons.
Back Of the Deming pond &C
years ago lived sewell Wellman,
Familiarity known as old "sewell
lIe made wooden scoop shovels,
chopping trays. etc, and when he
got load made UP he would haul
them to Troy. trade them for sucl
goods as wanted, always including
& quantity OF liquor which he drank
aud sold 10 others He lived alone
and lie built over his house ant
painted II IN many fancy colors. ano
built a high picket fence all around
his three aeres. lie had seyera
boats on the pond and his place
WAS quite ranch. He had a bro
Their Daniel Wellman. who was
lawyer, but who for some reasoI
was barred from the bar. Danle
died IN Bennington and after mucl
trouble and expenfe sewell brough.
the body home and buried II back
of his house In the orchard ant
built a nice white picket fence al.
around the grave. and as he con.
templatcd his work he said "Ther,
Daniel, have got you right where
] have wanted you for long time.
There Is no one OF tho Wellman
name In town at the present day.
Sixty years ago james Curtis,
with chancey Green, ran the iron
furnace at East Dorset The firm
name was Green Curtis. and the,
made cook stoves, In fact the frs,
good cook stoves with ovens to bake
Ia we're made In East and North Dol
aet Curtis made quite fortune
lnd died several years ago. He |
Nancy Batehelder OF Peru.
1Re son, John c.. died many years
ago. and his wife and two daugh-
.ers over 20 years ago All the
Curtis are nov gone. although 60
rears ago there were many OF the
1ame here When the old Western
II r. Il was first built. what Is
low the south Village was East
Dorset The postofflec, furnace.
law mill. store and blacksmith shop
wore there But when The directors
wcse laying ogt the stations Ira
cochrane was one Of them and he |
lad Eas; Dorset station placed |
ahcre !, Is now. one mile north and |
eventually killed the South Village.
SIXTY years ago p v. Bntfum son
u Gale Buftum. ran blacksmith |
shcp near the cid furnace and iron
ea and set ~ stoves. Afterwards
b. ran the furnace and made s,oves.
plows, etc He lived where Lewis
y Buffam nov lives. lie raised
a large family. Ills wife was Ann |
Saul. daughter Of West saul. both |
q thena are dead many years ago
o. the ehlidreu J L. and L. D. lire
81 East Dorset. Charles st Keene
y h.. Henry NJ Rutland, one girl |
20, lives. Helen Lane q, Manche@.
ter cornclla married L. ". Torrey
iaiig years sgc and they had many
She died About 40 years