Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-04
CHAPTER ".
A DAY AT TUMBLING FALLS. THE
ANTI-SLAvERY SPEECH.

Inc udY dlCeT Jne Training, JuuSe
Markham and his guests went for
horseback ride over to romantic
spot known as Tumbling Falls, sew
eral miles distant through dense for
est, the only road thither being a
rough bride path. Here" said
the judge, upon their arrival at the
scene, is the most admirable site
for a lumber mill to be found. There
is timber enough to keep it running
for half a century. By damming
the stream and regulating the flow
the lumber can be RATED to Lake
Champlain, and the local demand
must constantly increase. Here is
never failing water power
The falls were picturesque. such
as you find on many of the small
rivers whose sources are far up the
foothills of the Green Mountains.
The water had worn its channel and
leaped from a high point in a sheet
of width and depth and rapid fall to
suggest great power to the skillful
miIlwright, and below it with ad-
mirable facilities for a raceway to
conduct the water to the wheels,
was an ideal site for the location of
a mill. Judge Markham, with an
idea to the development of that Sec
ton, had in correspondence with his
guests eXtolled this site, had sent
them specimens of the superior
woods with which the forests
abounded; and the visit of this day
to the spot was partly for excursion
and partly with an eye to business.
1t was noon before their exploration
was concluded, and they sat upon a
rock overlooking the falls to par
take of a lunch. to which exercise
and air had given a relish. They
heard the report Of rife not far
away. The judge gave a loud
"halIoo," which was answered by a
lusty voice, and soon there appeared
before them a tall, 1.-THE, manly
youth, apparently twenty-four years
of age. He was a typical Yankee
mountaineer, wiry. broad Shout
dered; a strong neck supported
squarely a large head, his arms
brawny and the muscles Of the firm
est fibre. His face. bronzed by eX-
posture, was of light complexion;
there was resolrte air Of self-con-
fdence, but his laughing eye and
Humorous play of lips bespoke good
nature. He was dressed in the
homespdn much in use in those days,
and called drilling remarkable
for it's durable quality: it was woven
in the rude hand looms usually found
! in farmers house in the Vermont
of sixty years since. AS he ap'
preached he took from his head 9
straw hat revealing luxuriant
growth of auburn-tinted hair.
Hello, Hunter John. how do yor
do?" was the Judges greeting.
"Wa-al. declare. Judge. is thai
you? What on airth are you prowl
in round in this shank o creation
arter?"
oh. we are on a little tour O.
discovery"
| An, well. what have we diskiv
cred? Some O them Kegs o golC
that was buried in these mountain
in the old French war;"
No, Hunter John" replied tn
Judge. laughing, Il never believes
those old stories about buried gold
In the first place. don't believe i
was buried. and, secondly. if it was
the chances are one in many million
that any one would find it,"
" Speedily" interposed Hunte
John. when you don't know tn
; trail and haint got no pints es to tn
burial place"
| What were you firing at. Hunte
; John? You don't waste ammunition
on small game. I'm told"
"Oh nothin' partic'ler. Judge.
big he-bear tuck notion to disput
the right o..way with me down in
,ruther narrer trail. | was joggir