The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-07-14
NEWBURY

William Deal OF Piermont, N. III.
made a short call In Newbury last Fri
day Some 40 odd years ago Mr.. Dea
was an apprentice for f. c. Stocker, a
noted harness maker of his time, anC
"Stocker's shop was rendezvous fol
gentlemen of leisure who had more
time on their hands than business.
Here in this old shop momentous ques
tions were settled; questions relating
to the state and nation as well as those
Of more trivial nature The very at.
mosphere of the shop was impregnated
with Methodism. as Mr.. Stocker was a
methodical man In business as well as
in religious matters. Under this influ-
ence William Deals character was
moulded, and no doubt this accounts,
or is the reason why Piermont has
such a reliable and substantial citizen.
In short interview with this boy of
40 years ago he gave us his recollec-
tions of the residents of South Main
street, and states there were two
houses on the lot now occupied by he
residence of f. B. Greer. These were
the homes of Captain James Wallace
and his estimahle wife, Aunt Matilda I;
lHt OUIltI tudl vi NlIS+ lIduId Dul HHdlU.
Both of these houses were destroyed by
Ere, the Wallace home some rs years
ago and the Burnham house went down
in the great confsgration of 1913. The
house now owned by Raymond Worth
en- was the home of Deacon George
Swasey; the next house Col. Jacob
Kent and then came Ezekiel Sawyer's,
the schoolhouse, P. w. Ladd's shop,
Suckers hop, Stocker's residence and,
next in order, Harmon Titus, Speare
johnson, 4. B. Hubbard, Simeon Shop
ardson and James Smile. Across the
street, commencing at Haftwell's, was
the family of Joseph Clark, next Dr.
Burnham Shepard, J. f. Buxton, Mar
win Kasson, Edwin Bayley, Mrs, Scott,
Il. X. Prouty, Mrs. Dutton, John At
wood, the parsonage, Rev. z. S. Haynes,
Gilman Barnett, Mrs. Eliza Blair, John
Hale and S. L. Eastman and around
the corner, A. S. Wood, Clinton East
man, Myra Durant, Richard Doe, DR.. E.
Y. Watkins and in the house now
owned by George l.. Andrews lived
Rev. John English. Only 40 years have
elapsed. yet the titles of these homes
have all changed and the owners there
Of like Longfellow's arabs, shave ST.
lently folded their tents" and faded
away into the great unknown. l doubt !
if there is young man or woman in
the place who has reached the age |
of 30 years who can remember a per-
son named in this list of the past. |
What more vivid illustration can be !
given of the old hymn, 81 Am Pill
grim and ] Am a Stranger, | Can
larry, Can larry But a Night > |
Stocker's shop Els now tenement |
house; harness making is now almost
a lost art as the automobile and aero
plane have superseded the horse drawn
vehicle. What was fast enough for our |
fathers is all too slow for us, yet there
are wheels which reyolve with their
usual rapidity, the wheels of time.
They will soon bring another 40 years
and perhaps then another old time res
dent may come back and will tell an
Interested listener who perchance may +
i've in one of the homes we occupy
.o-day who were the residents of South
Main street when he was a boy, and if
he question should be raised, where
ire these men and women of olden
line? The answer would be again re-
,eated, They, like the Arabs, have
silently folded their tents and faded
,way into the great unknown"
Mrs. John Hale, her daughter, Mrs
lanes F. McElrov, her grandson, John
Hale McElroy. his wife and two chill
lren arrived Sunday afternoon, coming
rom Albany, n. Y, by automobile
Mrs. Hale, who is in her ODD year,
TODD the trip remarkably well. About
tx weeks ago Mrs. Hale had fall ,
while at Balston Spa, n Y, resulting
n a broken shoulder From this in ,
ury she is recovering and il will give q,
or much pleasure to meet her old time ,
riends and acquaintance.
Miss Ruth Brown of Arlington, !
lass, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs :
inner Avery. Miss Brown is the daugh-
err of Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Brown, our
ormer station agent and wife.
A Mr.. Chamberlin blew into town
aturday night and landed at the Tag
art home, where he was most cordial
2 received; and that reminds us Miss
velyn Taggart is at home.
Halls pond is getting to be a ia h
orite bathing resort. Now if some of
re nearby natives should erect some :
ath houses where a man could dis 4
,be without being the prey to mos.
litoes they would not only make good >,
on their investment but
ould be a boon to humanity, n