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* WM w ««* m ** wmnrm ▼There they hate always lived. buying their present farm is 1832, then an un-broken forest, now as easily cultivated 200 acre* as can be found in town. In their young days roads were bridle paths, whose route was indicated by blared trees; later the bridle path was widened to admit of a luxurious mode of travel, by oi-cart, provided the driver was skilful enough to dodge among the trees without getting up-IMany are the stirring incidents in Mr, Ward’* early life. The chief great event was the war of 1812, when Vergeunoe w«i not only a fort, but a shipyard and headquarters for military operations and supplies on Lake Champlain. For some months alaj, Mscbooough had his office In the present MoCueri block, while his fleet, consisting of the brig Engle, schooner Tieon-deioga and dags hip Saratoga, were fitted out to resist the memorable attack by theI British flotilla May 10, 1814. .The Saratoga was the first boat built atI Vergennes and was completed in 40 days from the rime the liret tree was cut—a then unparalleled feat. Mr. Ward worked on this ship. The tree from which the keel was made grew Just off his present farm.From his father, a revolutionary soldier, (the barrel of his tliiu-look musket is still preserved), Mr. Ward inherited martial instincts ami enlisted tu Gapt. Munson’s company, which was much disappointed at being unable to get across the lake to Platts-Inirg on account of tbo British vessels which lay in wait above vergennes to capture small craft, and was detailed to patrol the shore for eight days, but most of the time was spent near the arsenal.Another sad event was the Beaman flood in July, 1830, w hen the creek” dam gave way, and 14 of the little mill settlement were drowned. A score of other lives were saved at a great risk to the rescuers, and Mr, Ward, was one of thoso who worked night and day drawing a boat by a rope from the Island, where the unfortunates were lodged by the flood, to tbo shore, a mile distant.All his life but four months m New Yorkhas ru*An tttint ricrht hern in flift hnnm of
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Boston Daily Globe
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Wed, Jul 01, 1891
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