The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, Friday, August 9, 1889 Spafford 8/9/1889 James McDUFFEE of Danville has been visiting with his brother, John McDUFFEE of this place. James SCALES and wife, from Bellows Falls, are visiting at Chester SCALES'. New is scarce, this week. Can't some one get married, or do something so we will have some news? Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, Friday, August 9, 1889 North Chester 8/9/1889 Miss Mara LAWS is spending a few weeks with relatives in Randolph, N. Y. Mrs. PARTRIDGE of Marlboro, N. H., is a guest at John MATTOCKS'. Mrs. H. H. RIGGS, accompanied by her son Bertie, is visiting, this week, with relatives and friends in New Hampshire. Mrs. Oscar HILL of Rutland is spending two or three weeks with firends in town. Mrs. John SLACK and Miss Carrie, of Ludlow, visited at Loring BEMIS', last week. Mrs. Dennis HOLLAND has been quite sick for several days, but is now improving, under the treatment of Dr. W. L. HAVENS. Miss Sarah KENNEY has returned from Chicopee, and other towns in Massachusetts, after several weeks absence. Willard McINTYRE and wife, of Gardner, Mass., former residents of this village, are visiting relatives and friends in town. Blackberries are quite plenty, and selling for 8 cents a quart. C. T. WHITMORE is in Lowell, Mass., where he is engaged putting in water-wheels for the same company that employed his last winter. Several from here went on the excursion to Providence Island, last Tuesday. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

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This kind of adds to what I knew about he and Dad being friends. We lived in Esteyville until I was in the 8th grade (1947). Dad probably knew Ernie's dad first; then Ernie from A.G. Spaulding. Also, Dad was repair and maintenance man at Estey Organ company until he and Mom moved to RI, where I was living, about 1954. Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Darrell A. Martin To: vermont@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 12:45 AM Subject: Re: [VERMONT] Ernie Johnson, baseball star from Brattleboro On 3/1/2012 7:51 PM, Ruth Barton wrote: > Ernie died fairly recently, I think last year. He went to Atlanta in the > end, I'm pretty sure. Ruth Correct. > And how about Ernie Johnson, one of my Dad's friends, worked with Dad at A. > G. Spaulding in Brattleboro. Think he was first with the Red Sox, then > traded to Washington? Not sure of the teams as I didn't follow baseball. > Neysa Neysa and Ruth: Ernest Thorwald Johnson Born: 6 / 16 / 1924 at Brattleboro, VT (US) Died: 8 / 12 / 2011 at Cumming, GA (US) Ernie was a genuine star of the game of baseball, both as a pitcher and as a broadcaster. His first Major League team was in Boston, but it was the Boston Braves of the National League -- although the Red Sox did show some interest. There is a great write-up on him, with a lot of mention of Brattleboro, at: <http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/971186d2> "The youngest of three children, Ernest Thorwald Johnson was born in Brattleboro on June 16, 1924. His father, Thorwald, and his mother, Alina "Inkie" Ingeborg, had emigrated from Sweden in the early 1900s. They were lured to Brattleboro by the Estey Organ Company, a world-famous manufacturer of pipe organs. With many Swedes among its 300 employees, Estey was one of the biggest employers in Vermont around the turn of the century, and the neighborhood where Ernie Johnson grew up, just up the bank from the Estey factory, was known as Esteyville." The Braves moved to Milwaukee before the 1953 season. There, Ernie Johnson's career as a relief pitcher took off. Here is another excerpt from the sabr.org biography: "The Braves won the 1957 World Series [against the New York Yankees] in seven games, and Ernie played a major role. Pitching in games one, three and six, he gave up only two hits and one run in seven innings, striking out eight and walking only one. The only run he gave up was a homer off the foul pole by Hank Bauer that proved to be the winning run in game six, but when asked if he thought it was a cheap shot, Johnson replied with characteristic modesty: 'There was nothing cheap about that home run. He hit it so hard it may have bent the pole.'" When his playing career with Milwaukee ended he had a short stint with the Baltimore Orioles (probably where the "Washington" idea came from) then retired. He got involved in the Milwaukee Braves front office, which led to a long career in broadcasting. In 1965 he moved, with the Braves, to Atlanta. He was still broadcasting, part time, in 2000. Darrell *************************************** List Guidelines: http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VERMONT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes he did. Retired in that area. Died in 2011. Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Ruth Barton To: vermont@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 8:51 PM Subject: [VERMONT] Ernie Johnson Ernie died fairly recently, I think last year. He went to Atlanta in the end, I'm pretty sure. Ruth And how about Ernie Johnson, one of my Dad's friends, worked with Dad at A. G. Spaulding in Brattleboro. Think he was first with the Red Sox, then traded to Washington? Not sure of the teams as I didn't follow baseball. Neysa -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT *************************************** List Guidelines: http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VERMONT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It's a fun story! So plausible. He went to college in Boston. He contracted polio and always said he had to be transported back to VT in a cattle car. That puzzled me because I assume there were sleeping cars at that time,let's say 1913. I wondered if fear of contagion was the issue. Cindy Walcott On Mar 1, 2012, at 8:22 PM, "Darrell A. Martin" <darrellm@sprynet.com> wrote: > On 3/1/2012 6:57 PM, Cindy Walcott wrote: >> My grandfather Glenn Rublee(b. 1897 Berkshire, VT)always said he played for >> the Boston Red Sox for a season, but we have never been able to turn up any >> documentation on that. >> >> Cindy Walcott > > Cindy: > > I did a search for "Rubl*" on the Society for American Baseball Research > (sabr.org) and got only one hit. William Arthur "Art" Ruble, born in > Tennessee in 1903. > > Grandpa may have played for a Red Sox minor league team, no minor feat > that. He may have played under an assumed name, in an era when baseball > was not always seen in a favorable light. > > And it may have been just ... a story. I have a few of those too. > > Darrell > > > > *************************************** > List Guidelines: http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm > Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VERMONT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I thought I had sent a post but not having done so in a long time, I apparently had a wrong address. My husband received a book some time ago entitled "Green Mountain Boys of Summer, Vermonters in the Major Leagues 1882-1993. It is a wonderful book and each person listed has a nice story to tell about their glory days in baseball and also a photo of each person. The book was edited by Tom Simon and I would think most local libraries in Vermont who have this book. Also, on the inside of the front and back cover, those people living when this was produced, have their signatures on the inside covers. The first edition was done in 2000 and printed by The New England Press, Inc. Shelburne.

Source, Rutland Daily Globe--Sept. 19, 1876. RUTLAND, VT. LOCAL MENTION. Deputy Sheriff George W. Crawford, assisted by C. H. Mathews, yesterday searched the premises of John McCail, found one barrel of cider and transferred it to the town agency. They also visited the saloon of James Murphy, but found nothing. William Breen of West Rutland, while returning from this village, Sunday evening, struck the side of the bridge in Center Rutland, overturning the carriage and throwing himself, wife and children out. Mrs. Breen was quite severely injured and the others slightly so. William H. Sigourney, formerly of Rutland, who made himself somewhat noted in literary circles sometime ago by claiming the authorship of the famous piece of poetry entitled "Beautiful Snow," is in the tombs prison in New York on the charge of appropriating cash belonging to the editor of a New York paper. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby

Source, Rutland Daily Globe--Sept. 19, 1876. MARRIAGES. FAGAN-McGUIRK--In Rutland, Sept.18th, by Rev. Charles Boylan, Peter Fagan, and Katherine McGuirk both of Rutland. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby

On 3/1/2012 7:51 PM, Ruth Barton wrote: > Ernie died fairly recently, I think last year. He went to Atlanta in the > end, I'm pretty sure. Ruth Correct. > And how about Ernie Johnson, one of my Dad's friends, worked with Dad at A. > G. Spaulding in Brattleboro. Think he was first with the Red Sox, then > traded to Washington? Not sure of the teams as I didn't follow baseball. > Neysa Neysa and Ruth: Ernest Thorwald Johnson Born: 6 / 16 / 1924 at Brattleboro, VT (US) Died: 8 / 12 / 2011 at Cumming, GA (US) Ernie was a genuine star of the game of baseball, both as a pitcher and as a broadcaster. His first Major League team was in Boston, but it was the Boston Braves of the National League -- although the Red Sox did show some interest. There is a great write-up on him, with a lot of mention of Brattleboro, at: <http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/971186d2> "The youngest of three children, Ernest Thorwald Johnson was born in Brattleboro on June 16, 1924. His father, Thorwald, and his mother, Alina "Inkie" Ingeborg, had emigrated from Sweden in the early 1900s. They were lured to Brattleboro by the Estey Organ Company, a world-famous manufacturer of pipe organs. With many Swedes among its 300 employees, Estey was one of the biggest employers in Vermont around the turn of the century, and the neighborhood where Ernie Johnson grew up, just up the bank from the Estey factory, was known as Esteyville." The Braves moved to Milwaukee before the 1953 season. There, Ernie Johnson's career as a relief pitcher took off. Here is another excerpt from the sabr.org biography: "The Braves won the 1957 World Series [against the New York Yankees] in seven games, and Ernie played a major role. Pitching in games one, three and six, he gave up only two hits and one run in seven innings, striking out eight and walking only one. The only run he gave up was a homer off the foul pole by Hank Bauer that proved to be the winning run in game six, but when asked if he thought it was a cheap shot, Johnson replied with characteristic modesty: 'There was nothing cheap about that home run. He hit it so hard it may have bent the pole.'" When his playing career with Milwaukee ended he had a short stint with the Baltimore Orioles (probably where the "Washington" idea came from) then retired. He got involved in the Milwaukee Braves front office, which led to a long career in broadcasting. In 1965 he moved, with the Braves, to Atlanta. He was still broadcasting, part time, in 2000. Darrell

My father was born named Norman Gordon, and the lady who would become his kindergarten teacher lived next door in Barre. When he entered kindergarten she ask him his name - he replied "Cy Young." That would have been about 1906. He kept that name until the army when they dropped the Young. He was always Cy Gordon to everyone (except his father!) until his passing in 1981. And always a Boston Red Sox fan! Alice Gordon -----Original Message----- From: vermont-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:vermont-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Darrell A. Martin Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 6:23 PM To: vermont@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VERMONT] baseball fever On 3/1/2012 6:57 PM, Cindy Walcott wrote: > My grandfather Glenn Rublee(b. 1897 Berkshire, VT)always said he > played for the Boston Red Sox for a season, but we have never been > able to turn up any documentation on that. > > Cindy Walcott Cindy: I did a search for "Rubl*" on the Society for American Baseball Research (sabr.org) and got only one hit. William Arthur "Art" Ruble, born in Tennessee in 1903. Grandpa may have played for a Red Sox minor league team, no minor feat that. He may have played under an assumed name, in an era when baseball was not always seen in a favorable light. And it may have been just ... a story. I have a few of those too. Darrell *************************************** List Guidelines: http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VERMONT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Boy, did that one start something, or what? Good discussion, that's what I'm looking for with my posts. Ruth -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

Ernie died fairly recently, I think last year. He went to Atlanta in the end, I'm pretty sure. Ruth And how about Ernie Johnson, one of my Dad's friends, worked with Dad at A. G. Spaulding in Brattleboro. Think he was first with the Red Sox, then traded to Washington? Not sure of the teams as I didn't follow baseball. Neysa -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

I googled: Ernest Thorwald Johnson, played for Boston Red Socks in 1950 and 1952; Milwaukee Braves 1953-1958; Baltimore Orioles in 1959. Then announcer for the Braves fro 1962-1999; and in the Braves Hall of Fame in 2001. Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Harriet E. Cady To: Ancestor Hunters Cc: Florence Martin ; Faye Logue ; ACGS Research Dept. ; Genealogy Vermont ; Genealogy Canada USA immigration Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 4:31 PM Subject: [VERMONT] RootsTech Conference Will Broadcast Select Sessions FreeOnline. > >THIS INFORMATION IS BEING FORWARDED TO YOU BY THE VERMONT FRENCH-CANADIAN GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. > > >>>> >>>>RootsTech Conference Will Broadcast Select Sessions Free Online. Is this email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser. >>>> >>>>RootsTech Conference Will Broadcast Select Sessions Free Online >>>>SALT LAKE CITY—RootsTech, a leading family history and technology conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 2-4, 2012, announced today that fourteen of its popular sessions will be broadcasted live and complimentary over the Internet. The live broadcasts will give those unable to attend worldwide a sample of this year’s conference content. Interested viewers can watch the live presentations at RootsTech.org. The second-year conference has attracted over 3,000 registered attendees. >>>> >>>>The free online sessions include the keynote speakers and a sampling of technology and family history presentations. Following are the fourteen broadcasted sessions and speakers. All times are in Mountain Standard Time (MST): >>>> >>>>Thursday, February 2 >>>>8:30-10:00 am, Inventing the Future, as a Community (Keynote Address) by Jay L. Verkler >>>>11:00 am-12:00 pm, Do I Trust the Cloud? by D. Joshua Taylor >>>>1:45-2:45 pm, Effective Database Search Tactics by Kory Meyerink >>>>3:00-4:00 pm, Twitter – It’s Not Just “What I Had for Breakfast” Anymore by Thomas MacEntee >>>>4:15-5:15 pm, Eleven Layers of Online Searches by Barbara Renick >>>> >>>>Friday, February 3 >>>>8:30-9:30 am, Exabyte Social Clouds and Other Monstrosities (Keynote Address) by Josh Coates >>>>9:45-10:45 am, Publish Your Genealogy Online by Laura G. Prescott >>>>11:00 am-12:00 pm, Optimize Your Site for Search Engines by Robert Gardner >>>>1:45-2:45 pm, Genealogists “Go Mobile” by Sandra Crowly >>>>3:00-4:00 pm, Google’s Toolbar and Genealogy by Dave Barney >>>> >>>>Saturday, February 4 >>>>8:30-9:30 am, Making the Most of Technology to Further the Family History Industry (Keynote Address) by Tim Sullivan and Ancestry.com Panel >>>>9:45-10:45 am Genealogy Podcasts and Blogs 101 by Lisa Louise Cooke >>>>11:00 am-12:00 pm, Future of FamilySearch Family Tree by Ron Tanner >>>>1:45-2:45 pm, Privacy in a Collaborative Environment by Noah Tatuk >>>> >>>> RootsTech on Facebook | RootsTech on YouTube | Follow FamilySearch on Twitter >>>>About RootsTechRootsTech is a new conference designed to bring technologists together with genealogists to learn from each other and find solutions to the challenges faced in family history research today. The conference’s activities and offerings are focused on content that will help genealogists and family historians discover exciting new research tools while enabling technology creators to learn the latest development techniques from industry leaders and pioneers. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *************************************** List Guidelines: http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VERMONT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My grandfather Glenn Rublee(b. 1897 Berkshire, VT)always said he played for the Boston Red Sox for a season, but we have never been able to turn up any documentation on that. Cindy Walcott -----Original Message----- From: vermont-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:vermont-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Darrell A. Martin Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 4:39 PM To: vermont@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VERMONT] baseball fever On 3/1/2012 2:41 PM, coralzz@sbcglobal.net wrote: > I grew up and went through all 13 years of kindergarten/school with > Carlton Fisk in Charlestown, NH - right across the river from Bellows > Falls. There has always been much emphasis on the fact that he was > born in Vermont, but that's where it ended. He is a pure New > Hampshire boy and its pride and joy, especially in Charlestown. > Besides, Rockingham Memorial Hospital was a tad closer than any other > hospitals in the area in 1947. ;) Just an fyi. Hi: My grandmother was born in North Charlestown, N.H. for the same reason but in the other direction. Her mother lived in Cavendish at the time. I have to go back a ways to find an ancestor outside of Vermont. Grammie Martin never lived in any other state until they moved to Florida to retire. And many of us kind of liked it that Fisk didn't "claim" his birthplace. We were the Springfield Cosmos, and the Bellows Falls Terriers were *THE* ENEMY. But he was born in Vermont, can't change that. He should at least be mentioned. ;) Darrell *************************************** List Guidelines: http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VERMONT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On 3/1/2012 6:57 PM, Cindy Walcott wrote: > My grandfather Glenn Rublee(b. 1897 Berkshire, VT)always said he played for > the Boston Red Sox for a season, but we have never been able to turn up any > documentation on that. > > Cindy Walcott Cindy: I did a search for "Rubl*" on the Society for American Baseball Research (sabr.org) and got only one hit. William Arthur "Art" Ruble, born in Tennessee in 1903. Grandpa may have played for a Red Sox minor league team, no minor feat that. He may have played under an assumed name, in an era when baseball was not always seen in a favorable light. And it may have been just ... a story. I have a few of those too. Darrell

The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, Friday, August 9, 1889 Weathersfield Center 8/9/1889 The crops have come forward particularly fast, except corn. Hay left out during the storm was ruined; grain was also damaged to some extent. There is much hay to cut yet, and no weather to cut it. The weather report for July, as made up here: Highest temperature, 8th, 85; lowest temperature, 15th, 58; range, 27; mean, 68.5; mean for July past fourteen years, 70; cloudy or partly cloudy days, 21; days when rain fell, 19; fair days, 10; clear days 1; rain-fall, inches, 3.50; winds, southerly. More observers for Vermont are wanted by the New England Meteorological Society. At present they are scattering and the work is not productive of so valuable results as it would be if there were more stations. The requirements are such as any one can attain to. Write to L. G. SCHULTZ, Cambridge, Mass., for full particulars. Fred DURKEE has sold out to his grandfather and gone to Charlestown, N. H., as clerk in a hotel. S. S. NICHOLS has gone to work for H. P. TOLLES. Rev. J. N. PERRIN is away at his home in Berlin, attending a re-union of the PERRIN family, which is in progress at his father's house--the home of the first PERRIN to settle in this state, just one hundred years ago. Elder LORD peached here to a small audience, last Sunday. Charlie GRISWOLD has quit work for Edgar CHAMBERLAIN, after more than a year of service. Rev. Carleton HAZEN of Braintree will supply the pulpit here, next Sunday. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, Friday, August 9, 1889 Chester 8/9/1889 In Sycamore, Ill., July 13th, Nathan RANNY, formerly employed in the store of ADAMS & PARK, was married to Miss Emma MARTIN, daughter of the late Deacon A. B. MARTIN of Chester. The parties, with the mother of the bride, moved West some 20 months ago, and now reside in Sycamore. Kendall EATON, an aged man, was found dead in his room at the town farm, Monday morning. He was buried Tuesday afternoon, Rev. W. L. NOYES officiating. Three young people were received into the Baptist church by baptism, last Sunday evening. E. P. CULVER, from Mechanicsville, has opened a jewelry store at the Depot. But few from here took in the excursion to Providence Island, Tuesday; but those who went report a very pleasant time. L. A. VEAZEY and family have returned from their outing at the beach. Charles JEFTS from Winona, Minn., is calling on old-time friends here. Frank BLOOD of Waltham, Mass., called on his friends here while on his way to Iowa, last week. M. D. FULLER started for Ft. Payne, Ala., via Boston and Norfolk boat, last Monday. He will be absent some two or three weeks. Rev. Herbert TILDEN from Farmington, Me., a former principal of Black River Academy, is visiting at his brother's--Rev. H. B. TILDEN. He will supply the pulpit at the Baptist church, next Sunday. Russell COBLEIGH, who has been ill for some time, is now improving, with hopes of being able to be out soon. The real and personal effects of the late Charles HAWKINS will be sold at auction this (Thursday) afternoon. Prof. TRACY is giving instruction on the piano to a large class of pupils, and also has several taking lessons on the pipe organ. A rare opportunity is being improved by our young people to receive instruction from an experienced and able instructor. Mrs. MERRILL and daughter, of Boston, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Warren RICHARDSON. Mrs. Dr. PAYNE of Boston was the guest of her brother, A. A. STEVENS, Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank ADAMS, with their guests, Mr. and Mrs. McGRATH, visited friends in Windsor, Wednesday, returning on Thursday, with their own conveyance. Mrs. N. LINCOLN, who has been spending the Summer at the beach and vicinity, returned home Monday. The cantata of "The Flower Queen," under the direction of Prof. TRACY, will be given in the town hall Wednesday evening, Aug. 28th. A girl baby was received into the family of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. CHANDLER, Thursday morning. Inscription upon a tombstone, copied by the writer while strolling through the grounds of an ancient cemetery, omitting the name of the disceased, who died March 26th, 1790: So here the dust of ----------lies Who fell to death a sacrafis And may the living view with care The doleful instance that lies here Who in the prime did soon expire And yield his vital breath And in the grave his body must Lie mouldering back to dust ----------------------------------------------------- A remarkable instance of the intelligence and sagacity of a horse is related by John P. BROWN of Ludlow. Last winter, while on his way to Rutland and in the neighborhood of Frank HASTINGS', in Mount Holly, his hat was blown off. Being alone, and ice covering the ground, Mr. BROWN managed as best he could, in his crippled condition, to get from the wagon, and by crawling on the icy ground recovered his hat and succeeded in returning to the buggy, but was so exhausted by the exertion and chilled by the cold that he was unable to regain his place in the vehicle. Night coming on, and being on an unfrequented road, Mr. BROWN began to realize that his condition was getting desperate, and that something must be done; so, loosing his horse from the carriage, he told him to go and get help. The horse started for Mr. HASTINGS', and after half an hour's absence returned alone; then Mr. B., calling the horse by name, spoke sharply and told him to go for help. Thereat he turned and started on a run, and after a short absence returned with Mr. HASTINGS, who assisted Mr. B. to his house. It appeared that the horse went to the house the first time, and finding no one returned to his master. Was it animal instinct or intelligence that guided the horse in his search for help for his master? (Now try that with an automobile and see how far you get! RHB) Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT