Fishing in the vicinity of lower Wolcott Street has been in evidence the past week or ten days – not for members of the finny tribe, but for the lumber which was washed away from the sawmill in the recent flood. Men from the mill have salvaged a goodly amount of the lumber.
“Walt” Perrin has lost his sap bucket! Yes, indeed, bucket, cover and wire fastener, too. It seems that Mr. Perrin tapped the maple in front of his home and had been watching the result of his labors very closely, when, so to speak, he lost all from beneath his eyes. So when you see “Walt” and he seems a little inquisitive, help him out, if possible, for he is doing a little private detective work.
Caspian Lake Sunday Fishing Prohibition, March 26, 1925
Two roll call votes were necessary in the House of Representatives Thursday before the Legislature could shake off of its calendar two pieces of local legislation. One was an effort to prohibit fishing in Caspian Lake, in the town of Greensboro on Sunday; and the other was to decide upon the name for the new lake formed by the new England Power Company dam at Whitingham, now known as Lake Deerfield. It was decided they were both local affairs and the bills were killed.
The question of fishing in Caspian Lake on Sunday aroused debate by half a dozen members and ended in rejection of the Senate bill which would have prohibited Sabbath-day fishing there. The roll call vote was 133 to 91. The fish and game committee was split, but its report on the measure was adverse. It appeared that four members, including Mr. Donnelly of Vergennes, the chairman, were for the bill, and Mr. Donnelly, Mr. Ober of Johnson and Mr. Barrington of Greensboro all spoke in favor of it. Mr. Barrington described the Sunday influx of foreigners at the lake and read petitions from a number of well-known summer colonists, urging that the legislature grant relief.
Mabel Thankful Winch, member from Sunderland, drew applause from the House when she presented her views on Sabbath observance. She explained she was for a more strict observance, as she was a minister of the gospel, but she would vote for rejection of the Caspian Lake fishing bill as she regarded it purely as a local measure. Mr. Brown of Hartford and Mr. Pirest of Mt. Holly also spoke against the bill on the same grounds.
Paul Fixx is editor of The Hardwick Gazette and lives in Hardwick.
