19th century Ti — New dock in 1874
This is the latest in an occasional series of posts about news reported in 19th century weekly issues of the Ticonderoga Sentinel.
The tourism and agricultural seasons were winding down, and the Ticonderoga Cornet Band was set to furnish music for the Orwell, Vermont Fair the next week.
“Nice weather — a welcome little shower Thursday afternoon. … No ‘arrivals’ and plenty of ‘departures’ is the order of the day, ” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on Sept. 5. 1874. “The farmers have all nearly finished harvesting and the crops are reported very good. If Jack Frost will not make his appearance for a week or so, corn will ripen and be fit to eat, and potatoes ready for the cellar.”
Construction of a new dock on Lake Champlain, south of Ti Creek, was almost complete.
L. Whitney of Keeseville and engineer Seymour headed up the project, and E.S. Adist of Burlington was the on-site manager.
“The whole structure will be completed in a few days, the finishing touches now being put on,” the Sentinel reported. “To totally understand its vastness and merits, it must be visited.”
The new dock was expected to be a boom for tourism the next season.
“With a first-class dock, the powerful ‘Champlain,’ the stately ‘Adirondack,’ and the grand ‘Vermont’ will be pleased to rest under the shadow of Mt. Defiance.”
In other Sept. 5, 1874 Ticonderoga Sentinel news:
Wit — “If a bird in hand is worth two in the bush, it is no less true that a thorn in the bush is worth two in the hand.”
Correspondent contest: “The correspondent that will send the best items between this date and Feb. 1, best in matter and arrangement, will be presented with a handsome Webster’s National Pictorial Dictionary. The dictionary is bound in leather, contains 1,040 pages and 600 engravings.”
Fashion: “A Boston paper thinks it in bad taste for ladies not to dine in bonnets where all the appointments and etiquette of the home-dinner are observed. Besides, everyone knows their heads are in crimping pins, and the bonnets are worn to cover the skewers.”
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