Leland, I didn't know that particular fella but I sure have known plenty
just like him.  Vermont made a lot of 'em.  Ruth



At 8:26 AM -0400 3/29/08, Leland Torrence wrote:
>Ruth,
>Thank you.  It was a distant memory.  When we would help out, Sugar on Snow
>was a reward.  The fellow that used to be in charge of the sugaring back
>then, was a true "Vehmonta" named Hezzy.  I have a framed picture of him in
>my office.  We could count on him to give us scrap planks from the mill for
>our tree houses and forts.  He had many criptic sayings, tended the people
>garden in the summer, and never went to social events, but if there was
>something to celebrate about, he would get drunk, and you could find him at
>dinner time lying in the dirt at the lower part of the garden. One of the
>things he disliked most was the out of state hunters that would hunt without
>asking, and set up those damned tin hotels.  One of the things he liked best
>were the babysitters that used to come to our house in the summer from
>Montreal and Rutland. I went up for milk and vegetables on a Saturday once
>and young Sharon had curlers in her hair, he surprised her as he rose from
>the hay barn, and she was so sorry and apologized for her appearance, and he
>replied, "No harm, I never look at the heads anyway." He died about 40 years
>ago.  You should come to Barre in a truck loaded with Ruth's Sugarin'
>Sweets.  And if Ralph gets enough, he may give you a life time waiver for
>dues.
>Best,
>Leland
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