乔的电厂建成了，米尔维尔人用上了电灯照明，他们都很兴奋。当大家聚在一起谈论米尔维尔的美好前途时突然停电了，原来是有人故意为之……
Joe Wegg's machinery and dynamos arrived promptly and the electric plant was speedily installed at the old mill.So energetically had the young man supervised his work that poles and wires were all in place as far up the road as Thompson's Crossing and a branch line run to the Wegg Farm，by the time the ？rst test was made.
All Millville celebrated that first night when its streets shone resplendent under the glare of electric lights.There was a public bonfire near the mill，speeches were made，andafterward Mr.Merrick served a free supper to the villagers，in the hall over Sam Cotting's General Store，where the girls assisted in waiting upon the guests，and everybody was happy and as hilarious as the fumes of good coffee could make them.
More speeches were made in the hall，and one of thesewas by Peggy McNutt，who had painted his wooden foot blue with red stripes in honor of the occasion.He said，according to the report afterward printed in the Tribune：