Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-08-04
From the Watchman.
THE VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Society, in accordance with a late regulation es-
tablshing special meetings of the Society in
the months Of January and July of each year,
alternately at Burlington and Brattleboro', was
held at the latter place on he 18th and 18th
inst, with unusually auspicious results, and un-
der circumstances of much interest and gratf-
cation to the individual officers and members of
the Socety And for those results and that in
tcrest and qualification, the society," as should
be acknowledged at the outset, were mainly in
dcbted to the spirited excrtons of the intelligent
and hospitable citizens of Brattleboro, who not
only threw wide open their doors for the rccep-
tion of all the members from abroad, but
showed their appreciation of the objects of the
association, by prompt and full attendance of
the ladies and gentlemen of the place on all the
public exercises, and by those demonstrations
and public and private attentions which are
never bestowed but for hearty aad commenda-
bic purposes. The pleasant remembrance of
these will be carried away doubtless by every
member of the Society,-certainly so by the
writer of this, who was invited to nestle in the
intellectual and interesting family which has
furnished the promising young Vermont scup-
tor, who is now, under the auspices of legisla-
tive enactment, engaged on the statue of Ethan
Allen.
The bare exercises of the Society, aside from
its business sessions consisted of a sound and
judicious address by Gov. Hall, setting forth
the objects Of the Society, and, by an easy
transition passing to the discussion of the more
obscure and disputed portions of the anomalous
history OF the State, which it is the purpose of
the Society to bring out and place in iuster
light before the public than has ever vet been
done. An extremely interesting and piquant
paper was also read by the Rev. Pliny II. White
on the lives and writings of the early poets of
Nermont-Ihomas Rowley of Dandy, who fig
urcd in the ieats of Ethan Allen and his com
peers with the Workers.; Josas Lyndon Arnold
of st. Johnsbury, who became known soon after
the State admitted into the Union; and
lastly, the better known Royal Tyler, who for
while, was associated in the publication of
literary journal at Walpole, n. H., with the
well known Joseph Denney, subsequently the
polished editor of the old Philadelphia Poitfo-
Ho
These were the Tuesdays exercises. On
| Wednesday, an interesting address was deliv-
cred by the Hon. Hampden Cuts on the life
and services of the late Consul Jarvis, whose
daughter, the accomplished wife of Mr.. Cults,
having materially assisted her husband in the
matters embraced in the performance was
present to hear it. Mr.. Cults was followed BY
Mr.. White, one of the speakers of the previous
day, with an historical and amusing sketch of
the incidents connected with the Rund,cdy Pond,
in Glover. These highly successful perform
ances constituted all the regular exercises of
the meetings of the Society
These, however, were by no means all the
interesting incidents connected with this un-
usually interesting occasion. The President of
the Historical Society is also the Governor of
the State; and as the Brattleborcans had never,
as they said, before caught live Governor in
their beautiful village, they wonld not be cheat
. ] cd nf this cboppn nf b;r, ,ho;,
spects in some formal manner; and accordingly
the ladies and gentlemen of the village as
Semoled M mGSse ~ niheiir If2gqH6i6fH6a pWl
sentation to the chief magistrate took place
followed by introducions to the officers and
members of the Society, together with in
terchange Of conversation and social amenities
that rendered the occasion an extremely pleas.
ant one, we trust, to all concerned.
The next afternoon, after the exercises in the
hall, the Society were treated TO historical ex-
cursion by the spirited citizens of the town
who through their committee Of arrangements
conducted them in carriages about five miles
down the river to the old Forts, Dummer
Brdgeman and Sarel. which were on the first
settled land in Vermont and around which cus-
ter some of the most romantic and interesting
memories Of our early history. 1t was at Fort
Bridgeman that Mrs. Jemima Howe, whose
captivity has found place in general history
was, with Mrs Grant and Gaiheld with theii
children, made captives by the Indians July 81
l7j5-the husbands of Mrs. Howe and Gran
having first been slain while hceng corn in tn,
adjoining field. Fort Sartell, standing short
distance off, was mere block house, and is still
standing on the premises of T.. Howe, Esq,
greatgrandson Of Mrs. Jemima How, who 'liei
buried in the neghboling graveyard Mr.
, Howe showed US over the grounds and gave u
some portions of the relics of the place sucl
as old bullets which had been fired bv the In
dians at the forts, and a piece Of The old oal
plank door of the block house. In this excur
sion we were attended by the leading gentlemen
of Bratteboro, among whom was the one whom
political prophecy points out as the next new
/, nominee for Governor of the State.
In this excursion, also, we called at the stu
, dio of vo,ng Mead, where we examined mar
, bic bust of Hon. VIM. c. Bradley, and beau
tiful statuctte of school girl, both of whicl
were OF exquisite workmanship. His statue O
Ethan Allen is about half completed-the head
; arms AMI Other parts of the bust almost who'll
e SO. 1t will b. a success, and when done, wi
4 present the only true conception of the face AM
person of the old hero ever brought before III
1 public.
n After our return, the good citizens of Brat