Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1860-09-21

: about HmScH. lllS IN ldcl Indt ne ~ y
| candidate for Tie presidency. Had on
s when he left, dn'b pants, a white vest, and
blue coat with brass buttons the tail very
near the ground Any information concern
ing him will be gratefully received by his
afflicted mother. ##.E.E
Historical Sl<ctches.-No. 81.
Deacon BnlI-Nnmes of persons who nttcn-
dcdthc county Courts-Court Jndgcs-Rcs-
listers Of Probutc-Agcd pnupcr-schoInr>
Number of houses Party Sirifc--Fine
on horses.
"Know all men by these presents that |
Robert r. Roberts, one of the Bishops of
the Methodist Episcopal Church in Amer
lea, under The protection of Almighty God,
and with single eye to his glory, by this
imposition of my hands and prayer have
this day set apart Phineas Ball for the
office of Deacon in the Methodist Episcopal
church, a man whom | judge TO be well
qualified for that work and hereby rec
ommend him 10 all whom it may concern,
as proper person TO administer the ordi-
nances of Baptism. Marriage and burial of
the dead. in The absence of an Elder, and TO
feed the flock of Christ, so long rs his spirit
and practice are such as to become the
gospel"
The above document, signed and sealed
in due form by the Bishop, was recorded
June ,, 1919; but we have never known
that Deacon Ball preached in this town.
lie may have done so, and himself as well
as his sermons have been forgotten.
The following persons, it appears, were
chosen to attend the Supreme and County
Courts in the county of Windham, from
this town during the years named:
1795-Peter Evans, Solomon Hapgood,
Sam'l Taylor, Henry Davis.
179G-Hugh Orr, Eli Evans, David
Campbell, John Wait, Samuel Eastman.
1797-Samuel Taylor Enoch Hale, John
Ellis. t>
l79S-William Stevens, Jr, Isaiah Reed,
Jonathan Banen, William Thayer.
l799-Sam'l Taylor, John Roundy. Da-
vid Campbell Edward Mores, Timothy
Clark, Moses Marsh, George Caldwell.
180o-Benia. Williams, Peter Evans,
Jonas Hasletine, Richard Hasletine, David
Woods, Jr., Daniel Weaver, John Fuller
Samuel Emery, Henry Davis, Calvin Webb,
lS01-Charles Webb, John Ellis, Flea
ger Rindall, I'd. John Leach.
l802-Sam1 Taylor, John Roundy, JAS.
Bancroft, Abraham Boyington, Eli Evans,
Benja. Williams, James Walker, Jonas
Hasletine, Samuel Miller, Tolman Wright.
Luther Webb, Solomon Hapgood.
J'dges Of Supreme and County Courts.
Daniel kellogg, was Judge of Supreme
Court from 1916 to 1850 eix years.
Benjamin Burt, was Judge of County
1ourt from 1886 to 1902.
Alexander Campbell, for the years 1906,
1925, 81, 81 and 80. Il
Horace Baxter, for the years 1926. 26
nd IS. il
Gates Perry, Jr. for the year 1886.
Horace Baxter was Register Of Probate
or the years 1914, 1916, 1921, 1925.
5. Campbell for the years 1926, 1927.
1929, 80 and 81. n. T. Sheaf. for 1850 +
md 81.
James Cooper was supported by the town
fifteen years and died a pauper, August, 26.
1914, aged "a. One Mrs. Arshall. pau-
per, died Dec. 10, 1914, aged l03-the old
est person in the town. In 1916, Peter
Iozer was exhonerated from paying taxes in
Town "as long as wood grows and water
runs'-and it was also voted by the town
to return to him all money which he had
ever paid for the support ofthe poor. The
record does not inform us what particular
service Mr., Tozer had performed emitting
him to such marked distinction, but he had
undoubtedly become a privileged character
in some way.
In 1914 the number of school scholars in
town, was S43. In 1921 there were 958 :
houses in the town of Rockingham, and
5000 acres Of improved land.
In 1925, at Freeman's meeting. after hal :
citing until twelve o'clock, Ghere having
'een te" ballotings,) and no representative ,
the General Assembly having been cho- I
en-, the meeting was dissolved
In 1909, a fine of five dollars WAS i'm. =
'osed upon every person who suffered anv
'ale horse or horse kind to run at large at
he village at the centre of the town. at s.
fellows Falls, Saxton's River, or at anv a
ubllc house or within one half mile of any
illage or public house. !,
Vermont News. 81