Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-11-29

prudence and economy, he soon paid for
his land. cleared and stocked his farm ;
which in 1901 he sold and commenced
merchandise, dealing principally in grocer
les, and in the manufacture of pot and
pearlashes, by which he gained very con-
siderable property. He was man OF
very limited education and depended much
upon memory; being strictly honest him.
self, naturally thought others to possess
like virtue, and practising under this
mistake, much of his goods passed into
the hands of birds of passage, into those
who had not the means, or the disposition
to make remuneration. In the latter
part of his life his property dwindled
, away, although he left a sufficient amount
f to prove more of curse than blessing
to his inheritors. AS an evidence Of the
singularity of his management, after his
: death. there was discovered among some
/ old rubbish or bags in a by place, an old
4 stocking we'll lined with silver, and also
S some forty dollars upon an obscure Shelf
/ which had the appearance of having been
n rolled in paper, of which the mice had
: made comfortable nest. This is the end
: of the respected Johney Wiers and his ef-
It fects.
t There is not now known to be living a
6 single individual of the second class OF
G settlers, who was at that time head of a
II family.
u The first town meeting held in town, OF
. record, was March 4, 1889, and made
s. choice of Jonathan Mcconnell, Thomas
, Mcconnell and George Gregg selectmcn
T. signed Jonathan Mcconnell, town clerk
> At a freemen's meeting held Sept. l, 1880
10 made choice of Noah Smith Of Benning
~ " ton, to represent the town of johnson ii
~ the General Assembly The first deeC
l. filed for record, June Is, 1890 The frs
u u deed recorded at length, Aug. 81, l79l
H. The first phisician in town was DR.. Viii
q liam Colt The first merchant was nal
20 by the name of Crosby, who erected
III small building the walls of which wcr
plank---lo at the corners. A Dote'
ID part Of his merchandise was punchco
Se of potatoe whisky, highly colored wit
Oh hemlock bark, and possibly quantity c
o. burnt sugar. which he chrstened Frcnc
Ut brandy, and marked his price according
nc ly, placing the puncheon in the corner
end to The wall At this time two Q
w. three families from Woodstock, settled i
" Sterling, now attached to johnson, one b
" the name of Luke Lanphier, who had tn
w. appelation in Woodstock, of mutton dcalel
~ whose principal stock in trade was repor
~ ed to have been selected by the light
na the moon and stars And being love
w of good liquor, and not having the near
~, or disposition to indulge in his favorit
,b beverage, honestly. associated with two
49, three of his friends and caused fauct
,tu to be introduced through the plank
of the building into the head of the puncl
Tho con, with tap on the outside, secretc
nd by large log lying near the building
,od where they could daily, or rather night
. fill their cans at pleasure ; which was VI
- discovered until the puncheon was nearl
bic empty, when endeavering to move it four
"a it trunneled to the wall.
lis In the Spring and Fall of 1901, ar
en- between that and 1905, new class of sc
,as tiers arrived in town from New Ham
,nt shire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and OF
or towns in Vermont, principally takiI
of the places of the early settlers who le
md for other parts, viz: Griswolds, Burnham
ON Morgans, Ober, Perkins, Patches, Water
ere Nichols, and among others the family
son Araunah Waterman, from Norwich, Co
,rs necticut, who was a proprietor in the tov
Of of Hyde Park. He left Norwich in Fe
,rs ruary. with an OK and horse team, al
on was II days on the road, and arrived
,s Hyde Park on the 4th of March, $50
rlv the day that Thomas Jefferson was inau
or urated President of the United States, al
of designed to settle on his own lands, b
ket shortly after his arrival purchased t
ven farm in johnson on which Jonathan N
n Conncll first located, and built mil