The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-04-29

. fAttttti = hEAFAh fNfH NEHNs. AAs esfN87fr ID
ilu soafb and ruplhNcsi parts 81 lie K IA
aad beti8e iie wssf lssasi. ). il.e Y - -
Aiil Including tie ste 81 Manchester II
l4s aud Factory Point Manchester ag
.aer heins ma.DIy oa 10. No /. ,. 81. aaa
u ana Factory Point on Nos 81. IS. C5
ard b6. Most 1t III, - lats were ,,4.. II
|or-ams, 100 By ZOO roas. b.i 4 lew wcf,
$50 ~ 50
ke0. 4.i 1906 il gs, voted n Amoe.
naa, 20 make -u4 lni-oa q ju-aere lots
md Aot. q, l71l,a 3fd disisiou, ct te
same size 10 be bad uuder iic supcrinten.
dencg 81 Martin puHeilmld Stephen sm ti.
eilIi Jclcmmi, Frgch, sua eyor. Moa
VI lhr lo,a q tl.e 2aI aud 3rI division
were hsd ia the east north aud northwest
parts VI iae township.
lAe progretors lirt hc!l meeting ID
Manchester, Apr -, l773. Ilgc &
oaa Fo.td - iay out . village plot, rs :
itl diysiun Of t1,s; but ii was noi raa eu
itil Oct lih, ISL Tie ploi contains ~
.ois, q an acre rachi Tie corner 81 lid
/ first l1l besns "at birch tree four rod
north q tiie foot 81 iI,e hiil called Hogs
Backs l'nuce ". I'D dcgN lots, tAeuce
y. ~ !cg. +, 10 los.
iAc site 8. tl's Plot lad been cleared
by tic Indians, for an cueanpmeat, 10
which taci i. attributed i,s selection tor
Nc proposed village though mos, pI,a,,
HIly situated on lAe west banks of the
33Hcn,i.i, il has never bten occupied as
a village
4 Oh division Of 30 acre lots was yo-
trd Or. 2, liej. Il appears lhatcertain
.oramlaies % regarl TO giving notice to
tle proPlelor5 we're prerequisite 10 max
ns 4 division. Those however werl Ie-
n@cd by act Of Tie Legislature, Oct.Z
1888, and the projectors authorized lc d-
vide Tie remainder d the towAship ashley
saw it. In accordance with the provisions
81! ,lis ect, Gh division was yotcG, lie
ist ihnr day q Eeb.uuy, 1859. Tie
method IF procedure, Id this instance, was
similar u Wlist Il iial ben alogcilne tie
claicc was determined by chaacc, and
each proprietor, III hi, order, allowed ore
day 70 select and hy lds lot uudei tle SUI
pyriGirudeuce OF 4 committee.
The 9Th md last division of so acres
was voted sept. -, 1852, and made Under
tlr suppiaigHdence OF Sercnus Swift \
Christopher Roberts aud Simeon llazirton. 1
iiel ic itli amount Of the preyious
DIVISION. bren appropriated, l4de or notA-
ias would hayc remained fora 9Th dyis
is.oas bli part d the pfopretuls failed
Y claim tIelr sharcs set ilcir claims
were recognized as soon as presented, an
they were permitted 70 lay their slares
- the previous division, on any uaocca-
pied lands, Most ot the valuable E,nl
vas disposed 81 BY tie irs,tAice divisions
,hese now very little !aud leit worth
surveying, Jet negligent propriclors cou-
imc 10 take up" ticir shares c,ento tie
present.
FIRST SETTLEMENT.
There is bttlc doub, bun that The first
permanent settlement was made in tile (.
Summer OF 1861, and ii the S. w. mlt
lt be towt,, on lands now owned ug the
Pafdeys and Pcucboars. hi .aid that \.
samuel kosc built the FIRST house. on the
ara NOW owned by llor. j. S. peuibone 4
doubtless ia 1861 or 81 as i appeafcs
hat N tic spring OF 1866, cmigisuts on
heir way norlhward from Salisbury. Ct..
onnd no house Hoaa Of AIaaclcslrr.-
A":.." History Of Midlleaury pp. lG8.
The first framed house was also built by I
samuel Rose, IL l769. no, far from ne
joiut a The foot ol The bill, where tie high
say e bennington approaches the SKIN
Icr- hollow brook. la l766, tie inlabi-
ants ~ere almost cnt rely from Dulchess
County. A few however, eame from
CO, Mass.
The towns Of Vermont were generally
et.Isd ly emisranis from other New En-.
gland States, aud parli uarly Connecticut. h
Manchester, differing, il thi, particular
races Ter origin 10 those coming from
New York yet We doubt it she was
ess disposed 10 assert the cause OF "slatc /
igIts than licr sister communities.
The $. w sections OF the town, were /
II first most numerously occupied. Attain
.aHy period. there WAS small village on
he main road a mile south OF the Cuur
Iop,c, near tie pr seai residence Of Hon. {
u. liaaley there was also roal tor
everal miles, west oi the present highway
rom So. Dorset % Sunderland. Along 1
bis, houses were once quite frequent tul
which now to- ilirr with tie road itself /
ave disappeared altogether {
Tie first town meeting was held tie
eeond 'iuesday 81 March, 766,-Bepja.
ain jolias, Moderator, aad Stephen Mead, !
Town Clerk Ia
Dee. 8, 1878, Il was voted "a constrac !
Meeting House, 80 feet square, and )
ommi.tes irom '.toWus Indifferent" con-
isiing 81 Mai. jeremiah Carli. Of Shafts q
.ary, Capt. DaaieI Smith and Mr., Roses f
robinson Of Rupert, were appointed to !
elect lae site. The next jane il was vo- q
ed lllai the meeting house should he 40 G
y ~ feet. iWo stores and placed near |
shere Christopher Robert lscn lived not
ar from where Mr. l.. l. WAY now l.yes.
! IS SAID illal the lim1ers we're framed ~
Aat place and the contemplated 'raisina