Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1865-09-08
Vermont Anecdotes.


Hon. Thomas Chittenden, first Gov
ernor Of Vermont, used TO relate the fol
lowing about HIMSELF: AS he was tray
cling in a distant part of the State, ht
CHANGED to overtake an OK team, driver
by an old man, in low swampy piece
of land, and attempted to pass it. "You
cant pass here, you will get swamped,
said the old man. II shall soon be out
of this, and then you can pass safely
Not needing the admonition, the Gov.
ernor attempted TO pass. "Have a care
Have care ! ! say" said the old man.
"Why don't you heed what say to you
You can't pass in this place. The road
is v ry narrow and once off, you will be
in the mud all over" The Governor
refined out his spirited team, o pass,
aud sure enough, in the mud he was, all
in a pile. The old farmer helped him
to unharness his team and tight things.
Then said, "sir, do you know you are
fool you don't know enough o heed
what is said TO you. You ought not TO
be allowed to 60 away from home alone.
The selectmen should place a guardian
over you. But who are your" The
stranger thanked the old man for i S.
kindness, a n d very pleasantly replied,
''they call me Governor Chittenden when
at home." Governor Chinenden ! Coz
ernor CaiHenden +! Why, sir, Governor
Chittenden is a great and good man, but
] shall take back nothing / have said.
Gov. Isaac Tichenor, when young Of
fered his hand n marriage to Miss
A, and was accepted. Some time
before TIE marriage was to be celebrated
when he was about to ride out with his
lady-lore, Miss A. thinking herself alone
before her toilet, thus soliloqnized How
do you Mrs Tichenor You look
quite smart Mrs. Tichenor." AT h
same time adjusting some part of h r
lress. There Mrs. Tichenor, you may
Tide out now" Turning around, to her :
surprise, there a t young Tichenor, a ,
one spectator of his lady's vanity. So ,
|isgusted was b G young woman with q
Ter own folly and weakness, she gave
cream, run into adjoining o m,
losed the door, and forever after refused .
n interview with her worthy intended. ;,
bis was said TO be the cause o f the =,
oyernor's bachelorhood. :.
Martin Chittenden was the federal &C
'vernor of Vermont during the years of III
1914. The great error of the gov I'll
nor's political life was in not ordering ca
t the militia of the State to repel the III
irish at PIattsburg. The governors pc
deralism,' like modern 'copperheadism,' 'O
stroyed his patriotism and he fell polit> d"
'lly dead. A warning to all who love
rty more t h n country. Governor
ariin, when young, was called "dull, o''
lddy headed boy" and his father kept '
N costantly at school, and gave him a -.
llege education. III i S elder brother, :,
.uman asked lis father the cause of his =.
rtiality to Martin, saying, "you kept ::
m at school more than all the rest of =.
:" His father replied, "Martin is al
ost fool and | want him to be capable ."
taking care of himself" Some time -. -,
ter the father had calf he wished to
Use, but was plagued to make him suck y
e cow. lie said TO his son Truman, he "
lieyed the calf was fool. The boy y
Oked at his father, then at the calf, and
ked, "Father hadn't W better send
m to college p
Rev. Aaron Hutchinson, an early and
orthy minister { Windsor County, th