Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-08-26

VERMONT HIsToa'cAL eAzEf7hER,-
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Tn. work is now designed 10 exten
to three volumes The numbers no
p issued complete the fist, and are OF
u cupied with Chittenden (conclued) an
~ Essex Counties Addison. Bennington
81 aud Caledonia will be found in Nos | I
=; 4. iltris come years now since the appear
: ance'of the earlier issues. aud we though
it possible that the enterprise had bee
l. abandoned We are glad to learn it i
gong steadily onward, aud is in fai
} way ito be successfully completed !
cln66t be Wermonters will allow sutl
> an enterprise to flag for want of petron
. age We see that some three thoussu,
subscribers are already secured for til,
work. 'O6e editor asks for ten tbousaii,
: Subscribers, and this is not an unreasona
: Tie request. as it would only give OH,
copy to every FIVE or SIX families througr
= the State. F't1
The Gazetteer is great repository Of
historical facts in regard to the towns an
more eminent men of the State aud Yer
monters are unier a listing debt Of graf
itude to the persistent aud lsborious edi
tor, who has SPARED neiher time nor pains
to mike the collection reasonably tuii su1
accurate fbe'peiiod was fast going by
il which it would be possible to gathe,
and recount the incidents of the earle,
men and times aud the labor of compil
alton was such as to deter ali bui one of
untiring industry, and special liking
for historical and biographical pursuits.
Nos. 5-l0 have special Interest for the
deDizens of Chittenden County. Each
town has its his Dry given, aud ske ches
OF its most prominent citizens and f mi
lies Lake Chonplain is discussed ID oil
long aid interesting Historical p per by
Mr.. Thomas H. Garfield the recent mil.
ltary history of the G unity finds place iu
special chapter, one important section Of
which IS occdpled by an account, by Cot
q q Benedict, of the part taken By Vt
troops in the Battle of ucttysburgh Prof
Bnckham has pleasant paper on Bur
llngton as place to live in" which en-
not fail to be Of interest 10 citizens ysvelI
as outsiders; also a sketch Of lhc,.late
President Pe1se while & sawter,c N
tributes notices of Hon. VIM. Grisgold.
aud Sion L Howard J. r. Pomeroy oat
ines the lives and char 4cters of Horace
Loomis, Esq. DR. Cassns Pomeroy. and
Hon Henry Hitchcock; and ieorge +.
ioughtcn furnishes sketches af Andrew ,
thompson, B + Bailey, G. Goodrich, J.
\. Jewett, snd Prof. Eepj min LiucoIn
u d
There are brief Biographies also Of N
Haswell. Dr. W. Atwater. lhos Cham :
'oTlain, I Foilett. Harry Brady, Phil, .
)ooli,tle. Rev. z Thompson. and Var' u
,ickln. su....l. 7...t7r d
These occur is No. z. while No. i. 81
'holly occupied with Burlington amt Bur. y
Ington men, as also paris of No. 5 and u
. 1t will be seen that the people Of this J.
ny should be more largely interested in !"
he "Gsze,teer' than those of any othei l.
ection in the State; and We notice III 10
fourteen Ve,monters to whom Miss IA
Ieminway makes special acknowledgement, p'
IT aid, live are citizens of Burtipgtou-- VI
lilly our shared .rs al
The value Of this Magazine as a repos- 4
DRY OF materials for the future historian
vermont. Is apparent at the fIsi glance. p
ct all the articles are Of eminent value. ~
Ut most OF the contributors have ben ~
p bic aud paInstaking Weeould spare -
me OF the poetry and few Of the :"
o'npos''ions '--we don't haow what else ="
call them;--and We wish the the proof %
aiding had been done by more caretu, ~
competent hand; but we forbear c,iti VI
Sm. and commend it to all the sons ma 10
70 or adopted, Of the Green Mountain W.
ate bi'
Ii sells for 80 cts, a number. or the e''
81 volume 81 Nos 1896 pages Tor -
% III paper. and So III half morocco, -"
d can be had at any of the bookstores. ~
good engraving OF Ira Allen, aud one ~
the University of VI stand at the b. '''
ining OF the volume. '''
From what we have said of the Bur. ~
g,on portion Of the work, dwcllcrs in W.
ler towns will know what to expect in ' Nv
.ald TO their own localities '"'
The second volume, embrocing Frank 'A'
/, Grand Isle Lsmoille. Gauge. uuc oA'
leans Counties will be put to press 10 e'e'
eN DAYS pas