St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-04
Tern,Ont Historical Gazetteer.
EDITED BY MISS 4. VI. IIEMENWAY.

each town i'll the state-clvil, ecclesiaS-
tical, biographical and military. The
original intention was to have this mag
azine a quarterly, but the great labor OF
the work, and the lack of pecuniary sup
port, made its publication rather irregu-
lar up to tie breaking out of the war,
when it was suspended altogether. Al
this time some six numbers had been is
sued, comprising Il history OF Addison,
Bennington and Caledonia counties, be-
sides more than one whole number which
was devoted to the town of Burlington il
Chittcndcn county. Since the war, Mis-,
HeInenway has resumed her labors, Gt.
indeed, she ever ceased from them) and
AS result we have before us Nos. VII
VIII, IN, Y and XI, completing vol
ume | Of the work. These number:
complete Chittenden and Essex counties
Future numbers, till the entire State i,
completed, are promised with more re2u
larty. But what is wanted now is pc
culinary support. The work is valuable
but too few are regular Subscribers to il
and the load drags heavily.
The editress of this work has alwav:
depended on the several towns IN cacl
county to furnish its own town history
ana lust here has been the salvation o
the work, also lis interest and value
All people have SO much pride as to like
10 have Meir town appear we'll in hi>to
rv consequently it has been often TIA,
case that the very best men and writer:
have freely contributed TO the Gncetteer.
As the numbers lately issued contain ;
history OF Essex county. we have writ
ten more ut length of this work, hopin:
to awaken an interest in it anon- on
numerous subscribers in this gallant liz
tie county. The county chaptcr * writ
ten by Mr.. Hiram A. Cutting. who CON
tributes valuable lic,s an: statistics
VIM. Burbank, Esq Rev. Abnrr How
ard, Col. \. L. Bowman, Mr.. }. +
Woodbury., Mr.. Milton Cutler, Hon
Jonah Brooks, Rev NJ Bullard, Rev
VIM. Sewell, Hon. VIM. Haywood, Da
vid Goodall, Esq, and others, cUmtribut
to this number.
BRIGHTON.
From the history OF Bri ghton by Col
Bowman, we extract some paragraph
which will prove Of much interest t
some of our readers who do not see tn
| Gaettteer:
Tile first person who settled /
Brighton was Enos Bishop, in 1926
John Stevens followed in 1921. ,joh
Cargill commenced in that part calle
Caldersburg about the same time, job
kilby built Il log cabin and moved Ii
family in October, 1927. Seneca Fo
ter followed nine weeks atterward
John kilby built the first framed hou>
in 1928. Phrclan RosebrookS move
his family into town i'll March, 1927, b'
ing the fifth family. Mr.. Rosebrool
built the first framed barn. lie was II
first Justice of the peace, having been al
pointed in 1928. When Mr. Bishop al
Mr.. Stevens came into town, they we
obliged to travel on foot IL miles :ro
the Connecticut river through Il den
wilderness, and for Il long time had
bring their supplies from there in Il
winter on hand-sleds, the snow being
deep it was impossible to use teams, al
the men could travel in no way thel
selves except on snow-shoes.'
sometime previous to building t
road (the old Magog road) Judge Hi
man started alone upon snow-shoes t
Connecticut River. In the early part
the dav it was quite warm, and the snc
:, melted 50 us to make it very heavy II
yelling, and completely saturated !
moccasins before night, and it bccal
very cold, when Mr. liinman found bo
d his feet were frozen, and lie travelled
t this condition some distance, till ne ;
/, rived ut the Nuihegan river, where he l
moved the moccasins. and sat ali ni9
with his feet in the water, beng una
to remove them on account OF the sev'
cold. In the morning he bandagcd til,
up, put on his snow-shocs, and succeed
in reaching his destination in safety.
r The first child born in town perish
with its mother before assistance COZ
s, he rendered them by their nearest nei:
bors, which were some miles dista
he he The first child born, which lived, '
Ezekiel Foster. The fret death wa
- Mr.. Cargill, brother of John Carg
N, He was at work with his brother Gle
- ing land, and in falling tree, his ;
was struck, and the butt of it driven
. to his side. He was Immediately
moved with the intention of taking
to lis friends in New Hampshire,
died before they reached the Connect
stt} river
re- re- 'Enos Bishop built the first hol
f upon the west side of beautiful shce
water called Knowlton lake, now Isl