Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-06-08
Rutland County Mention.

Brandon in 1928.
In 1777 Brandon was visited by a
party of Indians who killed two men,
Geo. and Aaron Robbins, made prisoners
of most of the other inhabitants and set
fire to their dwellings and to saw mill
which they had erected.
-Castleton is ATS feet above the
ocean.
The town of Castleton was organized
in March, TIT.
Nathaniel Ladd was the first justice
of the peace in Chittenden, in 1889. and
served % years. Mr.. Ladd was also the
first representative.
Formerly the manganese found in
Chittenden was shipped to New York at
the rate of about three hundred tons q
year, and worth $50 ton. The building
of the Woodstock railroad would revive
this traffic and make a business for that
town.
The first constable of Clarendon was
Levi Colvin, in 1879.
1t is now about As years since the
mineral springs at Clarendon were first
made known to the public.
The first selectmen of Dandy were
Stephen Caulkins, Seth Cook, and Crispin
Bull.
There are several caverns in Dandy
which are Of considerable curiosity, but
which have never been thoroughly ex-
plored One of the caves in the south
eastern part descends like well into the
solid rock. 1t is said that person was
let down with a rope one hundred and
fifty feet perpendicularly into this cave
without discovering any bottom.
Rev Rufus Cushman was the first
pastor of the Congregational church in
FAirhaven. He was ordained Feb. 18th,
1907 and died Feb. Sd, 1929.
-Fairhaven is in latitude 43 deg. 36
min, longitude deg. 48 min.
The first grist and the second saw
mill in Hubbardton was built by Nathan
Rumsey in l7S9.
One thousand eight hundred and
twenty FIVE acres of land were taken from
Ira in 1884 to help form the town Of Mid
dletown.
There are only Ave school districts in
the town of Ira.
The Burlington Free Press publishes
letter from Col. J. B. Batcbelder relative
to the relic of Gettysburgh found by him.
He Gays II am pleased to report to you
that the Testament which 1 had in my
possession, found on the Gettysburgh
battlefield, which you were so kind as to
advertise in your paper, was claimed two
weeks ago by Mr.. George D. Petty, of
Mendon, Vt, brother of CharlesW. Petty,
deceased, the soldier who owned the Tes-
lament I have expected that Mr.. Petty
would acknowledge the receipt of it, and
have deferred notifying you until l heard
from him"
-Mendon has only 100 taxable heads.
One per cent. of the grand list of
Middletown is $2.299.42.
Gen. Jonas Clark was Justice of the
Peace in Middletown forty-four years in
succession.
The list for State taxes in the town
of Mt Holly is $4,03349.
The first settlers of Mt. Holly were
Iohsbod G.. Stephen, Jonah, Ebenezer and
Amos Ives, Jacob Wilcox, Joseph Green,
David Bent, Abraham Crowley and Abra-
ham Jackson in 1880 and 1881.
The original survey embraced por-
ton of the south part of Sudbury and q
gore of land which was afterwards held
by Pistsford.
Mt. Tabor has only 20 dogs.
The first seleotmen of Mt. Tabor
were John Stafford, John Jenkins and Gid
con Baker.
Mr. Rush, one of the early settlers of
Pawlet, died in that town in March, 1924,
aged 10 years.
-Pawlet has 22.35O acres of taxable
land.
The appraisal of real estate in Pitts
field is $81, $40.
The Congregational meeting house
in Pittsfeld was built in 1920.
Elder Elisha Rich was the first set
tied minister in Pittsford, and was or
dained over the Baptist church in 1884.
Forty persons died of dysentery in
Pittsford in the short space of four weeks
in 1903
The Vermont House, formerly Rip
ley Female College, of Poultney, is fast
becoming popular as a summer boarding
house for city visitors, and will be filled
to its utmost capacity the present
summer.
The appraisal of real estate in Poult-
ney is $604,530.
-T.e first speaker of the Vermont
House of Representatives was from Rut-
land, as was the last one. There have
been three speakers from Rutland, Bow
ker, Solomon Foot, and Charles H. Joyce
Rutland in 1942 had three churches,
one bank, one printing office, fifteen
stores, twelve lawyers, six physicians,
and about a hundred dwelling houses.
How many will it have in 1872 is the
question
There are three natural ponds in
Shelburne covering ten acres each.
The town of Sherburne has one
church but no settled minister.
In 1928 OF e mile square f#em the town
of Plymouth was annexed to Shrewsbury.
Shrewsbury Peak, situated in the north
49, 49,, Ia ora IF the hiohest