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MIS- Hemenway's VI. Gazetteer, Vol. 2
The s4---I volume or the Vermont Rhetorical
e.,...ee- q. before us-a bulky volume Of ,-''
,.-~ HRS uemsuvay' vork-ot grest value
n Ia. STATE IRON tbe arst-Er0vs IN interest
.-fr.r-sa. II proceeds We wish once more t.
s-+r7vIei-e the obligation under which she has
,5.,es all vermoaters She has gathered DO
-.i..,sur8e Az immsnss smouu. Of material Of
historical. scientific and personal interest much
fu5..b. /. nc. collected nov. would soon be
los. t,-ere-. vedauat know VINO would have
...- t.s4-v 90 undertake such labor # FHe had
nal, and she deserves the hearty encouragement
and as.israurs Of al true Yermonterf
vsIsms 2 contains t1s histories Of frankIu,
Grand lee. Lam8lls AL Orange Counties ID
.,.-. with a eap..a- likeness Of the late Rev
z,is,E THOMPSON. engraved OF stee- ny bailF5
~ -,,- has ever better deserved s1eh dstIne-
tio. FIR AIlsr Hemeuvsy IL but experimenting
and eBls--pr up51 Mr.. Thompson historicA-
l,,,-s T-s srs. eighty pages are occupied with
Al elaborate paper upon the Geology Of NoTlA-
Western Tsrmont-Chiuenieu, Franklin. Grand
r.ls and Lamoius Committee Rev D.
Ps--, Tins begins the history Of The valley Of
Lake CHamuiain. as written il the rocks IRON
the time when tins plane, wss molten mass
with no en-irelinr crust; and traces and describes
the formations III tie valley, and especially IL
she ,our-ies mentioned. DC man, We suppose
could do this better than 2ir. Perry. We ar
ola 70 lean from @ note. inst be cantenp-aies
rubIish.aga work OIL the Geology o.. srl1li
Il some future day, q purpose Ehiea, We trust
will not be dropped 80 consequence q his re-
nova l--n New England, 20 me aaslr Of A4iu-
ral Science at Ober-iu.
Franklin County follows. and is remarA21-y
r,a h. a.s,orica material. The Introductory
sbsr,e- is Hv the late Ge5. ! Houshtlu. Esq .--
the l.st Of bis completed historical laoors- The
histories Of thirteen towns IL Franklin count
susntou aeinr for some reason 0m-ttel-io--1V,
filed with interesting incidents and biographies
The history Of ST. Ainans, Icy L. j. Duicnsi-
E... is particularly full. Tbe military history
Of Franklin county comes next, occupying ie
,,-ss This is BIZ Warren Gibbs. ESQ, sn1 is .
mos valuable contribution. including ls.s u the
Vermont o.l,ers iu the Revolutionary 81 az, tns
officers and soldiers q the 18Th and --i req
.nsprs Of infantry IL the war Of lsl-, and ---i
rs-s sp5 condensed record Of every so-dia- OF
Franklin county IL The late Wa, Win sketches
of Gea Staunard. Gen. Wm +. smith, Col
B,rper. spd other distinguished soldiers. The
Franklin county chspte- is ILLUSTRATED with me
,,ea, e.grsvinrr Of the late hon. John smith
the lste Gen. Israel E. Bichsris1l. who was
killed At Aatietau. Msi Gen Wm. T. smith
gen. C j. stauuar5. sui bon Jno. Gregory
Smit1
The interesting introductory chapter iH Grand
lie county is 10y ,. Webster Dixon, Esq, who
also furnisaei the fall and careful town history
IF Grand Isle. su5 several Of The biographies
ske,ehe. The chapter is Appropriately hesaed
bv 4 s... engraved Likeness of Asa Lyon who
was In his day one of the strong men of YER
mont. taken from q PENCIL sketch the only ike
ness Of him T. existence. The biography Of Ar-
Lyon is contributed by the venerable Rev Simeon
Parmsies. who knew him intimately fry yesrs
AGO. Ia toe history OF the town of ls-c Is
Motto We ind al important an Interesting
rsrer on the first civilized occupancy OF YER
mont soil. by Hon David Read of TINS city,
who's contributions 90 the h-tt volume d. me
Ga=ai.r- we're OF such noticeable value In this
nsper Nr. Bssd shows ~ extracts from the ear'J
documentary history Of New York, that For
Anne stone fort. vas built OF the isisn- Of
lie Is Motto. by the French. ~ 1903, thirty
nine veqrs before the building Of the block house
called Fort hummer. At Hrattleboro. which has
heretofore been considered the hrst civilized
settlement within the boundaries Of vermont
The Lsmoiue Co. chapters appear from
curs,rv examination TO be quite complete the
bis,o-, C.. Stove. by Mrs n y WnkInf, being
especially full.
The introductory HAPPIER ior Orange 90 n
nv Rev. saas McReeu. who also FURNISHES the
history Of Bradford. The history Of strhiiord is
the contribution Of Senator MorriL The settle
ment Of Orange county oommeneed over hun
d-si veurs ago. sud the town histories, especially
,f,be river towns. are full Of interesting renIn-
issuoes of Revolutionary and Indian hosiiliies Of
tbose early dsvs The history O.. The town o.
Orange contains the careful biographical sketch
Of Beu-v ). stscy, vho was q native Of that
town. written ty Hon. David Reed ana read ny
him ct tie last special meeting Of the Historical
Society IN this CITY, last GUNNER.
We lack rraee fer further detail5d mention Oh .
the contents Of this volume The histories Of ten .
csuuties nave now been published The four re .
rnsininr counties will make another volume OF f.
LOCO psres. much of which Is already III type 7
and there vii ttil be material. IN supplementary .
histories. biographies, etc. FROM the state 81
large. fcr fourth volume
The series ought t. be OWED b. every Yer
nontc- vino cares anything for the history Of ms
STATE. and f-- ibs enduring memory Of her Sons,
who're i've SIZE worth recording. AT who
hsve not done 60. should procure 3, a7r- The
VOLUMES msy be cut Of print sooner thsn msny
ruspose. t1r tie editions printed are not large
one or tpo Of the stecl plates hsy5 already been
DESTROYED hy scciieut, and cannot be supplied
after this sud the compiler deserves ana neeis
ina euceuraremeut Of rspil salef TO hgaten the
hesvy uo-uuizry responsibility which she iucurs
IL such v5.uminous publication
Many farmers througaou; the State are dis