National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-09-01
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U.s. WIN VI bui iiSl ScllitIS tIltU
remarked during his lifetime that
he had lived nearly seventy years
upon the farm where he had COM
menced Il scttlcmcnt-and during
that time-hc had never paid a bin
of c0st,-or a lawyer q fee. Also,
that he had lived in five counties,
viz: Rutland, Addison, Chittenden,
Franklin and Lamoille, never NOV.
ing forty rods in the time. Twenty
years have passed since his decease
and his son Tin his scventy.siyth
Year,, grandson and six great grand.
children, now live upon the identi-
cal spot where they were born.-
Within two miles of the above farm,
ten homeSteads are now owned by
sons and grandsons Of the original
proplietors, having passed from their
ancestors down in the good and old
fashioned way. The settlement was
commenced in this region, while the
ground where Burlington now
stands, was a Wilderness"
This is certainly an instance of
stability and perpetuity worth not
ing, among people as restless as
the NcrmonterS. OF course the cX.
plantation of the residence Of this /
pioneer in FIVE counties .
without any removal Of his habita-
ton, il, that the counties named
were formed by successive divis-
ions. Rutland county once covered
all the territory now included in the
counties named after it. aud the
same is true Of Addison, Chttcn>
len and Franklin. The first settle.
nent in Cambridge, the town histo.
'ies tell us took place in 1888. The
irst settlement in Burlington was
n 1913, ten Years previous. In 1888
our families resided in Burlington,
md three years later in 1891 the
population Of Burlington was 1872.
Dur correspondent would have ad !
led to the interest Of his item if he
lad given us the name of his aucrS.
or and his descendants Bur!ing,
on Free Press.
From the report of the Orleans
'ounty Court We copy the follow {
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Rhodd L. BIaiR rs. Is0ac ". Bjaja |,
This was petition for the cUStO. $
y OF five minor children. the par. 2
nts living separate. There were
Jme II petitions read on the part
the petitioner, ana T. on the part Is
f the petition,es. 1t appeared
ON the evidence that the parties !.
ere married at Picrmont, New II
10 years ago. and soon -
ter thclI marriage removed to
roollyu, y. Y, where they resided -
atil April, 1864, when defendant
.moved his wife and children to
1r fathers in picrmoMt, N. H..
oresaid that defendant was with -
5 family part OF time until the -
,ring Of 1868, when he removed
lem to house about mile and a -
If from Mrs Blainc'S father. where Br
cy stayed one night, when the pc r. r.
Toner took her five children and
art to her fathers where She re. CS,il
ained until August 81, 1860 1t ~
50 appeared that thepetitioner had la
ken the entire care Of herself and VA ~.
iidren since April, 1864, her hus-
nd furnishing; nothing: that -
me tMe in 1866 the Petitions ~
mt to the house where his wife Pc
d children resided and took all sal
e furniture belonging to thcm,and Tai
FRIED it away and sold it, and has We
yer furnished them any to replace We
He remained in Pierinout until
e spring of 1866 or !, when he i''i
mt to New Jersey. where he has -
sided ever since: that on the 3D. ?!
August, 1859, the pctitIoncc went
NeWbury, VT, with stranger, :
)currd a pair of horses and GOV
Il carriage. and went to school v
use Just across the Connecticut 5
yer. in PiermOnt. where four Of &
children were attending school, c
Il told that he wanted them nam "
: each; the three youngest went 7
t. the oldest, a girl of fourteen, y
using to go, knowing her fathers rfs1
zee. He took the three youngest 7
| put them into a carriage and /
've to Newbury depot. The OLDEST
| went home and informed her
Their Of what had been DONE r,
ereupOn She took team and her Sept
ed man. and followed them to
wbury depot, where she took two
her children from her husband Mrs
force, he keeping the other, "A
: 9 years of age, and took him Miss
'ard the ears and started for Can
}. The petitioner, not being dis =
ed to see one of her children -
red off in this way, stepped -
ard the cars aud procured the
Stance of j. I. Allen, an attor- ~,
at Newport. who was on the
n, and when they arrived at Sept
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