Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-04-13
County Mention.

a membership of 1903.
The Baptist Society in Brandon hav
made arrangements for extensive repair
and additions to their church edifice. Tn
nd seats ere te be removed entirely, ant
new ones of modern patterns, upholstered
throughout are to be introduced. 1t will
be newly csrpeted and painted. An ex
tension of eighteen feet is to be made il
the rear of the pulpit for the organ ant
the choir. The cost is expected to reach
five or six thousand dollars and the sub
scriptions have already reached fou
thousand dollars. The work has alread
been commenced.
One per cent of the grand list OF
Benson is $14,43644.
--Castleton has Masonic Lodge named
after Col. Noah Lee one of the first set.
tiers of the town, with a membership OF
108. It's regular meetings are held on
the Wednesday preceding the full of the
moon in each month.
The Baptist Church in Hydeville
was organized in 1850.
--Alonzo M. Rogers of Chittenden was
restored TO his legal rights and privileges
at the last session of legislature.
The town of Chittenden had $50 in
habitants in 1890, being an increase of
$50 in the previous nine years.
The valuation of personal property
in Clarendon in 1886 was $73, 1906
"A teacher in Clarendon writing on
business makes the following remarks in
regard to parents visiting schools 81
have had very few visits from parents,
though I'll venture to say if had care of
half so many of their favorite hens and
chickens as have children, they would
come twice a week.
The list for State taxes in Dandy in
1870 was $4 904.05.
Capt Micah Vail and William Gage
were the delegates to the Dorset Conven.
ton of 1777, to frame the constitution OF
the State.
ITO app h'ShA VI iOhA Oo'dNO IA L GA
haven in 1870 was $3.50, $3.50.
The Fairhaven Savings Bank was in
oorperated at the last session of legisla'
ture, with Ira C. Allen, Joseph Sheldon,
Joseph Adams, Norman Peck, Zenas O.
Ellis Aaron r. Viii of Fairhaveu, and
Pitt w. Hyde of Castleton as corporators.
rTJ 100 81 IL II
Nathan Ramsey was the REPRESENTA-
tive from Hubb4rdton in 1887 and 1888.
George Sherman was member of the
Constitutional Convention from Ira in
1893
Ira has "a dogs.
There are 22,783 tuxable acres in
Meudon
The first constable of Mendpn was
Minot Farmer, in 1906
AT the last session of the Legislature
a railroad company was incorporated un-
der the name of the Middletown Springs
Railroad Company, with capital stock
of five hundred thousand dollars, running
from Poultney through Middletown,
r., ,louth and Clarendon to West Rut-
m,d. With Merritt Clark, Joseph Joslin,
L,hn Nawro al, John B Be4map, William
n P,or iona. Clark, Lueips Copeland,
Clark Norton. Johu w Cramton, Lewis
NJ Walker. Lorenzo Sheldon, Moses Z.
Vail and John Joslin as corporators.
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Thomas Morgan was the first settler
of Middletown, who built mills there be-
fore the revolutionary war, but soon re-
turned after it's close.
The first seleotmen of Mt Holly were
Abraham Jackson, Stephen Clark and
Silas Proctor.
In the northeast part of Mt. Holly is
considerable pond called "Patch's
Pond"
A public meeting is to be held on
Thursday at Mt. Tabor to devise means
for building hotel. The meeting is to
be addressed by Hon. David E. Nicholson
and others.
Gideon Tabor was Town Clerk in
Mt. Tabor for % years.
-Pawlet is in latitude AZ degrees 81
minutes, and longitude 3 degrees 81 min
ntes.
The Congregational Church in Paw
let was organized Aug. 9Th, 1881.
There were 800 swine in Pittsfeld in
1880.
The dysentery prevailed in Pittsfeld
in 1903, and was very mortal, particular
ly to children.
The marble of Pittsford was formerly
transported down the Otter Greek to Mid
dlebury to be sawed and manufactured.
--Pittsford had 333 horses in 1850.
Rev d. Starks, d. D., of Hampton
n. Y, will deliver discourse before
Netis Lodge I. o. of o. F., at the Metho
dist church, in Poultney, on Wednesday
April Goth, at o'clock p. m. Members
of the order and their wives are requested
to meet at the Lodge room at IL o'clock m
The members of the order are expected t.
appear in regalia,
The tifty-second anniversary of Amer
loan oddfellowship will be celebrated BY
Pico Lodge at Shrewsbury. on Wednesday
evening, April Goth. The anniversary
address will be delivered by Henry Clarl
of Rutland, after which supper will b.
served. =,
m, anniversary of tn
town of Poultney occurs thu
1ut
John Smith was town clerk of a.
land in 1910.
Rutland raised 3,7O8 bushels OF
wheat In 1850