Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-06-22
Addison County Mention.

Addison County Mention.
The increase in population in Addi-
son county from 1920 to 1880 was 1924
Otter Creek is the principal stream in
Addison county. 1t enters the county
from the south, crossing about the middle
of the southern boundary and falls into
Lake Champlain near the northwest cor
ner at the mouth of Panton.
Addison county has had three COVER
nors, serving nine years, Silas FL. Jenison,
five years William Slade, two years
John W. Stewart, two years.
TOWNS.
The appraisal of real estate in the
town of Addison amounts to S465,356.
M. E. E. Wheeler of Bridport, dug
on the 18th inst, potato as large as
large walnut with the shuck on-size 1t
inch in length and 1 inch in diameter
the other way.
Bristol has 1T taxable heads.
Cornwall had 926 inhabitants in 1890
the largest population of any town in
Addison county.
1T is expected that parties attending
the Independence Ball at North Ferris
burgh will go by railroad for fare one
way. 1t is also expected that all will
have good time.
One per cent. of the tax of Goshen is
S55629.
joel Rice was the first representa-
tive of Granville in 1907.
Daniel Clafin was the first delegate
in a constitutional convention from Han
cock in 1893.
| Several deaths have occurred in quick
succession in Leicester, the last OF which
was on Sunday morning, the 18th inst
Without the least warning, Mrs. Lizzie
Alden was found in her bed in a dying
condition, breathing only few times after
the family were summoned. Disease Of
the heart is supposed to have been the
cause of her sudden death. She had been
uncommonly we'll and cheerful through
the day, preparing the dinner, and going
about the house as usual, retiring at night
seemingly in her usual health.
The same day intelligence came OF the
death of Mrs. Lensel Sayles, former
resident, whose remains were brought to
Leicester for interment. The persons
! were buried the sanao day, and a writ err
in the Register thus describes the scene !;
"The two professions met in the cemetery ;
the coffin of Mrs. Sayles was opened at the
grave. that some of the friends who had
not seen her for years might look once
more upon that dear familiar face; and
while they were taking their last sad
look. the bereaved friends in another part
of the ward were lowering their dead
among her kindred dust. Oh the tears
that fell around those open graves to-day
nv pen cannot describe that mourntul
scene. Never has our town witnessed SO
remarkable a coincinence, and never
scene so solemnly impressive"
Lincoln has 81 dogs, which it will be
seen exceeds Hancock a few, even with
its Taurus Carts thrown in.
The National sBank of Middlebury
has $52,955.73, on deposit from individ-
ual depositors.
-Monkton was chartered June gath,
1862. to Abiam Dow and 63 others, con-
tanning $4,000 acres. One year from
June "a, Monkton ought to have CEN
tennial celebration. Notwithstanding a
decade more than a century has passed
Elijah Foot was the first town clerk
of New Fl aven in 1887.
The individual deposits in the First
National Bank of Orwell, June 10th,
amounted to 50,420,11.
The death of d. S. Holcomb, long
the proprietor of the Cumberland House
Pittsburgh, was very sudden. He had
been rapidly recovering from the injuries
received from an accident, and was unus-
ually cheerful the evening before bis
death, the cause of which was disease OF
the heart. He was native of Panton
and was almost seventy years of age at
the time of his death. He was buried at
Westport
-Ripton has 26,991 taxable acres.
-Messrs. Bliss, Ingels, Hamilton and
Leavitt, of Brandon, have recently been
holding outdoor religious meetings in
Salisbury.
The first person born in Shoreham
was Paul S. Gregg in 1866.
The appraisal of personal property in
Starksboro is $94,946.
-Vergennes was organized under its
city charter July 1, 1894.
-Deming, in bis list of Vermont off
GERS, thus narrates how Waltham came tc
be the first representative in the Legis'
lature: "In 1928 some person came across
J the Constitution of Vermont and there
discovered that every organized town in
, the statewas entitled to representative in
} the General Assembly, and a number Of
towns took advantage of that wise mans
discovery and have sent on their repre-
sentatives since" This does not speak
well of the intelligence of the people, and
the story is highly questionable.
: There are two public monuments il
+ Weybridge, one to the memory of Hon
? Silas Wright, and one to the settlers car
, ried away by the Indians during the rev.
a. dictionary war. ......- ....s
The swamp in Whiting, bordering OF
I Otter Greek, covers two or three thousand