Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-12-01

along the banks Of the river for the famous
stone
MONTREAL AND PLATTsBURoH RAILRoAD-TLe
annual meeting Of the stockholders O: the
Montreal and Plattsburgh Railroad Company
was held at Foquet's Hotel, ct Pla;tsburgh,
y. Y. on Wednesday. Nov. % Nearly all the
stock of the road was represented
The report Of Hon. John B. Page, President
Of the Corporation, was presented and adopted
The report shows the indebtedness Of the COM
psny will be, on the first day of January, 1872,
S24, 930.ls. The directors voted to pay the
stockholders dividend Of $50 On each share,
payable March /, 1872, sud another CT sane
amount, on each share, Sept. l, 1872. March l,
1873, and Sept. ], 1873, and thereafter a semi
annual dividend Of $500 per share can be
made during the term Of the lease Of twenty
yesrs
The stockholders then proceeded to the cleo
ton Of directors for the ensuing year, which re-
suited as follows:
Direciors-John B. Page, Rutland Cakes
James II. Williams, Bellows Falls; Samuel ".
Foster, Knowlton; NJ. K. Platt, Plsttsburgh
The directors elected John B. Page. Rutland,
President, joel NJ. Haven, Rutland, Treasurer;
Nj. K. Platt, Secretary
The stock was largely Represented and the pro
cesiings Of The meeting harmonious. The lease
Of this road is held by the Rutland Railroad
Company, snd has been transferred with the
other roads under the control of that corporation
under their lease 70 the Vermont Central rail
road Who now operate it.
VERMONT N 81. LAWRENCE County. y. Y
We find the following in the Osweso. n. Y, nd
rertissr, from the pen Of tie venerable Simeon
Parmelee, ID, formerly vell-known Vermont
clergyman:
In perusing your paper this morning, i no
ticed a encomium upon ST Lawrence county. 4
majority Of about six thousand i've hundred.
The statement caused the inquiry. Whence
came the inhabitants Of that county. Who
were its first settlers 10 1911, the writer
passed the whole Of that county thst was az sll
settled, s missionary, and all the other c5un-
ties between the 81. Lawrence and Lake Chan
plain; preached in all the log school houtes. and
many private houses, and learned the origin Of
al tbs; new settlement, reaching from Lake
Chsmplsin to the St. Lawrence
an now going 70 leak out little patriotic
pride, commodity so common that trust you
will MOI be alarmed. From Phusburgd to
Malone line, | found many Yermoa;ers. "a
that YES my Stse, and wes still my home, AMI
Ms | felt the most az home when with those from
that State, although more than one hundred
and fifty miles from home. felt thst was near
il from the fact thst Franklin and ST. Lawrence
counties were settled almost entirely with er-
mou,ers, and the most worthy and euierprising
and pi1us men that the State could furnish.
Ratlsui, PiJtsori, Brandon, Cornwall, Middle
barry, Shoreham, CAstlet0n. and mauy Other
towns, yielded up their most worthy citizens.
There were Dsscous snl Judges, sud Coi-nels
and Teachers, and Graduates. IL seemed that
the cream Of the northern saj central parts Of
Vermont had yeen taken up in balloon AID
dropped down ia Franklin and 81. Lawrence
counties.
You will see tina; / could not reirain from the
inquiry Where did 81. Lawrence county
come from 2" You viii pardon NY Intrusion,
tho = stranger they call lie.
Masonic CoxcLyr.-The r. T. Grand Com
maale-y oftle Safe Of New York, held an Inner
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mandery, Platisourgn' n. l. and VS. repre-
sentci b7 the following Sir Knights:
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tora. {. SW.: L.R. Cushing. Of Saratoga. G.
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Hull Of Saratoga, G. Warden; f. C. Wentworth
Of Malone r. sentinel
The following Nnis4ts were f-es' -
Poi'lsn' Malone ana DuFlns'-n' '
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Nightingale, Of Canton. n l.. o. The g.
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Grand Recorder Of the Grand Commauiery Of
Yermout
With The usua. hnisatly certl1lle7' DE 900 +
ConmanaeGy' NO 49, Was 1u'5 --s.''1'e1' anu
the following officers installed
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