Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-07-12

per, writes the opening chapter, which is
quite interesting. A paper. "MeihOdism
in Grand Isle county," is furnished by
Rev. ID. Marvin. Hon. David Read.
Geo. +. HOughtOn. II. II. Reynolds, Rev.
o. G.. Wheeler and others contribute.
Over 800 pages are devoted to Orange
county. Among the writers are Rev.
S. McKeen. Hons. Alvah Bean, Hiland
Hall, ID. p. Thompson, p. II. White, Col.
r. Farnham, L. g. Hinckley. and Bishop
L.de Goesbriand. There are many interest
ing "reminiscences ofthe Revolutionary war
aud of Indian forays. Randolph is treat
ed in an exhaustive manner, and the
sketch Of Strafford by Senator Morrill, is
OF interest.
Lumoille County now claims our atten.
ton. Each town, including Mansfield
and Sterling, appears IN a manner credit
able to their several historians. The
county chapter, by our untiring statisti-
al-iact.and-item-g -gatherer and friend, l..
}. Seeley, of Cambridge, is brief, but con-
tains much that will be new to many, no
doubt. 1t seems there was considerable
dissensioD as to where the county build
ings should be located when Lamoille
county was first organized, both Morris
town aud johnson presenting claims for
them and each backed by their respective
portions Of the county. As Mr.. s. OBJ
serves, "there was tight pull!' The
matter was finally left for committee tc
decide, and, as usual with such bodies,
the matter was compromised, and neither
got them. We quote the following from
the paragraph on ponds;
There are two large ponds in Eden
South pond is two miles long, and is uscC
of late years for reservoir. North ponC
is two miles long aud "a mile wide, aud a
the outlet is a village aud mills The frs
mills were built upon the outlet by Thos
Ii. Parker aud Jeduthan Stone. Abou
sixty.fve years ago their dam broke away
carrying of the saw aud griSt-mils. Ii
four eet of the bed of the stream SixteeI
feet feet OF water rolled nearly perpeudic
lar. There was not horse so feet tina
the inhabitants at ohnsou could be warned
of the rushing water till they were inun
dated, 1t tore the cellars out and pork
barrels and other cellar-stores were car
ried miles below, and left on the meadow
of the Lamoille. The injured partie
brough; suit against Parker and Stone
which ran for numb"r of years. A
length the Judge told the johnson inhab
itants that they had not brought the sui
against the right ouc-it was the work o
the Supreme Being Each one paid hi
costs, and the litigation ended"
The breaking-away (?) of Greensbor
pond during the big storm of 1869 witt
the surging OF its iuundating mass Of tar
bid waters as they rolled down through tn
county spreading devastation and havo
and-apd--''so forth !" is still With
the memory of man, and so, we suppose
will not be fully cbronlcled in all il
(ludricously) harro ing details tor-somt
time!
Cambridge history is furnished by Re,
Il. Wheelock, i. j. seeley, Geo. I
Houghton and Nath. Read; biographies
sketches IF Dea. j. Brewster, Natna
Smile, Capt. Renssear Read, Joh
Warner, and others. Eden is by Fran
Plumly, Esq. Of Mortified; sketch {
Abel Smith, one of the earliest settler
is given. Hyde Park, by Rev. d. 1
Bicknell, is quite voluminous, and fore
= bly, displays he industry as well as tn
: ability Of the author sketches of proprit
; tors meetings, early town government
; etc, are gwen in detail johnson, b
Hon. Thos. Waterman and Rev. I. !.
y Mcrriman, is well described the militar
history is furnished by "a. S. Pierc,
town clerk" which is slight mistake
Hon s. s. Pike having been town cleI
for seceral years last past about hir'
> we believe, Prof s. FL. Pearl contribute
chapter on the former Grammar ar
u present Normal School. No name appea
II IN connection with Morristown, and Il
l. sketch Of the same is brief though wei
= written, with numerous biographical n
: tees; Stowe, by Mrs. M. N. Wilkins,
y treated in manner equal to thai of al
Z town noticed in the work, ,-replete wi
. records of distinguished persopages, Co
}. densed and accurate information relatil
). to all matters Of town history, beautiful
= and eloquently described; Waterville,
! L Henry Wiley, is brief, but ingeniou
: ly written multum in parvo; Wolco1
y by Rev. Horace Herrick and lady, is !
Y teresting and gives considerable inform
> tion; the towns Of Belvidere, Elmore al
!. Formerly Mansfield are also noticed
. Mr.. Wiley, applications to residents
v those towns for similar sketches not ha
Q ing been complied with.
D. We have already exceeded our inten