The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-24

on ana the war cry ITO Arms was raise
the speaker well remembered how Waliug-
ford emptird ont Of its treasure its nlbcst
and best of her sons to answer the call
how small army was raised and under
young JGige Emerson, had reported to the
Governor. who wrote that the company
must be disb1alel So the town waited
until tie 'fed-tapc' Of the government had
employed itself in masking out its quota.
aud then as fast az orders came in for men
they were quickly flel-so fast even that
The town was pointed out as an example,
and the Adidiant General was accustomed
to say DO as Old Wallingford does ill
your quota and be ready for another"
The speaker then closed by saying that
all the many sons Of Wallinqrord were
sure to come back again 20 'he gallant old
town from whom he had received 30 many
undcseryed fayors and to whom he now
returned this tribute Of thanks.
HENRY HALL, ESQ,
OF Rutland. who had been assigned to
speak upon the subject Of Col. Iydias and
his land titles, gave an interesting crteaDoye
history of the same. lie stated that Col.
Iydios was born in tG9l and died in 1891.
and was consequently % years cf age.
Taking advantage of his fathers missionary
services among the Indians. he succeeded
in obtaining document Of conveyance Of
two large lois Of land in the valley of Of
ter Creek. This Indian title was of doubt.
full origin, but Gov Shirley of Massachu-
setts gave a confrmatory title to the claim
as a dona .fde document on the part Of the
Indian. A bit of history, however, sug-
gcsts a doubt as to this. Col johnson was
once addressed by one of the sachcms who
said you promised us that 10 snake
should come into tie council room. hut
there is a devil, (mcaning Col. Lydias.)
who stole our lands, and when he gets the
Indian drunk he compels him to sign away
our lands This related to titles in tic
Susquehanna valley, but shows tho way in
which Lydias was held by the Indians.
The Lydias titles are valuable only as a
curious history for not an acre rested upon
the grants where the titles were asked for.
The plot of land now known as Mailing.
ford was known in latter days as simply
No %. Rutland was No s, Clarendon No.
:.
The speaker said he had read in a certain
magazine an obituary notice of Col, Lydias
which was so culogstic in it tone that it
could not be relied on, and in some Of its
statements was simply ridiculous
1t is known, however, as a fact
that he was measurably successful in
business affairs and always had
means for his personal comfort. lie
built a house at Fort Edward in 1744.
The speaker then referred to the late
ness Of the settlement of Wallingford in
comparison with Rutland. Dandy, Clar-
enGon and Pittsford, which were settled
from five to eight years before it. lie
could account for it only from the fact
that it lay comparatively on lower land
and was as an eddy in the current of
the stream-but little noticed by those
who travelled through this section in
those days. Then they took their path
on the tops Of the hills, following the
old military road along the Otter Creek,
and also that Wallingford was then most
ly covered by dense forests. II was
known to the speaker that in 1861 2 man
named Asa Peabody surveyed through the
Otter Creek valley, who was sent for
ward by Lydias ms he hal seen the origi-
nal minutes of the survey from
the soursc Of the creek to
its mouth. Five years later
John Chapman and Others struck Otter
Creek at its source, and followed up to
Nergennes, passing through this town. In
IN, also, Phincas Sherman surveyed
through the town, and in 1712 another sur
veyor was here.
The speaker then referred to the no
menclature of the town and Of the ap-
parent good sense cXemplifcd in naming
it Wallingford. This is an ancient boz
ough of England, so important as to send
two members to parliament, situated on
the right bank of the river Thames. 40
miles westerly from London. lie also
spoke of the names of other towns
Brandon, meaning burnt town." but
originally the name of an English duke
dom. Its motto is " True, significant
of the business pluck and enterprise of
its inhabitants ; Clarendon, whose motto
is "The Cross, the touchstone of faith :"
Rutland whose name is older than the
Saxon language, a name familiar in liter
allure everywhere; Dandy, too, which
was once famous as the name of an Eng
lish peorage.