Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-04-09

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Tea remarks thai l hall make. az mcH-
ory i % bluuisd sud freeeh % broken.
sill. esn remember thing much hsiisr
that irsnspired IS yesn ago. thah n0u.
Ny father Inovrd biz family into iOWu
IS ysars $50 the hrsi day Of the present
moulh Of March; | vas then II Old yesrs
and sm new e.. Atthat time there ueFe %
families IN Town, all tod, viii nov cite
yOs where every family then lived. aud
their buildinas;
In the hrsi place. on the West Branch,
Joshua Dosue had a log house. and barn
covered with spruce lark, near Christopher
sanIorn's. This side. Harvey Wakefield
had log house covered with spruce bark
and no barn near Mr.. Fosters. The next
was William Utley's. a los house aud
barn covered with spruce bark near where
Luke J. Towns buildings bOw stand.
Next. Paul SanbOrn's log house aud no
baru near Mr. Orlando BonsOn's. Next,
was Mr.. Benefits framed house covered
with long shingles. near where Morris H..
Cady's buildings now stand. Samuel
Henderson had log house near Water
bury liue, on the farm that Mr.. Bates
liyel on. A Mr.. Dole had a log house
covered with bark, near Mr.. Gales build
iugs. The next, Francis L Story. on the
farm where Jared Camp lived and died,
had very poor log house, with no floor
to it. A MI Knapp had a log house
covered with bark. near Chandler Watts
Israel Hubbard had poor log hut, with
no floor. He was very poor man. and
his children IN warm weather went nearly
naked. The next was Clement Moody
framed hausc aud barn. cCNered with Ion,
shingles, near AFRO Slayton's. Nh. Mood,
came from Keunebunk Me-, walked viii
a willow cane. and stuck 1t 10 we
place back Of his house 1t grew to be
large tree, aud from that all the swee
willows in town sprung.
Now we come to the mills: The land
owners offered Mr.. Josiah Hubbard 10
acres including the mill-priviledge if h
would erect a saw and grist-miIl, in
certain time. Mr.. Hubbard came o
D with his help, AMI built log house, sa
and grist.nlil on the ground where Nj
Porter's mills now are, aud one other hous
near where Jonas Thomas buildings no
stand.
MIR. Colgrove had a log house bac
e of the OlG Burying Ground. Mr.. Eli
Wilder had a log house opposite wido
: Towns. Ny Fathers house was next
log house aud framed barn, covered wit
: long shingles, 40 x Is = barn floor Wi
split bass slabs, hcwed, edged and mac
quite smorh floor stone chimney, ban
chamber floor topped out with split stick
plastered with clay mortar aud cut stray
There was enc janlb to his chimney
which was stone oven that baked We
c Having but one jamb we could burn woo
: 4 or feet long. All in those days, bur
green wood Our object was to burn 9
u the wood we could. We could keep o.
house warm in the coolest months. DIV
Luce had log house and framed ba
e near Robert Scribner's Sam. j. Scribn
& lad poor log house no barn and no flo
c TO his house. john Seabury had franz
house aud taru rear where George Ra
II mond's buildings now stand. Asa Ra
mond built him framed house where z
~ bina W. Bennett now lives and moved
wife into town the next winter with
Of team. Andrew Luce had a log house abe
he 10 rods north of where Albert Pot
OF now lives. tlough WcCutchan had !
house in T. Harris back pasture.
to james Town had log house on o.
r. Perkins fam the spring we came il
n town. lie built him framed barn and .
ly it ready TO raise on Friday but he h
ne heard it said if he raised it on FrI
no being an unlucky day. it would be bu
be ed go he postponed it till Saturday.
ST. took every man in town to raise barn
those days and all had to have litte"st
he 90" after the frame was up JOSIAH H
bert. town clerk, requested all to stand
"a the plate, then proclaimed:--
Hear ye, hear we, hear ye! Marris
&c is intended between Noah Churchill Q
at Polly Marshall, both of Stowe. 6
save the people Three Cheers
ay MrUtley was at the raising. He brou'
bis family to Lowden Cases, Mrs. Ute
brother, who had log house and bl
near where Chas. Churchill's buildi
at now stand. There was very hard thun'
ri shower that after noon Mr.. Utley tC
to his Oldest child Henry on horseback &
OF started for home leaving the rest Of
family at Mr. Cases He passed the {
rar l.roaoh :, eafety lint tho West branch