The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-16

who prepaid for it should have the third
volume also that other members receive
the volumes al $500 per volume 1t was
voted to print.a catalogue. Adjourned till
evening
EVENING SESSION.
The evening meeting was called to order
by Key. DR.. Lord president of the society.
Prayer was offered by Rev. DR.. Strong,
of Carlton college, Minnesota. A sketch
OF the late Hon. Charles Reed was read by
ii. A. llusc, Esq. l.. /. butcher, ESQ,
was then introduced, and delivered an adj
dress on
LIFE Is THE PRIMITIVE ZOO CABINS OF YER
MONT"
Mr. butcher said
| There has been lie long going that the
early Ncrmonters were fugitvcs from JUS
tice. The territory of Vermont was mainly
| chartered by Benning Wentworth, COVER
nor OF New Hampshire. One hundred and
| twenty charters were granted Lieut.
| Coiker, OF New York, trumped NJ a claim
that the last named colony OWNED this ler-
ritory, and began to regrant lands already
| occupied under New Hampshire charters.
The settlers resisted the surveyors and new
grantees, and administered the b,ach.sea
especially near the Jerusalem oi Yer
cinlno nv tbn ,,;,rs 81 ,i,, III n,S u!s-
Tie sufferers -, ye,,, ,,,,'r "'','' '''' saso
civiljzation of Tho ,,' XXX az ' n W '''o
shire grants. and thcy took J means ,e" 't"'l
nrnss their on;,ior irooi,, o,,I w. -,
Ike liz abnvs refarrnd ~, gnu so a'a,.eu
grocos con,c L,, ,bo,, ,,.oro Wv, -
5JIcd ,hn fo,na,s '" AL ~ no' '',oso VINO
| small portion of the pnDulaiion
nronoec tn drs,p, ii', 80, ,I',,
of life in those dovs Tbc ,rn,,ii,,,,
onened h,idle nails ovor yhioh ,,iu, '',a'
sac,; and hnndla co,ro thn ,'o ",'n Mu"p'
who came to build ca,ins T6o o iass u ,.e"i
was Of graat vol,a ~ ,io,,, H. J,o WV
aoors ioIles and ,,,o NJ, ~ ''' an, '.',il
wool forr,j,r tho ,,,oiIs ~ i'o "a'u '
were ch,nlfnd and nI,e,nrnd .,,,i -. '''..'
tor,a,Ja ind,it,," ,s,,.o ''"u VIZ Do'''-
cbam,hcr and ,ra,, adoo, az u.s. '" tne
The sct,le,e wore prthoIov l., wv ~; 1e','.,
thinr ot least-th.,, hn,ia,nl !, .. ,,'o o .D
rood for man 70 10 oIoro y "a a Nv
man who came alone and hri,, liz liz , ,or,irs
40 w;rter cove WOW, ',,,'s MS ou'lI. ;
morr;ed hie ewne,boa,t ,,d ,oi,,. N" ,,. ,, ,
NV an ok team towards ,hn I,s, ,f 5000 80,
,nr fnr ,,a ,,n,,o ", ,,' aas vi 'ho VIII
The bonse Tins sonrl "''1 ,chn', ,.
entered hv n boss ,v6,,d siai, Am, ,,'ue was
wooden la,ch was Iif,ed 1 b" "1U,, wnU s
outside On ono e;de hnnr ,I'a '''
one corner was The he'd in '"e , i,pm,
try-and then the family chest, the gourds
tor bringing water and the gun for more
earnest work, with many other things made
up the show of household goods.
The speaker described the logging bee.
and the bountiful provision made by the
: good dame of the house for the helpers
: moose meat, bear steak and the like 6egal
; the course and the inevitable pumpkin bic
closed it. In these years there was less ar
dent spirits used than came to be the order
of somewhat later day. Preachers came
: through the settlements on tours. Second.
. were early established.
Weddings in these cabins were grca
events, but infrequent because the grl
were scarce. Nathan Green of St Adams
used to boast he had his pick of all the
girls in town, but questioned, said it wa
true there were but three and one of thos,
was squaw. The speaker described al
early wedding, where the bridegroom wen
! with his oxen through three feet os snow
and, after jolly wedding, took his brid,
r home through the dark woods upon III,
? COX sled"
5 The dress of the period was somethin!
: like this Coat of wooden, colored viii
, butternut bark, fastened by belt; breechc
7 of buckskin; cap, wooden or f1x-skin. anc
mocassns of moose hide.
The old-fashloned quilting frolic was de
scrloed. Inc women began to asse nbl
and ton~nes md needlns ' ' n'nra .i'ei lioui
: Towards night the lords of creation hega,
: worn on only rare occasions would last IN