St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-01-02
Another Renaissance of Danville

though II might nave btcn written 10y
our former tuwnsInan, Mr. Hiram
Knapp, now of Boston,:
Our rccnllcctions of your gnudl town.
are of the plraSlntcSt character and
in these days of rapid changes, some
reference I" hN gone times. may not he
without Il certain degree of interest to
yOur readers.
We remember when there were six nr
eight stores on the "Grccn. and more
business done there than in all the rest
of the county. Some of the persons
either directly or indirectly engaged in
trade. were Col. |. +. Dana, Augustine
Clarke. Choate. Aaron and Isaac Porter,
Parsons, Parmclre, Paul, Ware. kcl-
Scy, Darling. ASA Peabody. The law
ycrs were VIM. \. Gri>Wold, VIM. Mat
tnckS. Bennett. Stanley. Follctt, Shaw.
and Judge VIM. \. Palmer had recently
removed from st. Juhn>burN.
The physicians were, Ephraim Brew
ster, Eliphalct Lyman. Oluey Fuller,
and Cr Bahbitt. Doct. Collins WIS IL
student Dr. Brewster was dIowncd
i'll Lake Champlain. and his son.
Ephraim. was in practice i'll Cratt$bunl
many ycals. Dort. Lyman removed to
Lancaster. The two first were aSSOcia-
ted in business. and Il beloved brother
of the writer (whOSe remains rcpO>c III
Il foreign land) was student III their
office Respecting Doct. Lyman. w
have It very distinct recollection. one
day he WAS passing house. and was
called i'll to attend tu Il case of dental
surgery. the Youngest member of the
,..,,i1, I,.i,rr tI,. II
called forth strong protest. urged with
great emphasis. against any coercion
whatever. but the doctor. though he
seemed good natrm"dly to Weld Il little.
quietly remarked that lit would never
do to leave Il looS,. tooth in that con
dition. on account of the great danger
Of swallowing it during the night :" and
suggested the necessity of putting Il
string around it 50 as To faSten it to
another tooth. This looked So reason
able that objections were waived. and
.lS soon H. the string was secured rhc
work was done.
Nv first knowledge of the "STAE"
WAS. that il was brought to our hou>,
+ by Mr.. Solon Tre>cott. the post rider.
usually upon horseback. and was look
ed for with great interest the first
page a. every body admitted. having
no equal. NJ that time We used To- A.
~ociatt the name of the publisher with
vour fathers brother. Gen. VIM. Eaton.
who had acquired an honorable name
for his success against the Barharl
States. III breaking up thcir piratical
influence. and aholi,hing the payment
+ of tribute money. to which every civil
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