Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-10
o;d.Time DistilierieS in Cabot,

Iret settlers OF any new country, they had
To endure many hard>hips and privations
AMI were Obliged to Use every means that
offered by which they could obtain money
.u0urh 10 procure the necessities of life
Ou,. way in which these pioneers used to
,,t money was by cutting down the large
Iul;lr. elm. and ash trees that had with
-nm the severe blasts of many Il NcAr
and burn them to ashc,; these ashes they
converted into salts and carried, on their
back, or on hind->le,lS, to Prachlm or
pmyillr, where lhey traded them for such
articles us they nee,Icd in their families
By this means large tracts OF land were
cc.ucd ready for Il crop.
But the ingenuity of the people soon
showed itself bv converting the potatoes,
whicii they raised in great abundance, into
what wa, supposed at that time to be "A
n,ct.~>iv in all their families, VIZ. lll>key.
And IL ths commodity found Il ready sale,
the building OF di>lilleries became a ntce>
SHY.
Accordingly, Hanson Rogers, Esq, a
stirring. energetic citizen, in lS0J erected
the lr-G di>tilltry in town, on Cabot Plain,
which was III that time the principal point
in lhr own where al the town business
WIS tr.rn~,cted. and all public meetings
we've he'd. As this WAS situated on nearly |
II 1 IL
uiu,t water could be ubttinc,l, he selected !
-. - ,it, lor the d,stillery a luclti. n quite
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l,i,,,t ,n,,nlv If water WIS furnished
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ro,. rhr ,rnn IF ls1o and w,.
tpun .tntly supplied with mat rial 70!
ui uuItttur no tie ardent. the prulr ctul
lIN no for the. same IartIV IN cash, partly
T.. Ila,L>mjtljnu 0lt h, iur a blacksmith,
n, tr,d,) and the remainder in whi>kev.
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r., En, ON and Portland to market bu
rn,v :: new avenue WAS opened tor l. sale.
IL. cloud of war began To seLlc down
over our country. ana soon We we've IN
yulv,d III Il conlict wi Great Bri ain ;
and 4, Cabot i situated only about tor,v
,,iI,., from lh,. Ctuatla line. they lost no
tin,,. in tIi,IIuor 4 markct in that country
f-tl,. p,oduci of their stills Indeed The
GOOD orthodox cItiz, lis of this place Seem
rL q lie int, MT on chewing the divine i'll
i',,,i,n =. If ,lire enemy HUNGER, frc.i
Iiu. # he thirst. rive him ,lriuk This
r,nu,.,,,J ,ocxp,Icit in lis terms, all the.
town, situated near the border seemed
Ini,r.d to carry ou.. and Il large number
# ,.,fll. were. drivcn over. and no small
ru.,,ttv Ct whishev found ready safe
.,n, n,r thr Bri ish suldicIv. This proved
., very lucrative business 10 those engaged
i'm H. and hrou~ht Il ruudlv amount OF
money to the PRODUCERS. True. it WAS
-ut.o,,iin.e. ana VS. rather risky business.
Ilt tI,. command wits PLAN and i'm
n.,t,iyr. and must lie followed. About
th.-t-u,,. di.t,II.rlr> went into up,ratiu1
-,,,i,Ilv in mi. section. One wa, nut III
l., b,ron S.pnr ON the Site where. til,
Ii,+n.., H,n,h.,s' v,oI.n factory is nov
.r,,.l. ,n.. Inv Cant SIMMER. ON the
f..,,, n,,,y u.,.u,,l,d hv +. B. Bruce: one
,r tl,.f,m of G. W, Paine: one on I'll,
,IIC,+t ne, t,ru,. on, ON deacon !. /,
lI,m, farm. ON the spot where Unior
T.r now s,uud. and one where lIiaI
NJ, r-r now lives; 50 That tive We ds;iller
j,.~ were in fun blast at one time in Cabot
These. of course. made whsAcv very
,..,t, .nth,t il WAS used in all the diff.
,It.,..I.iur. Of life. and some even though
tNs ( rh,,,pcr than corn, fur common liv
i., II !. 1:,ld that one loor nau in Plain
n'lIu,ca to -:,v that he would buy ii halt
bl-h.l OF corn meal. and carry It home
and h,, wifi. would make it all up int,