The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-09-14
Seventy Years Ago.

book the title whereof runs thus The
Vermont Register and Almanac, for the
year of our Lord 1906 and the Goth
of the Independence of the United States.
Containing good variety of useful in
formation. Middlebury Printed and
sold by Huntington & Fitch
1t is very full and complete, giving
the names OF every officer in the state as
far as heard from, besides largo amount
of other information as to what was going
on in those days. First comes the calcn.
der, after that the executive and legisla.
tive departments. | find that for that
year Isaac Tichenor was governor Hon.
Paul Brigham, lieut.. governor Benjamin
Swan, treasurer Aaron Leland, speak
er of the house of representatives David
Wing, Jr,, secretary Of state /; Martin
Port, clerk of house of representatives.,
Then follows list of councillors. Next,
names of representative for each town
For Addison county We find, for Addison,
Gideon Scager Bridpori, Asa Hemeu-
way Bristol, Robert Holley Cornwall,
David Foote Forrisburgh, T. Middle.
brooks Leicester, Henry Olin Lin
coin, Ebenezer Durfey Middlebury,
Daniel Chipmsn Mopkton, Daniel
Smith New Haven, Elisha Fuller
Panton. Samuel Shepard Shoreham
Charles Rich ; Salisbury, ,Salathiel Bump;
Starksboro, John Ferguson Vergennes,
Samuel Strong Whiting, David Brown
Weybridge. Silas Wright
Next is the judicial and civil depart.
ments. Supreme court Hon. iona.
than Robinson Of Bennington, chief
judge. Salary $1,000. Hon. Royce
Tyler, and Theophilus Harrington, as.
sistant judges Salary 5000.
County courts.-In Addison Co., we
find Joel Linsley, chief Judge Abraham
Dibbe and Henry Olin, assistant judges;
William Slade, sheriff Samuel Mattock,
high.bailiff ; Loyal Case, states attor.
ney. Justices of the peace for Middle.
bury were, Daniel Chipman, Samuel Mil
Ter, Darius Matthews, Seth Storrs, 10y.
al Case, William Young and Ethan
Andrews. Practising attorneys for Mid.
dlebury were, Samuel Miller, Seth Storrs,
Daniel Chapman, Loyal Case, Horatio
Seymour, John Simmons, David H. Girls,
void, Joel Doolittle and Samuel Swift.
Among the dates of the original
grants we find Middlebury put down at
Nov. 2, 1851. Bristol, of which we
have heard so much of late June 20,
1862.
Then follows the fees Of every officer
Yin the state. Next comes the militia,
with the name of every commissioned
officer as far as heard from. In the third
division, first brigade, we see a good
many familiar names now gone from
among us, for instance Samuel Strong,
Major General ; John Simmons aid dc
camp VIM. Bass, surgeon In the
cavalry, Abraham williamson cornet
In the second regiment we find Ezekiel
Dunton, Lieut.Col. Jesse LYMAN and
David P. Nash, majors. In the caval.
ry. Belden Seymour is captain while
in the infantry we see the names oI
Silas Doud, Henry Soper, Jacob Full er
and others as captains. After this comes
masonic information. Then follows min.
listers and churches. Addison county
has of these, in all, eight, as follows:-
Cornwall, Rev. Jcdediah Bushnell
Congregational Addison Elder Rogers
Baptist Monkton, Elder Isaac Sawyer
Baptist Shoreham, Elder Wood, Bap,
tist Bridport, Rev. Increase Graves
Congregational New Haven, Rev. Ca.
leb Rich, Universalst, Rev. Silas l.
Bingham, Cong. Whiting, Rev. Elder
David Rathbun, Bap. By reference tC
the register for 1911 we find this number
increased at that datei by the addition
of Rev Evans Beardsley, Cong, Addi
son Rev. Thomas A, Merrill Cong.
Middlebury ; and instead of Mr. Bing
ham in New Haven, Rev, Josiah Hop
kius is reported, In Panton, Elder
SSlha%RsTiq g. Bppci sshoreReagt BBay Saw
John Hough, Cong. Weybridge, Rev
Jonathan Hovey. Jr., Cong. Whiting
Rev. Justin Parsons, Cong ; Eide
Rathbun not mentioned. Not singh
Methodist minister's name is mentioned
throughout the state for either of thos
years. How is it now
Colleges in New England come next
Middlebury college was incorporates
Nov. /, 1900. Jeremiah Atwatcr, presi
dent. Then follows a list of "fellows,
sixteen in number, with s. Miller, treas
urer, and Thomas A. Merrill tutor an,
librarian. A catalogue of students an,
their places of residence is given. o
those whose names are familiar to Yer
monters.I notice r. Mallory, Poultney O
the senior class, and N. S. Beaman, an,
! d. A. A, Buck, of the sophomore class
| S. Holey Of Bristol in the Freshma
class Post.towns in Vermont viii
; names of pOstmasters is given In Mid
, dlebury, Horatio Seymour post
, master Rates of postage 70
: letters, single, double, or triple
Any distance not exceeding 40 miles
. cents. Over 40 and under 90. 10 cents
? Over 80 and under $50, l2I cents. Owe
. $50 and under 300, II cents Over 80
8 and under 5O0,25 cents Double letters
. ie. composed Of two sheets Of paper, ar
? double, and triple letters, triple thes
r rates. A packet of the weight Of on
= ounce, at the rate of four single letter
. and in like proportion for one Of grea
' er weight so that packet of one ounC
t to go over 500 miles would cost 81. A
8 the present time we should have to pa
0 one cent for the san service, and we n
8 grumble because the charge is so higl
e The postage on newspapers was in keepir
t with that on letters. Each paper NJ
!. carried over 100 miles, one cent, an
# over 100 miles one and one half cent
= But if carried to any posi- Office in Il
/, state in which it is printed, tho postal
y is but one cent Printing offices in We
It mont Bennington, Anthony IIarwel
s state printer Brattleboro, VIM. b. Fe
Il sender Rutland, Samuel Williams al
VIM Fay Windsor, Alden Spooner al
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