Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-07-12
Centennial Celebration at Northneld.

Mortified. was received too late Tor last weeks
Issue
Ono Of the finest celebrations ever held in
Mortified came Of according 10 the programme,
On the Fourth Of July Il was the best one In the
Judgment of some men, who had witnessed the
two preceding ones when Mortified was IN her
palmy days, aud called forth praises from at least
five thousand people As remarked by gentle
man from New York, the celebration seemed to
have more heat in it than celebrations in the
cities where they are common, and are got up
more Tor a,or aud pdrmie Here the people felt
their independence, and went in for not only
good time, but to learn something Of tie early /
history Of the town, combining our nation +. birth
day Of freedom, with that early beginning And |
gnndly was the day spent, intellectually, in that |
direction. Never will Il be efiaced from the |
memories Of those present
The following was the order of the day At
sunrise the bells in all the churches were rung and
cannon fred
orfiCriss on rIiF DAY
President Hon = d Bradford Vice Presidents |
lion lleman Carpenter, Hon Daniel W lladiey |
Hon Moses Robinson, william Parker, Esq Ora
tor Hon John Gregory Chaplain Rev W 5
Hazen Reader Of Declaration Of Independence
Rev r. 4 Greene Reader Of Lincolns Proolama-
ton, D. Plumley, Esq Recitation Of Poem on
Vernon, Nj fior, ,,c,ii ma, N,.,,, Ian
coo,,e Niobois
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o..o M, formed IN, ,i, ,,,,,,,,.,, oil, ,.,,
,,,in1 ~ rir., uand ..cond No,s ,,,.,,,,d
Gu,rd. q II Williams Commando. r,irJ p,s,
johnson, Grand Army Of the Republic C. A.
Webb Commander; fourth, The two fire en-
gnes, Water witch and Torrent with full
companies dressed in uniform fifth, Ne ancient fife
aud dmmmers: sixth Mount Zion Command
cry, knights Templar ! L. Mack, Commander.
seventh odd Fellows. eighth, Good rcmpars
ninth, thlfty-nine young ladies, representing the
states and terfitore. dressed In white, with ban
ners. with each state Ia large capitals printed on
them and the Goddess Of Liberty, and Uncle
sam personated by D. r Averilh standing in
their uids, tenth the officer Of the day eleventh.
citizens generally
The procession moved up Central street, up
Washington and down Main aud through the
principal streets on the West side Of the town
and looked splendid The groundly In front Of
Governor Pane's church, now owned by the Con-
gregatiopal society, was used for the OCCASION,
and presented a gala appearance. The exercises
were as follows First, Band, America /" second,
prayer by Rev ". ; liazen; third, reading Of
l.ncoln'- Proclamation, by Frank Iiumley, Esq
fourth, Historical address by Hon John Greg
| Dry; fifth, reading Of the Declaration Of indie
pendeuce by Rev. Il. \. Greene; sixth, poem ON
| Vermont, by Miss Flora AVorill seventh, toasts
and speaking. eighth, band, "Yandoe Doodle"
the onVr,ox.
| Early in the spring. Congress tassed an act and
the President by proclamation. called the atten-
ton Of The peonle 10 il. recommending towns all
/ through the Union To select some one to prenare
and deliver ON the Fourtb of .Iuiy a historical
a,i,iress on the early settlement of each town
Hon John Gregory was appointed by the citizens
Of Mortified 10 prenare and deliver sueb a his
| torv and his effort ,yas VOL receiyed lilo bo,,ap
bv referring 10 the inheritance NJ the dav tina, bad
called the neonle tooetber II beino tho r,nd ,on
topniaI wear of tho nation how ,,nnderfpi wa, tho
| Fxno.ition at pliladelnbia that he Ind nerson.
aliv Witnessed. how II WA laroer and wander In
many uarticnlars. than were the Worlds E,nos-
tions in Iondon. Paris and Vienna .recommpnding
evorvI,ody that co,id s,a,e tho limo and Ind tho
n,eans IN 90 aud .ee 4, for them.cl,es aud 70
,ie,,od ,,ioa,, ,t. hi.,,,,. Of ,,,,, ,r,nifa,ho,
obo IN mi. country 4, e.,,hii., L,,,,.,
the, conid enio, ,hcir cnJ,i,on ri,,,,s q, t,sodo,
of sneeeb- freodo,n IN ,,orshin coJ aeoo,,i,r, 20
the dictate. ~ ,l,oir o,, .,,rsoionoos ., ,,,,;,
rioht. and freodo,p frou, nri,ish desno,i.n, anJ
mower lilo drew n ,,r,nbic accom-, 81 ,l,e ,rIa1.
and hard.bins of the nob,a mon ana ,,o,no,,
VIM endured nriyotio,s almost ,o,ond tho ,o,,a,
otb,ua, n,,nre ,bair his,or,. o,i,,,ino,o. ~ a.,
indenenderce ~ this mighty nation
Com,n,, down 10 tho ,iuoo ol,an c,. .t1,,,,,.
allied No,,h6eld vlict o,cnrrod 4, - h1
sketcbed the action of the fir, r,,,,ie,,r f ,ond
In This tovnsbin AT pnr,h,s Inn h, u,e ,o,yn .,
lIartford VI Al that time Flii,l Paine ta,he,
nj Governor Paine had fonr hundred acres Of Ian,
civen Lin, in con.iJe,a,io, of bis hnild,n,, an,
grist.mill and one saw-min within a short time
lie accented of this nronositinn and ,,as the er
man IN clear land and erect buildinss in North
6eld-some are now living Hon Daniel Rald,,i,
amono them that can remember goino, win ,r,.,
IN that mill Fora jfcs,,,,,.,, tho r,, M, min
stones nsed In that ,rist.miil have beer se., 4,
the stream of water. where located and lately
few enterprisinq citizens conceived the idea ~
milling them ont. as relies and den,.itin, them
on the common which was done ,cr,rlinoly non
our stand on the Fourth AsIudge Barrett said
" An bonor Ia Nortb6el1 far ,ser,.in., s,,l "a,
, r..,tn..,a.,,,
~" - i'
hr' nres"il lheh gave bhel account OF ih
early settlers where they came from, when thel
| came Tn toNp and their first l,cntion Tl,is Ma
, i,,aras,i,,,, and tho ,ata ,i.,a,,o, ;,, ,,i %,
, '' "''",
4 ""'n"""' ""'''""i i''"' "'> n"'''ei ~ 'ehs'h
a. the founder OF the Vermont Central railroad
and quotations made from the sermon of Rev
: E,ra canne,t al n,s,nn NJ nj. f,ne,-I. f,,, 81,
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4 nv ""'" ""'''o'i u ""'""S'"ni '"h' f. /
, walton oi Montpelier, ana Hon lieman Carlien
ter, Of Mortified lie said. " Governor Paine
last Yyailroad nrniect was the exulor,tion ~
southern route for the great Pacific railroad
mighty PROJECT but he had mind and judgmen
adequate To the task. II was while exploring tn
country III i'A"si ioi p''s i"utci t't ne c"htrae'e
the disease common Ia the climate and with hi
feeble constitution weakened and reduced Ia
preat effort here a,nnn,, N. ,.s ma, .nni.5e,, +,