The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-02
Ths Rutland Daily &lohe.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST ., 1876.
AN ADDRESS.
Delivered at Londonderry, VT, July A, 1876,
BY James L. Martin, Esq.

ever sacred its each anniversary.
The pages of our history tell the tale of
one hundred of these anniversaries, and
hence, one hundred years of national ex-
istence, of which, the last decade, indeed,
represents our country as 'the land OF the
free and the home of the brave"
We celebrate because homes of comfort,
plenty and happiness are all around us.
We celebrate because the giant influences
of education and christianity have blessed
our people IN the past, and at the present
they are free toa all.
We celebrate because art and science
have wrought mighty work here-ren-
dering comfort and beauty the adornment
of the homes of the rich and the homes of
the poor. We celebrate because our anes-
tors, noble patriots, stood upon the
alter of Their country, orr country
and bled to death that freedom aud
power should be our inheritance. We cell
citrate because the Righteous Ruler of
heaven and earth has swept the war cloud
from off our borders and blessed the whole
land with peace.
By recounting the past and considering
the present every heart should celebrate
within itself.
This being a centennial year | deem it
appropriate to briefly refer to the early his
tory of our township.
10 do this with exactness is work OF
preot labor and would REQUIRE more time
to.delver il than feel al liberty to occupy,
therefore nv remarks upon our history will
be brief and incomplete.
| About the wear of 1860 there was q large
emigration from Argyleshire, in the west
of Scotland. TO Londonderry, in the north
of Ireland These emigrants were warm
| lv attached to the Presbyteran doctrine
and discipline. in which the church of
scotland was united These Scottish Pro-
testants of Ireland were involved in many
difficultes during the reign of Charles i
and lanes H., until 1850, the period known
AS the British revolution, when William and
Mary assembled the throne.
They were bound to assist in the sup
port OF the church of England, and many
OF them suffered IN tho siege OF LohuDh-
derry, Ireland, IN looo, when James H.
with a powerful FORCE from rrahce' oe-
sieged mat ci,y' ,,,
They held 10 tnelr reiigious oeiiei WIN
national tenaciy that qua not accord WIN
the popular taith OF lrelanu' nor mat OF
their Engilsh masters. Disilklng 'ne lnst,,
tutinns oil uthe auu rent-oeing supJec'eu
to the church OF hhgiahu|they ies9lveu
to emlgra'e % America III i'ie iarSe
numbers OF 'neso people Ianueu on our
shores, some OF tneth near b's'oii anu ,'ie
Others near C"sco pay. lhose VINO ianueu
AT Cahco, settled inc towns Oh Lohuonuerly
Windham, Chester aha Mahchesier' III view
Hampshire, bringing WIN theIi 'hese NANTES
from across tue waters OF 'he Atlantic'
They inirjdnced the cuiiuie OF potatoes,
as vel ~ the art Oh weaving hheh III tiii'
part ot the American continent
hile more than nan century iaier'
in lIG9, theiT desccndahtS, McMurphy'
Miller, the l'efnys' montgomery anu per
haps one or TWO more. led ny Co,' rogers,
from LONDONDERRY N ~ eAPioreu Tue
territory oil whst Is now londonderry anu
Nlndhanl, w.
iheir nppToach would DC rom .he east
and, as that parry Oh young nhei s."ou ~
naturally he immersed WITH fhes nhelei tfiat
these hills and valleys. bounded north.
snnth. east and west by mountains high
and ora,d. had a soil that was rich. a eli
mate healthy. and for beauty of scenery. a
parsdi.e in the wilderness. In 1863 the
CONTINUOUS roar Of these giant forests was
first broken NV the sound of the aye.man.
McMurnhv bcpap his work in the wild.
erness ON the land now owned by Wash.
inrton Brooks ard son. and erected there
the fist lor cabin in the territory, subse.
ouenily known as the town of Kent. Rob
ert Montgomery commenced the same wear
on the widow Collins place Miller STONED
in 'rhompsDnburp. on land now owned by
Josiah Goddard. and the Derbys settled the
Vail farm. which they subsequently, sold 10
Geo. Uewes in 1890. They returned &c
their families on the approach of winter.
but TO come again.
Ca the twenty.third day of the following
February, being in l770, James Rogers, a
regular colonel of Colony militia in the pro.
yincial army under King George the Ill.
obtained from the New York legislature.
which claimed authority and dominion over
this territory. q charter of all the land in
Londonderry and Windham as one town.
shin. by the name Kent, in the county of
Cumberland. In the spripg of 1910 those
who came here the preceding year returned
with some of their families, but whether
thew renamed here the following winter
cannot be accurately ascertained. out it il
believed that no family on the mountains or
Ia the valleys faced the storms of winter
prior TO the winter of l772.
In ,be snrinc of 1772. Dea. Edward All.
ken look lis hired man and walked from
bis home in Londonderry. N IL. TO The
town of Kent. a distance of one hundred
m;Ies ,brouoh small settlements and hinge
rn,es,s Ne began In oman the wilderness
in the northeastern mari of Kent now The
nor,bern mart of Wipdbam. During the
same summer. while far away from neigh.
hor. and friends. Dea. Aiken became a Vic.
liz, nf disease He WAC dootored and
nnrsed only Inv his hired man. and besides
him no,bing hnt the moddened roar of those
norn,oin foreste and tho howling of wolves
hrota the awfuI silence that reigned around
him Ills hired man reported his condition
- tho small settlement in Rockingham and
fIom there to his wife-pot by the light.
ninr wipgs Of The magnetic telegram but
hv travelling on foot and horseback. His
w;fe ,mmediatelv left her home and Jour.
nered tbat one hundred miles on horseback
onjded NV narrow roads. paths. and mark
ed trees with no companion but helpless
babe in her arms strengthened, encour-
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