The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-12

longs to him seems to be beyond contro-
versy. Thomas Chittenden. Ethan Allen
and Joseph Fay, In 1885, united In saying
that to DR.. Young 1--WE stand indebted for
''the very name of Vermont" Ira Allen,
in his History of Vermont, published in
London, in 1893, says 1.-THE name of Yer
mont was given to the district Of the
New Hampshire Grants, as an emblema-
" teal one, from the French Verd-mont,
" Green mountain, intended to p%erpetuate
" the name Of the Green Mountain Boys,
"by DR.. Thomas Young" In reference
to the name being emblematic, John A.
Graham, in his Descriptive Sketch of Yer
moot, published In London, in 1875, Gays 1:
1.-THE natural growth upon this mountain
" are hemlock, pine, spruce, and other
" evergreens hence it always has q green
40 appearance, and on this account has OBJ
" tanned the descriptive name Of Vermont,
" from the French, Verd-mont, Green
" Mountain"
In closing this article we cannot do bet
ter than reproduce the account Of "baptism
"of the Green Mountains" by Rev. Samuel
A. Peters, who was once elected bishop of
the Episcopal church of Vermont. The
account fret appeared in print, in this
country, at least, somewhere about 1901,
and is as follows
VERD Mont was q name given to the
| Green Mountains, in October, 1868, by the
| Rev. DR.. Peters, the first clergyman who
| paid q visit to the 10000 settlers in that
| country, in the presence of Colonel Tsplin,
Colonel Willes, Colonel Peters, Judge
Peters and many others who were proprie-
tors of q large number of townships in that
| colony. The ceremony was performed on
the top of q rock standing on a high noun
| iain, then named Mount PIsgah. because
it prOUided to the company, a clear sight Of
| Lake CbGmpLdiB at tile West, and Of Con.
| necticUt RtUer at the East and overlooked
| all the trees in the vast wilderness at the
| North and South.
The baptism was performed in the fol.
| lowing manner and form, gis Priest Peters
stood on the pinnacle of the rock, when he
received a bottle of spirits from Colonel
Tapln; then, harranguiDg the company
with a short history of the infant settle
ment, and the prospect Of its becoming an
l~mpregnable barrier between the British
colonies in the South, and late colonies of
the French in the North, which might be
returned in the next century to their late
owners, for the sake of governing AmeriCG
by the different powers of Europe, he con
tinued, "We have here met on the rock
"Etam, standing on Mount Pisgah, which
" makes q part of tile eCerldStiag hill, the
I" spine of Africa, ASIA and America, hold,
/" ing together the terrestrial ball, and di
/" viding the Atlantic from the Pacific
" Ocean, to dedicate and consecrate TIL:
" extensive wilderness to God manifest IN
"humdH flesh, and to give it a new nam(
" worthy of the Athenians and ancient
" Spartans which new name is Ferd
" Mont, in token that her mountains anC
" hills shall be ever green, and shall nevel
" die! And then poured the spirit
around him, and cast the bottle OF thu
rock Etam. The ceremony being over tht
company descended Mount Plsgsh, ant
took refreshment in q log house, kept by
Captain Alley, where they spent the nigh
with great pleasure.
1t may be proper to say that the accoun
of the baptism" aside from the fact tina
Rev, DR.. Peters was a notorious liar, bear
upon its face inherent evidences of Its i'm
probability but, after all, we question
whether it is not as worthy of credence q
is the effort of some men at the present da.
to show that Vermont declared her indie
~pendence and adopted her name January
1G, 1777.
This same Rev. DIR. Peters has som
structures on the name of Vermont, saying
" Since Verdmont became a state, its ger
" eral assembly have seen fit to change tn
" spelling Of Ve1d-mont, Green Mountain
/" TO that of Vermont, Mountain of Mag
g gots. Both words ara French and,
" the former spelling is to give place
" the latter, it will prove, that the stat
" had rather be considered as a mountai
" Of worms, than an evergreen mountain.
The reverend doctors venom, If it is yer
ON, may, perhaps, be accounted for by tn
fact that he was a notorious tory, and tht
his property in Vermont was confiscate
by the authorities and the proceeds there
of applied to the support Of the state GOV
eminent. But we leave it to philologis
to determine which Of the authorities W
have referred to is correct as to the derivi
ton of the name, or whether, after all, or
of the earliest Of American Gazetteers
correct in giving it as from the Latin az
"Mons, Green Mountains"