The Bennington daily banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1877-1877, 1877-08-16

d, A proclamation of Gov. Chittenden, dated /
une 3, 1913, was printed by Judah Pad
leek ana Alden Spooner, printers to the state /
9t Vermont The first union Of the New /
hampshire towns with the state of Vermont
was dissolved in February, 177e, and It il 1
therefore probable that the brothers Spooner
had removed their office from Dresden to |
Westminster in that year, and Timothy |
Green had taken the place of Alden SpOoneT |
However that may be, it is certain that the |
first newspaper within the present limits of |
Vermont, was issued at Westminister Feb |
ruary IL, 1881 ] will describe it from a COPY |
in the library of the Historical Society The |
sheet measures 17xl2 1-2 inches: Isaiah
Thomas called it Pot Daper.p Alas, how, |
many papers and printing offices in Vermont
have" gone to pot the type to the melter |
and refiner came ont new, as brilliant as sill |
yer, to print the wisdom that is more pre-
cIous than gold; aud the poor printers
would hope with Benjamin Franklin, zap
pear in q now and more elegant edition, re-
yised and corrected by the author" / read
the title; Vol /, No. 8, The Vermont Gazette
or Green Mountain POst-BOy, Monday, April
q 1881.
Plant as reeds where streams of free
dom glide:
Firm as the hills to stem oppression's
tide"
Westminster, printed by Judah Paddock
and Timothy Green. ] would state its con-
tents and first the class most profitable TO
the printer, the advertisements;
there are four, viz: notice for an
of the town of Dorset
a commissioners notice; promise Ofreward
for settlers IN the town of killlngtOn (nOw
SherbuTnel and the standing advertisement
in every Vermont newspaper for many years
of cash given for any kind of cotton or lin
en- rags Next turn to the editorial. eight
lines in all, announcing an adjourned session
of the general court, at Windsor, meaning
the legislature, to consider proposed union
of large number OF New Hampshire towns
with Vermont and report of the capture of
General Arnold. with all his troops And
now for the news. Two columns and one
half are given to Revolutionary war news,
and three columns of foreign news, the last
being more than can be found ordinarily in
any number OF Vermont newspaper OF the
present day. On the fourth page is Par
wassian Packet containing an ode on char
ity; and | complete the list of contents by
noticing a well written political article by a
contributor, the first of series against the an
nexatiOn of q part of New York to Vermont,
which was then proposed in Western Yer
mont as a balance to the New Hampshire
territory that was coveted by Eastern YER
mont. And this reminds me of prominent
feature in the early newspapers of Vermont,
to which will briefly advert The editors
Matthew Lyon being an exception, / think,
ID lOB general Gule-palu lllllC TO
political matters, leaving this to their con-
tributOrs, among whom were the ablest men
in the State, the LyOps, Chipmans, Bradleys
and RObinsOps; and in both politics and lit
erature contributions were frequent from
chief justice Taylor, Thomas Green Fessen-
den, the poet, aud probably from chief JUS
| tice Prentiss, who was an associate with
Fessenden, and an intimate friend. This
| list of contributors could be considerably ex-
rended proving that the best minds in the
State were Jealous for the public good and
and some of them doubtless for their own.
Another remarkable feature in the early
| Vermont newspapers, growing paTtly out OF
| the lack of other matter, was the publication
10 full of official public reports and other
documents, and other yOluminOUs political
works, Among these | remember one on
American politics, by TurgOt, an eminent
Richard Price, of England, who was a1sC
very eminent as political writer
and 50 much esteemed that Congress
invited him to become citizen Of this cOun,
| try Iurgots pamphlet provoked a volume
/ by John Adams, in defence of the American
constitution; fact which amply proves tina
the early Vermont publishers and printer
were exhibiting very strong light to tn
| people, feeding them with strong meat Tath
| er than milk for babes, They peImitted IN
Ehlest Writers to SPEAK ~ tb d 'lu a
Ieomparativoiy smiriI neWspapers VI Vernon
were not for these two pecaliaritles | hav
named, better teachers in public matter
tnan the far more pretentious papers of on
own day. The prevailing fashion now is t
filter everything through the EDITORS brain
and if the We ters be crystal, and the braI
foul, WHAT | therefore suggest to the ed
tors before me, by no means Intending {
hint that your brains are foul, whether a
occasional exchange of editorials for seleC
tiOns of solid sort, will not give bette
bread and wine to your hungry patrons, an
real relief to your Over-worked BRAIN
Right over against the inclination OF mos
editors. high or humble, to till tleir column
with original matter, ! put this provert
Sepst fhou man that Is hasty in hi
words there is more hope Of fool tnan
, him. Certainly, believe, that we can Otte
show more wisdom bv selecting the words {
! Others, than by multiplying our own.
p 10 Connecticut is Vermont indebted IL
. the first governor, the first most emineI
a iurist the first printers, and the first newsp:
4 per; aud to Massachusetts for the secOu
a igoyernor. the second newspaper, and for Il
4 Conneeticut printers who first came to We
mont Timothy Green, the third, OF Nc
n London, Conn, was descendant OF Sarnu
I Green, OF Cambridge, Mass, who was the II
4 mediate successor Of the first printer in Ne
K England, and the ancestor of a long line
q priuters and publishers. To this l1mOtl
n Green is due the honor of originating 4
It first printing office and newspaper IN We
j. mont, although he was never eltlzen
rs the State. but sent his brothers-in-law, j
4 dah Paddock SpOoner, and Alden SpoOnI
lie 10 run the office. The SpOOners were d
s. scepdants of William SpOOner, who was !
+ ldentured MS an apprentice to John HOlm'
l. gentleman, at New Plymouth lnow Ply
~ outbI. Mass, in March, 1881 so that, If Co
er uecticut was our mother the gOOu niu 10y
e. State was our prolific grandmother. Prolt
saw, for among her descendants in Nermo
q were Judah Paddock SpoOner Of Westmi
of ster. Windsor, and Fairhaveu; Alden SpoC
e. or. of Windsor; Jeduthan SpOoner, OF Br
IN lington aud st. Adams; Wyman Spooner,
il ROyaltOn and Chelsea, who mas recently De
n. bonored as Lieutenant-GoyernOr of Wisco
id sin; Anthony Haswell, of Remington, an,
he pretty long list of graduates from the Off
of Isaiah Thomas, of Worcester, Mass. Ih'
Mt and others Of the early printers aud publi'
IL ers of Vermont We're oil useful ~
OF in their day - lights in the lit
an circles in which they dwelt. several of tn,
", hOnored by the people, notably. Matth
EN- Lyon and two of the SpOOners, and doubtl
no ,ail of them were worthy of higher hon
lst and richer rewards than usually fall to
sr- craft, even in this day OF greater hgl
,e- deeper culture and higher CIVILIZATION, l
10 let ms NOT complain it Is honor enough
se- any man to be good editor, or " goo
i've printer, since these professions have
b. widest of all fields of honorable labor,
ut che nobIest Of all euds-that Of DONG, 90
Ia Ihe poem D1 new W. W W"NOtNA'
a Grand Isle, if not as finished as some OF
.n Rs productions of his pen, had yet many hal
ks hits and much merit.
he The following officers were elected for
~ ensing year:
lm o1 President, Hon. E. P. Walton, of Mont
rO ier.
1as First Vice President, A. N. Swain, of
ap- lows Falls.
mi Second vice President, Luther o. Green
sh- Woodstock.
IN IN Third Vice President, Henry Clark, of +
mt land.
is, Itecordiug Secretary, S B Pettengillr
IT, tSu Rutland.
ds inn Corresponding Secretary, II A Huse'
he Montpelier.
the Treasurer, c NJ Stone, of st Johnsbury.
na, iis Executive Committee, G G Benedict
he Burliugton; Joseph Poland, of Moutpel
er- II NJ Mott, Of Brandon.
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ted CAPELLA ORGAN.
OF After careful aud costly experiments,
n n with pleasure we introduce this Organ, ,kn
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