Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-05-01
A Look Backward.

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Luther Cross and Ira Day traded where Fuller Il
Son now are. Edward H. Pren,iss kept n drug
store where Towncr's shoe shop now is: Hutchins
& Wright traded in the H. s. Ioomis store Chas
| Lyman had Just begun business II we mistake not
in the Argus block, while the Patriot was pub
lished in the old Keith leather store. Hubbard &
Burbank traded where the Stratton saloon now
Is; Alfred Wainwright had stove store at the
Barrows & Peck stand while Cyrus and John
Woods furniture shop, Ienas Woods stove store
and the old "be school-house" filled out the
row to the south Knapp & Jewett published the
" State Journal" the anti Masonic organ, over
Townes tailor shop. The " ThompsOnian lnfir-
mary" in charge of Rev. Joseph Wright, occu-
pied the Hyde block and was then In the days of
its greatness Seth Kimball had just opened the
Eagle hotel as a Temperance house. Henry Y.
Barnes run the Bishop house, Mahlon Cottrill the
Pavilion, William Mann the union Jonathan
Shepard the Farmers" and Rufus Camel the
Winooski." NJ Easterly's celebrated writing
school was then at its height, and Miss Hand was
the crack milliner Charles r. Cleaves was cash
Ter of the bank and Joseph B. Eastman preceptor
of the academy.
Politics run high in 1895, the anti-Masons fail
ing to re-eect Governor Palmer The Montpelier
(old town election was closely contested VIII
liam Billings jackson man, was reelected town
representative. 1--WE believe he was charged with
stuffng the ballot box, he being constabe) over
Thomas Reed Jr, whig and Luther Cross, anti
Mason: Billings three hundred and fifty-four,
Reed one hundred; Cross. one hundred and
ninety-fve. The representatives from Washing.
ton county were AS follows: Barre. John living,
Berlin, Oren Smith; Calais. Pliny Curtis; Dux.
bury Horace Atkins Fayston, Grin Wheeler
Montpelicr. William Billings: Middlesex. John
Vincent; Marshficld. William Martin: Moretown
VIM. Harris; Mortified Moses Robinson; Plain
field, Baxter Bancroft; Roxbury. Nathan Morse
Waitsfeld. Jason Carnenter. Waterbury. no cleo
; ton; Warren. A. Cushman; Worcester. J. Newton
The LEGISLATURE heing nnable In choose II Cover
nor Iioutenant-Gover Sias II .1enison wa.
acting Governor and for tho sano reason Drama
II Smith was acting Clerk Of the House Milton
Brown Of Worcester was member Of the Cover
nor,s ConnciI which has since been spnerceded
bv the state Senate
The session of 1s35 was the Last held in the o,t
State Uouse the new one being then almost com
e nIeted of the nav strnctpre the ~ ,rcuy,,
boasted as follows. ,sFor beoutv and convenienc,
If will mot he exceeded nv any nublic bniding I,
= the country Wa have INT one faplt IN find. n,
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