Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-08-20

Chose Orlgen Ball, Harvey Brown and Ezra
] r. ButterGeid committee Chose Charles Blanchs
! ard, collector. Voted the society turn out on Sat
! urday, the i7ih day OF Oct, inst, to get years
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Gnteq CaIrL Corttps PM ~ 80 -, ~ nj, ~
tcrned LYMAN Kingtbnrv' ia ~ CO. nJ sn,,o
others were dcacons me clerks of Inc society
B1tterdeld Aaron Ghnsr sVnbns aIu i ENI bsy
been the only CLERK ~ tho rhurch mo record
contains the following deaths ~ chnrcb rncnGcrs
Lucy Chase, NAV %, iSs2; Polly Corkins Aug p
1870. Rachel Bl1uchnrI March "a fsiq iuiiS I'M
Gates, April 4, 1874
The Church Of Christ tCopprepatiopnN was orgoniy
ed Oct 2B, 1904 with mem6ers as follows. Repbsn
Brown, sally Brown Sarah Brown Jobn Cooley sie.
phen fainter Nathaniel PECK Suzanna and Martha
Morley and Rachel Caines NOV 9ist ie1l tho
church voted unanimously 10 invite Tho Rev Prcserv
cd smith To takc mo nastoral cbar,o ot 10 oh,,Sh
Isaac stone Thomas m wood Avian Toboy w.
Fish and Jobn SpauidIng foIlovcd NJ sr,i,6 ~
On The Sotb ~ Jriy Issit tiL NJ S,itn,
wife Rev William Riddle To- bocomc ia nastor and
agreed to offer him $3.50 ycariy and Jonathan carsv
and Reuben Brown were cbosgr, Ia prrsrni a call ~
Mr. Riddle, and, II he accents. TO make
for his instalment" lie was installed senf 81 isib
and was the last minister tho church beinc disrnn,
tnucd about 1928. 1t had a members.
ou,., -, 80 -,
= On tne Isl day oil March, 1880, Abram Chase and
It'll do uuv , 10 nne gtluge eont'te' nna
COO, va nos Jun ~ steins tntt ~ 1851
Coin mssloners were appointed to locate the bridge
Nh b 70 ouliS over DeetneIu river;
mno tucse com hsslUhfiS were uoes not appear, but
tne toWu voted APrl ON not 10 Duild bridge where
II was located by the commissioners.
In loS4 warrant NSs issued Tor town meeting
msb was n1lu anulne town clerk instead OF record
LUZ VIA uoA pace canG 10 me conclusion that It was
,,sal lee'ns' anu therefore maze the tolloNlng
s'atsmtht
meeting was ueI1 upon the strength OF tho above
warrant ana supposed TO- be not legal consequently
proceedings MOI entered. ELLIOT Brown, Clerk
IN TINS way an enterprising town clerk might easily
oeyoe aoor-sa'hg machine, OF great value to him
sen. ,.o, , -
10, .n 100 enS people OF MhllnghAm had become SO
lar advanced IN CIVILIZATION as to believe that the old
church needed belfry and bell. The befry was
tLeV'eI py coh'Iipu'lon, ana Aured Green, Jr. was
the hrchlteet inc raising Of this artistic addition
was matter of public concern, and large numbers
were present. IL Is NOT known thAt any considerable
number became so confused IA not TO be able speak
the English language, but as the structure increased
in height it was discovered that the number Of over
seers began to diminish, and when the last tmbers
were put IN place at the top 1t was presumed by those
nearest land that Alfred Green r. and David Jlson
Jr were the proper persons to be trusted at that A
tude. Soon after this work was finished, a bell
procured and put in place. 1t was not large, but Of
good quality and had pleasant tone.
one Sd Of July, near midnight, the patriotism Of
Nottingham became sointenshed as to make the tones
Il
blacksmith near by, who fanciod that the Nottingham
bell was high enough to be heard around the world If
1t was scientifically ybrated. He therefore assembled
the berry at that solemn hour with his sledgehammer
In hand aud the hope Of the approval OF grateful Re
public coursing through his loyal brain. He struck
at that bell with desperate precision but the respon-
sye tone he expected to hear was not the tone he did
hear. The blow was fatal; the bell cracked and
had TO be recast. After il had been renewed IL was
carried TO SadaNga and hung in the belfry Of the
Methodist church, under an agreement that the
church owners should never acquife title TO il by
possession.
On the 2lth II October 1895, the town .'yotod to
build bridge across Dccrneld river where il was
built before NehCmab sabin Jamcs WIZ nj Ms
sha Putnam were chosen To contract for tbe n,skn,
OF said bridge across DrcrBeld river Vo,S 49, bs
town build covered plank bridge acros. said river
The bridge near the John Parsons mace was bnt in
1885, and $1,000 were raised to nay for it, This bridge
was located and established y tbe secctrnen Inne ~
1887 and was Warranted To stand Ton ycars ~ 1901
SO years ard was swcpt away by The gr,a, goo5 ~
1860. -
epced by HIGH water and c}rSnncrti r.hmiI
On the ID day Of NAV 1870 tho town vo,ei 10 hula
a Trussle Bridge on The old butments near Davises
With Tho subscrin,i1n - tb1 iytaIf,a,,.. 49,
Of the river" ''''
while have been trncing tho liT.ror, ,,or;,,. -,
interest In the history ~ Tho town ynn b.ye no
doubt thought Of some datc and some inciJSnt i'm
pressed upon your memory by il. applicson IN vnnr
own lives Nonday ,nnrnirg Nov I'M isIs ~ 80
season Of peculiar interest TIM Tho ann bsd ISL
lie crinsp ta, ~ 81 40 me-, nc su nHu I-ssu
valleys had timed bos b ~, ne
Tho dvinr vegstatior No., ~ ~ - ~ su;
WITH upon the lowiahds decorated
ant sensaon in ne ninSs of ,bns % hpi
Nature in hcr silnt 1870 VI us M "otsniPeg
Haystack Mountain revealed the fact that the drcay
honrs OF Autumn had n,ssei a,vs, IA ,.n;I, al!
mrnts becoming tb MA y, nt -Itns gar
A. thIs bni'r1 n rn,,, w. I uins ~iner
one wears Of oge oT' IN an
tans To Inc rrpaf baitIn of ~ s,ainst ,h ppJ
Of friends denorteG nam, ,bis ,nI%n nor ov"rtrr
dpuetl win ahsctionatr fareweiis oIsy
trayrI NOV SrnNratpd hv ,nrsi .,,ea S , rayn
that time hencefnrwnrf Tho corrsc ~ aon,b ,bI,nh
well Irgned in itSeif iy.roei gr9,, thn az ~, 60
of the 81 nnrsons il hprn tnIov mo ~, bcr ,nt M
arms I'm heholf Of his cnuntry drrd,o nc iot w. w.
bellion IIo ion wife chiiirpI frirm1Ie Ind I'll ,b
endegrmcnts OF social lie 10 rirnh Win h. 49, own
hand the ensign of Inc American RanuhIir anil
the glimmer Of FURNISHED steel and me carnag" Of
war I'M, sri,it ~, ,,,Si a. 80, ", ny VI
has been dI closed Inv his own worms lie ssiI ~
me on the day Of hIs enlistment I'll s INV Gutv 10
peril INV own iIfe for thar Of NV ronnirv - Iic
died In the trenches be fore Prters6urg facl 10 face