News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-12-28

town Corners. The warning was read,
and Gov. Hendee chosen modera-
tor. Judge Powers then offered the
following resolutions, which were ac-
cepted and adopted by unanimous
vote: "Whereas, Hon. S. M. Pennock
of Boston, in token of his friendly
regard for the people of this town, has
generously donated to them, fine
eight-day clock to be placed in the
tower of the Universalist church.
Therefore, RESOLVED, That the thanks
of the town of Morristown, be tender
ed to Judge Pennock for his valuable
and highly acceptable gift, which in
coming years will hourly attest the
warm interest which the donor feels
in the welfare and happiness of our
people, among whom he resided for
many years, and by whom he ever
was, and still is, deservedly held in
high esteem. ResolUed,-That the
selectmen be directed, as soon as may
be practicable, to do all things neces-
sary to prepare the tower of said
church for the reception of said clock
to put said clock in its place, and
at all times to keep the same proper
repair and running" Upon the ques-
ton of enlarging the burial ground at
the Corners, c. c. Dodge thought the
article should be passed over as moth
ing could be done upon the ground at
this season, and the question could
therefore be as we'll considered at the
annual meeting. Capt. Kentield
thought it was high time the yard
should be enlarged, and that measures
to that end should be taken before
long at least. No great interest
seemed to be shown in the matter and
after brief discussion, upon motion
of p. X. Gleed, the selectmen were
instructed to take such action in be-
half of the town as they thought
advisable.
The entertainment given at tue
Town Hall, by our fore-fathers and
mothers, was more happily received
than the projectors of the exhibition
had reason to expect. The house was
packed" and the exercises through
out were heartily applauded. All
carried their parts well. l.. H.
Hadley was general manager, while
Abijah Whitney looked after the stage
arrangements. Others who took part
were Mrs. L. H. Hadley, Mrs. S.
Stowe, Mrs. S. May, Mrs. B. B.
Hawse, Mrs. Hancy Gates, Mrs. A.
A. Niles, Deacon Dwinell, and
James Jewett. B. B. Hawse made a
very appropriate speech at the con-
clusion. A piece was read in good
style by Mrs. Emerson Reed, from the
pen of an old inhabitant (by name
5. l.. Gates, probably, touching
upon the leading events in the history
of this town and County, and also i'm
parting little healthy advice to young
people. The piece was certainly very
we'll written and met with an approx
ing reception. We make a brief ex-
tract, and would publish more fully
did our space permit :-''Cambridge
has been settled one hundred years,
johnson and Hyde Park some ninety
five, Morristown ninety, and Stowe
lightweight years. Our forefathers
and mothers, and the generation
after, were pleased and contented
with plain and coarse furniture,
dress and living; boiled dish for dinner,
milk, bean-porridge and milk-porridge
for supper, hash or fried meat and
potatoes, brown and wheat bread,
butter and cheese for breakfast; for
lunch in the fields or woods, pork and
beans, bread, doughnuts, and some
times cheese; for drink, cold water
and, sometimes whiskey. Half the
young women of the first generation
were raised in log dwellings, and were
healthy, rosy checked, no artificial
painting. Girls in those pioneer
times, were brought up to milk, feed
the pigs, go to mill on horseback,
husk corn, rake hay and burn brush |
when a mans family was mostly
girls. Many good enterprising
wife and mother came out of log
cabin; many such could spin, weave,
make coats, frocks and pants. The
generation grown up, in settling what
was called the new State, were obliged
to be contented with very limited adj
vantages, and were obliged to act
largely from good, common seEse.
The early settlers of this county were
obliged to go to Cambridge to get
their milling done for some years,
then to Johnson, either on horseback
or on foot, having very poor roads
and pole bridges, and in some cases
men would take bushel of grain on
their shoulders and go down and back
the same day, Is miles). In l79e
there was grain and saw-mill bull
at Morrisvile. 1t is true in the
early days, the wealth of many was il
their bright, Industrious families. L
is often the case that our brightes
and best men and women grow up ii
large families with moderate mean
and limited advantages, and why ar
such people more likely to succeed
: Because they are self-made."