The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-02-29
BRATTLEBORO.

presidential campaign.
The town auditors report is out,
and conspicuous among the items, be-
cause of its being the first to head the
list, is one which reads: "To amount
reed of S. N. Herrick terror in 1892.
$l,5O0.00." And another: rs. N. Her
rick, bal. his acct Town Hall. 1854. r."
Still another which reads. s. N. Her
rick, on tax bills of 1877, Sl68. II.
Much credit is really due the Refor-
mer, for the active part it has taken in
agitating the matter concerning Her
rick's accounts with the town as tax
collector, as no one else seemed dis
posed to insist on any investigation of
the sane, until after its editor had
preached the subject. Score one for
Davenport.
That floor at the rink needs smooth
ing down-its getting rough.
Doolittle Bros. are cutting off the
wood on the lot at Dummerston quarry.
and will sell it to the railroad COM
pany.
Gen. Lynde now occupies the lower
floor of the Brattleboro house, for the
sale Of flour, feed and grain.
With the "Estey" and "Higby" sew
ing machine companies of this place,
and about eighty more engaged in the
same business throughout the country,
no family hardly need be without some
kind of sewing machine.
The exhibition of that patent fire
extinguisher" last Friday was not
what would be called success, but
with the assistance (volunteered) of
several small boys with snow, the
fire(? was finally squelched.
A few farmers in this county have
tapped their sugar orchards, and the
sap has run some, but net enough to
amount to anything.
George NJ. Colt attempted suicide
last week by shooting himself twice in
the left side just below and above the
heart. No particular reason is given
for his doing so, alth ugh it is said by
some that his wife is the cause of it.
He is expected to recover, but says he
would rather die.
1t is just 100 years ago this present
year since the first footprint of white
man was made in this town, if not in
the State. But little remains to indi-
cate the spot where old Fort Drummer
stood in 1924. All vestige of it has
passed away. Occasionally, however,
some relic is ploughed up in the shape
of rifle ball in that vicinity. Col.
John Sergeant, the first English child
born in the State of Vermont. is inter
red, with about thirty-fye others of
the same name, in the southeast corner
Of the cemetery over West river, a
little off the main road leading to Put
1ey The following is verbatim copy
If the inscription on his tombstone:
Sacred to the Memory of Colo.
John Sergeant, r
Who Departed this life July
ne Both, 1898, in the sixty-Sixth year
# his Age.
Who now lies in the same town he C
vas Born & is the first person Born in
the state of Vermont. i
Lo where this silent marble weeps
A Friend, A Father & Husband sleeps.
He gave them good Council i,
While he had his Breath,
Advising them to prepare for Death.
Colo. JOHN SARGEANT"
ONE five years since there was stand
lg in North Hinsdale, N. H., large
'ame house made of white oak. and c;
nd to be 1872 years old, which was
'ected by Col. Josiah Willard, who, at fl
he time, had command of Fort Dunn
er. I,
They tell pretty good story about in
le of Brattleboro's citizens finding
yale" lock key once, which bore in
e imprint of the company's name, O,
Id how he advertised for its owner m
ying that "Mr. Yale can have his
y ly calling on the undersigned in "
rson." ;"
John Wilson, who came to Brattle- ia
ro' in 1886, but who had prior to pi
at time resided in Dummerston and
wfane, where he practiced medicine.
d who is believed by many to have
en- the once notorious Capt. Thun- NJ
rbolt, is buried in Prospect Hill
metery, plain white marble slab.
tn the following inscription thereon, ~
rking his final resting place.
John Wilson, NJ. D., pu
Educated at Edinburgh, Scotland, III
Died, March %, 1847,
Aged So. n.
The free library contains 3744 vol thu
es, and quite number of PAM no
cts. 1t has 1917 patrons, and dur the
the past year "a, 765 books were bu
en- out by them.
he total number of dogs registered