Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-08
yERMoNT's HISTORIC SOIL.
An Interesting sketch of tbs Fairly Set
Elements


Now opens the glorious season for the
fortunate few, the few who can choose
their own time Tor recreation and know
the delights of early autumn in rural dis
tricts. Yachting and the seashore Will
soon lose their charms, but the mis- ana
valleys, the forests and fields, will be at
5heir best for the next 60 days. Mldsum-
luer heat and mists are giving place to
delicious days and clear atmosphere, and
the verdure clad hills will soon put on
their gorgeous autumn colors.
Few Bostonans find their way to this
region-this country of noble mountains,
tree clad to their submits broad valleys
luxuriaut with crops, and innumeraOle
Lakes and ponds of unsurpassed beauty,
Soiourners and tourists from New York
are numerous at all the resorts, but the
tide of Boston travel sets toward New
Hampshire. Could Bostonians realize
how great is the difference between Yer.
mont and New Hampshire, they would
vary their experience 10y an occasional
t8ur in the historic regions Of the Green
Mountain State. Tne whole section Dor
deriug Lake Champlain and lying east
and southeast to the Connecticut River
is dark and bloody ground i'll the history
o.. the aborigiues, the conflict for its pos
Sc sion by hostile tribes having been fierce
n constant long before the French ad-
venturers discovered Lake Champlain
and battled first with the Indian and af
forwards with the English for control of
inNLjn|, ,,nnn if
English colonists invaded Canada by
roads, following the Connecticut to Bel
lows Falls, VT, and Charlestown, n. H.,
thence across the Green Mountains to Rut-
it5 va ~ tH mo fnnoiie forts at iT;roude7
,", a,ii 'E,,t-S pn;nt on I.,Ie cham
LII Inn ''''' 0'''''
Is lone ne the French held Canada the
r,Lanni1in rairin,, W., nonet,ntiv fray.
,,.5aI Nv 1ilitr,, so,c,s omu ,, INV
G,,Iart cn,,,,tr,' M un+ii no ,yh"Ie
,,rovIrco Of G,rodo ,vas enrren1arad
~ thn French IN Sentamhar i+G6 was
,be'.n onr uSrI,rit,. ~. iife or nrnnertv
in thie now oIliat and naacef,l reUinn
Than ro,,o ~, f",nn,ffe'iand ,,ra1tC nou-
,rn,niv Rtb Zntt Wnrl nnT Nav IIann
sbire cIaimad title 70 Vprmont and he
r,nvern"rI If ancb issued ,nnd grants to
settIars XviIGernass as the co,intrv was
Tho at,r,r,Ie for Ire nnseaeeion ,vac farca
and inn2 Eow Iiomnshire clearly had
,La strnI1,ror tit la and II hnalIv nretniIad
IN ri. r11ntrnver.', Etban Allan tnoL, ~
1,~on,inon+ n9rt 1s laadnr Of Tho NV
HnmnsLirn .nttlnrs and thongh life was
nnt encriH,aG ntf,.ninrs .sranei win IT.
lie lo.s th,n iifa and rhe hIstnrv Of the
Of plat, nj 10,
tiJnan,,,n,J ,nijri%bt .iac+ment dnstrr1r'
tion of nrn,nartv bonSe hninIn,, mona
I1rL;n,, 'iorSas' To- ~, ,,,I,nhnr of ttvo
hunhrnd ON tho hsra lack ate atc
fThis I,pJ 'rro,,T (nntrHverSv ,v4s e+ii1
,e|,i,i,, Hvkeu Tho VA, of thn RavoIutinn
hrole ont IL lT;5 With the first tidin,Js
of the battle of Lexington Ethan Allen
called together his well-.lisciplined forces
and ro1inra,l ln,, th.4 pritish Uurricon nt
Eort rint1arn,rn ,,.;tL tLa .n6c,,,. l., IT,
capture that has made his name famous
in American history. Burgoyne retook
Fort Ticonderoga on July II, M aud,
pursuing the small garrison, overlook and
defeated it after a bloody fight in the
II uDbarlt0n hills. 4 monument, ere cted
in 1850, commentaries the heroic strug~
Il of the little bend, overwhelmed by
superior numbers The regular settle
nent Of Brandon commenced in mp, when
Amos Cutler of HAMPTON, Conn. felled
tne first tree fer his log cabin In 1913
came John Amber and his son-in.law,
David June, from Stamford, Conn They
0uill their cabins, and Amber returned
20 Stamford, and with two horses,
brought his wife and worldly possessions
by bride path to his new home in the
wilderness. The apple trees and grape
Vines OF the Amber and June estates are
,tillin bearing, and here and there may
De traced the foundations OF old home
steads. Close by, two ruined houses of
1t
and decay. The old military road that
once passed Ambler's door, is now closed
and grass CROWN Best preserved of all is
he graveyard, walled in solidly. Here
are large stones to Amber and wife and
June and wire. On that OF the Amblers
-ead the epitaph, as follows;
~pr.. chudren ,,l, ,s ,,o,, ,,., hv
And Inorn rb,t v9 9 nv NM, I'd d,e
IVr once in life was blith and raw.
H.t now are moulderng into clay"
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