Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-08-31
LEVI p. MoRToN's BIRTHPLACE.

ib7t tliiNN H1ititiill oOil FDC1lllCllS W
Vermont oak and cherry taken from
Mr.. Morton's old home. Senator
Spooner proposes to have a gavel
made from the wood which will
be used to call to order the forthcoming
Republican State convention of Wiscon-
sin. Mr.. North is a typical Vermont
Republican who believes in the benefits
of a protective tariff, and soon after the
Chicago convention he swung to the
breeze in Shoreham village a Harrison
and Morton banner of approved design.
Mr.. Morton's birthplace is not far dis
tant from Shoreham village and may be
readily seen by the tourist. Mr.. Morton
is well remembered by a large number of
the good people there, although he left
his birthplace when a lad of about ii
years.
Shoreham is a quiet country town in
the valley of Lake Champlain, nearly OPP
posite Ticonderoga, N. Y. The traveller
leaves the n. Y. q Canada railroad at
Addison junction and crosses Lake
Champlain on a steam ferry. 1t is worth
his while to look about him as he crosses
the lake. Just to the north of the Yer
mont landing is Hands Cove whence
Ethan Allen with his Green Mountain
Boys embarked on their way to the cap
ture of Fort Ell sin the name of the
Great Jehovah and the Continental Con-
gress." TO the south but a pistol shot is
- y
mount independence" so called on the
Vermont side. Here are yet to be seen
the earthworks and the "Horse-Shoe" bat
terry erected in the revolution, and under
the cedars on that mount is the row of
grassy hillocks that mark the final rest
ing place of many a revolutionary pat
riot. This noun takes its name from
the fact that a part of the patriot ar
my was here encamped when they re-
ceiyed the news of the Declaration of
independence. This tract of land is in
the town of Orwell, which adjoins Shore
ham on the south. On the New York
side Mt. Defiance rises before you. Bur-
goyn planted his annon on its top and
spiked them down upon its naked rocks.
The holes drilled there for this purpose
may still be seen. From here he COM
manded Fort I'll" Here, too, on the
New York side is the crumbling ruins of
Fort "Ii.," its massive walls, the maya
zines, the covered way to the lake, the
rifle-pits, breast-works, the bitches and
the groves.
M tla N.. -,14 :. IL. -.
States Hotel, on the lake shore, a sum
mer resort much frequented by those who
love ga quiet and a cool retreat" And
on the hill overlooking the lake is the
summer residence of the Hon. II. q. Bur-
leigh of Whitehall, y. Y, recently mem
Der of Congress from the Washington
Rensselaer, district. He is well known
here, sometimes by the nom-de-plume of
perpetual Motion Burleigh," and some
times by the sobriquet of "Hurly-Burly,"
which latter appellation is understood to
be taken from that celebrated couplet,
when the hurry burly is done,
When the battles lost or won."
\ local Wag, however. once remarked
that it was not an appropriate designa-
ton for the vivacious statesman from
Whitehall, because he never was "done.'
Eight years ago Shoreham cast a unan-
imous vote for Garfield. Burleigh heard
of it, and the mex day telegraphed the
Tribune that Shoreham out of cOmpli-
ment to the Hon. Levi z. Morton had
cast her unanimous vote for Garfield and
Arthur. This was a pretty good story,
but the truth was that the Democratic
electoral tickets were not distributed un-
til near election day. Those designed
for Shoreham were intrusted to an abb
sent-minded Democratic brother who for
got his errand, and consequently there
were no ballots to be voted on hat day,
and the Democrats not being able to
write out their electoral tickets were
either compelled to vote the Republican
ticket or refrain from voting. This was
the real reason that Shoreham's vote was
unanimous for Garfield. 1t did not make
much difference, as there are not more
than fifteen or twenty Democrats in this
thriving town.
Aside from her eminent sons for Shore
ham was the birthplace of the present
Governor of that State, the Hon. f. j.
Ormsbee, n also of the late eX-Gov.
Jennison, this quiet farming town is also
noted for its horses and sheep. And free
wool finds but little favor here. Indeed,
Shoreham took the gold medal for sheep
and wool both at our late national GEN.
tennial at Philadelphia. Here are sheep
''what are Sheep sheep that are better
than any Europe or any land can boast
of. Sheep with pedigrees as long as that
of the Royal family of England, pedi-
grees that run through volumes of the
Herd Books printed in gilt and bound in
orocc If some wise Democrat was
to tell these sheepmen, as they are often