Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-02-22


lntimateS IN hlS preface Is more a series OF
compilation OF interesting hlS'"rl'a' 'haP
teIs ihan work written WIN e'a'"'a'e
historical l"rnallty. 1t is' III I"'i' series
"i entertaining annals heg'nhihE win lhe
earliest history "I the to"h' al' covering
Its trnhnHl 'N'I"'l"h ana ''N'''P'n'"'' ''S
ln'inN roads villages, N'h''I districts
schools 'h"f'h'S anu "thef Pu"'' 'h''''"
l'"h'' ana giving SR'l'h'S "I "'"' "lt" VI
h"th local ana national prominence !" us
"I 'hiS section II Is "' interest u" N''o" '''''
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thht part "I Ihe Pu''he' N"l'N "h''n u
now Woodstock we're scouting party oi
81 men who were sent out from Fort Dunn
r.t m MAY l1lS Tn. first white resi-
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'"'''Ee' VIE" Nv was S'"'''''' W
disappointment IN love anhir "hhdtred
north and built himself IA hut ON Beaver
meadow. Settlers of few Years later
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II is an interesting ana lhN'ru'll\' P'
turc oi the life Of primitive times III Yer
mont ,,birb MIR damn yives i'm a chaptrr
l,t. tina, am ..Tb. ..ttl.r.. an the rnnd end
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'"t i'"'', ''' "'t w. ''''''' 10 VIZ
north side "i the river ahH ~ succeeding
chapter, Of similar character. IN which
the. ,,rly settler. mr.. recalled los name.
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characteristics are revealed "il"h lh lhe
quaint words uf their oWn day. We quote
"A paragraph vhich describes the first com
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Ohe "i the earliest artI''eS Hi ProIu'e OF
manufacture eAP3r'e" iron" 'ne ''''' n'aS ~,
was asne7' P"'ash'S HHl Pea' 'aN"tS' NV
great IhIhE was l." ''r'" '''c ,"l' VI 10 ''N
ufihhl -r""' "i 'iIn"'r' anu iI"'i' 'ne '"S
heap9 hutht lhIs" 'l""ii'i''eS "l "SheH '""r'
be easily eathereu. ht7e "ei' 'en' ii1' ID, ,
ana the iNe procure" rom '"e'' ""iI1'
down I" uihck shl''' an" h' tIlS PDiht 'ne
common u"h'estlc P'"'ess en'e"' '|'"
P'e1e the 'nahuiaCtur I'll Po' VT l'e"'l "S'i''
required the esthollShihent oi PotaSh ""Ih
OF l'tAIlaSu ""'AS "u''li"S VIVA "a" a.
anu Kettles anu an oven ior screening the
salts ana purifying thehl' ana the hululhH
USED l'r 'heSe PuI uIl"Ne' "as 'a''T' III '",',
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son J'Sse' WI" '"'teiP P'a'e" "H 'n'H at
rahseneh' u r"iSe '1' mems I"' 'u' pun
chase "' Sr"'er'1s ana "'u'r "''i.''N ". .I
el-h produce "h'rn ,me ,, "e''SS''''s VI '''''
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We do not find in the book "A description
Of a school kept in "A log school house with
,ut d.sks ar avan bancbes the children sit
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common III erihoht huh,re" years age
and have been IN use within the presen
century, but mention is made of schoo
kent for three months in the winter in
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hel'i'o'N "'"'' US "''"ou'
side or plastcrIng or ceiling inside ana III
only light in the room, except what crep
in through the cracks, came through ole
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In'ous" '"' sue anu '','' VI '''e '"'i''''.N
This account OF school kept III Distri'
No. ., South Woodstock, early in the pres
ent century, probably, is interesting
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