The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-10-11

was inrascd in whnt was IN It's day, high
~ ornamental frame. The looking glass
was II wedding present to Gen. Jacob BAL
ley and wife In l745. and was the property
of Mr.. Georges mother whose maiden
name was Abigail Bailey, daughter OF "a
cob bailey, Jr.. a son of Gen. Jacob Also
a well preserved pair OF saddle-bags on
which was the following inscriptions: "Dr
Samuel Whites saddle-bags, born the Dr.
not the saddle bags Nov. q. 1850. died Feb.
%, 18i7, came to Newbury In l!73." Dr.
White Is the subject OF many an interesting
anecdote and his name household word.
Henry w. Bailey I'd, presented looking
day. 1t was brnught from England In 177O
by Gen. Jacob Bailey. 1t was hidden UNI
der the leaves In the woods for six weeks
away from the Tories 1t has u carved
frame and is 5Ox30 inches. Alfred Z. Gar
land exhibited two Indian arrOwheads, q
flint-lock pistol. an English bayonet ana
two books both in fine. state OF preserva-
ton printed in London in Ills. Fred has
good blood In his veins, being direct de-
cendent of Rev. Peter Powers, our pioneer
preacher five generations removed. That's
why Fred has warm shoulder towards
ministers. Mrs. r. w. Chamberlain eX-
hibted genuine "Simon pure" old flip
tumbler, the sight OF which made ones
mouth water, and bronze pitcher made in
1852. These articles We're once the proper
ty of Capt. EmmersOn Corliss, Mrs Cham
berain's grandfather, who was a Rev0lu-
tionary soldier. Also fine collection of
pottery made by the Aztec Indians near
the city of Mexico. Mrs. ID. NJ. Bond, a
hand painted pitcher given TO her by her
great-grandmother stewart, having oeen IN
the family 1875 years. Also childs print
dress worn by Betsey Waugh, Mrs. BIS
great aunt. more than 100 years ago. The
cut of this dress and the decorations on the
pitcher is proof enough that the fine arts
were not unknown 10 our ancestors, WIN.
IL. Atkinson. silver spoon which belong
ed to MS great great-grandmother,, known
to be lO6 years old and supposed TO be much
older. a piece OF marble from the palace
buckets marked VIM. Atkinson 1908 (This
is the nearest approach to fire company
that we have in this village.) Several
DOCKS printed ABOUT loO years ago, ancient
retlcules, parasols, embroidered hand fire
screen ana slIhouetts nearly ioo years oid
Mr. Dudley carleton sword used IN me
French and Indian war and came INTO tne
and used by him while captain OF com
pany in this town. CHS Is not GU: Dud,
he was too young to muster then.( Sidney
Johnson presented his grandfather, Col.
Thomas JOhnsOn's continental hat and it
was one OF the chief attractions at the So
ciable. Also hand corn shelter and an
Indian spear head found on the OK bow.
James Lang, ESQ.,. presented to the sociable
the most ancient farming tool it was ever
our good fortune to see. A manure fork
dug out OF the ground on his premises on
OK bow. Horace w. Bailey had on eXhl-
bition well preserved arm chair which
attracted considerable attention, on which
was the following description: 'This chair
Was one OF the wedding gifts to Mary
NOyes at her marriage with webster BAL
England several Years previous to that
date. Webster Bailey, the grandfather of
New6ury in I778 and settled on the place
now owned and occupied by James A.
Johnson Also a nair Of cream cOIOred
silk knee stockings worn by Webster Bal
lev at his wedding in 1873 also worn by his
son the late Parker W. Bailey at his mar
rage To ELIZA Ward ahout 18i5 Also two
remarkably Well preserved Mason aprons
worn in $500. one white sheen skin with
many emblems. formerly owned by Ezekiel
W. Railpv who was ROYAL Arch Mason.
The other anron being a rose tinted silk
with red hnund triangle in the center.
formerly owned bv the late VIM. BAILEY.
familiarly called uncle Bill. who was Sir
KNIGHT Mason, JInc.e nZeke" and uncle
uBiff' were great uncles of the present
owner al the APRONS. The old milf crank
of Coos fame was on exhibition through
the kindness of s. s. Tucker. and attracted
first mill was drawn from Concord, N. H.,
on hand sled. Its history is too well
known to need comment. by Rev. 5. l..
Bates a selection of very old church papers
neatly enclosed in one frame. ii. K. Wat
kinS presented your correspondent with a