News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-12-11
WFSTFIEID.

Orlando Winslow of this town celebrated
his DIST birthday on Friday of last week,
Dec. 9TH Mr. Winslow, or g Old Squire Win
slow" as he is called in Orleans county.
where he has long been well-known, was born
| in CoIeraine, Mass Dec. ), 1893 His father
was Amasa Wnslow, one of the settlers in
| the Plymouth colony, and u brother of Gov.
Edward Winslow. Squire Winslow's grand
| mother was Abigail Adams a niece of the
| famous Abigail Adams of colonial days; CON
| seuuently the nouagenarian of this article
! has been justly proud OF his good descent,
| and has been u person of considerable impor-
| tance in the town where he has lived for 20
wears. Orlando Winslow lived in Colcraine
| and Gill until he was s years old. Then he
| went to northern Vermont and settled in
what was at that time almost an unbrOken
| forest The town of Westfield, which is to-
day one of the most lovely of Vermont's
quiet farming towns, was then scarcely more
than a mere settlement. Mr.. Winslow went
to work and cleared up some land, soon mar
rying Saloma the daughter of Capt. Medad
Hitchcock OF that place. After his marriage
he bought and cleared up the large and beau
tiful farm, which has ever since remained in
possession of himself 5r his son, D. A. Win
slow 1t was hard work getting n living
from those forest faeiaS in the early DAYS of
the 9th century, but Orlando Winslow was
young and ambitious. He enlarged his
sphere of action ana in addition to his farm
H.
in those days, was loo Fed up to as beng one
of high bb-~as. Tar some time he drove his
cart al y s< s>,Sa .sunty, and then, having
made ) 3 q 1GSSe opened a general store
in W. 9 - E..xuu1rprise he was Joined
by 9udge Page of Hyde
Pc present governor of
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the little town OF NestheId while his father
was in partnership with Squire Wiuslow. The
Pages moved to Hyde Park after a few years
and the store passed into sole possession of
O. Winslow. who must have done good bust
ness as there was no other store within
radius of at least seven miles, and his honOrS
have always chung with his title of Squire
When he was a young man he was a Free
viii Baptist, but has long been a prominent
member of the Congregational church. In
politics he is Il republican. In spite of his 9
years his mind is bright and active, and al
though his sight is somewhat impaired and |
his hearing not so good as formerly, he has |
lost little of the intelligence and wit for which
he was distinguished in former years He |
went to 'freeman's meeting" the first Tues
day of last September and cast his vote for |
Town Representative Boynton with as much |
enthusiasm as he probably showed in casting |
his first vote 50 years previous Mr.. Win
slow voted for John Quincy Adams for presi-
dent, and has voted at every presidential I
election since When in trade he used to |
drive q twO-horse team to Boston for his |
goods, a distance of over 200 miles, being a |
week on the journey each way. At that time |
he railroad facilities did not extend north of |
Concord, n. II. Although he has not been in |
Boston for 80 years, he can describe the Bos- |
ton of his day as accurately as a guide-book. |