News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-07-04

From this time forward the settle
ment was rapid and time will not
permit further enumeration.
These settlers all lived in log houses.
The younger generation of my hearers
probably have Il poor conception OF
these houses. Only one can now be
found in town. That is occupied by
Mr.. Jacobs i'll the northwest corner
of the town. But these houses were
attractive homes to the early settler
The inside was plastered and finished
in the most approved style of that
dav. No carpets covered the tlOOr-
and why should they? The floors
were kept scrubbed till the boards
were as white as snow and the floor
fairly ached with the rubbing which
it was forced to endure. The old
fashioned fire place, with its crane
from which was suspended the pots
and kettles, was the range which did
the cooking, and the furnace that did
the heating for our unpOrtentlous
fathers. The outside of these houses
was as innocent of paint as the face
of a MOrristOWn maiden.
But the thousand and one facts in
our history, which are of interest to
our tOwnsmen, must for obvious resl-
sons. be left for the pen Of the histOr-
ian. We have the good fortune to
have in the person of one of our es-
teemed tOWnsmen, a gentleman who
| has rescued most of our fading his
tory from oblivion. Sylvester l..
| Gates, ESQ, has devoted much time
and taken great pains to gather up
! the data fora history of the town and
! is in possession of more facts useful
for that purpose than any other liv-
ing man. His industry i'll this direc-
ton has made it possible for Morris
town to celebrate its centennial, and
has placed me under a lasting debt OF
gratitude, for the great aid he has
rendered me, while attempting my
humble part in its exercises.
The sons and daughters of Morris
town who have returned to their ole
home. on this centennial anniversary
have already received a welcome IL
choice and eloquent words from the
lips of the gentlemanwho presides OF
this occasion. You doubtless fine
many things that surprise and mOr'
that disappoint you But you fine
the word welcome written on TIN
hearts and homes of all our people
Our surviving sons and daughters ar
scattered all over the world. w
hoped to greet more of them to-day
And vet | would give ere the moment ha
fed,
= A sigh for the absent, tear for the dead
There's not one of them ALL where-er he ma
rove,
In the shadows of earth, or the glories above
In the home of his birth, in lands far away
But comes back to be kindly remembered tt
day.
: AS we close the door of the centur
: Just ended and look forward to tn
| one just opening, we have much to b
proud of and more to be hopeful fol
1 Our town has already entered upo
an era of prosperity not reached b
. our neighbors. MOrristown pluc
: and perseverance has stimulated on
: people to, first of all things, get OF
L of debt, and the town stands tO-da
t alone in all this part of the State, al
: sOlutely destitute of creditors, "
n have been bothered with these gent
men long enough, and propose in tt
o future to cut their acquaintance ait
n gether, We have every natural a
y vantage that could be desired, su
a rounding territory tributary to OF
e industries, an even distribution
T wealth among our citizens and pc
g pie conscious of their strength al
g full of determination to push OF
= town far in the lead among the thri
IL inc towns of Vermont.
Let US then, who remain around Il
g old hearth-stOne, as we take up Il
y burdens and assume the responsible
/, ties of the new century now opehln
2 approach our lahors i'll the reverel
lie spirit of our own New England Qua
. er poet =
- "Our fathers God, from out whose hand,
The centuries fall, like grains of sand,
q We meet to-day, united, free,
I And loyal to our land and TLee,
> To thank Thee for the era done,
y And trust Thee for the coming one.
i Glorious old Morristown, my brit
/ place and my homel Had'st tho
> been originally selected as the Gardt
of Eden, man had never fallen.