Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-17
Vermont Notes.

call Vermont Ga sifted Connecticut" The spirit of emigration sifted out the strongest and sturdiest of our Connech- cut population, who came to these then painless wilds in search of land and homes. s'How bowed the woods beneath thej- sturdy
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 In those early days Vermont was called s'New Connecticut" The names of many of the towns show who were the first set tiers: "New Haven, Hartford, Berlin, Meriden, Burlington" etc., etc.*
 The earliest settlement by civilized men in Vermont was made by an expedition under the command of Captain Jaoobus D'Narm at Shinnsy Point, in the present town of Addison, April l, 1890. Settle ments were made at Brattleboro in 1724. at Westminster in 173o, at Putney in 1742 or 1743, and SO on, most or all of which failed because of the hostility of the In dians. The first permanent settlement was probably the second at Putney in l754 When Canada was ceded to the English In 1760, the danger from* No less than ferty-three Vermont towns have Connecti- cut names. Indian warfare bated and the state was afterward rapidly settled.
 Before the Revolution Vermont was claimed both by the province of New Hampshire and by that of New York. A violent contest ensued between the two provinces, which was not settled until 1764, when it was decided by the king of England in favor of New York. From that till 177s the territory was known by the name of ''the New Hampshire Grants. !" The governor of New Hampshire had made 138 grants of land, most of which had been paid for, and the governor of New York declared these grants invalid and demanded that the proprletors pay for them @ second time. few complied, but the majority refused to do it. Writs of dispossession were issued, but the Vermonters resisted the officers, frequently applying the "beech ifs. One officer, more obnoxious than others, was condemned to receive 200 1ashes of the beach seal on his bare back. Another was suspended in an arm chair for two hours to 8 sign-pos twenty five feet high.
 Military companies were organized on the "Grants" under the name of s.@reen Mountain Boys," to resist the claims oi New York. In this movement Ethan Allen and Seth Warner (both Connecticut men, were prominent.
 In 1775 Allen with forty men from Con. necticut and 23O from Vermont captured the famous English stronghold of Ticon. deroga, and afterwards that of Crown Point. Vermonters also took an honora ble part in the subsequent invasion of Can. ada. "-----'----'-- -1 1-s--' '--.
 The declaration of independence brought Vermont "between two fires" It made the situation of the people worse, if possi. ble, than before. New Hampshire had re. nounoed them. The controversy with New York was reviving. The latter state claimed sovereignty over the territory. II became necessary therefore to settle the questions where they belonged.
 A convention was ealledto ascertain the public sentiment. Fifty-one delegates chosen by thirty five towns, met at Dorset July "A, 1776, and entered into an associa tion among themselves, for the defence o1 their liberties. They also declared that they would not belong to either of the counties erected within their territory by New York, nor submit to the control oi its government, and that if any Vermont CTS should submit to the government o1 New York, they should be deemed the enemies of their country. The convention met again on the 25th of September, ant resolved unanimously ''to take suitable steps, as soon as may be, to declare thu New Hampshire grants free and separat' distrios."
 On the 18th of December, 1777, the con vention held third meeting at Westmin | ster. After due deliberation 1t was re ! solved that the New Hampshire grants Ii | forever hereafter to be considered as | free and independent jurisdiction or state by the New Connecticut, alias Vermont. They immediately informed congress o 1 their action, repeated the assurance O
 their willingness to aid in carrying on tho | just war with Great Britain and asked tha l Vermont might be reckoned among tn. ! free and independent American states
 The people of New Hampshire approved of the doings of the convention Maseachu
 setts and Connecticut did not object. Blu | New York was indignant. The New Yorl
 committee of safety appealed to congress
 but congress seemed unwilling to inter
 fere. A second and third appeal wa
 made and at last congress resolved againe
 the new state and dismissed the petitie
 for the admission of Vermont into tn | Union.
 ! The convention reassembled on the 1e
 of July, TIT, and considered the draft c
 a constitution. During the session new
 was brought that Burgoyne was occupyin
 Mount Defiance, near the American ports
 on the borders of the lake. Colonel Set
 Warner's little army was attacked an
 routed at Hubbardton, and the people O
 the west side of the mountains were oblip
 ed to abandon their homes. A email arm
 was raised by Stark, who defeated Bu1 goyne at the battle of Bennington. Tn
 portant part in this great victory. LIS. CONTINUED TOMORROW.