The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-20

t5l There was another in the house, real
and not an imaginary character, who was
not In sympathy and who had boldly faced the
whole court party ITO lstand up for the settlers.
That was Fanny Bachanon, afterwards the wife
OF Ethan Allen. When the court party returned
to 1.-THE horse after their first repulse, Fanny 5
mother. Mrs Brush, said that ''if the court and
Judges were not women In mems clothes they
would give the order to drive the rebels out of
the court house and bring the leaders TO trial
for treason at once You have the authority on
your side" she added "and the arms and have
TO contend only with traitors who would run at
the sound of their own voices" Then Fanny,
who was at the time only II, cautioned her and
told her that she thought the cause of the PEG.
Mountain boys and Ethan Allen might come to
assist them" Mrs Brush retorted she wouldn't
be surprised to see her daughter sneaking off
after Ethan Allen and deserving her family
and mother for the rebels" and she told the
others that the girl was crazy. Fanny replied 81
don't mean to turn against You but feel for the
oppre sscd." Then, according to this story which
Judge Wheeler gets from members of the fam
ill., substantially as Fanny told it when an
old lady, Mrs Brush turned to Patterson and
said, "The King expects you to do your duty"
and under her ashing the party started for the
attack on the court house.
4 few wears later Mrs Brush and Fanny, then
a willow herself, were living at the house of
stephen r Bradley at Westminster, and there
she often met Allen well as other leading
mensof the state and a sort of friendship that
was half autogamisn grew up between the two.
She was woman OF grace, culture and fascina.
ton and withal of a east of mind that could not
helm being drawn to such character as Aliens
Apparently she resisted it, for one day John
Norton said lokingly to her, Fanny if you
marry Gen Allen you will be queen of new
state Eyes, she retorted, "and should mar
nv the devil would be queen of HE'LL
But early on the morning of Feb 8, 1874,
Allen drove up to Bradley's house with a
pair of dashing black horses and a col
ored driver. 1t was during session of the
supreme court, and the judges were at break
falt He declined an invitation TO partake,
saving he had breakfasted, and passed with
ont ceremony into Mrs Buchanan's part of the
house where he found her in a morning gown,
standing ON a chair, arr angling some glass and
china on the upper shelf of a closet. After
few moments playful chat, Allen said; We'll,
Fanny, if we are to be married, now is the time,
for am on my way TO Arlington. VERY
well, She replied, descending from the chair,
"but give me time to put on my Joseph" Allen
led her into the room where the judges, having
finished breakfast were smoking their long
mines ami accOstng his old friend, Chief jus
ticp Robinson. asked him 10 tie the knot.
sWhcns" said the Judge in surprise. "Now,
renhed Allen. For myself have no great
opinion of such formaty, and from what can
discover She thinks as little of it as do, but as
a decent respect for the opinions of mankind
seems to require it, you will proceed"
The ceremony reached the point where the
iuir-e asked Ethan II he promised to live with
Franris agreeable TO the law Of God. stop
Stop cried Allen, and pausing and looking out
Of the window he added: ''The law of God a
written In the great book of natureY Yes go
ni-r Without fuIthur interruption the service
was completed, the brides trunk and guitar
case were placed in the sleigh and the pair were
driven across the mountain TO the generals
homt. Ry this second wife there was one
daughter and two sons. After his death the
daughter entered a nunnery in Canada and died
there The sons were Iladnibal and Ethan n
and became officers OF the United states navy.
The latter had a son, since well known, Col.
Ethan Allen Of New lOrk, who has usi pub
lished hoax