The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-07-26

: this town in 1903, from Weare
: N. H. Each accumulated
| handsome property by farming
and held many offices of trust il
= town. Samuel Haseltine CAM
: here from Chester, N. H., in 1870
+ He was man of moral worth
| and religious zeal. He was elect
ed town clerk in 1871, and helt
t the office until old age compelled
: him to resign, when he was sue
ceeded by his son Samuel Hase1.
, tine, Jr,, who also inherited his
| fathers mental and moral char.
acteristics.
Nicholas Hale, ESQ.,, came te
Corinth in about 1911 from AT.
kinson, N. H. A man of excel.
lent judgment and undoubted in.
tegrity, he served the town many
years as selectman. In 1881
he was a member of the legisla-
ture, and originated a bill for
raising general school fund, in
money raised by tax on the
grand list, and the money drawn
from the town treasurer accord
ing to the number of scholars in
each school district in town.
There are two or more remark
able instances of longevity. Mrs.
Jane Brown, a native of Ireland,
died here in March 1924, aged
1O1 years and months. Mrs.
Susannah Brown died here in
March 1867, just before complet-
ing her one hundredth year. Her
husband died when she was Sc
years old, leaving her with a
family of six children, from one
to twelve years of age, for whom
she provided. She always per-
formed most kinds of out door
work and was always helpful in
cases of sickness.
s.i' MILITARY RECORD.
At the time of the invasion by
the British in September, 1914, a
company from Corinth turned out
Immediately on the receipt of
the intelligence, and within four
hours were on the march to PlattS-
burg. On the way to Montpelier
they fell in with larger party
from Vershire with whom they
united and were organized by
Jacob Collamer, then aid-de-camp
to Gen. French of the Vermont
militia. Peter Eaton, father of
F. P. Eaton, was elected Lieut..
and John Clifford and w. T..
Jackman sergeants.
Geo. Sleeper, then a youth was
left at home to take care of the
family in his fathers absence,
who had started with the compa-
ny for the seat of war. Request
ed by one of his youthful COM
panions to accompany him,
George answered, 81 will go but
must first go to the house and
get my boots" which he did, tell
ing his mother he was going fish
ing, and taking his tackle along.
In the war of 1912 Corinth fur
nished thirty-two soldiers. The
total credit for men furnished in
the late war is 161. Of these
100 volunteered, 26 were enrolled
men who procured substitutes,
IA were drafted men who paid
Communication and three were
drafted men who procured sub
stituteS.
MINING.
The Corinth Copper Co. was
chartered in 1855 but the COM
pany did not begin work.until Aug
1868. During the year 1866, III
men and boys were employed,
and $5O,O00 worth of ore was pro-
duced. The property was sold
on an execution in 1874 for $24,-
600 to asyndicate under the name
of the Eureka Copper Company.
The Union Mining Co. was
chartered by the Vermont Legis-
lature in 1868, and work was COM
menced there the next year. This
property adjoined the Eureka
mine and the entrances were only
a few rods apart.
The price of copper went down
and the company went into bank
ruptcy in 1877, and the assignee,
C. C. Sargent, sold the property
to Smith Ely president of the
Vermont Copper Mining Co.
The business was pushed vigor-
ously for time and the ore trans
ported over the hills nine miles
to the furnace at Ely where it
was smelted. The surplus silver
aided in smelling the Ely ore.
Meanwhile by the fall of the
price of copper the mine became
improbable, and the new road