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

first settlement in the southwest
part of the town was made
by Joseph Fellows, young man
| of 19 years, who came from Sails
bury, Mass, in 1881. This brave
youth began on his land four
miles distant from the nearest in
habitant, and twelve miles from
the home of VIM. Fellows of
Newbury, where he spent the
Sabbaths and made his home.
For six days each week he labor
ed during the summer season,
without person to speak to or
look upon, and this for four sue
cessive seasons, He was after
wards joined by his cousin Will
liam, and they erected a saw mill
on the river just below the inter-
section of the three brooks, that
was a great convenience in the
erection of board covered dwell
ings. Soon the little neighbor-
hood was reinforced by Abel
Jackman, Benjamin Brown, John
Brown End, Jacob and Ezra
Sleeper, Simon French, Stephen
and Peter Eaton, Moses, Abel
and Joseph Heath, Charles Ward
and their families.
This neighborhood was the
cradle of Methodism in this sec
tion of the country. "Some-
where about 1903 or 4 the in
habitants of the south part of the
town had controversy with the
town of Vershire respecting the
iurisdictiona1 line of the town;
Vershire by some fnesse succeed
ed in getting the Legislature of
the State to pass an act giving
them the jurisdiction of strip of
land one mile in width, off the
south side, the whole length of
the town of Corinth. The Yer
shire people then came on with
their surveyor, chainmen, axe men
ETC., to survey and allot out the
land. When they came on to
Uncle William Fellows land, the
old gentleman although advanc-
ed in years, feeling his pugnacious
principles little moved that they
should presume to trespass on his
premises, resolved to drive them
off. He put smart spur in the
heel and a smart switch in his
hand, and mounting old Wall
eye his favorite horse, at them
he went. They undertook for a
while to defend themselves, but
the horse was as fearless as his
rider, and rushed right on them
regardless of all the defense they
could make, and he finally drove
them all out of the field, and
cleared his premises of them."
The next Legislature, having been
petitioned by the dissatisfied in
habitants of the mile strip, so
far complied as to establish the
Whitelaw line as the jurisdiction
al line between the towns, and it
has so remained to this time.
In June 1901, Abel Jackman
was elected captain of the COM
pany of militia in the south part
of the town, and continued in the
military line until November,
1912, at which time and for some
years before he was in command
of the regiment. He then petit
toned the Governor to be reliev-
ed from his command and receiv-
ed an honorable discharge. He
was a man of good moral princi-
pies and filled many responsible
offices in the town.
At the time of the invasion of
Plattsburg by the British in 1914,
he raised a company of volunteers
and marched Immediately for the
seat of war, but before they reach
ed the place the British had re-
treated. "Col. Jackman was a
soldier of the Revolution and was
at West Point at the time of
Arnold's detection" In 1920 he
was stung so severely by swarm
ing bees that he was hiving, that
he Immediately expired.
INTERESTING INCIDENTS.
The early settlers were hospi-
table and generous to each other,
sharing alike their privations or
their blessings, with but few ex-
ceptions. There was one family
among them who were a little
stingy. They had early planted
an apple orchard, and therefore
were among the first in that part
of the town to have apples in
any considerable quantity, They
built the first cider mill and made
the first cider. One season they
stored their abundant apple crop
in an out building and made it as
secure against unruly boys as