The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-10-04
Adjoining Towns.
NeWbury.

NoTlCE-This is to notify all persons
indebted to me to pay said indebted
ness at once, and all persons who have
nropertv stored on my premises to re,
move the same and pay charges and
save costs. And all persons having
claims against me will please present
same for immediate payment.
49-51 JONATHAN r. UhlfflN'
This is reunion week at Montpelier,
the living members and ex-mem0ers OF
the General Assembly of Vermont are
invited to attend. Your correspon-
dent can think of nothing more IN
teresting than to publish bit OF New
bury history hitherto unpublished,
which we hope will be acceptable read
ING viz: The names of the men who
have represented Newbury. From the
records [ make the following extract:
"June %, 1776, voted that Col. Jacob
Bavlev and Peter Olcott representa-
lives to send to York. Voted that
Reuben Foster give them their instruc-
tions, June 20, 1777, voted Col. ia
cob Bayley and Reuben Foster mem
hers of a convention agreeably to the
advice of a convention held at Wind
sor. on the first Wednesday of June
Instant This was the convention
that formed our first constitution In
1777. The first session of our legisla-
tive body proper was holden in Wind
sor March 70, 1878 and continued tif-
teen DAVIS, the Rev. Peters Powers
preaching the ELECTION Day sermon"
Two other sessions were held the same
wear. In 1879 three sessions were held,
bennington sixteen days, Windsor
three DAYS, Manchester fourteen days.
Tn 1881 four sessions were held one at
Bennington and two at Windsor and
one in CharlestOwn, N. ID. up TO ana
including 1881, thirty-six towns IN
New Hampshire were eligible to rep
resentation in our legislature, lnclud-
ing all the towns on the Connecticut
river between Charlestown on the
south and Lyman on the north and
tier or two of towns back from the
river. Also about this time a dozen
or more towns in New York were adj
mitted to representation i'll our legls.
latiye BODY. In order to understand
and appreciate this apparently strong
state of affairs the reader must &C.
quaint himself with our early history.
In 1857 TWO session were held one at
Bennington in February and March
lasting twenty four days and in New
bury in October of seventeen days
duration. The session of 1901 was
held in Newbury and continued thirty
days at an expense of $lO,967. Rev
Nathaniel Lambert preaching the
Collection Day sermon" The legisla-
ture never convened in Montpelier I'M
till October 1903, when at which time
Montpelier was made the permanent
home of the legislature.
1878 Jacob Kent,
John G.. Bailey,
1880 Jacob Kent.
1871 Jacob Kent,
John G.. Bailey,
1884 Ebenezer White,
Jacob bailey,
1885 John G.. Bailey,
1886 Thomas Johnson,
1887
1888 "
1889 "
1890 I"
1871 Joshua Bailey,
1892 Daniel Farrand,
1898 4"
1894 Joshua Bayley,
1895 Thomas Johnson,
1896 Daniel Farrand,
1897 Thomas Johnson,
1898 Daniel Farrand,
1899 Thomas johnson,
1900 "
1901
1902 1902 Joshua Bayley'
1904 a"
1905 Isaac Bayley,
1906 James spear,
1907 A."
1908 "
1899 Joshua Bayley'
1871 Benjamin Porter P
1918 Asa Tenny,
1914 Isaac Bayley,
1915
1916 Benz. Porter,
1917 Simeon Stevens. Jr.,
1918 Asa Tenny,
1919 Simeon Stevens, Jr.,
1920 James Spear,
1921 Levi Rogers,
1922 Charles johnson,
1923 John l.. Woods,
1924
1924
1926
1926 Charles Johnson,
1897 Timothy shedd,
1928
1929 Peter Burbank,
1880
I Iss s A: B. W. !, Tenny.
1888
1884
1885 " "
1886 Simeon steyeu'' Jr''
1888 Moody Chamberlin,
1889 A. B. W. Tenny,
1910 Z"
1S41
1912 VIM. III. Carter,
1843 Simeon Stevens, Jr.,
1874 John Atwood,
I845 James Buchanan,
1916