Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-04-09
General Vermont News.


and 60 bushels for schooling and preaching.
| That year Ebenezer Stevens bought land in
| town, and it Is said that he owned more
| than 1000 acres. In 1904 his son. John. settled
| on a farm on which he lived the remainder
| of his life. He died 81 years of age. The
| farm is now owned by son, George 7. Ste
vens, and son, Carlton, and they have kept
| it up, making yearly improvements until it
| is one of the best in town. There are 257
! acres of which 80 are moving and tillage.
/ Mr.. Stevens has a splendid sugar orchard,
| from which he has made G000 pounds in
| season. but only 20OO last spring He could
| tap 5000 trees. but does not tap only about
half that number. He has had this season
! only II cows and the milk goes to the
! creamery, of which his son. Carlton, is one
! of the directors. Mr.. Stevens believes in
| thorough cultivation and liberal manur-
| ing, as his farm and well filled barn
| show. He raised last year from four
acres over 1909 bushels of sorted pOta-
toes, also 800 bushels Of oats and rs of bar
| ley. He does not plant much corn, but is
always sure of good crop OF wheat. Last
| year he did not SOW any on account of cheap
| flour. Carlton Stevens is a progressive
! farmer, and a year ago he took a course at
the dairymen's school at Burlington, and in
| 1894 the town sent him as representative to
! Montpelier. The five daughters of the fam
! lily were all graduated from the normal
school at Johnson.
Rev. Calvin Granger of Poultney has just
celebrated his 92d birthday. Rev. Mr..
| Granger was born at Randolph, VT, on
! March 26. 1906 and was pastor of the
| East Poultney Congregational church for
! 25 years He is the oldest Congregational
minister in the United States with one excep-
| tion, and has been in the ministry SO years.
! Among the guests present was Gilbert Prin-
| die, who recently celebrated his 9lst birth
day. Merritt Clark who is a. wrote poem
| in honor OF the occasion. Mr.. Granger dis
| tinctly remembers Lafayette, Clay, and Van
| Buren,, and he heard Webster deliver the
Grafton at the unveiling of the Bunker Hill
monument He is in good health and sound
mind and bids fair to live for several years.
Jarius C. Mears has Just died in Lagrange,
ILL.,, aged 100 years and days. He was born
at Newton Falls, Vt. He was a lad of Is at
the time of the battle of Champlain and wit
messed the event. He spent the greater part
of his life in Illinois. He was appointed
postmaster at Hillsboro by President Lin
coin, and for many years was the postmaster
at Lagrange. In 1922 lie married Amelia
Cook, who was born in his native town. The
centenarian enjoyed the possession of his
faculties until within short time of his
death. He voted at the November election.
In the death of Mrs. Clara Langdon Mich
olas which occurred recently at the age of
81 years a unique Montpelier character dis
appears She was a sister of the late James
r., Langdon, and her only support of late
has been the income on $4,000 provided for
her in Mr.. Langdons will. In her early
wears she married Anastatias Nicholas a
Greek. who was brought to Montpelier
when boy by Colonel Jonathan Miller Yer
monts hero in the war of independence for
Greece.
Dr. /. A. Wilder, Fred Crichton. Chas. H.
Perry j. V. Hall, W. B. Hill, Major l.. NJ.
/ 4 pf
have been in the vicinity of Bethel examin-
ing the mining properties of the Gay Hill
and the Norton gold mining companies at
Stockbridge. Several Of the party are also
interested in the new hotel project at Stock
bridge Common, where 1t is proposed 10
erect this summer hotel to cost in the vic
Unity of $4,000.
Joseph D.Denison of Randolph is the only
candidate as yet for minister to Venezuela
and has been recommended by the Vermont
delegation in Congress. Mr.. Denison is the
son of Hon. Dudley c. Denison of Royalton,
eX-member OF Congress, and graduated from
the University of Vermont in 1868. He was
admitted to the bar in May 1869, and went
into partnership with his father and contn-
ued until May, 1885, when he moved to Ran
| dolph.
Rev. George E. Ladd of New Haven,
Conn, has been called to the pastorate OF
the Waterbury Puritan church. He is
native of Woodstock and graduate of Will
| liams college. He was three years an in
! structor in Robert college, Constantnople,
| and a son-in-law of the venerable Rev. Dr.
! Cyrus Hamilin of Boston. He will enter
! upon his duties on May l.
Mason s. Stone, state superintend-
ent of education, is making arrange
ments for summer schools for teachers
to be held in five different towns
in Vermont, in July and August. The
locations of these schools have not yet
been selected, but they will be held in towns
most central for the greatest number of
teachers.
The Bethal special town meeting was
called to see If the town would vote to eX-
empt the Bethel Shoe company from taxa
tion for further period of five years. 1t
was one of the largest attended town meet
| ings ever held in town and the town refused
to exempt the shoe company by vote of
| $50 to 1876.
A bust of Senator Morrill,, author of. the
bill to create agricultural colleges by the
sale of public lands and provided for annual
appropriations to support colleges of this
| nature has just been unveiled at the state
| university. The bust to be placed in the art
gallery at Washington.
The deadlock in the Barre board of alder
| men over successor to City Surveyor Cur
rier still continues, and the same situation
| exists IN the matter OF city grand Juror.
| Up to the present time eight appointments
made by Mayor Gordon for various city
offices have been rejected by the aldermen,
many of them being tie vote.
Arthur j. Dewey of Bennington has re-
ceived a letter from Congressman Powers
| informing him that when the time for a
change came he would be unanimously rec
commended by the delegation from this state
for the position of postmaster The term of
the pres ant incumbent will expire in May,
1898.
Bishop Hall and Major +. W. Childs OF
| Brattleboro are both improving in health,
The bishop sailed for New York from Bermu-
da April 2. Major Childs is at Aiken. s. c.,
and will remain there for several weeks.
J. H. Senter of Montpelier, U. S. district
attorney, is in Cuba. Mr.. Senter has been
weeks, and taken sea voyage to Havana
on the advice of his physician.
The contest for the Brattleboro postoffce
lies between DR.. d. ?. Webster and Colonel
! Kittredge Haskins. The matter will have to
be settled by party caucus, according to the
decision of Congressman Grout.
The examiner of Addison county had II
applicants for teachers certificates from the
little town Of Hancock, making log candi-
dates in five towns.
John G. Carpenter of West Rutland has
taken the first place in the oratorical con.
test at Colgate university.
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