Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-21
CHARLOTTE.

The present unusually dry weather is
causing considerable apprehension as to
grass and grain. 1t should he borne in
mind that We had hardly any rain last
season until May "A. after that. it rained
almost continuously until fall.-Mrs.
Winterbotham of Chicago has come to
town for the summer, taking possession
of Eaton Hall-Fshcrmcn are having
pretty good luck these daNs.-There are
about $50 acres of land taken up by the
1G miles of highway IN this town. The
town contains under it's charter 10000
acres. and 1,Oi0 acres out of this amount
were allowed for roads and on-cultivat-
able lands on account of rocks,
ponds, mountains and rivers. 1t
has been claimed that the town
was named in honor of n daughter
of William Gililand who at one time
owned an entire township on the New
York side. embra cling Willsboro and Es-
sen. but this is not correct as the name
Charlotte was given the town in the
charter from George III, June % 1852.
There We're seven public grants in the
charter two shares for Bennington
Wentworth, governor of the province of
New Hampshire. one for the society for
rropagatinr the gospel in foreign parts
one for a globe for the Church of Eng
land, one for the first settled minister,
one for the benefit of schools and one for
Il town plot. The governors lot was in
the south west corner OF inc toWn ON
bracng the George Thorp farm, so-called,
and parts of the II. c. Carpenter and
George w. Porter farms The globe for
the Church of England was lot No. 81
on the FerrishurGh line and the second
one east of the governor lot. The lot for
the first settled minister was No. 81 on
the Fcrrisburgh line, embracing parts of
tho S Is. I.angdon. j. q. Barton and c.
A. Emo farms, lot No. "A. was set
apart for free schools being part of the
Walter A. Clahin farm and the j. G.
Stafford place. Lot No. 49, for the society
for propag4ting the gospel in foreign
PARTS. is in the southeast part Of the
town. Lot No. "a, designated for town
plot. is the second one north Of the Lang
don Emo farms and is probably now own
ed by j. j. Quinlon or the Mary Fletcher
hospital or both This town plot was sub
scuuently divided among the propretors
giving each fraction over two and three
fourth acres besides this, there were two
divisions. the first division lots con-
tanned POO acres each and were 300 rods
north and south and 100 rods east and
west. The second division lots contain
145ia acres. David Ferris and Benjamin
Ferris, Jr.. made the survey for the first
division. The survey for the second divi-
sion was made by Benjamin Ferris. Jr.,
assisted by Daniel Horsford, Joseph Fer
ris Abner Chandler and Mores Robinson.
Lot No 81 is in the southeast corner.
The numbers run north to and embracing
No. 10. commencing again with No. IL
on the south line of the town. The last
lot No 100 takes in the end OF Thomp
sons Point. There We're 65 individual
grantees.
Mrs \. c. Bush recently had the mis-
fortune to scald her hand and wrist quite
badly Mrs. John Lewis has beer to Will
liston to visit her daughter Mrs. Whit
ncv.-Ntrs John Tobcy has gone to Hines
hlIrgh to help care for Mr.. Tohcy's mother,
who is quite i'll with rheumatic fever
F. A. Doyette of Burlington WAS in town
IN business last SaturdaY.-George f.
Edgcrton of the New England Telephone
company. who has been spending a few
days at his home. has returned to Hart
fond