Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-11-24

ior the patriot army, and maintained
mem AZ bounty Of three pounds
each, Al the close OF the war one OF
these men TO be mustered out was
Leftenant Thomas Gould: and when
IN 1870 Ethan Allen with 100 Vermont
troops invaded the republic of Guilford
ana gave the government three DAYS
10 vote the republic into the state OF
vermont or be made "as desolate as
Sodom and Gomorrah," old Stephen
Gould was one OF the citizens of the
republic who surrendered to be ever
afterward n loyal citizen of Vermont
An entry dated 1880 tells Of a great
change In the family: sutton, Mass
hecd OF my honored mother. Martha
Chase, yoke 4 years old oxen. eos
In money and other property from the
estate amounting to Ella. interest to
be paid annually"
This tells that the father had died
and that the widow had married one
chase. That Chase died soon after il
gathered from these quaint records;
Reed from my honored mother e4O,
Tor which | agree to take care of her."
and on the next page, MY honored
mother, Martha Chase, came this day
TO my house to live with me as one OF
the family. for which 4, and my heirs.
stand bound to provide for her all the
comforts of life. both in sickness and
in health during her natural life, also
To Decent and Christian burial" and
two years later this entry tells of life
work ended: nth May, My honored
mother. Martha Chase, was taken sick
on Saturday of this month instant
and died today, at ten of the clock,
afternoon. and was buried the 10th of
this instant May; aged "a years. 1895"
There were many marriages of
daughters and sons in the family of
Stephen Gould. and the setting out
for each seemed to be about f10 in
''sundries and furnishings
This one was for his daughter Let
tice, who, on her marriage, moved to
the widest of the then far west, Hol-
land Patent. Oneida Co., n. Y. by
COW e3 l foot wheel l5s. pots and
kettles SIS, frying pans and the like Ell.
earthen crockery los. "a lbs flax, IL
lbs. turkey feathers, cheese tub. and
household goods to the total amount of
e9." Easter, Sarah and Lydia, his
other daughters. Jared equally well on
their marriage; but to his sons,
Thomas and Aaron. about ELS each
was given in oxen, cattle, sheep,
and credit of one years work.
Page after page was given to ac-
of work. Nothing was too small to
debit or credit. Every kind of produce
of the farm was accepted as payment
and building stone seemed to be legal
tender for all debts. Later boy.
Thomas, seems to appear in the farm
management, and grandchildren are
noted down by the PEACEFUL. Nearly all
entries are prefaced by. then Stephen
Gould" and final accounts are nearly
always signed by both parties. The
old book tells what they ate, drank,
and wherewithal they We're clothed,
when married and given in marriage.
In 1875 the last entry appears In his
handwriting: then other hands jotted
down the accounts.
Upon the summit of a small, round
ed hillock in "Guilford Hollow" is an
old time cemetery. Some of the dwell
lers have slept there almost $50 years.
Among them is this Stephen Gould.
In the summer of 1902, on visit
to this old Gods acre" we found. in
a tangle of brambles, the old family
lot. and with axe grub hoe and
scythe. clearing was made and the
tombstones found and the fallen ones
reset. Standing in the midst. like
sentinel, was one telling that stephen
Gould died in 1895, aged 6S years. by
| its side are broken and crumbled rem
nants of a headstone. defaced by tlne
beyond deciphering. supposed TO pc
| that of his wife. In this row Is an OLD
crumbling stone. on which Two nmai
letters can still be seen-"S e. -
possibly the grave OF Marina Cnase'
| his honored mother.
In that same family row, is plue
slate headstone grotesque in its cary
ings of bead and lace work. and SOUP
ture of an impossible willow, and a YET
rl1der depletion of woman's race,
on this stone are the words: sacred
TO the memory of Amy Could aged 80
died 1902" and this heroic verse:
"Affiiction sore. long time | bore
| Physicians all We're vain ,
| Till God did send death as my Iriehu
| To ease me of my pain
John Gould, in the ONO FARMER
Nov. 4.
Iohn Gould is a well-known agrl,
cultural writer of Ohio. He is reiateu
nv marriage to the Gale famliy Oh
Guilford whom he has several times
visited on his trips to Vermont Inc
old cemetery. which he says he visited
in 1902. is not in the hollow put on
the road to Guilford Center adJoihihs
the land of L. j. Huntley.
Mr.. Gould is a little off III Veri,i .nn
history, for it was in 1893: hot 80,
thot Ethan Allen appeared in Guilford
ond our histories do not record that
Ne cave the peopIe three days in when
n vote themselves into the state OF
Vermont. Nothing has ever been
written, as far as can be learneu'
about the towns ever voting on tne
subject