St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-10-11

,ovallv and they have striven to merit
the honor and opportunity OF SERVING do
+ha seat of its government for huhdreo
wears We want to celebrate not mere
onlv in this brief hour, but through Tue
dov and in our memory hereafter, the
doads and the doings of our forbears ana
- thanlx nubltcly once more those GOOD
mon and women whose work in nelo' lol
est, home and shop made anu preseiNeN
the State an object of love ana Veiiet"
ton to their children ana SUCCESSORS AoA
ever more. We celebrate the occaSion'
not vain gloriously, but as siiieei
afectionate tribute to old vermont anu
as an evidence to the thousands oI IT'S
CONC and daughters in other States that
+ha old fre-places keep burning mere
| ord that the old standards are maintain
cd intact: and, above all, with thaflks "
tbe Cod Of nations for his great mercy
to us and to our State.
MoNTPELIERs CHARTER.
r. Ia pleasant to think that Montpelier
rooaived its charter not from New lamp
shire mr. York but direct from Inomas
rbittenden. the governor of Vermont
Neiehborliness and common experience
IN nolitics and war have taught us since
- have great regard and respect LOT
100 oreat adjoining States but that
conrot wholly obliterate a certain KIM
of pride which our city mas III Tue ia0 4,
that it's charter halls from vermont s'ilu
, its famous birch rod tree. Inns chai 'el
was substantial enough in lts hst' siA'S
I nroprietors but, as legislative pllis Id vs.
hoan often SINCE somewhat faulty IL
cher respects. The spelling was IN
!, doubtedlv bad. There were no pounoar
:. iae SET for example, to the 2o,4oo acre
ca generously bestowed, and then, 100
= +bare was a peculiar and impracucaop
oond;+;on. to wit. that each proprleto
q was to plant five acres and pullo holile
o,nh+oan feet square. inside of three year
~ from, date of grant. Some nave though
). that the reservation to the lreenlel'
+ the state of the pine trees sultdple ~
- navy. was a trife quaint, put Una
= criticism has been modified since COT
h nile of Green Mountain Boys entered al
~ cleared out Manila bay ana rouhueu CaE
~ Horn for a final strike at Santiag
Tho fact was, however, that lhe hr'
NJ charter was about as defective as PC
&c nanent clay road but all TINS was III
20 ,roved in the charter OF 1So4' slshs
- ~ Governor Tichenor. in when d pa
10 wood tree on the banks of Onion MARI
y, I'D Middlesex Corner, July ID, 17S5, rescue
80 starting point. But this new cha
~ +ar suqeests some high thinking in tho
RS. early days. 1t reserved lana tights ioi
of seminary or college, for county eiai
rse mar school, for minister OF the eosp
Ted for English schools and for soclal W.
Int
err shin. and it declared these rlghts " NC
W. a1ienably appropriated and unaer
Of charge. direction and disposal OF Tic
;o1 hohitants of said township foreVe
cor rrho+ was the style in which old Verla'
md o1,nressed it acts, motions and resolV
osa s+rone sonorous, born of the SOIL
ign having in it the swing of a scytne anu
non onno+ui+v of the eternal hills, a. G
i'm If the old Allen vocabulary oesl'heu
ON live. And then, too, THIS chaite. '
17SS resonant with such names as linz
ngs Bigelow, Matthew Lyon, Joseph ray,
9ars Alien Jacob Davis and Thomas Cllit'
1891. don and besides, the names Oh WON
coin .oo+ often found in our modern cnai
20 {, e., o,ac+ric light companies ana tro
az Ids Mary Galusha and Sybll Gooor
f,Il .,or,Ia+ic of the thrift and domesll
ever which have marked the capl.aA go.
-ern- community in our State. 1t contalneo
for legal and prudential reasons,
,,a,ro If one who belongs to the MIL
Who come and go with the years.
over Grass g but whose combined WORK 81
Oh e. tho story of the nations ana
our ou' thc oeor +o Joel FriZZlt
tons their place nod 1Oa acres confi1
here Canadlan' 4,,iua ,neeting of the I
ln1ier | to MIN Ny eiAN --,1,o first
80 ~ ,ietors at Arlington and VINO hie'
49, 4e,n tahlished himself with his VINE ~, -.
Toned southwest eol - ee++1er but he
E 1, Sts mart He served on the picket
-, s,, ,+r, and 7 believe that he was as pias
pareS sbe who shared his rude shelter an
' 80 ~ hard account. If, then, we date 'iio
y ou dation' Of Montpelier from the time o.
= tho lection, it is Bigelow and l'ou' -
NJ, ~ e eno +bo time of nominal occupauoh'
s nUS Frizzle and 1856; If from the 1rsl e
lu.u sottiement it is Davis and 1851 lhei
e @mmv the making of home, 1t IS 'has
,,,,,oh Jacob Davis, colonel, farmer wheei"
- orr nioneer and founder, and 1885, lhei
mans the log hut on the Worcester plal,
~ On. came a home, when Rebecca LAY
via n wife. Jacob, the first schooi :. -
~ c,tv Thomas, the wagon-bringer from