Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-10-26
HISTORIC HUcKLE HILL.
Interesting Letter TO Greenfield Gazette
About Bernardston Knoll.

The above title Of o paper to be read AZ
a meeting OF the Young Peoples Fraternity
in Bernardston, as noticed In recent va,
/ zettc, set me to thinking OF some things OF
my boyhood, which are now ancient nus,
tory" | suppose that Clarence Hale,
who was to read the paper Is son OF 'Lo'
renzo, who was one OF the young peo'
pie OF my day
/ used occasionally TO visit that historic
! hill, say from so to 90 years ago, but no"
tina, John Field has passed on, | presum.
there is not single person there whom
knew at that time. In fact neither the Ola
first Westinghouse nor Deacon Sheldon
fort. OF which no doubt Mr. Hale had much
20 say, were then standngl Parson Norton
the first minister, was not living there then,
nor Deacon Ebenezer sheldon, else should
have certainly called upon him, and asked
him about old Indian times, his wife hay'
ing been sister Of my very greatgrandmoih
or Burk Of the other Fort both the daugh'
tiers Of Jonathan lloyt one Of the captive
boys In Canada, whom Mrs. smith story
ltuth stranger than fction) describes, Nor
was that old settler, Aaron Field, al home
just north Of the meeting house, although
his great. grandson, Aaron w. Field, was a
schoolmatc Of mine in Goodae academy In
place Of these the men Of my day we're
Seorem b. Slate, Deacon Daniel Slate, ~,
mon Edwards, Thaddeus Parmenter and
Lothrop Edwards.
one somewhat eccentric Huekle Hill man
remains wildly in my memory wonder
II anybody else Is old enough TO remember
him and his peenliarities lie was jonathan
Morrison but as he at first lived over the
line in Vernon, his record is not given IN
the excellent renealogies Of the Bcrnardston
history. His house at first was log house
and one Of my first memories is being taken
by my father suppose when on protes'
sional visit to that part Of the town-to see
the ruins Of that log cabin, which seemed TO
me ls great q curiosity as to see the runs
Of Noah's ark on Mt Ararat. He was
GOOD deal Of a reader, and made interesting
comments or Inquiries on the books or pa
pers handed him, as for instance about the
Car OF Rushia,' tthat was Nicholas l'l
or the analysis Of soils in the Agricultural
papers
The old man used especially to speak Of
his boyhood in the New Hampshire town Of
Daniel Webster with whom he went to di-
trict school At one time he told me mod
eytly but very self.complaeently, that OF that
time. he tJonathan) was considered to re
"a leetle smarter than Daniel remem'
her my mental comment that in the long run
Daniel had pretty much caught up with him
p $. And now just as am closing this
note, the mail brings letter from Texas
from the widow of willard Carlton for
mcr wcllknown resident Of Leyden, and
early in the forties ASA or Asp an eS'
eeIlcnt master" in the district school on
the Green" They used to attend church
in Bernardston, and so kept up their inter
est In the old town. Also one from DR.. Jo'
siah whitney Barstow Of New York city,
now in his slst year. son Of Rev. DR.. Bar
stow Of Keeno who as a senior in Dartmouth
college. taught that same district school IN
tho winter Of 1916. Who Of the Bernard
SION boys or girls remember hint His let.
ters show that he remembers many Of them
and the incidents Of the town in that far
of time. I. = -
Andover, Mass