Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-03-11
MEMORIES OF GLOVER.
It's People Sixty-hve Years Ago and
Since.
Letter No. Z.

"A
TO further matters of interest In
Glover.
After had finished my apprentice
ship and worked awhile as journey
man shoemaker, l went to South
Walden in 1913 and opened shop OF
my own. / had no means OF my own
exeept nv bench tools; but Grin
French bought me some leather ana
became responsible for full set OF
lasts and other necessary tools dld
comfortably we'll and having learned
from Mr.. French TO do the best oil
work I soon obtained good customers,
but prices were low, so workedlhard
day and night, often until midnight.
In a former letter / mentioned that
Emily Dwinell was the handsomest
girl in the village, ard / now state
that Sophia E. Norton was the best
looking young woman among the
farmers daughters in Glover. Well,
abe was nv "best girl" On the goth
of May, 1914, l married her; took her
TO South Walden, and lived there
until 1916, when l moved back 10
Waterville, Lower Canada, among
my own family. In the meantime /
studied the science of pbrenology ana
became a public lecturer, and during
seven months in the fall and winter
Travelled and lectured upon that sub
iect. In 1852 I moved back to Glover
again. NV father-in-law in the mean
time had bought the Parker place,
directly above, the Andrew Mcclellan
farm, so l moved onto the farm and
finally bought it.
Now this leads me to my regular
purpose again. So l find some i'm
portant changes. The older men had
in a measure retired from the lead in
official positions, and l found such
men as DIN Gray, young Joseph Dwi-
nell, Amos Cook Jr, Lyman Darling,
Hiram and Frank Mcclellan, Charles
Hardy, Sumner Blodgett, VIM. Mer-
Ram and that class of men pretty
thoroughly mixed in with the older
ones and bearing the burdens of
official life. l found also great
change in educational matters. In
1850 the Universalist society had
become so strong that the members
thereof conceived the idea of found
ing an academy. They procured a
lot in the middle of the village and
built and opened the Orleans Liberal
Institute. 1t was not theological
school, but was largely under the
control of the Universalist society
1t was opened and taughC in 1851 by
the brothers L. NJ. and j. @. A. Bur
rington. In 1852 the trustees secured
a Dartmouth graduate, by name
Perkins Bass, who was an excellent
teacher and ably assisted by Miss
Denison. The school prospered under
him, but he had the western fever
sand went to Illinois, where he made {
fine success as an educator, theI
studied law, became prominent mer
camille attorney and became wealthy
In the year 1853 Professor Isaac A
Parker became principal of the lnsti
tute and for several years was al
able director of the young minds
under his charge, some of whom have
since been prominent. Among then
are Martin A. Crane; Nelson Chene!
"a Glover boy, who became a physi
clan; Gen. w. w. Grout, who was no
only cours geous soldier in the Civi
war, but afterwards an able repre-
sentative in Congress from tn
MOI thern District of Vermont. Tn
village had increased in population
and certainly in intelligence tast
and ambition. Professor Parke
secured as his assistant Miss Mary f
Adams. Following her, in the sprin
of 1854, came Miss Sarah A. Labare
as preceptress, and who finall
became the honored wife of Pro
Isaac A. Parker. In due time Pro
Parker secured a chair in Lombar
University in Galesburg, ILL.,, a yer
prosperous Universalist college, an
has remained there since. He ha
made an honored name for himsel
and is now an old gentleman and
part retired. have met him theI
in his own home.
On my return to Glover 1 foun
another movement had been made
in a commercial way. For man
years the credit system had prevailed
people running accounts at the store
and elsewhere; and it was elaine
that the town was all mortgaged VI
The custom was to settle on the fri
of January, and if payment was nc
made, a note must be given, whic
finally had to be secured by mortgag,
A number of the best citizens finall
concluded to join together and stal
what was called a Hunion storeD a