Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-05-03

issa Clark rode on horseback through
the neighboring towns organizing and
guiding the Sunday School. Our
Academy was organized in 1929 and
the ola brick building which stood
north of the church was built in 1882.
In 1868, new house was erected on
the site of the old Town House and
destroyed by fire in 1879.
Among her teachers have been the
Rev. S. R. Hall. the Rev. Charles
Smith, the present editor of the Yer
mont Chronicle, A. W. Wild, L. H.
Thompson, John M. Dutton. Willard
W. Miles, George W. Henderson and
Leland E. Upper, all of whom
achieved success in the pulpit or at
the bar. Time would fail to enumer-
ate the list Of her pupils who have
become famous in the affairs of life.
Our Lodge. Meridian Sun, No. 20,
was the fifth one in the State and the
first in the County to receive it's char
ter. From it have sprung most of
country. During the dark days of
Hidden was accustomed to walk to
Burlington to attend the meetings of
the Grand Lodge and thus he pre-
served it's charter. 1t had before the
separation of the Lodge at Green's
boro, a membership of $50 but the
founding of this and other lodges and
the misfortunes of the last ten years
have reduced it somewhat.
To the Scotch who have settled
among US and produced such men as
the late James w. Simpson, Crafts
bury owes much of her intelligence
and thrift.
Her freedom from the prejudices of
creed and caste deserve special COM
incubation.
In the brief time allotted me by the
Com mittee in which to prepare and
to deliver this address I have been
compelled to pass over the names and
work of many noble men and women
but let us console ourselves with the
thought that their memories and their
deeds are cherished in the hearts of
their descendants.
In 1871 Craftsbury had a population
of 10; now it numbers 400 with
Grand List of over $4,000. From one
school district in 1896 she has in
creased to ID. Until 1895, she was
the only town represented in the
County.
AS Sturbridge sent here one hun.
dred years ago the flower Of her
young men and women to the west to
be the pioneers of that new country.
Wherever they have gone they have
carried with them the qualities that
command success. To those of her
children who are scattered abroad
Craftsbury sends the assurance of
her tender solicitude for their welfare
and to those who celebrate with her
nG VI nfnn ,Jo1 oh
mothers welcome and BIDS them all
honor the memory of her founders for
their ability, their integrity, their
private and public virtues.
Early Conveyances of Land in Orleans
County.
Westfeld:- Earlier records of
such conveyances, covering the first
SO pages of Vol. l of Land Records
have appeared in the Boston Tran
script, issues of Nov. so, 1910, and
Jan. Is, 1911
Land Records VOL I, p. so. Jesse
Odds of Westfield, Gentleman to Ly-
man Taft Montague, Mass, quit
claims part of Lot 80 in w.. 81 May
1888. Witnesses Anthony Burgess
and Joseph Scott Acknowledged at
Greensboro. 8 Oct 1903, before T.
Tolman, J. P. Rec. March 6, 1906.
p. 81. Reuben Cady of w. to Rod
ney McKinstry of Craftsbury one-half
of undivided share of land at W.. orig
inal right OF Jeremiah Smith.
Signed II Feb. 1905. Wits: Sam'l C.
Crafts and John Hobbs. Ack. same
day before Sam'l G.. Crafts. Judge
Rec. 6 March 1906
p. 81. Humphrey Wood of Glouces-
ter, r. l., yeomen to Asa Adds of st.
Adams, ESQ.,. quitclaims right of
which he is original proprietor at W.,
Lot No. 16. Signed 2 April 1902.
Wits: Elisha Fairbanks and Timothy
Wellmouth, Rec. 6. Mch. 1906.
p So. Thomas Owens, Jr., of
Gloucester, R. l.. Esq.,. to Jesse Olds
of Craftsbury, ESQ.,, land at W., orig
inal right of Thomas Owens. Signed
IL Feb. 1906. Wits. Cyrus Cook, Anan
Evans. Rec. March 1906.
p. So. (Mortgage) Jesse Olds of
Craftsbury to Thomas Owen, Jr., of
Rhode Island, land at w., 013 acres
of above lot with exceptions) 4 March
1906. Wits. John Mattox, A. Bur-
! CESS. Ack. at Craftsbury March 6,
1916, A. Burgess, j. Z.
p. 50. Daniel Frost of Brimfield.
Hampshire Co., Mass, Esq, to Sam
uel Nichols of Westfeld. SO acres of
land, Lot. 62 in w. drawn to right of
Daniel Mowrey. Signed Fl Feb. 1906
Daniel Nichols. Mercy Nichols, Wits.
Ack. 81 Feb. 1906, Hampshire Coun-
ty. Mass. Stephen Pynchon, J. P.
Rec. 18 March 1906.
p. 55. Reuben Lamb of Peacham,
! Gentleman, to Richard Stoddard of
Brookfeld, Mass, land in Lot. %
drawn to right of Thomas Wood at w.
signed march Is, 1885," (probably a
slip of the pen for 1806) Wits: Reu-
ben Blanchard and David Herrick.
Rec % May 1906
p. IS. Alexander McKinstry of
Craftsbury to James White of same,
one-half undivided share in riginal
right of Jeremiah Smith at w. Wits :
Daniel Mason. Eb(ene)z(er) White.
Signed. IL March 1906. Rec. 26 May
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