Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-06-07

Drawing for equivalent lands at the
Green Dragon Inn, Boston, is portrayed
in episode four, in charge of MIR. and
Mrs. Oscar F.. Benson. Early morning
finds the hucksters and market women
trading on the street and from booths.
Familiar objects of those days were in
evidence, such as British soldiers,
dancers, oX-teams and coach "a nd four.
The equivalent lands consisted of a tract
of $4,000 acres given by Massachusetts
to Connecticut to offset land taken from
the latter colony by mistake in running
the boundary line between the two col
onies. The lands were within the
bounds of the present towns of YER
non, Brattleboro, Dummerston and Put
ney. They were sold in Hartford in
| 1716, and divided in Boston several years
| later. In that division William Brattle,
| for whom Brattleboro was named, re-
| ceived a large part Of the land now COM
| prising this town, and Gov. Benning
Wentworth of New Hampshire and
| Lieut.. Gov. Drummer, for whom Dunn
merston was named, secured a part Of
the land. The arrival Of William Brat
| tie and Governor Wentworth and bride
| Is an interesting feature. While the
drawing of lands is going on a dance
| takes place in another part Of the street.
Cast-William Brattle. first grantee OF
Brattleboro, j. Gray Estey; Benning
| Wentworth, first governor of New
| Hampshire, Hermon E. Eddy, Lady Went
worth martha Hiton). Mrs. C. H.
| Thompson; landlord Of the inn. L. ..
Taylor; bar maid. Mrs. Alice Coolidge;
stage coach driver F. II. Howard.
| Grantors of the Land-Jacob Wendell,
Judge j. L. Martin; John Hicks, NJ. C.
Houghton; Ebenezer Bradish, A. E. Mer-
| rill; Jonathan Sprague, George l.. Dun
ham; James Read, J. Edgar Mellen;
Isaac Brodesh, o. F. Benson; Owen
Warland, d. II. Gilman; William Lee,
| K +. Mosher.
Ladies of Quality-Mrs. G. E. sher-
man. Mrs. Charles H. Niles, Mrs. E. NJ.
Adds. Mrs. C. A Risbey, Mrs. ]. l.,
Stewart, Mrs. G. b. White, Mrs. Glenn
ents Brown. Mrs. C. B. Crowell.
Gentlemen of Quality-Charles H,
| Niles, Clements Brown, C. b. Crowell.
j. L. Stewart. ]. E. Hall.
CITIZENSHIP. and Mrs. d. p, Dewitt,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Lane, r. j. Ell
dredge, Mr. and Mrs. ]. II. McBay. Mrs.
NJ, G. Houghton, ]. H. Allen, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Fl. b. Chamberlain, Gilbert Dix,
! George A. Welman, G. E. GRAHAM
Guests at the Inn-Mrs. C. C. Fits,
| Miss Esther Crowell, Mrs. A. l.. May
nard, Mrs. I. d. Bailey, Mrs. s. Will
cox, Miss Minnie A. Scott, Miss Mary
d. Henshaw. Mrs A. ID. Wyatt, Miss
Blanche A. Kimball, Miss Nellie Brown
| MIS- waiter OtuiBSs, MIS- IL W
Spaulding, Miss Anna Stolte, Miss Edith
NJ Stolte Miss Inez d. Goodale. Miss
Mary c, Doyle. Mrs. Winfred Bassett
Miss Katherine Brosnahan, Miss Helena
G. Rate, Miss Margaret C. Lee. Miss
May H. Douglass. Miss Ethel NJ. Good
ale, Miss Annie Kirwan, Mrs. Alice
Baird. C. S. Daniels, drummer; G. A.
Stone, fifer.
Dancers-Lila r. Kimbal Mary G
Mcdonald Dorothy M. Denning. Lillian
e. Douglas, Maud b. Miller, Charlotte l.
Tuthill, Clara M. Warren, Agnes Mack
Robert G. Chamberlain. Ray III. Mixer
Paul A. Chase Lawrence G. Sherman
Enrol w. Richardson, Ray C. Sanders
/, Stanley C. Fits Ralph E. Thayer.
Street Dancer-Minnie Navarro
Travelers-D. Frank Shea Country
: mani, C. e. Merrill, M s. Lazelle. Miss
Florence H. IIildreth, Mrs II. b. Haus
Miss Mary Schumacher, Miss Mary L.
Wakefield, Mrs. e. J. Coils, Miss Ethel
A. Eddy
Hucksters-Fred C. Brown. J. e
Haynes. A. w. George, C. C. Barney