Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-02-22
HARTLAND.
THR TOWN WILL BE $50 YEARS OLD
IN MAY - THE ANNIVERSARY
SHOULD BE CELEBRATED.

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SHOULD BE CELEBRATED.
Do the people of Ilartland realize
that next May will be the roth
anniversary OF the settlement of the
town by Timothy Lulls Surely AN
anniversary OF this sort should not
pass without some suitable celehra-
rion. Such celebration need not
necessarily be held in MAY, but
could be held Bennington Battle
day, August 10, legal holiday in
Vermont. The celebration could
well consist of an old home day, on
which the sons aud daughters of
Hartland would return to their native
town and tell of the days of old;
there could be an exhibition of his
torical relics and antiques relating
to the town. One or more persons
well versed III the history could
relate interesting events connected
with the town, especially tor the
benefit of the younger generation
who know them not.
The history OF the town has never
been published, except in state or
county histories. Unfortunately the
manuscript of the history of the
town written years ago by the late
Hampden Cults, together with other
Windsor county ms nuscripts which
WEI to appear in the final volume of
Miss Hemenway's gazetteer was
DESTROYED by fire last fall.
So far MS known, there is no other
copy of MI, Cuts manuscript in
existence at least his family know
Of none.) 1t is thus time that the
facts of the eA'ly history of Hartland
should be collected and preserved
for future generations. The older
generations who knew these early
interesting events are fast passing
away and unfortunately the younger
generation does not have the same
keen interest in the towns history.
The story OF Timothy Lull ought
to be knwn by every school child,
yet manv of them are doubtless
unfamiliar with his name, and deeds.
Harlland was chartered July 10,
1901, as He,ttord, a name altered tn
Hartland June IS, 1882. Not until
nearly two wears later did Timothy
I.ull, the first settler, arrive in town.
AT this time there was M settlement
Between Charlestown, N. H., then
known MS No. q, and Newbury.
AT there was no road moth of
Charlestown, the only approach to
the town was by the way of the
Connecticut river. 1t is said that
Timothy Lull-and his wife and four
children came from Dummerston,
in log canoe. This canoe also
contained all the fami V furniture,
which necessarily must have been
very little. Probably none of it
today is left foi the loves; Of old-time
thirgs. believe, however, that
some of his later possessions are still
owned in town. AT the mouth of
the brook now knows by his name,
Luli landed and in the presence of
his fa mily broke a-botile, and thus
named the brock. He went up the
brook to the location of the present
village of Hartland, and there made
his home. When Timothy Lull, Jr.,
was born, December, 1864, the nurse
was drawn on sled on the ice up
the river from Charlestown by MI.
Lull.
There are doubtless oil er tradi-
tons and facts about Lull and other
earl, families to be found m old
diaries and letters, or which have
come to the present generation by
tradition, all Of which should be
preserved.
There are many other interesting
events connected with the early
history II the town, such as the riots
of October and Nove,nher, 1886,
when armed men from Han tland
under the leadership Of Robert
Morrison, blacksmith, threatened
to prevent the holding of the courts
at Windsor, and as a result Of this
violence the capture of twenty-seven
of the men at Captain Lull's house
IN Hartland and their punishment
by fines,
Another interesting fact is that
Captain Caleb Hendricks, an early
settler, came to town with two
slaves, Caesar Brockley and his
brother. II has been stated that
slaves were never owned il. Yer
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