Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-17

! was divided Into two counties. Bcnning-
| ton on tho west, and Cumberland on the
cast side OF the mountain. making the
dividing limo tho height o. land; but this
division proving unsntlpfactory Mt the
Session Of tho Legislature held Mt Ben
ninRton, February II, 1T79, mn net was
passed providing for n aurvcy of tho line
| between the countries, NJ follows: Conn
mencing MT point in the south line or
the province OF Quebec, fifty miles eaat
of the center Of the deepest channel OF
| Lake Champlain; extending south to the
northeast corner of the town of Worces-
ter, and along the east line OF Worces-
ter, Middlesex and Berlin, to the south
| east corner OF the latter town thence
in , straight line to the northwest cor
ner of Tunbridge to the southwest cor
ner of that town thence I'm a straight
line to the northwest corner Of Barnard
and Brldgewater; and the east line Of
Shrewsbury. to the southeast corner
thereof; thence west to the northeast cor
ner of Wallingford; thence south on the
east lines of WnllinEford, Mount Tabor,
Peru. Winhall and Stratton to the south
east corner of the latter town, and west
on the south line of Stratton to the north
west corner of Somerset, to the south
northwest corner Of Wilmington and
Nottingham to the north line of Massa-
chusetts" (Seo map Az
The Legislature at its March session
holden at Rutland, 1891, divided the state
into eleven counties, Addison, Benning-
ton. Chittenden, Franklin and Rutland,
on the west side, and Caledonia, Essex,
Orleans, Orange Wndham aud Windsor
! ,p bo OF Cf a Green Noun
tans" In 1902 Grand Isle was carved
out; in lSli, Washington, and in 1898, La
noble. making fourteen counties, seven
on tho west side and seven on the east
side, the mountain range being substan-
TALLY the line dividing these countries,
with the exception of the last orsanized;
I.amolle The county is divided by the
mountain range. (See map RI
Since Vermont was admitted into the
Union. or for the past one hundred and
twenty-five years. fifty different men
have been elected governor Of Vermont
twentv-elght from the west side, and
twenty-five from the east side OF tho
mountain. and since 1851, or for the past
fifty four years twenty seven governors
have resided upon the west side and
q uron the east side OF the mountain,
for the past 90 years, . of Vcrmonts gov
ernors have resided on the west side, ana
% on the east side of the mountains.
From 1871 to 1SG. 81 years, Vermont s
Governors were elected from the west
side and the lieutenant governors from the
east side. Since 1876, of the 43 lieutenant
governors elected. % have resided on the
west, and ~ on the east side. Since bien-
mini Icctfons have been established. the
positions Of governor ana lieutenant gov
ernor, have alternated between the sides
of the mountains.
Since 1871. to the present time. there have
been % different persons elected to the
office of United States Senator, and one
has been elected from the west side and
the other from the east side with but two
exceptions.
The first exception was upon the death
Of Senator William Upham Of Montpelier
when former Senator Samuel S. Phelps OF
Middlebury was appointed to fill the va
cancy. The reason for the failure to OBJ
serve the rule is explained by Hon. T. p.
Walton Din Vol. S. D. (. Governor and
CounciO as follows. "aCcording 70 the
rule. always accepted from the admission
of Vermont into the Union, sonle citizen
of Eastern Vermont, should have rcceiv-
ed this appointment, but the nomination
Of n Iy.hiy no Indigo Of tho sliprcrnc court
u,e nordirc before tho senate with y
nrosnect Of close vote Judge phelps
wos IN vrastirrton and II was doubtful
whether n new appontee, then residing
p In Vermont. could reach Washington in
| time In this nacuIior situation. tho YER
,o,, daIora.ion in Conproes urged Gov
nrnor 1,rastus Fairbanks, to appoint Judge
pbo,ns and tho onroin+,nent vas made "
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r,u.ro,c, rrairord Of {. A1,ans yyoe
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