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David W. Wing, 1856, '57 ; R. W. Hyde, 1858, '59; Ebenezer Scribner, 1858,' 59: Joseph Poland, Joel Foster, Jacob Smith, 1860 .- Thompson's List.
TOWN TREASURERS-1860 TO 1881.
George W. Scott, 1860-'61 -'62 -'63-64 -'65-'66-'67-'68-'69. L. Bart Cross, 1870 -'71 -'72 -'73. James C. Houghton, Jr., 1874-'75-'76-'77-'78-'79-'80-'81.
TOWN CLERKS-1860 TO 1881.
Adams Kellogg, 1860-'61-'62. W. E. Adams, 1863-'64 -'65 -'66. Nelson A. Chase, 1867-'68-'69. George W. Wing, 1870-'71-'72. Timothy R. Merrill, 1873 -'74-'75-'76-'77-'78-'79-'80-'81.
OVERSEERS OF POOR-1860 TO 1881.
H. Y. Barnes, 1860-'61-'62. B. H. Snow, 1863-'64-'65-'66-'67. Henry Barnes, 1878, resigned, and Timothy Cross elected May 19, 1868, at a special meeting. Wm. W. Cadwell, 1869-'70-'71. Chester Clark, 1872. Wm. W. Cadwell, 1873-'74-175 '76 -'77 (died.) Denison Taft filled re- mainder of 1877-'78 as overseer. Geo. S. Hubbard, 1878-'79-'80-'81.
SELECTMEN-1860 TO 1881.
Joseph Poland, 1860; Joel Foster, Jr., 1860, '61, '62, '65, '81 ; Jacob Smith, 1860, '61, '62 ; Carlos Bancroft, 1862, '66; Hen- ry Nutt, 1863, '64, '66, '67 ; Jas. T. Thurs- ton, 1865, '66, '67; Charles Reed, 1861, '67 ; Perley P. Pitkin, 1868, '74, '80 ; Sam- uel Wells, 1868, '69, '70; Albert Johon- nott, 1868, '69, '70, '78, '79, '80; H. Bost- wick, T. O. Bailey, E. F. Kimball, 1871, '72 ; Joel Foster, Jr., 1873, '81 ; Dennison Dewey, 1873; Dennis Lane, Homer W. Heaton, 1874, '75. '76, '77; J. Warren Bailey, 1874, '75, '76, '77, '78; Sumner Kimball, 1877, '78; Arthur D. Bancroft, 1879, '80 ; Willard C. Walker, Clark King, 1881.
T. R. M.
FROM THE RECORDS .- Town meeting, March 29, 1792 : Caleb Bennett, sealer of leather ; Truman West, pound keeper ; David Parsons, tithing man.
Haywards .- Perley Davis, Isaac Put- nam, Lemuel Brooks, Jacob Davis, Jr., Edmund Doty.
Grand Furor .- Nathaniel Parks.
Sealer of Weights and Measures .- Jona- than Cutler.
Auditors. -- John Templeton. Rufus Wakefield, David Wing.
Town Meeting, March 8th, 1813, John Templeton, [first] Overseer of the Poor. T. R. MERRILL, Town Clerk. Dec. 1881.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
[THOMPSON TO 1860.]
In 1814, the first fire company was or- ganized in town, the sum of $380 raised by subscription among the citizens of the vil- lage for the purpose, and an engine and hose purchased. In 1835, another com- pany was formed, and a second engine purchased. And in 1837, a third engine was purchased, with about 800 feet of hose ; and a third company was organized to man it, with a hook and ladder compa- ny to act generally. About this time the whole fire department was re-organized, and placed under the direction of the Hon. Daniel Baldwin, who was appointed chief engineer. Mr. Baldwin acted in this ca- pacity many years, and, at length resign- ing the responsible post, was succeeded by Carlos Bancroft, who, in 1852, was succeeded by Capt. Almon A. Mead, who has ever since been the efficient chief en- gineer of the department. In January, 1860, "two large Button engines were pur- chased," the fire department having been re-organized in December, and companies organized to manage them. No. 4 engine arrived in February, and No. 5 in April. The Chief Engineers of the department from 1859 were Capt. A. A. Mead, from 1852 to '66; Samuel Wells 2 years from 1866; Jas. W. Brock, 2 years to 1870; Geo. C. Clark in 1871, and Gen. P. P. Pitkin from that date, 10 years, andnow continues to hold the office.
The Foremen of the several companies from the same date, are : No. 4, John W. Clark, 1860, '61, '62 ; Levi Pierce in 1863, who died in January, 1864 ; Denison Dewey in 1864; Edwin C. Lewis in 1866, who died in 1867; Freeman Bixby, 1867, '68 ; Lewis Wood, 1869, '70, '71, '76 ; now resides in Taunton, Mass .; Alex. Jan-
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graw, 1872 to '77; Chas. F. Collins, 1877 to '81, inclusive. No. 5,-Henry Barnes, three mos. in 1860, now resides in Wave- land, Iowa; Horace F. Crossman, the re- maining 9 months of 1860. He died in Washington, D. C., about 1867. Geo. S. Robinson, 1861, '62; Oliver R. Dutton in 1863, now resides in Ohio ; Robert J. Hargin in 1864; Geo. C. Clark, 1865 to '71. He died in Holland, Mich., Apr. 22, 1878. Isaac M. Wright, 1871, '72; A. O. Seabury, 1873, '74, '75, now resides in Boston ; John W. Page, in 1876, now re- sides in Nebraska ; Robert J. Coffey, 1877, '78, now resides in Richmond, Vt .; Chas. C. Ramsdell, 1879, '80, '81.
Hook and Ladder Co. No. I : Geo. S. Hubbard in 1860; Adams Kellogg, 1861, '62; now resides in Louisiana. Isaac A. Lathrop in 1863 ; Curtis S. Newcomb, 1864, '65. He died in Springfield, Mass. in 1867. Lewis B. Huntington, 1866, '67 ; Andrew J. Howe, 1868, '69 ; John L. Tut- tle, 1870, '71 ; Moses Kane, 1872 to '80. He died Oct. 2, 1881. Horace Mills in in 1880; Joseph B. Morse, 1881.
No. 2 was re-organized and was dis- banded in December, 1875. Foremen : Lewis Wood, 1868; Samuel Wells, 1869; he died Jan. 1878; Wm. O. Standish, 1870 to '74; Geo. P. Foster in 1874-he died Jan. 1, 1881. Charles H. Carter, in 1875. All the ex-foremen of the compa- nies are residing in town at the present date-Dec. 24, 1881, but those given as residing elsewhere.
The fire department of this village has been eminently successful, and has unques- tionably already been instrumental in sav- ing hundreds of thousands of dollars of property. And now, with its 5 engines, nearly 2000 feet of hose, ladders, and all other needful equipments, and with its al- most three hundred firemen to work and manage them, is probably the best and most efficient fire department in the State.
There are now three companies in this village, officered for 1882 as follows :
Hook and Ladder Company -- H. C. Lull, foreman ; Wm. Goodwin, Ist assist- ant; John Portal, 2d assistant; M. C. Kinson, clerk; L. Rodney, steward.
Engine Company, No. 4-Chas. F. Co lins, foreman ; Samuel Luke, Ist assis ant ; Ed. Donwoodie, 2d assistant ; C. W Guernsey, clerk and collector ; Hiram A kins, treasurer ; Otis G. Miles, steward.
Engine Company, No. 5-Moses Pea son, foreman ; Janus Crossett, Ist assis ant; Marcus Lynch, foreman of hos Charles D. F. Bancroft, secretary and co lector ; Robert J. Hargin, treasurer ; L cius S. Goodwin, steward.
The Hook and Ladder has 60 me No. 4, 70 men; No. 5, 75 men. The are three other engines that have no co pany ; but are never needed now as t village has four pumps. Theron O. B ley's steam pump at the Pavilion, Edv W. Bailey's mill-pump, water-power, cab shop pump, by water power and 1 Lane Manufacturing Co. pump by wa power, and these pumps are so situated ; to be sufficient, with the present compani in all cases of fire that may occur here
A very handsome cart, cost about $10., was purchased for the Hook and Lad r Company some 12 years since. The e companies are all volunteer compan exempt from poll taxes for fire servic ; have a good business account, and we never in better condition than at e present. [C. DE F. B.
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UNION MUTUAL FIRE INS. CO. Mr. Walton's history of Montpelier is written nearly a dozen years ago, be e the above-named company was organi 1, and in hastily making it out that comply was accidentally omitted. It commered business July 28, 1875, and Aug. 1, 1 1, it had $2,716,590.50 insured, with pri- um notes to the amount of $163, 10: 2. The officers are W. G. Ferrin, Pres J. W. Brock, Vice Pres., A. C. Brown, ., W. F. Braman. Treas.
PIONEER ABOLITIONISTS.
The first antislavery votes for President ever cast in Montpelier, were give to James G. Birney in 1840, and the hor belongs to Zenas Wood, John Wod, Henry Y. Barnes, Hezekiah Ward nd Joseph Somerby. The whole numberast in the State was 319.
[See portrait of Zenas Wood, oppos .]
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GRADUATES OF MONTPELIER.
Some of the graduates of Montpelier, to which further additions can be made in this work, in a supplementary form. From PRESIDENT BUCKHAM, of BURLINGTON COLLEGE, we have received the following account for this town of
GRADUATES FROM THE VT. UNIVERSITY : LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF VT., BURLINGTON, Nov. 24, 1881. To President Buckham:
My Dear Sir .- I beg to hand you below the information which I understood you to desire yesterday, regarding the graduates of the University who have entered from Montpelier. This list is necessarily very imperfect, from the fact that no annual catalogues were issued before 1808; and the further fact that we possess no copies of those of the following years : 1809 to 1821, 1824 to 1833, 1864 to 1865.
In 1824, George Washington Houghton was graduated ; in 1827, Nicholas Baylies ; 1838, George Washington Reed; 1840, James Reed Spalding ; 1844, Carlos Allen Sprague ; 1845, Charles Dewey and Na- thaniel George Clark; 1846, James Pren- tiss and Jonathan Allen Wainwright ; 1847, George Washington Cottrill ; 1848, Edward Bingham Chamberlain and Geo. Sennott ; 1847, Charles Carroll Spalding ; 1849, Charles Loomis ; 1852, Jedd Philo Clark Cottrill ; 1853, George Robinson Thomp- son ; 1856, Charles Colburn Prentiss, Geo. Bailey Spalding and Henry Lingan Lamb ; 1858, Alfred Bowers Thompson; 1860, James Stevens Peck; 1861, John Pushee Demeritt and John Wright Norton ; 1862, James Wilson Davis and J. Monroe Poland.
Besides these, I find record of William K. Upham as a sophomore in 1834 and Theodore Prentiss in 1839; John Barnard and George Bradshaw as juniors in 1840 ; Henry Lee Dodge, a senior in 1845 ; Alfred Washburn Pitkin, sophomore in 1843; Oscar Silver, freshman in 1842; Samuel Mosely Walton, sophomore in 1843 ; Tim- othy Abbott and Charles Warren Badger, freshmen in 1844.
From East Montpelier .- Lewis Larned Coburn and. Milo Latimer Templeton in 1859; Salvin Collins Clark, freshmen in 1854.
If Montpelier is credited with A. B. Thompson, (1858,) I see not why Charles Wheeler Thompson, (1854,) should not be set down to the same town-though in point of fact both of them came from the same house on the Berlin side of the Winooski river, and C. W. T. called him- self of Berlin, as he truly was. So, too, J. W. Norton, if I rightly recollect, was not really from Montpelier, but from Berlin or Middlesex.
The above is the best showing I can make, by reason of our lack of over 30 an- nual catalogues. J. E. G.
(Gov.) Asahel Peck was in college at Burlington in his senior term, and Charles G. Eastman entered and was for a time there, and Dr. Julius Y. Dewey graduated at the medical department in 1823. E. P. Walton and Hon. S. S. Kelton also, give as graduates at this college from Mont- pelier : David M. Camp, 1810; Charles Strong Smith, and Thomas Davis Strong, 1848; Charles H. Heath, 1854; Benjamin Franklin Fifield, 1855; Charles Daley Swazey, 1859, of Montpelier, and Geo. B. Nichols, now of Chicago ; Henry Dodge, now in California ; C. A. Sprague now in Watertown, Wis .; -- Hollister, of East Montpelier.
GRADUATES AT MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE.
Class of 1806 .-- Rev. CHESTER WRIGHT, first pastor of Bethany church ; ante, page 388.
Class of 1807 .- Jona. C. Southmayd.
Class of 1808 .- Joshua Y. Vail.
Class of 1817 .- CHARLES WATROUS, page 498.
Class of 1820 .-- MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO WING, and Daniel P. Thompson.
Class of 1825 .- Asahel C. Washburn.
GRADUATES AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.
Class of 1825 .- Rev. GEORGE BARNEY MANSER, first pastor of Christ Church ; ante, see pages 411, 414, 415.
Class of 1832 .- CHARLES WILLIAM PRENTISS, son of the Hon. Samuel and Lucretia (Houghton) Prentiss, was born at Montpelier, Oct. 18, 1812. He read law and commenced practice at Irasburg ; rep- resented it in the Vt. Legislature 2 years ; removed his office to Montpelier. He married Caroline Kellogg, of Peacham .- Alumni tablet.
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Class of 1835 .- CHARLES REED, page 513, whose wife, says the record of Dart- mouth, is grand-daughter of President Eleazer Wheelock.
Class of 1836 .- REDFIELD and COLBY ; Stoddard Colby, page 468 ; Judge Redfield, page 540.
TIMOTHY PARKER REDFIELD, A. M., the son of Dr. Peleg and Hannah (Parker) Redfield, was born at Coventry, Nov, 3, 18II. He read law and began practice at Irasburg, in 1837; represented it in the Vt. Legislature in 1839 ; was also a State senator in 1848; removed that year to Montpelier, and there continues, promi- nent in his profession. He married Helen W., daughter of Maj. William Granniss, of Stanstead, P. Q., Feb. 6, 1840. Isaac Redfield, D. C. 1825, is his brother .- Alumni tablet.
STODDARD BENHAM COLBY, A. M., the son of Capt. Nehemiah and Melinda (Lar- rabee) Colby, was born at Derby, Feb. 3, 1816. He read law at Lyndon; began practice at Derby ; represented it in the Legislature of Vt. ; removed to Montpelier, and remained until 1864; was State's At- torney for Washington Co. in 1851 and 1852 ; became register of the U. S. Treas- ury in Aug. 1864. He married, Ist, Har- riet Elizabeth, daughter of the Hon. Jabez Proctor, of Proctorsville, Feb. 11, 1840; 2d, Ellen Cornelia, daughter of Caleb Hunt, of Haverhill, N. H., July 12, 1855 .- Alum- ni tablet.
Class of 1843 .- Rev. WILLIAM HAYES LORD, pastor of Bethany church, p. 393.
Class of 1847 .- OZIAS CORNWALL PIT- KIN, the son of Dea. Alfred and Orpha W. Pitkin, was born at Montpelier, May 2, 1827. He taught at Morrisville 2 years ; was head of the high school at Taunton, Mass., 5 years ; removed to Chelsea Mass., in 1854. He married Caroline M., dau. of Wm. Muenscher, of Taunton, Mar. 1852. -Alumni tablet.
Class of 1851 .- CHARLES WESLEY WIL- LARD, page 492.
Class of 1854 .- CHARLES FRANKLIN SMITH, the son of Oramel Hopkins and Mary (Goss) Smith, was born at Mont- pelier, about 1833, and died at Hancock, Mich., Apr. 23, 1864, aged 31. He read law with his father ; went into practice at Chicago, Ill., but removed to Hancock, 2 or 3 years prior to his death .- Alumni tablet.
Class of 1862 .- CHAUNCEY WARRINER Town, the son of Ira Strong and Frances
Miretta (Witherell) Town, was born a Montpelier, July 4, 1840. He read law and has opened an office in New York city -Alumni tablet.
Class of 1865 .- HIRAM AUGUSTUS HUSE the son of Hiram S. and Emily M. (Blod gett) Huse, was born at Randolph, Jar. 17, 1843 ; resident lawyer at Montpelier and present librarian of the Vt. St. His Society ; contributor for Randolph in vo II. this work, and to the present volume.
Class of 1866 .- CHESTER W. MERRILI the son of Ferrand Fassett and Eliz Maria (Wright) Merrill, was born at Mon pelier, Apr. 23, 1846. He has been a Assistant at the New Ipswich Academy. Alumni tablet.
Mr. Merrill is now Librarian of the Ci cinnati Free Public Library.
Class of 1866 .- GEORGE WASHINGT( WING, the son of Joseph Addison a: Samantha Elizabeth (Webster) Wing, w born at Plainfield, Oct. 22, 1843 .- Alun tablet. [See next page]
Class of 1867 .- HOWARD F. HILL, t son of John M'Clary and Elizabeth Lc (Chase) Hill, was born at Concord, N. I July 21, 1846 .- Alumni tablet.
Mr. Hill is now Rector of Christ Chur Montpelier.
THOMAS W. WOOD,
only son of the late John Wood, is als son of Montpelier, of whom her peoe are very justly and highly proud. Wit? natural genius for sketching and painti , he has persevered until, by his long ex- rience and correct taste, he has becde one of the best realistic and portrait pa ers in the country, and has so command the admiration and respect of his broer artists that he is honored with the officot President of an association of artist in New York city. Mr. Wood's winter stvo is in New York city, but his summers re generally spent in Vermont, at “ At n- wood," an unique and beautiful cottagin a mountain gorge, which, however, cer- looks the village of Montpelier. not merely a very successful artist, b a gentleman who is highly esteemed ball who know him. We have hoped tre- ceive data for a more detailed noticeout are obliged to go to press with this iner- fect one.
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(Dartmouth Graduates, continued.)
Herbert Stebbins, now at Andover Theo- Igical Seminary, John W. Page, William Lord, Rush P. Barrett and Ashton R. illard of this town, are also Dartmouth duates.
AMHERST COLLEGE-Class of 1869 .- G. Thompson, Henry K. Field.
Class of 1870 .- John B. Thurston, J. lward Miller.
Class of 1871 .- J. C. Houghton, Jr., hn V. Brooks.
Class of 1876 .- Albert A. Redway and man D. Clark.
DENISON UNIVERSITY, (Ohio). - Rev. jenry A. Rogers, present pastor of the ptist Church, Montpelier.
GRAND SEMINARY OF ARRAS (France). ry Rev. Zephyrinus Druon,-page 423. GRAND SEMINARY OF VANNES, (France.) seph Duglue, present pastor of St. Au- stine's church, Montpelier,-page 424.
HARVARD COLLEGE .- Class of 1858, ev. Charles A. Allen, first pastor of the hurch of the Messiah; Rev. J. Edward right, present pastor of the same ; class 1878, William Zebina Bennett, Profes- r of Chemistry and Philosophy in Wor- Gter University, Ohio; and Charles J. Jibbard, Romeo G. Brown and Carrol ng are now collegiates at Harvard.
PRINCETON COLLEGE, N. J .- Rev. Fred- ck W. Shelton, who was rector of Christ urch.
TUFTS COLLEGE .- W. L. Warren, 1869. UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, (New rk city) .- Class of 1863, James W. LVis.
YALE COLLEGE .- Rev. J. H. Hincks aduated at this college, A. B., in 1874, d at the Theological Seminary S. F. B., 1876; and J. R. Brackett, Principal of e High School here has the "P. H. D." m Yale, received in 1879.
The following Montpelier clergymen ve received the D. D. : Rev. Wm. H. rd, Rev. F. W. Shelton, Rev. Andrew ill, and Rev. Eli Ballou.
Ladies who have graduated at college : Clara Pitkin at OBERLIN, Letitia Durant at BURLINGTON, or U. V. M., Emma Hoyt at VASSAR.
ORIGIN OF THE CHRISTIAN MESSENGER.
A recent visit to the rooms of the New England Methodist Historical Society in Boston, has given us an opportunity to find the files of the early issues of the " Vermont Christian Messenger," and from them we have the following definite infor- mation regarding its origin. The first number was issued under date of Mar. 12, 1847, at Newbury, Rev. S. P. Williams being the publisher ; Rev. Wm. W. Wil- lett and Rev. E. J. Scott, editors ; N. Granger agent, and L. J. McIndoe printer. Mr. Williams (then presiding elder of Danville District) retired from the publish- ing interest as announced in the issue of July 16, 1847, and Messrs. Willett & Scott became the proprietors as well as editors. On Jan. 1, 1848, the " Messenger " was removed to Montpelier, and on March 1I, of the same year, Rev. E. J. Scott became the sole proprietor and chief editor, with Rev. J. T. Peck, A. M., (now Bishop Peck) as the corresponding editor. On Sept. 6, 1848, Rev. A. Webster became joint proprietor with Mr. Scott, and on Mar. 6, 1850, the names of E. J. Scott and A. J. Copeland appeared as proprie- tors. On Nov. 6, 1850, Mr. Scott was announced as sole proprietor, and on Jan. I, 1851, as sole editor also. We have not been able to find the files of the succeed- ing years to 1861, and will be very grateful for information which will give us access to any which may be in existence.
J. R. BARTLETT. Barre, Vt., Dec. 30, 1881.
GOLDEN WEDDINGS.
Mr. and Mrs. Capt. Joseph Somerby, celebrated the first golden wedding in Montpelier village many years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Worcester Sprague, cele- brated their golden wedding Mar. 11, 1878.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nutt, celebrated their golden wedding June 18, 1878. All of this village.
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THE 4TH OF JULY, 1807.
Well does the writer remember the ap- pearance of the village the first time he entered it, which was on the fourth of July, 1807. State street had then been surveyed, but not opened. There had been before one bridge across the Branch, and that was at the Union House; but even that had been carried away, we think, by the flood of the previous spring. At all events, no bridge was there then. The men and women rode through the stream on horses, or in carts and wagons, and we boys rolled up our trowsers over our knees and waded across, not one in ten of us be- ing cumbered with either stockings or shoes. The point of attraction was the new State House grounds, and our way led along the old road down the river, under the hill, where the back street now ex- tends from the Union House to the Cath- olic Church. All on our left, after passing the Colonel Davis establishment, and one or two small houses on the bank to the east of it, was a smooth, broad, well-tilled meadow, covered with waving green corn. Two lines of stakes running east and west could be traced through the midst of the meadow.
" What in the world are all those stakes for, setting up so straight and curious, all in a row there ?" asked one of the older, out of town boys. " Those stakes ? Why they are to show where we are to have a new handsome street from the new State House right across the Branch, with a fine, elegant new bridge," replied a village boy, pricking up with pride at the thought. " A street," rejoined the other, " well, I wonder where they expect to find houses to put upon it. It appears to me you vil- lage folks are trying to grow grand all at once. When you get the new State House up, I expect we shan't be able to touch you with a rod pole."
This natural little bout of words among the boys of that time, showed two things better than a page of elucidation ;- first, the extent of the important changes and improvements in contemplation for the village, and second, the starting points of the simultaneous growth of that village pride and country jealousy, which, proba- bly, are ever in a greater or less degree to be found, wherever villages exist, to crow and affect superiority, and country towns to build up and sustain them.
When we reached the place where the then novelty of our national jubilee was to be celebrated, we found the exercises of the day were to be performed on the ground-work of the new State House, the foundatlon walls of which were all up, the sills and flooring timbers framed together,
and roughly floored over, and the plate: and some other of the heavy upper timber ranged round the borders of this ground frame-work. Near the centre of the are thus formed, was erected a broad platform on which was placed a table and severa chairs for the orator of the day and thos who assisted in the usual services ; whil around it, on the borders of the whol area, were erected bushes, or rather sma trees, freshly cut and brought from the ac joining woods on the hill, to serve fc shade for the speaker and audience. Th orator was Paul Dean, a Universalist mir ister, who resided in Boston, but wh about that time preached for some sma period in different parts of Montpelier.
This was the first general public celebr tion of the Fourth of July ever held Montpelier. A small village celebrati( was, however, held the preceding summe in a booth, built in a meadow near t Davis mills on the Branch, and Dr. E ward Lamb wrote and delivered the or tion .- Thompson.
GEN. PERLEY P. PITKIN
was born in Marshfield, son of Trum Pitkin, and grandson of Hon. Stephen Marshfield, and Gen. Parley Davis Montpelier. His father removed to w. is now East Montpelier, and shortly mother died, leaving three young childr). Perley P. was brought up under the eyof Gen. Davis, married in East Montpel, represented that town 2 years, and resiel there until the breaking out of the rebl- ion. June 6, 1861, he was commissio d Quarter Master of the 2d Regt. of Vermlt Volunteers, and went to the front. writer of this notice was then in Washi,- ton, and well remembers the astonishmit of the red-tape gentlemen of the War - partment at the promptitude of Q. M. Pin in the discharge of his duties, and the n with which he demanded supplies. is controlling idea was that Vermont lys must be taken care of, and they were, as Il as an efficient officer could do it. His vu- able qualities were soon discovered, ar in less than a year he was promoted tohle rank of Captain, and not long after to at of Colonel and head of the Depot De ft- ment of the army of the Potomac. Here- turned to Montpelier, where his family as located, and entered into business ith Dennis Lane and J. W. Brock in the mu-
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acture of saw-mills, which now have a wide | with it two-thirds of the population of all eputation ; and this has been developed nto the Lane Manufacturing Company, which now has the largest and most suc- cessful business which any manufacturing concern in Montpelier has ever had. He esigned his colonelcy and was elected Quarter-Master General of the State, and having charge of the State Arsenal, and military supplies far beyond the wants of the State, he succeeded in making sales o foreign governments, which materially ided the State treasury and reduced the burden of taxation of the people. He rep- esented Montpelier in the legislature 874-5, and since his residence has al- nost constantly been employed in town und village offices. E. P. W.
FIRST ELECTION DAY IN MONTPELIER.
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