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In December, 1851, Arnold Briggs leased to Wm. Hughes for 99 years, 3 acres of land for a slate quarry, on the lower and west side of the road beyond or north of Mr. Sheldon's quarry ; Mr. Hughes to pay $50. the first year, and $60. each year thereafter.
Nothing further was done towards developing a quarry at this place.
June 1, 1852, Mr. Briggs leased an acre of land for a slate quarry, south of his house, and east of the highway, to James Rhine and Eben Jackson. Jackson appears to have been super- seded or displaced by one John Sullivan, by whom, with Rhine, some 200 or 300 squares of slate were taken out and sold to Israel Davey. Evan E. Lloyd, Ellis Lloyd and Riehard Lewis purchased Rhine and Sullivan's claim, and Hen- ry Jones, Richard Lewis and Ellis Lloyd took a new lease of Mr. Briggs in April, 1854, but soon abandoned the quarry after taking out about 500 squares of slate. Mr. Briggs leased the quarry again in December, 1863, to Ryland Hanger and Evan E. Lloyd, who worked it for a time in quarrying mill stock, but found the material too hard, and too far away, and aban- doned it.
In March, 1865, John J. Williams and Henry C. Nichols purchased of John Balis, of Benson, the 130 acres of the old Appleton farm, long owned by Hezekiah and Harvey Howard, and occupied by Ralph Perkins, on Scotch Hill, and commenced opening a quarry on the same, southward of the quarries of the Boston com- pany. About the same time they conveyed one third part of the farm and quarry to Henry G. Lapham of Brooklyn, N. Y., and formed a partnership as "Williams, Nichols & Co." Mr. Nichols sold his share of the property to Mr. Williams in July following.
April 10, 1867, Mr. Williams conveyed to Wellington Ketchum one equal undivided fourth part of the land embracing the quarry on Scotch Hill. He also deeded to Lapham, on the 11th of April, an additional sixth part of the farm on Scotch Hill-he and Lapham forming a copartnership for the manufacture of slate mantles, billiards, tile, etc., under the name of " Union Slate Company." The quarry of the company on Scotch Ilill not proving a feasible and profitable one, was soon abandoned; and the company now under the efficient manage- ment of Aaron R. Vail, Esq., has obtained a supply of slate material from the valu. blo slate beds of C. M. Davey and Evan D. Jones, in the south-west part of Castleton, and is doing an extensive and profitable business in manufac-
turing, furnishing employment to about 30 per- sons at the mill, besides some 20 more engaged by Seth N. Peck in the process of marbleizing at the same place.
The business of marbleizing slate in the town was commenced in the spring of 1859 by James Coulman and Ryland Hanger, in the building which had been occupied as a woolen factory by Alphonso Kilbourn, opposite the marble mill. The lower or basement room was used by Isaac T. Millikin for the manufacture of mantle stock, and Messrs. Coulman and Han- ger occupied the upper rooms, or two stories, in finishing mantles, table-tops, &c., from slate and marble. Mr. Coulman sold out to Mr. Hanger in the summer of '62, and the business was carried on to an increased extent by Mr. Hanger alone for a number of years, he buying the mill of Ira C. Allen, with certain privileges of water, in the summer of 1866, and selling a fourth of the same to James Pottle in Novem- ber following.
By them the business was continued, they employing about 60 men in various depart- ments, till the factory was burned, January 12, 1869.
In February a company consisting of Messrs. Hanger & Pottle, Alonson Allen, M. D. Dyer and Ira C. Allen, was organized under the title of "The Fair Haven Marble and Marbleized Slate Company ;" and the large and valuable slate quarry of Alonson Allen, on the Capen farm, so called, was united with the mill, which at once was rebuilt and greatly enlarged.
Business was resumed in the mill in April, and the company employed in the mill and at the quarry 115 persons during the season.
The Kearsarge Steam Slate Works, situated near the railroad depot, were erected by Simneon Allen and DeWit Leonard, in the summer of 1868. They are now owned and run by Mr. Allen, who employs about 20 men in the man- ufacture of mantles, table tops, billiards, &c.
The process of marbleizing was commenced in the second story of the building, by Patrick Burke and Simon H. Myers, in the spring of 69. It is now carried on by Mr. Burke and A. L. Kellogg.
A quarry was opened by Norman Peck in the fall of '68, on land leased of Otis and John W. Eddy. a little S. E. from the railroad deput. Mr. Peck re-leased the quarry to Messrs, A. L. Kellogg and Win. Perry, in the spring of '69; Kellogg afterwards buying out Perry, and sel- ling a half interest to E. D. Humphrey. P.s them the quarry was re-leased to Messrs. Sher-
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idan and Young, in the spring of '70. The [ and a Mr. Gorham having a contract for [ .. ] production has been mostly mill stock, used by the Kearsarge Steam Slate Works.
THE MARBLE BUSINESS.
The business of sawing marble in town was began in the fall of '45, by William C. Kittredge, Alonson Allen and Joseph Adams, under the firm name of " Kittredge, Allen & Adams ;" Mr. Kittredge remaining connected with the firm only till October, '46, after which time the business was conducted by Messrs. Allen & Adams until '52.
The company first purchased a waterfall and mill-site of Ira Leonard, in December, '44, on the spot where the railroad now crosses the State line. About the same time they con- tracted with Wm. F. Barnes of West Rutland to supply them with blocks of marble for sawing, to the amount of 20,000 feet of 2-inch slabs for the first year, beginning Oct. 1, '45, and 30,000 feet for each of the next 2 years.
Finding it possible to create a mill-power in the village by cutting through the peninsu- lar or intervale belonging to Alonzo Safford, below and west of the paper-mill, they purchas- ed of Mr. Safford about 6 acres of land, and proceeded immediately to erect a dam and mill. By turning the water into a simple trench in a soft, gravelly soil, a channel was speedily made, about 10 feet of fall obtained, and by sinking the river bed below the mill this fall has been increased. The first mill, with 8 old-style, pendulum gangs, built by Hiram Shaw of Hampton, was started in October, '45. . In '51 the mill was enlarged by an addition of 4 gangs, and the pendulums were replaced by the more modern and improved machinery of pulleys and belts.
In March, 1845, the company obtained a lease of 3 acres of land for a marble quarry, of | field, 10 by Zenas C. Ellis; and Jan. 30th 50 Ebenezer Goodrich of West Rutland : Allen & Adams purchased the same in September, '51. of Lorenzo and Charles Sheldon, David Morgan and Charles H. Slason.
The opening of the quarry was begun under contract for 10 years, by Wm. F. Barnes, in '50. The marble was first made use of in the fall of '51. Mr. Barnes worked it only about 7 years, after which it was carried on by Joseph Adams and Ira C. Allen until June. '68, when they sold it to Wm. Clement, Ferrand Parker and E. P. Gilson.
Up to the opening of the railroad in the fall of 1849, the marble was drawn from the quar- ry to the mill by teams; Mr. Wm. Clement
drawing for a number of years. From the me .: 1 the marble was transported by wagoas to Whitehall, and there re-loaded and shipped by canal to all parts of the country.
The business made a large and remunerative demand for labor, furnishing employment for about 25 men ; and, notwithstanding the lo-9:3 of the first 2 years, occasioned by the sawing of poor marble, was the means of bringing into the town and distributing much wealth amony the inhabitants.
The amount of marble sawed and sent away ranged from 100,000 to 200,000 feet a year.
In 1852 Messrs. Allen & Adams took into partnership Ira C. Allen, and united with the'r business the store which had been carried on by Messrs. A. & I. C. Allen, on the corner Low owned by Augustus Graves-the style of the new company being Allen, Adams & Co.
In 1854 Mr. A. Allen sold his interest to Mr. Adams and Ira C. Allen-the firm then becom- ing Adams & Allen, and continuing as such ya- til the fall of '69, when Mr. Adams purchase I the mill and other property in town, and the business is now carried on by Joseph Adams & Son.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF FAIR HAVEN.
The first meeting to consider the expediener of establishing a bank in Fair Haven was held in Adams & Allen's hall, Jan. 20, 1864-Alon- son Allen, chairman, A. N. Adams, sec .. ani Alonson Allen, P. W. Hyde. Joseph A lams. B. S. Nichols and Corril Reed were chosen to draw up and circulate a paper for subscriptions of stock-Capital to be $100.000.
The committee reported 160 shares subscrib- ed-50 each by Joseph Adams and Ira C. Al- | len ; 25 each by B. S. Nichols and Allen Pen- more were subscribed. And at an adjourned meeting, Feb. 7th, Hon. Merritt Clark of Pouk- ney being present, and proposing to assist in forwarding the enterprize. the individuals above named. together with others, subscribed for the shares of the capital stock to the amount of $76,000; Mr. Adams taking 100; Mr. Allen 90; Mr. Nichols and Mr. Penfield each 50; Mr. Ellis 70; Joseph Sheldon 100; Mer ::: Clark 100; Marcillian Maynard 10; E. S. E .. lis 10; Norman Pock 15: C. S. Rumsey 30 ; Myron M. Dikeman 20 ; and others more or less sufficient to insuro the existence of the baby as an institution of the town.
First board of directors: Joseph Shells,
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Zenas C. Ellis, Ira C. Allen, Joseph Adams, | whom were Henry C. Nichols, Abraham C. Pitt W. Hyde, Charles Clark, John Balis, Ben- jamin S. Nichols and Chauncey S. Rumsey.
Joseph Sheldon, president ; Merritt Clark, cashier, and Charles Clark, teller.
The bank was opened in May, in the small building owned by Alonson Allen, on the south side of the park, where it was kept until Feb- ruary, 1870, when the new bank building, on the east side of the park being completed, the business of the bank was removed to its pres- ent place. This new building is substantially built of brick, iron and marble, two stories high, and has one of Lillie's best bank safes, inside a heavy wrought iron vault, and is pronounced as secure as any bank vault in the State.
Samuel W. Bailey, the present cashier, suc. ceeded Mr. Clark in October, 1865.
LITERARY AND LIBRARY SOCIETIES.
Besides the movement made in 1799, under which books are said to have been procured, a library association was formed in the town in 1826, consisting of 100 shares at $2, per share, and several hundred volumes were purchased, some of which are still in existence. Mr. Kit- tredge was librarian the first 12 to 15 years.
A number of the present inhabitants were share-owners in this library; but the books be- ing, many of them, of a too metaphysical and theological character, the interest in them was not enduring, and the library at length became scattered and lost. Dr. Thomas E. Wakefield was also several years librarian.
An agricultural library of about 100 volumes, including a set of Appletou's new American Cyclopedia, was established in 1863, by an as- sociation of 36 shareholders, who paid each $5, per share. This library contains many valna- ble scientific books, representing the most ad- vanced knowledge of agriculture and whatso- ever concerns the farmer's avocation.
Young men's debating societies have been organized and carried on successfully through a number of seasons, within the 25 years past. A young man's "Lecture Club" was formed by ten young men of the town, in November, '64, for the purpose of instituting a course of lyce- um lectures at the town hall, by some of the prominent literary and public men of the country.
The course was opened on the 10th of De- cember by J. R. Gilmore, (Edmund Kirke, ) who spoke of "Jeff. Davis of Richmond."
The course was not so well patronized as ex- pected, and the members of the " Club," among
Wicker, John J. Williams, Wm. Pitkin, Leon- ard J. Stow, Edward L. Allen, H. T. Dewey and A. N. Adams, sustained a loss of something over $100.
Another course of lectures was instituted by a union of many of the citizens, and a sale of season tickets, in the winter of 1866 and '67.
ODD FELLOWS.
A lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, named " Eureka Lodge No. 22," was . instituted at Fair Haven, June 3, 1851, con- sisting of 10 members, into which three others were initiated, and three admitted by card, on the 24th of June. The lodge held its meetings in a hall fitted up by its members, in the east end of Leonard Williams' building, now Mr. Graves', until 1855, when the meetings were held for about one year in the hall built by Messrs. Adams & Allen, over Mr. Adams' brick store. The last member initiated, making in all 55, was in December. 1853. The Past Grands were I. C. Allen, T. E. Wakefield, Jo- seph Adams, M. B. Dewey, I. Jones, N. Jenne, G. W. Hurlburt and H. M. Shaw.
The system of paying benefits, which was primarily the cause of the suspension of the or- der, having been abolished, an effort was made in the winter of '69, by Grand Commissioner B. W. Dennis, son of Royal Dennis, formerly of Fair Haven, to revive and reinstate " Eureka Lodge No. 22," and a dispensation was obtain- ed from the Grand Lodge for the purpose ; but there has not been sufficient interest on the part of the ancient members to secure the re- vival of the order in the town.
THE MASONS.
The lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Mas- ter Masons in Fair Haveu, now existing and known as " Eureka Lodge, No. 75," was begun under dispensation from the Grand Lodge, in June, 1866; holding its first regular communi- cation on June 6, A. L. 5866. The charter was granted Jan. 10, '67, to 36 members of the or- der residing in and near Fair Haven-Simeon Allen being the first Master, Edward W. Lid- dell the first Senior Warden, and Hamlin T. Dewey the first Junior Warden. The number of Master Masons connected with the lodge, Jan. 1, 1870, was 106.
A Lodge of Mark Master Masons existed in Fair Haven at a much carlier date. It was called " Morning Star Mark Lodge, No. 4," and was first convened at the lodge room of E. Ash- ley, in Poultney, Feb. 20, 1810, under a charter
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or warrant from the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Vermont. Its officers were " E. Buell, W. M., Pliny Adams, S. W., and T. Wil- mot, J. W." At this first meeting Wm. Miller, then of Poultney, afterwards of Hampton, N. Y., and Joel Beaman, an early resident of Fair Haven, were among the number proposed for membership.
This Lodge appears to have been the natural successor of Aurora Mark Lodge, No. 2, insti- tuted at Poultney under a warrant from Auro- ra Lodge, No 25, May 4, 1797 ; the officers in- stalled having been chosen at a meeting held at Peter B. French's hotel, in Hampton, in April. A. L. 5797, as follows : " Peter B. French, W. M., A. Murry, S. W., J. Stanley, J. W., and David Erwin of Fair Haven, Treasurer." Ith- amar Hebard was a member of this lodge, as was also Abijah Peet of West Haven.
The meetings of the lodge were held a part of the time in Hampton, and a part of the time | ma V. Chase the first W. V. T. The lodge has in Poultney. A new dispensation was obtain- ed in January, 1800, and the number of the lodge was changed-it being from this time " Aurora Mark Lodge, No. 16."
The meetings were only held occasionally- the last one being in May, 1805.
Morning Star Lodge succeeding in February, 1810, the meetings were held at Poultney fre- quently, and a large number joined it; among whom were John Herring, Royal Dennis, John P. Colburn, Wm J. Billings and Barnabas El- lis of Fair Haven, and Jona. Orms and Oliver Church of West Haven.
At the meeting held on the first Monday in February, 1818, it was voted that the lodge be removed to Fair Haven, and Samuel Martin was appointed a committee to inform the G. H. Priest of the removal
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On the 16th of March, "agreeably to the dispensation of the G. II. Priest," Morning Star Mark Lodge No. 4 convened at Fair Haven. The meetings were held in the ball-room of Roy- al Dennis' hotel John P. Colburn was W. M., Barnabas Ellis S. W., Thomas Cristie J. W. ; and we find the names of members with which we are familiar, as follows: Moses Colton, M. Hickok. R. Perkins, H. H. Crane, Stephen S. Bosworth, James Y. Watson, George Warren, Elisha Parkill, Chauncey Trobridge, D. C. Sproat, M. H. Kidder, Apollos Smith, Samuel Wood, Charles Wood, J. Quinton, Jr., H. W. Bates, O. Marauville, Jacob Willard, John Bea- man ; and among members from other towns, Philo Hosford and Samuel P. Hooker of Poult- ney, and Philip Pond of Castleton
The lodge met several times a year at Dennis' lodge-room. From January, 1823, to February. '26. the mectings were at John Beaman's bose -he having succeeded Mr. Dennis in the hotel The last three meetings of which we have a record were held at " J. Greenough's Inn." in November, 1827-January and March, 1:28.
The lodge seems to have been very prospe :-_ ous, and to have received many new members, even to the last. notwithstanding many. unable to endure the storm of anti-masonic persecution which then raged, withdrew and were disc! az- ed at their own request. The lodge appears to have gone down amid the waves of an angry public prejudice.
THE GOOD TEMPLARS.
The Fair Haven Lodge, No. 92, I. O. of G. T., was chartered Dec. 4, 1868, and organize i Dec. 18, in Adams' Hall, with 36 charter members : A. N. Adams being the first W. C. T., and Em- steadily grown in strength, interest and infa- ence, and now numbers about 100 male mem- bers, and 60 females. The chair of W. C. T. has been creditably filled by Thomas E. Wake- field and John W. Eddy.
Eryri Lodge, No. 129, was chartered Feb. 3, 1870; Rev. R. L. Herbert first W. V. T., and Miss Loisa Williams, first W. V. T. The todie numbers at this time (June 1, 1870; 50 male members, and 32 females, and is in a very four- ishing condition.
The two lodges-Eryri lodge among the Welsh, and Fair Haven lodge among the Ames- icans-have received to membership in the or- der over 300 persons.
THE WASHINGTONIAN TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.
The great Washingtonian temperance reform was organized in Fair Haven, in 1841 ani 42. with a membership of 500 persons; Joseri Adams, pres't; Azel Willard, Jr., sec'y.
Members' names were engrossed on a single sheet in double columns, and enclosed in a que with rollers and a glass front, so that any name could be readily turned to view. Finely pris :- ed pledges, or certificates of membership. were given to members. Large and enthusiastic meetings were held in the meeting-house an ! village school-house, and men long addictei :) intoxication came forward and publicly touk : e pledge. The fruits of the reform were visite in the sober habits aad increased prosperity vi the reformers.
THE FAIR HAVEN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION Was organized Feb. 4, '68; A. L. Kellogg, pres's,
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R. Hanger, vice pres't ; James Pottle, cor. sec'y, F. H. Shepard, rec. sec'y ; Rev. E. W. Brown, treas'r ; P. A. Baker, registrar; and C. Reed, Isaiah Inman and Richard, Lane, directors. /
The constitution provides for three classes of members-associate, active, and life members; any person of good character being privileged to become an associate member, without the right to vote or to hold office, by the payment of $1, annually ; and persons under 45 years of age, who are members in evangelical church- es, can become active members, with exclusive right to vote and hold office, by the payment of the same sum annually. The same may be- come life-members by the payment of $10, at any one time into the general fund.
The annual meeting is holden on the last Sunday evening in December of each year. The Association opened a reading and confer- ence-room in H. Whipple's building, over the post-office, in the summer of 1868, and removed thence into the new and spacious room over the First National Bank, in the fall of 1869.
THE CAMBRIAN CORNET BAND.
The Cambrian Cornet Band was organized Sept. 28, 1867. The first members were :
Robert W. Jones, Robert J. Evans, John R. Roberts, John E. Edwards, Robert P. Owens, Robert J. Roberts, Owen W. Owens, John E. Roberts, John D. Rowlands, John J. Evans, John H. Williams, Edward W. Owens, John R. Hughes, Owen M. Jones.
Present members :
John W. Jones, Robert J. Evans, John D. Rowlands, Griffith G. Jones, Robert J. Roberts, Robert P. Owens, John E. Edwards, Edward W. Owens, Griffith J. Griffiths, Edward H. Lew- is ; Robert J. Evans, secr'y.
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING.
After Matthew Lyon's time. the business of printing and publishing was not carried on in Fair Haven until the year 1853. At that time DeWitt, son of Ira Leonard, residing near the State line, then a young lad, commenced print- ing for his own amusement, upon a press of his own construction. He issued several numbers of a sinall monthly paper called " The Banner," in 1854 and '55, using second-hand type pro- cured from the Whitchall " Chronicle" office. Being encouraged by having several jobs given him, he ordered new type from time to time, from the founders, until in a few years he had quite a complete assortment of jobbing type. In '56 he printed and bound for the author, Ed- ward L. Allen, a "Slater's Guide"-a table for the computation of roofing slate. This was the
/ first book printed in town subsequent to Mat- thew Lyon's time. One number of a smail sheet called the " Golden Sheaf" was issued in January, 1861. Business had increased so much that in November, '61, he purchased a Gordon press, the first power-press ever brought into the town. Being engaged in bookselling, Le issued a small quarterly or monthly sheet as an advertising medium, in 1856 and '57 .- In '58-9 a variety of song-books, ballads and other publications were issued from this press. In 1860 "Haynes' Sermon on Universalisın," and the "Constitution and By-Laws of Poult- ney Division, S. of T." were among the works printed at this office. In '62 he published a " Washington County (N. Y.) Almanac and Business Directory," with an edition of sev- eral thousand copies. This was intended to be a permanent annual publication ; but the de- pression of business consequent upon the be- ginning of the war frustrated this plan.
In September, 1863. the first number of the " Fair Haven Advertiser" was issued, as an ad- vertising medium for the merchants and busi- ness men of the town. It was circulated gra- tuitously, and other numbers were issued from time to time, as the demands of advertisers re- quired, until Wm. Q. Brown purchased the of- fice, when it was made a regular monthly pub- lication. Its circulation was 1000 copies.
Among various other works emanating from this office was a "Quarterly Journal," contain- ing from 32 to 36 octavo pages, published by Ripley Female College, commenced in Februa- ry, '65, and continued till February, '66, when Mr. Leonard sold his press to McLean & Rob- bins of Rutland, and the type and other mate- rial lay unused until July following, when Wm. Q. Brown purchased it and removed it to his dwelling-house on Washington street, and, add- ing a new Gordon press, continued the job printing business, and made the " Rutland County Advertiser" a regular monthly paper. Mr. Brown wishing to remove from town, sold his office back to De Witt Leonard in April. '68, who conducted it three months, until July 1st, when he sold it to Messrs. Jones and Grose.
Through the efforts of Mr. Grose, a weekly paper, styled the " People's Journal," was start- ed. A number of the leading business men in town assisted them in purchasing a new Taylor Cylinder press and an outfit of type and mate- rial for the newspaper. The firat regular issne of this paper was dated Sept. 5, 186s. Its ed- itor was Rev. P. Franklin Jones, who was also pastor of the Fair Haven Baptist church, and
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H. Seward Grose, Mr. Jones' son-in-law, was | town of Fair Haven ; therefore you will accept publisher. A part of the 2d story of Normon this as my resignation, and govern yourselves accordingly." Peck's dwelling, and the 2d story of his new building, adjoining the drug-store, were occu- pied as the printing-office. After being con- nected with the paper a few months, Mr. Jones retired from the editorial chair, and Mr. Grose became editor as well as publisher.
In the summer of 1869, payments not being promptly made, the office fell into the hands of the citizens who had assisted them, by whom it was sold, in July, '69, to DeWitt Leonard and E. H. Phelps, who continued the publica- tion of the paper, under the firm of Leonard & Phelps-the name of the paper having been changed to " The Fair Haven Journal-E. H. Phelps, Editor." This paper is still being pub- lished by these gentlemen, and has obtained a good circulation in Rutland and Addison coun- ties, and the neighboring towns in New York State.
MILITARY AFFAIRS.
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