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was the third son of Jesse Arms, an early settler of Duxbury, one of the foremost men of that town, as Dea. Ira Arms, the eldest son, was after him for many years. | daughters, in succession, married the same
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man, a son of one of the large Atkins fam- ilies. Neither of them lived more than a few years after marriage." "I did not particularly inquire after the brothers (says my informant, who reports to me from the son at Waterbury), but my impression is, two of them went West and one to Can- ada, perhaps 15 to 20 years ago, and one of them died here a few years since. The father and mother and one or two, if not all of the children who have died here, were buried in Burlington. Mr. Bryan did not remain at the village long. He soon purchased and moved to a farm near the Centre. Many years ago his house was a resort for Irishmen, and Catholic meetings were held there; but after the coming of Mr. O'Connor to the village, meetings were held at his house part of the time. I think none of the O'Connor boys were enlisted in the war from this town, but they very likely may have been in the war, having enlisted for other towns. ]
CASUALTIES CONTINUED.
Among which may be reckoned the sin- gular occurrence at the liquor agency several years ago. Two intoxicated men demanded liquor, and threatened the agent who was in feeble health. It became nec- essary to call the aid of a neighbor to remove the principal offender. Though this was done with the least possible vio- lence, the man died in a few minutes, as if in a fit. Great excitement followed among the man's friends ; and finally the man who had the offender in hand at the time of his death, demanded the disinterment of his body, and that a post mortem examination should be had. The result proved the man free of any blame for rough handling the deceased.
THE MEAKER MURDER.
About 2 years ago, Apr. 27, 1880, a most cruel murder was perpetuated in Wa- terbury, though none concerned in the crime, nor the victim, were residents of this town. It was planned in Duxbury, at the home of criminals, but executed in our town. In the arrangements, some originality of in- vention is seen, but it involves too many
details and too much exposure to observa- tion, to make it easy of concealment.
Little Alice Meaker, the victim, was, if we remember aright, a half-sister of Mr. Meaker, an orphan, or half orphan, and a pauper in another town, the overseer of which had agreed to pay a certain sum in money to Meaker to take Alice to support during her minority. Mrs. Meaker dis- liked, or had become tired of the child, and planned to get rid of her by a cruel crime. She and her son got a team at Mr. Bates' stable in Waterbury, and a supply of poison of Mr. Carpenter, a druggist here. The Meaker mother and son, and Alice, left Waterbury village between 9 and 10 in the evening, to go some 5 or 6 miles up Waterbury River, and on their way administered the poison. probably finding compulsion necessary.
If particulars are here omitted, the read- er may imagine how they proceeded and some of the incidents of that awful ride. By some means, the child came to her death, was concealed in a hole in the ground partly filled with water, dug proba- bly by road makers, and being ready made, was taken by the Meakers. The disap- pearance of the child immediately raised suspicion in the neighborhood ; the result was Sheriff Atherton succeeded in drawing out from young Meaker the fate of the child, and the disclosure of the place of concealment, which was verified by Ath- erton and Meaker going to the place and finding the body, and their taking it to Meaker's house, the young man telling his mother he had told the story, to the con- sternation of the mother. The result is they are now under sentence of death, from which they can have little hope of escape.
Errata .- Page 850, middle of 2d column, 25 years ago should read 1821, and same paragraph, after merchant, should read merchant of Chicago; near the top same column, Rev. Dr. Warren should be Rev. Mr. ; and at the foot of the Moody column, page 860, should have been added CALVIN B. MOODY, youngest son of George, is a graduate of Middlebury college, and now a Congregational minister. R. B.
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PAPER FOR MORETOWN. FROM GEORGE BULKLEY.
The first town meeting in Moretown was held Mar. 22, 1792, and Seth Munson was elected town clerk ; in 1794, Joseph Hasel- tine ; 1796, John Burdick; 1797, Joseph Haseltine ; 1800, Wright Spalding ; 1801, Roswell Smith ; 1805, Abner Child ; 1816, Theophilus Bixby; 1818, Paul Mason ; 1822, Ebenezer Johnson; 1832, Lester Kingsley ; 1881, James Haylett.
REPRESENTATIVES.
The first Freeman's meeting was Sept. 2, 1794, and Lester Moseley was elected representative ; 1795, 8, 11, Joseph Hasel- tine ; 1796, 1803, Wright Spalding ; 1801, 2, Seth Munson; 1805, 14, 33, Cephas Carpenter ; 1809, Seth Munson ; 1815, 16, Seth Munson; 1820, Rufus Clapp; 1821, 22, Paul Mason ; 1823, 28, 29, John Fos- ter ; 1824, 5, Barnabas Mayo; 1826, 27, David Belding ; 1830, Harvey W. Carpen- ter ; 1831, Stephen Pierce ; 1832, 44, Cal- vin Clark ; 1834, 5, Wm. Harris ; 1836, 7, 9, Ira Carpenter ; 1838, Joseph Sawyer ; 1840, 41, Lester Kingsley ; 1842, 43, M. B. Taplin ; 1845, Daniel Harris ; 1846, Barnabas Mayo; 1847, Richard H. Kim- ball; 1848, D. P. Carpenter ; 1849, 50, Dennis Child; 1851, 2, Uriah Howe ; 1853, Leonard R. Foster ; 1854, Osgood Evans ; 1855, Joseph N. Savage ; 1856, Henry Kneeland ; 1857, 8, John C. Clark ; 1859, 60, Carter Haskins; 1861, 70, Lo- renzo D. Hills; 1862, 3, Austin G. Pren- tiss ; 1864, Geo. Bulkley ; 1865, 6, Hiram Hathaway; 1867, 8, Freeman Parker; 1869, Benj. A. Holmes; 1872, James Stewart; 1874, 6, Goin B. Evans; 1878, George Howes ; 1880, Russell Sawyer.
As far back as my memory extends, Ira Carpenter was post master, then Dr. Kingsley, then Nathan R. Spaulding, then Geo. M. Fletcher.
CORNELIA J. CHILD, (page 609,) was the daughter of Eber Carpenter Child, who died in Moretown a few years since, aged 76. Cornelia is the wife of Allen C. Baker, and has 6 children. Mr. and Mrs. Baker are school teachers, and now reside in Alabama.
Mrs. Celia R. Baxter.
PETER JOHONNOTT AND FAMILY, BARRE. BY R. R. CROSBY.
Peter, Sr., born at Boston, Mass., July 20, 1772, died at Richmond, Ill. (Solon village), Aug. 29, 1865. He was a vol- unteer from Barre to the Battle of Platts- burgh, Sept. 1814 ; residence, Barre ; mar- ried first, at Suffield, Oct. 20, 1796, Ruth Sheldon, b. in Suffield, Conn., Dec. 31, 1778 ; died at Barre, Oct. 31, 1807 ; sec- ond, married, at Barre, June 26, 1808, Sarah Wheaton, b. in Leicester, Mass., Apr. 27, 1775; died at Barre, Aug. 29, 1854 ; children :
Peter Johonnott, Jr., b. at Suffield, Conn., Mar. 6, 1798, died at Montpelier. Vt., Jan. 29, 1867 ; married Mar. 13, 1825, Nancy Blanchard, b. at Barre, Feb. 23, 1802, d. at Montpelier, July 4, 1872 ; children :
Albert Johonnott, b. Jan. 18, 1826; residence, Montpelier ; married, May 31, 1853, Mary J. Parker, b. in Plainfield, N. H., Aug. 29, 1827 ; children :
Arthur Peter Johonnott, b. in Barre, Feb. 27, 1854, married at Montpelier, 1879, Cora King, b. at East Montpelier ; d. April 17, 1881 ; I child, b. April, 1881. Ellen M. Johonnott, b. in Barre, Oct. 20, 1855; married, at Montpelier, George Kellogg, b. in Boston, Mass .; I child, b. in Montpelier.
Emily Johonnott, b. in Barre, Oct. 27, 1827; residence, Richmond, Ill. Aaron M. Pettengill (her husband), b. in Barre, June 10, 1825 ; married at Barre, Apr. 10, 1850 ; their daughter, Ada N. Pettengill, b. in Barre, May 4, 1851, married Roswell H. Peck at Richmond, Ill., Dec. 12, 1876 ; residence, Montpelier ; children : Julia Emily, b. May 5, 1879, Wm. Martin, b. Dec. 14, 1880.
Ellen M. Johonnott, b. in Barre, July 20, 1829, d. Apr. 20, 1830; Martha Jo- honnott, b. in Barre, June 4, 1831, resi- dence Montpelier ; Fred Johonnott, b. in Barre, Jan. 15, 1835, residence Burling- ton ; Harriet Glover (his wife), born in Boston, Mass., Sept. 20, 1842, married at Barre, May 17, 1865; 3 children : Fred, Frank, Martha.
Ruth Johonnott, b. in Suffield, Conn., Jan. 27, 1801, d. at Richmond, Ill., Mar.
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20, 1874 ; m. July 30, 1837, at Saugetuck, Mich., to John C. Wooster, b. in Oxford, Conn., Aug. 2, 1809; d. at Solon, Ill., Sept. 23, 1877.
Asa Johonnott, b. in Barre, Sept. II, 1802, married Harriet M. Chesley, at Boston, Mass., Apr. 1836; residence, Richmond, Ill; Mary Fuller, his 2d wife, widow of Loyal Wilson, b. Dec. 5, 1813, in New Hampshire, married Jan. 16, 1851 ; children : Rensselaer, b. in Richmond, Ill., Dec. 5, 1851, married Clara Turner ; Byron, b. in Richmond. June 29, 1854, d. Apr. 4, 1856; Frank, b. in Richmond, July 27, 1857.
Edwin Sheldon Johonnott, b. in Barre, Mar. 5, 1805, d. in Richmond, Ill., Aug. 10, 1847 ; married, at West Hartford, Conn., Marietta Steele Crosby, b. Jan. 12, 1811 ; died at Grant, Ill., Jan. 6, 1841 ; married, Feb. 15, 1831 ; children : Robert, b. in Burlington, Nov. 2, 1833; residence, Richmond, Ill. ; wife, Frances A. Rice, b. in Fall River, Mass., June 16, 1841, mar- ried at Bliven's Mills, Ill., Mar. 15, 1859 ; residence, Richmond, Ill. ; children : Ma- rietta S., b. at Bliven's Mills, June 15, 1860; Louise R., b. May 12, 1862 ; Ger- trude Crosby, b. Mar. 19, 1864 ; Henry Wooster, b. Oct. 1, 1866 ; Louis Bliven, b. Feb. 26, 1873; Frances Katharine, b. Apr. 1, 1875 ; Helen Josephine, b. Jan. 4, 1878.
Gertrude Crosby Johonnott, b. in Sauga- tuck, Mich., Apr. 16, 1836, married San- ford Fillmore Bennett, b. in Eden, N. Y., June 21, 1836; residence at Richmond, Ill. ; married Mar. 15, 1860, at Richmond ; He is a physician, the author of " Sweet Bye and Bye ;" children : Edwin Richard- son, b. in Elkhorn, Wis., July 30, 1861 ; Robert Crosby, b. May. 21, 1866; May Ruth, b. May 16, 1869.
Edwin Sheldon Johonnott, Jr , b. Dec. 29, 1838, at Grant, Ill., married, Aug. 16, 1866, Laura Frances Brown, b. in London, Eng., Mar. 2, 1847 ; residence, Richmond, Ill. ; children : Edwin Sheldon, b. in Richmond, Nov. 9, 1868 ; Eben Crosby, b. Apr. 16, 1870 ; Ruth Mary, b. Apr. 16, 1872; Wm. Bradford, Sept. 11, 1873.
Leonard Johonnott, son of Peter, Sr., b. in Barre, Aug. 5, 1809 ; residence, Bur- lington ; married at Lyndeborough, N. H., Oct. 13, 1841, Harriet Felicia Page, b. in Burlington, Dec. 3, 1817, dau. of Colonel Lemuel and Clarissa (Whitney) Page; children all born in Burlington.
Lemuel Page Johonnott, b. Dec. 20, 1842, married Emma Barnes, of Burlington ; children, all born in Burlington: Mary Harriet, b. Feb. 1868; Laura, b. Jan. 17, 1870; Maud Louisa, Leonard J.
Henry Whitney Johonnott, b. Aug. 26, 1844, d. Feb. 11, 1849.
Horace Lane Johonnott, b. Nov. 26, 1846, married Emily Wheaton. b. in Barre, June, 1876.
Sarah Johonnott, b. in Burlington, Aug. 20, 1848, married Fred Bowles, formerly of Burlington, now of Chicago; died in Chicago, Ill., Mar. 29, 1876 ; left one dau. Jennie ; and an infant child of a few weeks was brought home with her in the same casket ; buried at Burlington.
Henry Whitney Johonnott, b. Sept. 12, 1850, resides in Philadelphia.
Albert Johonnott, son of Peter, Sr., b. in Barre, Mar. 24, 1812, d. May 2, 1813.
Louisa Johonnott, b. at Barre, Sept. 13, 1814 ; residence, Richmond, Ill. ; married, at Barre, Oct. 16, 1836, Rensselaer R. Crosby, b. Jan. 8, 1809, at West Hartford, Ct. ; residence, Richmond, Ill.
Sarah Maria Johonnott, b. in Barre, July 20, 1817, died in Burlington, Mar. 9, 1853; married at Barre, June 25, 1845, Thomas Jefferson Blanchard, b. Apr. 19, 1818, at Barre; his son, Albert, b. in Burlington, May 7, 1846, d. Sept. 6, 1877, in Barre.
Mary Ann Johonnott, b. in Barre, Dec. 14, 1820, married, Dec. 4, 1853, Andrew Bourne, b. in Redfield, N. Y., Jan. 31, 1820; residence, Woodstock, McHenry Co., Ill .; children : Harry Peter, b. in Richmond, Ill., Jan. 8, 1856 ; Willis Reuben, b. Nov. 28, 1857, d. May 1, 1881, at Kenosha, Wis., by accident.
EARLY PATENTS .- The Mirror of the Patent Office in the United States, quar- terly, vol. I, No. I, that gives the patents
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taken out in 1827, gives 22 states repre- sented, Vermont standing the 10th in the largest number, viz .: 10 patents in the State in 1827, and total to 1828, 18 pat- ents on record in the patent office at Washington, of which four were taken in Addison Co., five in Windham Co., three in Washington Co., two in Windsor Co., etc. : "Building bridges, patent for, to Napthalia Bishop, Barre, Vt., Jan. II, 1819;" "Cotton, etc., machine for spin- ning. G. Brewster, G. Trumbull and J. Matthews, Barre, Vt., Jan. 16, 1812;" " Cheese-press, J. Bigelow, Montpelier, Vt., Jan. 25, 1816."
THE WHEAT AND THE TARES.
Composed upwards of fifty years ago by Rev. Wm. Farwell, of Barre, a Univer- salist clergyman of some distinction at that time, and who was a pupil of the pio- neer of that faith, the Rev. John Murray. The copy was made by a son of the writer of the verses, Col. Lemuel Farwell, of Barre, who died many years ago in that town. They were written by him from memory, and given to Edmund Doty, of Montpelier, in 1821, from whose daughter I received them 20 years ago. They are purely of Vermont origin, originally in- tended for a hymn, and though I have not heard the tune for a great number of years, it is as familiar to my ear as any in the Psaltery .- [Vermont Record of 20 years since.]
'Twas on the green banks of Euphrates's stream Jehovah, omniscient, all-wise and supreme,
First stationed our Father in Eden's green bower, And Eve, his companion, a delicate flower; He sow'd their young bosoms with seed in their youth, With reason, benevolence, virtue and truth, [sowu, And on the same ground where the choice wheat was The tare by the tongue of the serpent was thrown.
"Tis plain to be seen thus the heart is the ground Where truth and deception are both to be found; These are the two seeds which the human heart bears, And all that is meant by the Wheat and the Tares. The servants of old saw not in their day, How God his great goodness to man would convey ; They saw not the depth of that wonderous Plan Which wisdom hatlı drawn for the welfare of man.
The servant saw tares with the wheat bearing fruit, Said, Let us go pull up each Tare by the root ;- The mild voice of wisdom sald, no, forbear, Lest that, by so doing, the wheat you impair: Let both grow together till ripe in the field, That man may partake of the fruits they both yield. That by their effects he may well ascertain [pain. That truth yields him pleasure, while falsehood yields
Man early imbibed false notions of God; Supposed him a tyrant, and vengeful his rod; The hand ol tradition, e'er since man begun Hath borne the delusion from father to son : The Father of Mercy His bosom unfurled, Sent Christ to bear witness of Him to the world; Invested with virtue and wisdom to prove That God is eternal, unchangeable love.
The Jews disbelieved and quickly began To seek the sweet life of that innocent Man ; Condemned him unjustly to hang on the tree, And bear the keen anguish of death's agony; The earth was convulsed, her bosom distressed, The Heavens in mourning appeared to be dress'd The Stars and palama, and Sol's rolling flame, All sank from beholding the death of the Lamb.
His healing the sick, his raising the dead, His feeding the hungry with meat, drink and bread, His casting out devils, restoring the blind, All prove Him who sent him a Friend to mankind, The love that inspired him, whilst he was on Earth, Was stronger, ten thousand times stronger than death;
Love prompted to finish the task that was given, Raised from the dead to the mansions of heaven.
By this we discover that mankind shall have A lasting existence beyond the cold grave; Removed from a state of corruption like this, To dwell in perfection's soft bosom of bliss,- The Old Dispensation pass'd off and the New Unveiled a scene of bright glory to view; The banner, bright banner, of truth was unfurled, The Ensign of Peace and good will to the World.
The harvest appeared, the fields were all white, The reapers came forth at the first dawn of Light; The reapers are those whom our God doth Inspire, To gather up falsehood and burn it with fire: The Spirit of Truth is the sickle so keen, The luminous flame is the fiire which we meau; The temple of friendship and love is the place For the mind, when refined, of the whole human race.
[We have but a few papers more in hand as yet for this town. We have re- quested a full second chapter for Barre, especially in regard to the early settlers, and think to have it for the supplementary part of our next volume ; and there will also be space in the supplement for mat- ters of interest in other towns of this County, not yet included ; and every party who may have such facts or papers to con- tribute are invited to send them in, either through their town historian, or directly to the editor in the course of the next few months. We have arranged our papers beyond for this volume. We can only now fill a few more pages : but anon, if, as we look for, we are helped to complete our record for the Gazetteer, we will have the history of the Barre circuit and the Meth- odist church promised by Rev. J. R. Bart- [ lett ; and papers for other towns.]
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BERLIN .- A song found in the carpet- bag of the late Maj. R. B. Crandall. It is a piece of more than usual merit, and the premonition of his own death in the last verse, must be touching to all the friends of this gallant and accomplished officer :
THE WHITE-CROSS BANNER. BY MAJ. R. B. CRANDALL,
Huzza for the Banner that bears the White Cross! Huzza for the Flag ever foremost in fight! On the storm-tide of battle it ever shall toss, Till the foes who oppose it are scattered in flight.
The soldiers who follow the Banner of Light Are true in devotion and strangers to fear; For God and for Country, for Union and Right, They will fight to the last, and then dle with a cheer.
Oh! many's the time in the good days of yore When the Cross, all resplendent in glory, hath shone, But never since Christ it to Calvary bore,
Hath it emblemed a cause more true than our own.
Young sister, art thou, O, Banner, war-born,
To our country's proud ensign, the cherished star- flag;
Our affection for both is only less warm Than the hate that we feel for the South's dastard rag.
Brigade of Vermont, dost remember the day When on Marye's stern heights, through smoke and the gloom,
How the Cross, on its bright fleld of blue, flashed its way --
Our hope amid death, but to traitors a doom.
Brave sons of New York, and ye strong men of Malne, How many a dying eye has been turned
From your ranks to that flag which, through glory and pain,
You followed, tho' lightnings of death 'round you blazed.
Oh! patriot hearts, that have throbbed by our side, As we've followed that flag on fierce fields full a score !
Oh! glorious hearts, that have bled and then died, Your comrades are bearing that flag as of yore.
Oh! cause, that is worthy of lives such as these, Oh! cause, that is worthy of all we can give, We swear to uphold thee; tho' rivers and seas Shall pour from our veins, the Republic shall live.
Then anew gird your loins, shake out to the sun The bonnie blue flag, the White Cross adorning; Sound the clarions of war, be the battle begun,
And the night of our land shall be changed into morning.
But, oh! if I fall in a cause so sublime,
I shall join the brave souls that already have bled; Tell parents and friends to let the bells chime
In slow, plaintive strains for her sons that are dead. Brandy Station, Mar. 7, 1864.
[The battle-flag of the 2d division, 6th corps, the field Is of blue, with a white cross in the center.]
[The Song was set to music by N. L. Phillips of Barre, some 16 or 18 yrs. since. Mr. Phillips, noticed in Montpellier history, page 591, is a musical composer: has written several songs and ballads, no notice of whom in Barre, this volume, Is one of the omissions there to be yet redeemed.]
CABOT .- The following legacies have been left to the Congregational church in this town for the support of preaching and incidental expenses : 1866, Nathaniel Co- burn, $500 ; 1867, John R. Putnam, $100, Dea. Edward G. Haines, $200, A. P. Perry, $400, Ira Fisher, $600.
CALAIS POEMS.
INCIDENTS IN THE HISTORY OF VERMONT.
Written, and sung by J. M. DANA, a long time resi- dent of this town, before the Freemen of Calais, Sept. I, 1840.
AIR :-** We'll settle on the Banks of the Ohio."
When our fathers left their native elimes and came among these hills,
They were pleased with these green mountains with the vallies and the rills;
They began to settle here, a hundred years ago or more,
Yes, Fort Dummer sure was built in seventeen hun- dred and twenty four.
In seventeen hundred and twenty four, Fort Dummer was the door;
Vermont was not then known in seventeen hundred and twenty four.
To these hills so green and pretty, New Hampshire laid a claim ;
And she made large grants of land to the settlers of the same,
But New York conceiving she had the better right to sell,
Began contending with New Hampshire, and the issue is to tell.
Yes, the story is to tell- How the savages did yell-
And how many lives they took where we peaceably now dwell.
'To the English crown the parties referred the case for time,
Decision formed York East unto the Connecticut line But New York was still dissatisfied and called out her men-
And the future State turned out under ETHAN AL- LEN then,
Under Ethan Allen then,
They would face the Lion's den ;
The green mountain boys were noted for their strength and courage then.
I, Ethan Allen, ask of you Ticonderoga's Fort,
' By what authority your claim,' to him was the re- tort;
'In the name of the Great Jehovah and of Congress' I am sent,
We surrender then to you and our massacre prevent, Yes, our massacre prevent.
Not because our powder 's spent,
But because of those green-mountain boys that Con- gress has you sent.
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In seventeen hundred eighty, three hundred persons mostly blacked
Commenced the work of plunder and Royalton attacked .-
They killed all their cattle, with all their sheep and hogs,
Burnt buildings and made captives,-Oh, what cruel, saucy dogs 1
Yes , what cruel saucy dogs,
Vermont has no such rogues,
But we met the same at Plattsburgh and they're all beneath the sods.
They had no form of government among the hills of yore,
But the hard fists of the yankees which their foes could never bear;
In seventeen hundred seventy seven their first conven- tion cut
An independent government, and made their first debut.
Yes, they made their first debut, Called New Connecticut,
And sometimes it's called Vermont from the green hills and the hut.
The green mountain State Vermont had four claims upon it now,
Massachusetts and New Hampshire said she must nnto them bow;
New York also said then her claim should not abate, But Vermonters said unto New York we think you'd better wait,-
Yes, we think you'd better walt And secure a better fate,
Than to meet old Ethan Allen here, for then 'twill be too late.
. He's the bravest of the brave,-he asks nothing but the right,
And if refused his honest claim, he's ready then to fight;'
While thus he alded government, green-mountain boys were true,
They were fighting some at Guilford and at Benning- ton for you,-
Yes, at Bennington from you The British soldlers flew,
These green mountalu boys there beat them, and 700 of them siew.
In seventeen hundred eighty, an attempt was made to bring
Vermonters to the British rule and subject to the king, While Allen, joined with Warner, negociated well,
How these heroes cheated Briton then remains as yet to tell, --
But I'm now about to tell When my Lord Cornwallis fell,
These hill-boys thought their home-made laws would suit them quite as well.
Have you ever seen the man who drew his goods him- self by band,
From Montpeller into Calais and the first beginning planned,
He still resides in town much respected by us all, His name Abijalı Wheelock the first settler we call,- The first settler we call, But this is not quite all,-
An honest man we think he is as any since the fall.
His wife came in on snow-shoes eleven miles or more, The snow from two to three feet deep, and some say even four,
With an Infant in her arms and some other luggage too, A task which few young women now in town have strength to do,
No, they have not strength to do What their mothers did pursue
In the good old fashioned days of yore which time takes our view.
In seventeen hundred eighty nine new Vermont agreed to pay,
Thirty thousand dollars cash from New York to get away;
She became an independent State, our Union then began,
She was voted such by Congress seventeen hundred ninety one-
In seventeen hundred ninety one, With Chittenden her son,
Vermont assumed her place in seventeen hundred ninety one.
In seventeen hundred and ninety one the roads were very poor,
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