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Episode. 9 Depression and Prosperity. Men representing the industries of the town are discussing conditions and prospects which are rapidly brightening. Sam Small of Thetford comes with his family carrying carpet bags and band boxes ; he is look- ing out for a job, and Richard Towne thinks he can quickly get
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him a place in the Ely factory. Men are wanted too at the scale works. A company of French Canadians just arrived on the morning train with boxes and bundles is met by Father Boisson- nault who gives them assurance of steady employment if they continue industrious and trusty, and they all kneel to receive his paternal benediction. Everything promises well for a brisk re- vival of business and prosperity in the town.
Interlude Old country folk-dances in costume-the Vintage Dance of France, German Hopping Dance, the Kull-Dansen of Scandinavia, the Tarentella of Italy, the Scotch Reel and St. Patrick's Jig of Ireland. All mingle in a composite dance repre- senting the mingling activities of the nationalities in the citizen- ship of this American town.
Episode 10 Scale-making 1912. The component parts of various types of large scales are brought up, assembled and ad- justed to each other as in the factory. After tests by the in- spector they are declared correct, approved and ordered to be taken down, packed and shipped to different parts of the world.
Episode 11 The Children of 1912. Out from the grove trips the slight elusive figure of Imagination ; she is shy and sensitive but in the exhilaration of the sunlight, dances, plays, skips up and down, till by and by beginning to be lonesome, she craves com- panionship. At the top of the hill Boy Scouts appear and begin signaling ; Camp Fire Girls gather on the slopes and kindle a fire ; little Danes come on to the field with their Dance of Greet- ing and Swedes with their Ox-Dansen. Imagination enjoys the fun. Boys and girls out on a Bird-Walk are trying to identify the Hermit Thrush and Pileated Woodpecker. Smaller children come under the wand of Imagination who weaves a spell over them ; they fall asleep like plants in the winter ; when spring time arrives she touches them one by one with her wand and they awake like the early flowers of April and May.
Episode 12 The Larger Responsibility 1912. Men of the Commercial Club are considering public interests and just now inspecting the plans for the new St. Johnsbury House. Members of the Woman's Club come up discussing educational work, vil-
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lage improvements, the district nurse, the fly-pest. A stranger coming along overhears what is being said, says some good words about St. Johnsbury, but thinks there's need of more pub- lic spirit and enthusiasm to make this the best town that can be found to live in.
Finale A gentleman of France in the costume of 1787, genial and courtly, steps into view, looks around, takes a pinch of snuff, looks around again, is evidently pleased. He meets a bevy of children, they admire his foreign dress, and venture to ask his name. "Certainly, I am Monsieur St. John de Crevecœur." They recognize the name; from it came the name of the town, they say. The talk continues and presently he tells them some- thing about the noble Knights of St. John in the times of the Crusaders. Their interest is excited. Suddenly to their amaze- ment and delight a procession of mediæval Knights in full armor mounted on horses richly caparisoned is seen winding in to view ascending the hillside. At the front rides the Knight of St. Johnsbury bearing a standard that displays the name and the arms of the town. He is clad in chain-armor, has a red tunic with eight-pointed cross, a black mantle and red-lined hood; two squires beside him represent the East and Center villages, other Knights and squires are for different towns in Caledonia county ; there are forty in all. They cross the field and begin to ascend the hill. From above descends the white-robed figure of America with flag and shield, and by her side the State of Vermont. The Knight of St. Johnsbury dismounts, is presented by Vermont to America; he kneels in homage; is raised and receives at her hands the American flag. Marshaled in a solid body the entire Pageant, men, women, children, led by Monsieur de Crevecœur and attended by the Spirit of Civilization and the Spirit of the Future, with the mounted Knights a rear-guard, marches up the hill to the Old Pine Tree, singing with the chorus and orchestra a song to America, and disappears from the scene. It is the passing of the past of the town as presented in the Pageant- leaving imagination to picture on the invisible field beyond, the working out of a destiny worthy of her cherished traditions and ideals.
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The lines that follow were written by one to whom the scenes of the Pageant came with a touch of inspiration :-
THE HOME TOWN
Dear little town among the hills, We sing thy praise today, Bring grateful homage from our hearts That turn to thee alway. And so from every fireside hearth Shall glad thanksgiving rise For all thy sturdy, earnest past That littleness denies.
Oh, little town among the hills, We love each winding street, The shading elms, the quiet homes Where friends are wont to meet. The church spires pointing to the sky, The bells that call to prayer, The busy mart, the jostling throng, Life stirring everywhere.
We love the joyous, gladsome sound Of children at their play, Whose unrestrain-ed merriment Is music all the day. We love the early melting snows When maple trees grow sweet,
The long, bright, blissful, Summer days, The wild flowers at our feet.
We love thy wooded slopes beyond, The fields and meadows green,
The streams that trickle down the hills, The verdant vales between. We love the early song of birds, The thrushes' mellow call,
Diffusing joy from happy throats As lengthening shadows fall.
Our tribute to those pioneers Who turned our virgin soil, Gave us the heritage sublime That follows honest toil, The strength that comes from sweated brow, The horny-handed might, The powerful arm, the mind alert, These be our free-born right.
So, little town among the hills, Thy sons and daughters true, If e'er they've faltered in their trust, Return with purpose new, Life's stern demands and homely tasks With vigor to pursue, That thy fair name be never dimmed Thy glory kept in view.
CAROLINE S. WOODRUFF.
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TOWN OF ST. JOHNSBURY
"That the former days were better than these ?- thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this."
THEN AND NOW
It was this writer's good fortune some long while ago to be in one of the villages of the land that was flowing with milk and honey. Thro the vista of intervening years it lies in pleasant · remembrance like
"Sweet Auburn, lovliest village of the plain."
The flow of life went quietly along from one day to another, rarely stirred out of the ordinary unless under spasmodic stimulus of some whig and loco-foco politics or the lively doings of train- ing day. Everybody knew everybody and almost all were neigh- borly ; some queer folks there were, angular or cranky and some who must have things their own way, but prevailing public senti- ment was strong for sobriety and civic virtue. Boys and girls were encouraged to be correct and dutiful and regardful of pro- prieties. The Sabbath was an holy day and people went up to the meeting house for worship.
Happy little village, of small white houses with old fashioned larkspur and hollyhocks inside the picket-fenced door yards-a couple of stores, a tavern, a plain meeting house, a good school leading up presently to a modest little academy ; a footpath by the roadway where one could walk amongst browsing cows not yet dehorned, or after nightfall with lantern in hand ; house doors locked or not as you please, the nine o'clock bell hinting approach- ing bed time; railways 150 miles off, telephones if anything a romance of Jupiter's moons. Happy village ; no police, no jail, not even the old time whipping post and stocks. Did ever any operations of the works of darkness disturb those peaceful pre- cincts, I wonder? Yes, somewhat; now and then something happened ; here and there the church records even cast a shadow on the scene. But back of every such thing were effective safe- guards ; a well-defined public opinion, community spirit that was decisive and controlling, a village atmosphere wholesome above the average.
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THEN AND NOW
Is it then a sorry change that has come to pass-population quadrupled, manufactures built up, trains running in from four quarters, free mail delivery, the word city printed on the dump carts ? No one is saying so. Better is the new than the old if the heart of the community is sound and right-spirited.
Better the hundreds of homes on the old hay fields and pas- tures, the lines of brick blocks, banks, well furnished stores ; the net work of wires that flash light from the pole tops, that carry messages over the path where the errand boy used to run or loiter, used to give or forget his message. Better a new Acad- emy, Athenæum, Music Hall, Museum, Sunset Home, Hospitals, Y. M. C. A. and ten churches loyally sustained ; better a county building in the heart of the village than an old tangled burial yard, better a cemetery on the sunny slope lovingly kept and adorned. The hum of many prospering industries and businesses, good ballast, as Lowell has said, for keeping the mind steady on its keel-is better than any leisurely flow of life that lacks vigor and stimulus. THEN and NOW here stand contrasted-on the other hand, now as then, approved standards of life are shaping public thought and the best traditions of the past will continue in a village dedicated to intelligence, sobriety and virtue.
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FAIRBANKS, EDWARD TAYLOR
"Born St. Johnsbury, Vt., May 12, 1836 * * * Congregational Pastor, St. Johnsbury, 1868-1902 * * Author : The Wrought Brim, Yale Class Histories, History of St. Johnsbury.".
Who's Who in America, 1914
APPENDIX
TOWN OFFICERS-MEN AT THE STATE HOUSE-VOTES FOR GOV- ERNOR-PRESIDENTIAL VOTES-VITAL STATISTICS - FLORA AND FAUNA
"It is a great excellence in a writer to put into his book as much as his book will hold." Doctor Samuel Johnson
STATISTICAL
On these tables all blank spaces are to be filled by the name standing immediately above them.
PRINCIPAL TOWN OFFICERS
De Tocqueville traces the whole form of our American gov- ernment back to the New England town meeting, which was modeled on the church-meeting of the Pilgrim Fathers in which every man was entitled to vote; and this, as Thomas Jefferson said, is the only form of pure democracy in the world.
Moderator
Treasurer
1790
Jonathan Arnold
Clerk Jonathan Arnold
Jonathan Adams Joel Roberts
1791
1792
1793
Bradley Richards
1794
Joseph Murray
J. L. Arnold
J. L. Arnold Joel Roberts
1795
Joel Roberts
1796 Jos. Armington
1797
John Ladd
Joseph Lord Abiathar Dean
1798 Joel Roberts
TOWN OFFICERS
565
Moderator Joel Roberts Sam 1 B. Goodhue Joel Roberts
Alexander Gilchrist
Clerk Nathaniel Edson
Treasurer
Joel Roberts
Eleazer Sanger
R. W. Fenton Daniel Packard
John Clark
Maj. Abel Butler Ariel Aldrich Luther Jewett Ariel Aldrich
Pres West
Daniel Chamberlin Pres West
Ariel Aldrich Abel Butler Pres West Sam'l Wheeler
Jerry Dickerman
Maj. Lovell Moore
Jonas Flint
Wm. P. Stoughton
Jonas Flint Jubal Harrington Jonas Flint Calvin Jewett
Jerry Dickerman
Jonas Flint
Moses Hill
Jubal Harrington David W. Lee
John Morse
Moses Hill
1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817
1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853
Lt. John Ladd Ariel Aldrich Luther Jewett
Luther Clark
Hubbard Lawrence John Clark
Thos. Pierce Jr.
566
TOWN OF ST. JOHNSBURY
Moderator John Morse Geo. A. Merrill Calvin Morrill
Clerk A. J. Willard
Treasurer Wm. P. Stoughton
Hiram Weeks Barron Moulton
James Harris Calvin Morrill
Hubbard Hastings
Barron Moulton
Geo. A. Merrill Calvin Morrill Ephraim H. Stone
Hubbard Hastings
Barron Moulton
Pearl D. Blodgett
P. D. Blodgett
Henry C. Ide A. M. Dickey
Walter P Smith
Franklin Fairbanks L. P. Poland Franklin Fairbanks N. M. Johnson Franklin Fairbanks N. M. Johnson Henry C. Bates
Alexander Dunnett
Elisha May Harry Blodgett Alex. Dunnett Henry C. Bates Arthur F. Stone Alex. Dunnett
Edwin L. Hovey P. F. Hazen Alex. Dunnett Perley F. Hazen
Arthur F. Stone Harry H. Carr
Elijah D. Blodgett
Elijah D. Blodgett
Herbert W. Blodgett
Herbert W. Blodgett
1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1360 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1833 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1830 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908
Calvin Morrill Jonathan Ross Calvin Morrill Charles S. Dana Franklin Fairbanks Calvin Morrill Franklin Fairbanks Calvin Morrill A. M. Dickey
TOWN OFFICERS
567
1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914
Moderator
Clerk
Charles G. Braley
Treasurer Charles G. Braley
SELECTMEN
"Beyond all doubt the New England town selectmen were the most remarkable governing body in the history of mankind."
Nath. S. Shaler
Joel Roberts
Joseph Lord
John Ladd Lt. John Ladd
Nathaniel Edson
Samuel Pierce
Jeriah Hawkins
Barnabas Barker
John Ladd
Simeon Cobb
Samuel Barker
Ariel Aldrich
. Thomas Pierce
Luther Jewett
Jeriah Hawkins William Sumner John Ladd Thomas Pierce Joel Hastings Ariel Aldrich Thomas Pierce Ariel Aldrich
Ariel Aldrich
Ariel Aldrich Hubbard Lawrence
Eleazer Sanger Stephen Putnam
Barnabas Barker Philo Bradley
Barnabas Barker Philo Bradley Joel Hastings
Gardner Wheeler
Josiah Thurston
Charles Hosmer
Daniel Chamberlin Abel Butler
Stephen Hawkins Josiah Thurston
Ariel Aldrich
Gardner Wheeler
Ezra Ide
Josiah Thurston
Abel Butler
Abel Butler Samuel French
Leonard Harrington John Armington
1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827
Robert W. Simonds
Harry H. Carr Joseph Fairbanks John Rickaby
Robert W. Simonds
Martin Adams Asa Daggett John Ladd Reuben Bradley
Samuel Barker Gardner Wheeler
TOWN OF ST. JOHNSBURY
Samuel French
Abel Butler Abel M. Rice
Abel Butler
David Goss, Jr
Thomas Pierce, Jr
Jacob Benton Daniel McGregor David Goss, Jr. Thomas Pierce, Jr. Calvin Morrill
Calvin Morrill Jubal Harrington Abel Butler Thomas Pierce
Lambert Hastings
David W. Lee
John Morse
Ezra Ide Lewis Pierce
Jonas Flint Calvin Morrill
Gardner Wheeler Hiram Roberts
John Morse
David Chapman John Higgins
David Chapman John Higgins John Bacon
Charles Blinn Harris Knapp Charles Blinn David Chapman John Higgins John Bacon David Goodhall
Charles Blinn
Beauman Butler
Abel Willey Beauman Butler Abel Willey
Beauman Butler Abel Willey Calvin Morrill
Barron Moulton
J. H. Applebee
Calvin Morrill
Horace Paddock
James R. Stevens
Horace Paddock Calvin Morrill
James R. Stevens Horace Paddock J. H. Applebee Sias Randall Henry C. Hastings
Simeon Huse
Sias Randall George Ranney
Richard Peabody Calvin Morrill
Ephraim H. Stone
C. A. Sylvester
Abel Willey
William Higgins
Wm. Higgins
L. P. Cheney
Daniel Carpenter
Daniel Carpenter A. R. Hovey James R. Stevens
568 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1813 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882
Abel Butler David Goss, Jr.
Abel Butler
Jonas Flint David Goss, Jr.
Edmund Hallett
John Armington
Hiram Roberts Russell Hallett
Barron Moulton Calvin Morrill
SELECTMEN
569
Wm. Higgins
Daniel Carpenter
James R, Stevens
Daniel Carpenter
Charles Cobb
Charles Cobb E. L. Hovey O. P. Bennett
L. B. Hartshorn
Wm. B. Johnson Freeman Pierce
Ellery P. Potter
Geo. W. Story
Ellery P. Potter
L. B. Hartshorn Charles Cobb Freeman A. Pierce George Ranney L. B. Hartshorn Ellery P. Potter C. C. Follensby
Ellery P. Potter
C C. Follensby
C. C. Follensby Harry H. Carr
Harry H. Carr Wesley Sargent
Harry H. Carr
Wesley Sargent
Fred D. Gilman
Wesley Sargent
Fred D. Gilman
Luman H. Ladd
M. J. Hovey
Charles Weeks
Geo. H. Morrill
Charles Weeks
Geo. H. Morrill
Geo. H. Morrill
Wm. F. Welch
Wm. F. Welch
Charles Weeks
Wm. F. Welch Charles Weeks Conrad F. Beck
A. F. Lawrenee
AT THE STATE HOUSE
GOVERNORS
1852 1860
Erastus Fairbanks
1876
Horace Fairbanks
LIEUT. GOVERNORS
1898 1910
Henry C. Bates Leighton P. Slack
SENATORS
1790-1793 Jonathan Arnold during the three years preceding his death was a member of the Governor's Council. By a change
1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914
Wm. B. Johnson George Ranney
L. B. Hartshorn
570
TOWN OF ST. JOHNSBURY
in the Constitution in 1836, this Council was superseded by the State Senate. It was fourteen years before St. Johnsbury had a Senator. Caledonia members of the Senate from this town since 1850 have been :-
1850
David Goss, Jr.
1876
Henry C. Belden
1894
L. Downer Hazen
1854
Asa L. French
1880
E. D. Blodgett
1898
Harry Blodgett
1858
A. G. Chadwick
1882
Henry C. Ide
1900
Alexander Dunnett
1864
Chas. S. Dana
1886
Henry C. Bates
1902
Truman R. Stiles
1867
Gates B. Bullard
1888
1904
Leighton P. Slack
1869
Horace Fairbanks
1890
Albro F. Nichols
1908
Edward T. Fairbanks
1870
Jonathan Ross
1892
1910
David E. Porter
1872
Calvin Morrill
1914
Robert W. Simonds
TOWN REPRESENTATIVES
1791
Joel Roberts
1835
David Goss, Jr.
1872
(Speaker)
1793
Josias L. Arnold
1837
Erastus Fairbanks
1874
Elijah D. Blodgett
1796
Joel Roberts
1840
Lambert Hasting 3
1878
Luke P. Poland
1798
Joseph Lord
1842
Huxham Paddock
1880
Walter P. Smith
1799
Joel Roberts
1843
John Bacon
1882
Wm. P. Fairbanks
1801
Joseph Lord
1845
Jos. P. Fairbanks
1883
T. C. Fletcher
1802
Nathaniel Edson
1847
Moses Kittredge
1888
L. D. Hazen
1805
Presbury West
1849
Jerry Dickerman
1890
Francis Walker
1806
Nathaniel Edson
1851
Hiram Knapp
1892
Wendell P. Stafford
1807
Presbury West
1853
J. P. Bancroft
189
John C. Clark
1808
Ariel Aldrich
1854
Francis G. Parks
1896
Henry C. Bates
1811
Calvin Jewett
1855
Hubbard Hastings
1898
Truman R. Stiles
1816
Ariel Aldrich
1857
Geo. A. Merrill
1900
Fred G. Bundy
1819
Presbury West
1859
Barron Moulton
1904
Win. A. Ricker Harry H. Carr
1823
Ephraim Paddock
1863
Gates B. Bullard
1908
Harland B. Howe
1827
Ariel Aldrich
1865
Jonathan Ross
1910
C. A. Calderwood
1831
David Goss, Jr.
1868
Emerson Hall
1912
Dr. W. J. Aldrich
1834
Jonas Flint
1870
Franklin Fairbanks
1914
Fred D. Gilman
TOWN VOTES FOR GOVERNOR
1794
Isaac Tichenor
6
Thos. Chittenden
8
1795
Thomas Chittenden
30
Isaac Tichenor
1
1796
Isaac Tichenor
24
Thomas Chittenden
8
1797
Elijah Paine
32
Isaac Tichenor
48
1798
Isaac Tichenor
43
Paul Brigham
37
1799
40
34 26
1800
39
1801
46
39
1802
51
Israel Smith
13
1803
66
Jona. Robinson
6
1804
67
20
1805
59
11
1820
Abner Miles
1861
Charles S. Dana'
1906
16
Nath. Niles
VOTES FOR GOVERNOR
571
Isaac Tichenor
97 73
Israel Smith
96
104
Jonas Galusha
Martin Chittenden
114
141
132
134
135
Samuel Strong
81
Jonas Galusha
67
Isaac Tichenor
Charles Marsh
Paul Brigham
Richard Skinner
113
Dudley Chase
Charles Marsh
42
Cornelius P. Van Ness
45
3
Joel Doolittle
27
126
Ezra Butler
83
Samuel C. Crafts
88
Heman Allen
149
Wm. A. Palmer
143
180
Heman Allen
S. C. Crafts
Ezra Meech
Horatio Seymour
Charles Paine
W. C. Bradley
183
223
198
Nathan Smilie
Paul Dillingham
Charles Paine
211
Nathan Smilie
John Mattocks
189
Daniel Kellogg
William Slade
270
Horace Eaton
263
256
240
Carlos Coolidge
273
Horatio Needham
Charles K. Williams
316
Lucius B. Peck
John S. Robinson
Erastus Fairbanks
416
427
Stephen Royce
373
Merritt H. Clark
Ryland Fletcher
515
Henry Keyes
109 116 110
Hiland Hall
385
415
John G. Saxe
169 73
Erastus Fairbanks
456
Ezra Ide
1
S. C. Crafts
226
220
237
103
Silas H. Jennison
141
240
241
73 72 45 55 60 34 84 59 115 127 157 145 157 141 133 156 124 105 141 145 185 175 141 184 152 164 103
John Smith Paul Dillingham
291
315
386
372
1806 1801 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 18 40 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 + 1859 1860
10 11 53 52 67 36 61 51 55 70 73 14 1
65 5 1 1
105
36
60
91
67
73
572
TOWN OF ST. JOHNSBURY
1861
Frederick Holbrook
305
Andrew Tracy
105
TOWN PRESIDENTIAL VOTE
Read this table from left to right
1840
Harrison
220
Van Buren 113
1844
Polk
137
Clay Scott
278
1848
Z. Taylor
290
Cass
151
1852
Pierce
217
434
1856
Buchanan 147
Fremont
558
1860
Lincoln
514
Douglass
100
1864
Lincoln
612
McLellan
116
1868
Grant
722
Seymour
98
1872
Grant
753
Greeley
131
1876
Hayes
793
Tilden
293
1880
Garfield
910
Hancock
209
1884
Cleveland 246
Blaine
779
1888
Harrison
810
Cleveland
225
1892
Cleveland 300
Harrison
712
1896
Mckinley
949
Bryan
188
1900
Mckinley 864
Bryan
224
1904
Roosevelt
888
Parker
158
1908
Taft
752
Bryan
233
1912
Wilson
388
Taft
536
1912
Roosevelt 554
1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869
J. Gregory Smith
403
T. P. Redfield
125
426
C. N. Davenport
116
Paul Dillingham
380
43
512
78
John B. Page
561
John L. Edwards
96
Peter B. Washburn
352
W. W. Heaton
36
1870
John W. Stewart
371
44
1872
Julius Converse
666
A. B. Gardiner
135
1874 1876 1878 1880
Horace Fairbanks
826
W. H. H. Bingham
176
Redfield Proctor
691
191
Roswell Farnham
811
Edward J. Phelps
196
1882 1884
Samuel E. Pingree
741
L. W. Redington
212
1886
Ebenezer J. Ormsbee
581
S. L. Shurtleff
148
1888
W. P. Dillingham
793
253
1890
Carroll S. Page
551
H. F. Bingham
199 299 139
1894
Urban A. Woodbury
599
Geo. W. Smith
1896
Josiah Grout
929
John H. Jackson
218
1898
Edward C. Smith
578
Thomas Maloney
207 349 545
1902
J. G. Mccullough
689
P. C. Clement
1904
Charles J. Bell
1074
Eli H. Porter
1906
Fletcher D. Proctor
696
P. C. Clement
1908
Geo. H. Prouty
775
James E. Burke
1910
John M. Mead
665
Charles D. Watson
420
1912
Allen M. Fletcher
305
Harland B. Howe
777
1914
Charles W. Gates
700
656
W. J. Aldrich
228
John L. Barstow
740
George E. Eaton
142
1892
Levi K. Fuller
725
B. B. Smalley
1900
W. W. Stickney
882
John H. Senter
297 450 431
Asahel Peck
700
617
137
280
B. B. Smalley
573
APPENDIX VITAL STATISTICS
FIFTY YEARS 1860-1910
The following table is compiled from the state registration records which began with the year 1858. Population is reckoned aș on the first year of each census decade. The percentage of deaths to population appears in the right hand column.
Year
Population
Births
Marriages
Deaths
Per cent
1860
3469
70
31
38
1.09
61
71
20
48
1.36
62
63
28
44
1.29
63
106
31
94
2.75
64
81
45
74
2.13
65
93
60
92
2.65
66
119
68
82
2.36
67
100
42
76
2.19
68
118
52
59
1.72
69
130
50
47
1.35
1870
4665
150
41
77
1.65
71
145
64
100
2.13
72
156
58
140
1.31
73
173
76
99
2.12
74
136
69
103
2.21
75
145
53
85
1.83
76
154
65
79
1.69
77
155
49
73
1.56
78
127
57
66
1.41
79
160
44
89
1.90
1880
5800
155
64
123
2.63
81
161
66
124
2.14
82
156
76
117
2.02
83
152
62
102
1.71
84
181
58
142
2.45
85
122
42
87
1.50
86
116
67
74
1.27
87
147
70
105
1.75
88
123
44
125
2.12
89
132
65
80
1.37
1890
6567
158
80
108
1.65
91
155
58
133
2.02
92
143
73
122
1.80
93
143
56
129
1.96
94
150
67
100
1.50
95
129
56
95
1.44
,96
131
58
67
1.00
97
136
68
132
2.01
98
118
65
162
2.46
99
137
93
136
2.70
574 Year
TOWN OF ST. JOHNSBURY
Population
Births
Marriages
Deaths
Per cent
1900
7010
115
77
132
1.88
01
128
95
146
2.08
02
147
88
139
1.98
03
169
81
139
1.98
04
168
68
122
1.74
05
182
84
153
2.18
06
205
86
157
2.23
07
158
107
145
2.07
08
188
75
143
2.18
09
171
100
139
1.98
1910
8098
191
82
144
1.78
FLORA AND FAUNA
From tables prepared at the Fairbanks Museum
PLANTS AND SHRUBS
Amaranth Family Amaranthaceae Amaranth Green or Pigweed
Arum Family Araceae
Arum Water
Flag Sweet
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Balsam Family Balsaminaceae
Touch-me-not Pale
Spotted
Persicaria Water
Smartweed or Water Pepper
Sorrel Sheep Tear-thumb Arrow-leaved
Birthwort Family Aristolochiaceae Ginger Wild
Cat-tail Family Typhaceae Cat-tail
Composite Family Compositae Aster, Arrow-leaved
Common Blue Wood Furbish's Wood Large-leaved
Long-leaved
Many-leaved
New England
Broom-Rape Family Orobanchaceae Beech-drops Cancer-root One-flowered
Buckthorn Family Rhamnaceae Buckthorne Alder-leaved
Buckwheat Family Polygonaceae Bindweed Fringed Black
Buckwheat
Buckwheat False Climbing
Dock Bitter
Dock Yellow or Curled
India-wheat
Knotweed or Doorweed
Lady's Thumb
Barberry Family Berberidaceae Barberry Common Cohosh Blue
Bluebell Family Campanulaceae Bellflower European
Borage Family Boraginaceae Forget-me-not
Smaller Gromwell Common Hound's Tongue Stickseed or Beggar's Lice
Northeastern Purple-stemmed Starved
Tall Flat-topped White Tall White or Panicled Tradescant's
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