Chap. 8. 



EDUCATION AND LITERATURE. 



171 



GRADUATES, 



NEWS PAPERS. 



S. R. Streeter 

 Joseph H. Streeter 

 Robert Frazer *m c e 

 Saml B. Grice m c e 

 Jos. G.TildenniD 



HONORARY. 

 A. 51. 



Nathan M. Knapp 

 Joseph B. Burleigh 

 Josiah Sanborn 

 Henry W. Cushman 

 Joseph D. Allen 



1838. 

 Jay Dyer 

 Jeliiel Lillie 

 Jolin C. Murray 

 Cliarles D. Lewis 

 Johnson Shedd 

 Collins Wight 

 Charles Slack. 



HONORARY. 



J. W. Horr m c E 

 H. V. Morris m c E 



1839. 

 George B. Adams 

 Walter A. Hurlbut 



Africus S. Howard 

 Samuel Marsh 

 Asa C. Marvin 

 Youngs B. Wood 

 William Livingston 

 James A. Hall 

 Friend P. Fletcher 

 Jonathan Tarbell 

 Joshua Lincoln 



M . c . E . 

 Samuel Nichols, 2d 

 Chauncey Wright 

 Cyrus B. Burnhara 

 Charles Lewis 



1840. 

 Thomas D. Fell 

 Sylvester M. Hewitt 

 Lucius Hurlbut 

 Edward Crowell 

 Philander Palmer 

 Alvin Rouudy 

 Joseph Shedd 

 Simeon Wheeler, Jr. 

 Daniel Fuller 

 Alonzo Jackman a m 

 Josiah Svvett, Jr. a m 



Whole number of Alumni Gl 



" honorary graduates 27 



Note. — Our materials for the preceding 

 catalogue wore mostly derived from the 

 annual catalogue for 1840, and, conse- 

 quently, we are unable to give the names 

 of the graduates in 1841, although their 

 number is included in the above summary. 

 The times of the appointment and exit of 

 trustees, officers, &c. not ascertained. 



Section X. 



Printing — Periodicals and Books. 



The first printing office in Vermont 

 was established at Westminster, in the 

 summer of 1778,by Judah Paddock Spoon- 

 er and Timothy Green. At the session 

 of the legislature in October following, 

 Judah P. Spooner and Alden Spooner 

 were appointed state printers. Tiie laws 

 which were passed at the tv/o preceding 

 sessions of the legislature had been pro- 

 mulgated only in manuscript. In Febru- 

 ary, 1781, was commenced, at Westmin- 

 ster, by J. P. Spooner and TimothyGreen, 

 the publication of the first newspaper 

 ever printed in Vermont. It was called 

 " The Vermunt Gazette, or Green Mountain 

 Post Boij,' and it had for its motto the 

 following couplet, which is truly charac- 

 teristic of the inhabitants of the Green 

 Mountain State : 



* Master of Civil Engineerinj 



" Pliant as reeds where streams of freeilora glide , 

 Firm as llie hills to stem opprussiun's tide." 

 This paper was issued weekly on Mon- 

 day, upon a sheet of pot size, and waa 

 continued till the beginning of the year 

 1783. 



The second newspaper published in 

 Vermont was established at Bennington, 

 by Anthony Haswell and David Russell. 

 It was called " The Vermont Gazette, or 

 Freeman's Depository." It was commen- 

 ced June 5, 1783, and has been continued 

 down to the present time, a period of 59 

 years. The printing press and types, 

 which had been used at Westminster, 

 having been purchased by George Hough, 

 he removed them to Windsor, and, in 

 partnership with Alden Spooner, on the 

 7th of August, 1783, 'commenced the pub- 

 lication of a paper called " Tlte Vermont 

 Journal, and Universal Advertiser . This 

 was the third paper established in Ver- 

 mont, and was continued till about the 

 year 1834. The fourth paper was Tiie 

 Rutland Herald, or Ruthmd Courier. It 

 was established June 25, 1792, by Antho- 

 ny Haswell, and is still continued. Since 

 that period, a large number of new papers 

 have been established at diflferent times 

 in diffi;rent sections of the state, but 

 many of them have been of very short 

 continuance. The number of weekly pa- 

 pers published in Vermont is at present 

 about 30. Of these, three are religious 

 papers, and one, "TAe Voice of Freedom," 

 is devoted to the subject of the abolition 

 of slavery. The religious papers are, 

 "T/tc Vermont Chronicle,'" which is the 

 organ of the Congregationalists, '■'■TheVer- 

 mont Telegraph " the organ of the Bap- 

 tists, and '■'■The Universalist Watchman," 

 which is the organ of that denomination. 

 We have taken much pains to ascertain 

 the names, dates, &.c., of the periodicals 

 which have been, or are now, published 

 in this state, but with very imperfect suc- 

 cess. In addition to those named in the 

 succeeding table, the following, and many 

 others, probably, have been published in 

 the state, of which we know little but 

 their names : Freemen's Press, by Derick 

 Sibley, Montpelier; Vt. Mercury, Rut- 

 land ; Northern Spectator, Poultney ; St. 

 Albans' Adviser; Green Mountain Pala- 

 dium, Chester; Workingman's Gazette, 

 b}' Haskell & Palmer, Woodstock ; Spirit 

 of the Times, by Wm. L. Garrison, Ben- 

 nington; Luminary, Randolph ; National 

 Standard, by Wm. Sladc, Middlebury ; 

 American, Middlebury; State Jour. Mont- 

 pelier ; Repertory, by J. Spooner, St. Al- 

 bans, Citizen Soldier, Norwich ; Canadi- 

 an Patriot, Derby. Several small temper- 

 ance, agricultural, and medical papeis 

 have been issued for a short time. 



