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GAZETTCr.R OF VERMONT. 



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BnoWNINGTON. 



BROWN S !IIVF.R. BKCNSV.ICK. BUKT S GORE. 



294 ; barley, G ; oats, 2,904 : rye, 34:i ; 

 buck wheat, lJ6 ; Ind. corn, 2,815 ; pota- 

 toes, 9,' 2;> ; liav, tons, iKiT ; sugar, lbs. 

 3,530; wool, 2,331. Population, 32d. 



Browninoto.n", a post town in Orleans 

 county, in lat. 44'' 49' and lon^r- 4° 51', is 

 bounded northeasterly by Salem and 

 Charleston, southeasterly by VVestmore, 

 southwesterly by Barton, and west by 

 north by Orleans, and a small part of 

 Jrasburgh. It is 95 miles nftrth from 

 Windsor, 45 north by east from Montpe- 

 lier, and 57 northeast from Burlington. 

 It was granted Februar}^ 26, 1782, and 

 chartered, by the name of Brownington, 

 October 2, 1790, to Tiinothy and Daniel 

 Brown and their associates, and contains 

 19,845 acres. Tiiis was constituted a half 

 shire town of Orleans county, when that 

 county was incorporated. The seat of 

 justice is now at Irasburgh. The settle- 

 ment of the township was commenced 

 about the year 1800. The Orleans county 

 grammar school was incorporated and lo- 

 cated here in l.'^22. The building was 

 completed and the school opened in the 

 fall of 1823, under the charge of the Rev. 

 James Woodward. For several years past 

 it has been under the charge of the Rev. 

 A. L. Twilight. The religious denomi- 

 nations are Congregatlonalists and Metho- 

 dists. Willoughby's river, which passes 

 through the south part of the town is the 

 only permanent mill stream. Small streams 

 are numerous, and there is a small pond 

 on the line between this town and Salem. 

 It has one grist mill, 2 saw mills, and 2 

 stores. Statistics of 1840. — Horses, 135 ; 

 cattle, 563; sheep, 1,844; swine, 304 ; 

 wheat, bu. 1,549; barley, 318; oats, 4,181; 

 buck wheat, 724 ; Ind. corn, 426 ; potatoes, 

 22,600; hay, tons. 1,391; sugar,lbs. 18,39-5; 

 wool, 4,711. Population, 486. 



Brown's River originates among 

 the Mansfield mountains, runs westerly 

 through the south part of Underbill, and 

 north part of Jericho into Essex, and 

 thence northerly through Westford, and 

 empties into Lamoille river in Fairfax. 

 Its length is about 20 miles and it derives 

 its name from a family by the name of 

 Brown, which settled upon its banks in 

 Jericho. 



Bru.vswick, a post town in Esse.x coun- 

 ty, situated in lat. 44° 43' and long. 5° 18', 

 containing 14,617 acres, or 23 square 

 miles. It is bounded north by Minehead, 

 east by Connecticut river, south by Maid- 

 stone and west by Wcnlock. It lies op- 

 posite to Stratford, in N. H. and fifty-five 

 miles northeast from Montpelier. This 

 town was chartered, October 13, 1761. 

 The first settlement was commenced in 

 the spring of 1780, by Joseph and Na- 



thaniel Vv'ait. J'lhn Merrill removi d iiere 

 the succeeding autumn. In 1791 the 

 population was 66, and so slow has been 

 its advancement that it is only twice that 

 number now. Brunswick is watered by 

 the west branch of Nulhegan river, which 

 runs through the northv.'est part of the 

 town, and unites with the north branch in 

 Bloomfield. Wheeler's stream rises in 

 Weulock, and passes through this town 

 into Connecticut river. This stream af- 

 fcrds several valuable mill jirivileges. It 

 passes through a number of natural ponds. 

 Paul's stream, receiving its waters from 

 Granby, Ferdinand and Maidstone lake, 

 passes through the south part of the town, 

 and is a considerable mill stream. There 

 are three natural ponds, one covering 80 

 acres, one 60, and one 25. The latter is 

 only 4 or 5 rods from the bank of Con- 

 necticut river, and is elevated 80 feet 

 above that stream. Between the pond 

 and the almost perpendicular bank of the 

 river is a spruce ridge 15 or 20 feet higher 

 than the pond. The pond receives a 

 small brook, but has no visible outlet. 

 About half way down the bank of the 

 river issues a considerable stream which 

 probably, in part at least, proceeds from 

 the pond; but while the waters of the 

 pond arc sweet and good, those of tire 

 spring are strongly impregnated with sul- 

 phuretted hydroo-en and other substances 

 which render their taste and suicll disa- 

 greeable, and impart to them medicinal 

 properties. The spring is known by the 

 name of the mineral spring, and ♦he pond 

 by that of viineral pond. Statistics of 

 1840. — Horses, 43; cattle, 219; sheep; 

 630 ; swine, 190 ; wheat, bu. 253 ; barley, 

 160 ; oats, 3,380 ; buck wheat, .575 ; Ind. 

 corn, 435 ; potatoes, 8,200 ; hay, tons, 

 460 ; sugar, lbs. 3,370 ; wool, 1,385. Popu- 

 lation, 130. 



Buel's Gore, a tract of 4273 acres 

 lying between Avery's Gore, in Chitten- 

 den county, and Starksborough. A part 

 of it has been annexed to Huntington, 

 the remaining part contained 18 inhabit- 

 ants in 1840. 



Burke, a post town in the northeast 

 part of Caledonia county, in lat. 44" 36' 

 and long. ^° 2', is bounded northeast by 

 Newark and East-Haven, southeast by 

 Victory, south by Lyndon and Kirby, and 

 west by Sutton. It is 40 miles northeast 

 from Montpelier, and 37 north from New- 

 bury. It was chartered, February 26, 

 1782, to Justus Rose, Uriah Seymour and 

 others, and contains 23,040 acres. The 

 settlement of this town was commenced 

 about the year 1790 by Lemuel and Ira 

 Walter, Scth Spencer and others from 

 Connecticut and the south part of this 



