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GAZETTEER OF VERMONT. 



Part III. 



MAD RIVER. 



MAIDSTONE- 



3,.5.58; sugar, lbs. 18,2i0; wool, 6,147. 

 Population, 1,130. 



LuTTEHLoif. Name altered to Albany, 

 Oct. 30, 1315. See Jllbanij. 



Lyndon, a post township in Caledonia 

 county, is situated in lat. 44° 22' and 

 long. 4° 58", containing 23,040 acres, or 

 36 square miles. It is 34 miles northeast- 

 erly from Montpelier, and is bounded 

 north by Sutton and Burke, east by Kir- 

 by, south by St. Johnsbury and west by 

 Wheelock. This town was surveyed be- 

 fore any of the towns around it and was 

 laid exactly square. Hence its regularity 

 and the irregularity of those adjacent. It 

 was granted Nov. 2, and chartered Nov. 20, 

 1780, to Jonathan Arnold and his asso- 

 ciates. The settlement of the town 

 was commenced by Daniel Cahoon, jr. 

 in April. 1788. He continued here with 

 several workmen till the ensuing fall, 

 whe*i he returned to Windham, N. H. 

 his former place of residence, to pass the 

 winter. In the spring he again returned, 

 and several others began settlements. In 

 March, 17!)1, there were six or seven 

 families in town and several young n)en 

 without families had commenced, so that 

 on th 4th day of July, 17!)1, the town was 

 organized and the first town officers elect- 

 ed. On the 20th June, 1792, there were 

 30 legal voters in town. From this time 

 for a number of years the progress of the 

 settlement was very rapid. Daniel Ca- 

 lioon, jr. the first settler, deceased June 

 11, 17!I3, and was the first person who 

 died in the town. The Methodist church 

 in this town is much tlie most numerous. 

 The other denominations are Congrega- 

 tionalists, Baptists and Freewill Baptists. 

 The Congregational church was organ- 

 ized Nov, 30, 1817; settled the Rev. Sam- 

 uel G. Tenney, June 29, 1825, who was 

 dismissed Jan. 19, 183] ; settled the Rev. 

 Amos Blanchard, Jan. 9, 1833, who was 

 dismissed in 1736, and settled the Rev. 

 Wm. Scales, jr. the present minister 

 Dec. 27, 1837. This church consists of 

 96 members. Of the other denomina- 

 tions we have no particulars. Passu7np- 

 sic river waters tliis town. It crosses the 

 north line of Lyndon 150 rods from the 

 northeast corner, and runs a southwest- 

 erly course till it has passed the centre of 

 the town 100 rods ; thence southeasterly 

 about two miles, and thence southerly 

 till it crosses the south line of the town, 

 two miles west of the southeast corner. 

 Its average width from the centre of the 

 town southerly is about 125 feet. The 

 principal tributaries which it receives in 

 Lyndon are the North branch, Miller's 

 river, South branch and Hawkins' brook, 

 all of which are sufficiently large for 



mills. At the Great falls in the Pas- 

 sumpsic, near the south part of the town, 

 the water descends about 65 feet in the 

 distance of 30 rods. At the Little falls 

 one mile above, the water descends 18 feet, 

 affording e.xcellent situations for mills and 

 water machinery. ' Agaric mineral in 

 found in this township, forming the bot- 

 tom of two ponds of several acres in ex- 

 tent. It is white and soft, soils the fin- 

 gers and may be used instead of chalk, 

 which it resembles, but is much less com- 

 pact. It has been employed for all the 

 purposes to which Spanish white is appli- 

 ed ; and, also, for white-washing. The 

 thickness of the beds has not yet been 

 ascertained.' Lyndon is a very valuable 

 townshij). Its soil is a rich loam, free 

 from stone, easy to cultivate and very 

 productive. At " Lyndon Corner " is a 

 neat and pleasant village containing an 

 academy, meeting-houses, &c. and there 

 is a meeting-iiouse near the centre of the 

 town. There are 4 stores, 8 saw, 2 grist 

 and 1 fulling mill, and 2 tanneries. Sta- 

 tistics of 1840. — Horses, 546; cattle, 

 3,359 ; sheep, 8,786; swine, 1,931 ; wheat, 

 bush. 3,370; barley, 655; oats, 35,376; 

 rye, 155; buck-wheat, 3,350; Indian 

 corn, 7,277, potatoes, 113,934 ; hay, tons, 

 6,015 ; sugar, lbs. 68,364 ; wool, 15,850. 

 Population, 1,753. 



IVIad Rivf.r, rises in Avery's gore, runs 

 nortl) into Warren, thence northeasterly 

 through Waitsfield and falls into the Win- 

 ooski in Moretown, receiving in is course 

 a great number of small tributaries. It is 

 a rapid stream with a rocky bottom, and 

 affords a number of good sites for mills. 

 Its length is about 20 miles. 



Maidstone, a township in the eastern 

 part of Essex county, is in lat. 44'^ 30' 

 and long. 5'^ 19', and is bounded north- 

 erly by Brunswick, easterly by Connec- 

 ticut river which separates it from North- 

 umberland, N. H. southerly by Guildhall 

 and a part of Granby, and westerly by 

 Ferdinand. It lies 53 miles northeast 

 from Montpelier and was chartered Oct. 

 12, 1761, conlainiiig 17,472 acres. The 

 settlement of this township was, probably, 

 conmienced about the year 1770, but the 

 population has remained nearly the same 

 since the year 1791. This township is 

 watered by Paul's stream, wliich runs 

 through the nortli part, and by Maidstone 

 lake, which is three miles long and half a 

 mile wide, lying in the western part 

 and discharging its waters into Paul's 

 stream. The settlement here is mostly 

 confined to the margin of Connecticut 

 river, along which a road passes through 

 the township. Statistics of 1840. — Horses 

 77; cattle, 476; sheep, 1,413; swine 



