Part III. 



GAZETTEER OF VERMONT. 



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ST. JOHNSEURY. 



able elevations. The timber is principal- 

 ly maple, beech and birch. There are no 

 streams of consequence, and no mills or 

 mill privileges. The soil is loam, clay 

 and gravel. Statistics of 1840. — Horses, 

 33; cattle, ]9d; sheep, 1,62.5 ; swine, 

 152; wheat, bus. 217; oats, 1,2-54; rye, 

 40 ; buckwheat, 37 ; Ind. corn, 616; pota- 

 toes, 4,635 ; hay, tons, 566 ; suo^ar, lbs. 

 1,130; wool, 2,368. Population,~12l. 



St. Johnsbury, a post town in the east- 

 ern part of Caledonia county, is in lat. 44° 

 27' and long. 4° 58", and is bounded nor- 

 therly by Lyndon, northeast by Kirby, 

 southeast by Waterford, and southwest by 

 Danville. It lies 37 miles northeast from 

 Montpelier, was granted the 27tli of Oc- 

 tober, and chartered Nov. 1, 1786, to Jon- 

 athan Arnold and associates, containing 

 21,167 acres. James Adams and his son 

 Martin Adams, with their families com- 

 menced the settlement on " Benton's 

 meadow," and Simeon Cole on the " But- 

 ler meadow," in 1/86, and the next year 

 Dr. Jona. Arnold, Dr. Jos. Lord, Barna- 

 bas Barker, and others, moved into town. 

 Dr. A. built the first framed house and 

 the first saw mill, in 1787, and the first 

 grist mill in 1788. The town was or- 

 ganized June 21, 1790, and Jonathan Ar- 

 nold was first town clerk. The religious 

 denominations are Congregationalists, 

 Methodists, and Universalists. Tiie 1st 

 Congregational church was organized 

 Nov. 21, 1809, and then consisted of 19 

 members. The Rev. Pearson Thurston 

 was settled over this church from Oct. 25, 

 1815 to Oct. 13, 1817- The Rev. Josiah 

 Morse, the present minister, was settled 

 Feb. 21, 1833. This church consists of 

 112 members. The 2d Cong, church was 

 organized April 7, 1825. The Rev. Jas. 

 Johnson was settled over it from Fcii. 28, 

 1827, to May 3, 1838. Rev. John H.Wor- 

 cester, the present minister, was settled 

 Sept. 5, 1839. This church consists of 

 218 members. A 3d Cong, church was 

 organized in the east village Nov. 25th, 

 J 840, and the same day their meeting- 

 house, recently built, was dedicated. — 

 The Passumpsic river runs through the 

 town from north to south, and receives, 

 just below the Plain, the Moose river, 

 a considerable stream from the north- 

 east, and Sleeper's river, a smaller trib- 

 utary, from the northwest. The amount 

 of available water power furnished by 

 these streams, within the town of St. 

 Johnsbury, exceeds that of any other 

 town in this part of the state, and affords 

 facilities for manufacturing operations to 

 any desirable amount. The business of 

 the town centres in three villages. The 

 Centre village, so called, lies upon the 



Passumpsic river, in the northerly part of 

 the town. It has been of rapid growth, 

 and does a prosperous business. In it are 

 three meeting houses, Methodist, Con- 

 gregational, and Universalist, — 2 stores, 

 1 tavern, a saw mill, grist mill, clothier's 

 works, tannery, and various mechanics. 

 The East village, situated upon Moose 

 river, in the east part of the town, is the 

 natural centre for the business of parts of 

 St. Johnsbury, Waterford, Concord, Kir- 

 by, Victory, and Bradleyvale. It contains 

 a meeting house, 2 stores, 1 tavern, a 

 grist mill, saw mill, oil mill, tannery, and 

 various mechanics. The pleasant village 

 called the Plain, containing a meeting 

 house, academy, public house, 2 stores, a 

 printing office, and other mechanics, is 

 situated in the southerly part of the town, 

 and is central between Paddock's Furnace 

 and Fairbanks' manufactory, the former 

 on the Passumpsic and the latter on Sleep- 

 er's river. The establishment of Mr. H. 

 Paddock consists of a blast furnace, and 

 a machine shop for finishing every de- 

 scription of mill gear and ordinary ma- 

 chinery. Here are also a grist and saw 

 mill, a carriage factory, a factory for mak- 

 ing sash, doors, blinds, &c., on a respec- 

 table scale. The establishment of E. »fe 

 T. Fairbanks & Co. is devoted principal- 

 ly to the manufacture of cast iron ploughs 

 and patent balances. The latter article 

 is manufactured by them extensively, be- 

 ing variously modified and adapted to all 

 the various operations required to be 

 transacted by weight, from the small 

 counter scale used by traders and mer- 

 chants, to the ponderous Rail Road scale, 

 50 to 100 feet in length, for weighing 

 trains of cars. The improvement has been 

 patented in the United States and in Encr- 

 land, and the article is now in extensive 

 use in both countries, possessing the en- 

 tire confidence of the public. Statistics of 

 1840.— Horses, 585 ; cattle, 2,960 ; sheep, 

 8,088; swine, 1,383; wheat, bus. 2,478; 

 barley, 286 ;. oats,28, 382 ; rye, 212; buck- 

 wheat, 1,050 ; Ind. corn, 6,950 ; potatoes, 

 74,115; hay, tons, 4,953; sugar, lbs, 50,- 

 520; wool, 14, ,599. Population, 1,887. 



Sax.em, a post town in the north eas- 

 tern part of Orleans county, is in lat. 44" 

 54' and long. 4" 50', and is bounded north 

 by Derby, northeast by Morgan, south- 

 east by Charleston, and southwest by 

 Brownington and Orleans. It lies 50 

 miles northeast from Montpelier, was 

 granted Nov. 7, 1780, and chartered Au- 

 gust 18, 1781 to Col. Jacob Davis and 

 others, containing 17,330 acres. The set- 

 tlement of the township was commenced 

 by Ephraim Blake in March 1798. Am- 

 asa Spencer came into town in 1801, and 



