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GAZETTEER OF VERMONT. 



Part III. 



SUNDERLAND. 



vessels, serving for ballast, hoping to glut 

 the market and break down all American 

 capital engaged in the business. But the 

 tariii has protected the manufacturer un- 

 til Yankee enterprise is nearly able to 

 compete with the low priced labor of 

 Europe. The company now sell the arti- 

 cle for two cents per pound, after trans- 

 porting it hundreds of miles. Smoky 

 quartz, hornblende, garnet, &c., are found 

 at the mines. Sulphuret of copper being 

 also found in considerable quantities, in 

 connexion with the sulphuret of iron, or 

 copperas ore, attempts have been made 

 to work it for the copper. In 1829 a large 

 furnace was erected, and for several years 

 the business was carried on extensive!}', 

 and large quantities of copper were pro- 

 duced, but the expenditures were such 

 that it was not found to be profitable, and in 

 1831) the business was finally abandoned.' 



Strafford is divided into 13 school dis- 

 tricts, with 623 scholars, and it is a curi- 

 ous fact that in 1810, with a less popula- 

 tion, the number of scholars was 810. 

 There are in town 3 stores, 2 grist and 9 

 saw mills. Statistics of 1640. — Horses, 

 340 ; cattle, 2,235 ; sheep, 12,182 ; swine, 

 1,09.5; wheat, bus. 4,382; barley, 1(36; 

 oats, 8.460 ; rye, 293 ; buckwheat, 87.5 ; 

 Ind. corn, 6,640 ; potatoes, 51,634; hay, 

 tons, 4,909; sugar, lbs. 28,485; wool, 

 13,.550. Population, 1,761. 



Stratton, a township in the western 

 part of Windham county, is in lat. 43" 3' 

 and long. 4° 8', and is bounded north by 

 Winhall, east by Jamaica and Wardsbo- 

 rough, south by Somerset and west by 

 Sunderland. It lies 18 miles northeast 

 from Bennington and 22 northwest from 

 Brattleborough. This townsliip was set- 

 tled principally by emigrants from Mas- 

 sachusetts. Among the early settlers 

 were several families by the name of 

 Morsman and Patch. There are two reli- 

 gious societies, the Congregational and 

 Ba])tist. A meeting house was built here 

 about the year 1809, which is occupied 

 by both denominations. Bald mountain 

 branch of West river rises in the eastern 

 part, on which are erected a saw and 

 grist mill, the only mills in town. Deer- 

 field river rises in the western part, and 

 runs south into Somerset. There are two 

 natural ponds ; one in the south part call- 

 ed Holnian's pond, and the other in the 

 northwestern part, called Jones' pond. 

 Tliey cover about 100 acres each. The 

 Waters of the former are discharged to the 

 south into Deerfield river, and those of 

 the latter to the north into Winhall river. 



* VVe received from BIr. Morrill a parlicular ac- 

 count of the process of obtaining the cojiper from 

 the ore, and wo regret that we are obliged to omit it 

 for the want of room. 



There are in town 5 school districts. Sta- 

 tistics of 1840. — Horses, 49; cattle, 534; 

 sheep, 694 ; swine, 159 ; wheat, bus. 169 ; 

 barley, 5; oats, 543; rye, 407; buck- 

 wheat, 405 ; Indian corn, 141 ; potatoes, 

 942; hay, tons, 837; sugar, lbs. 2,672; 

 wool, 1,637. Population, 341. 



Stratton Gork. Annexed to Stratton. 



SuuBUKY, a post town in the north 

 part of Rutland county, is in lat. 43°. 47', 

 and long. 3". 54', and is bounded north 

 by Whiting, east by Brandon, south by 

 Hubbardton, and west by Orwell, and a 

 part of Benson. It lies 47 miles south 

 from Burlington, 65 north from Benning- 

 ton, and 43 southwest from Montpelier. It 

 was ciiartered August 6th, 1761, contain- 

 ing 13,426 acres. The early settlers of 

 this township were generally from Con- 

 necticut. The religious denominations 

 are Congregationalists and Methodists. 

 The Rev. Silas Parsons was settled over 

 the Congregational church in Jan. 1806, 

 and was dismissed in 1815. The Rev. 

 Mason Knapen, was settled in 1819, and 

 dismissed in 1830 ; the Reverend John 

 Thompson, was settled in 1833, and 

 dismissed Feb. 18, 1838. This church 

 consists of about 45 members. They 

 erected a meeting-house about the year 

 1805. Of the Methodist society, we have 

 no particulars. Otter creek touches upon 

 the eastern border of this township. The 

 other streams are small. Hubbardton 

 |)ond extends into the south part, and 

 there are in town several smaller ponds, 

 of which Hinkum pond is the most con- 

 siderable. On the outlet of this pond, 

 which falls into Otter creek, is one saw 

 mill, and on the outlet of another pond, 

 which is the source of Hubbardton river, 

 is another saw mill. The surface is un- 

 even, and a high ridge of land extends 

 through the township near the centre 

 front south to north. The soil is gener- 

 ally a rich loam. The timber is princi- 

 pally pine, beach and maple. There is a 

 small village in the westerly part of the 

 townsliip, containing a meeting-house, a 

 store, a tavern, and a number of dwel- 

 ling houses. The town contains 7 school 

 districts and school houses, 2 saw mills, 

 2 stores, 2 taverns, 2 tanneries. Statis- 

 tics of 1840.— Horses, 174; cattle, 954; 

 sheep 11,653; swine, 511 ; wheat, bush. 

 1,488; oats, 2,662; rye, 2,1.56; buck- 

 wheat, 204; Indian corn, .3,890 ; potatoes, 

 13,315; hay, tons, 3,009; sugar, lbs. 

 550; wool, 24,718. Population, 796. 



Sunderland, a post town in the eastern 

 part of Bennington county, is in lat. 43'* 

 4', and long. 3'=' 59, and is bounded north 

 by Manchester, east by Stratton, S'outh by 

 Glastenbury, and west by Arlington It 



