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\n lBlrr.»iine III-i n of UinMinc*nt I *.d -Sin . I?JSat Till- n.w pm.toir.ic building ill Hr n«,: nihfc-ton t* imw oci-ttpicd. I’ rtrjastcr w I' .o v j» Hun1. |i«\i 'K molt .1 in this wwL The build i-'g was• Xtiv 2\ which date was uvi r u i,.*othlltl. i.M iii-- f . of ;,|i in|mi arrive i-u • ‘ ‘*i11• i ii.il,-.i Th. Vcrimint delegation ti ( . i jt.endeavored (o secure u sufficient »p «• prepnaUor. so that the building couldI be put in mitiv. grmuto, Imi *h» forr i, oil to concede tiii.v point in f.ivoi of ■I marble i|uuiTinl in lienningtoii county, if I h«* sightly building, with its cnin-III modious lobby, private ;uartlt; rx forII the | o. tnia irr Mini the iiHimUint pout . master anil n thorough n ud rn ii|uipmi nt for the handling of mail, is th* c i DUotsSor uf the little frame house in s which wns established I he first post r ‘i In % i rinontIn I7M. before thi.i stalo wus ml-- niittnl to the Union, the legislature i appoint.n| Anthony llaowell of old Bennington postnuister general, with authority to . stahlish post..flu. x in i Hi- nmgt.m. Hnitth I oi-o, Hut land, und t Newbury.I The post mu stir was a mttive uf . England and came to Boston when 111yeiirs of hrc. He established the V. r inont liuzlt; tic at old IVnnihR'on in• 17f. mid the lirat puslofflec tin. t.»j rated in the building in which 'lieII nrwnpptu' was published The otllre ■ wm.. Kttdned ul the old v. l »••• until ill.-47 Winn a ctmngf in th/' n .minisi.-.‘Jon pave the inhabitants of the ' lower vlllnpe an opportunity n. inr-. lOUt a long dei'i.t I plan of moving ti: office into the f.rter of the larger community.Tic building in use at that time was loaded on to a large sled to which wen j hitched many pun s of oxen and him I. .t 1 to the village .11 the valley, I’ho bllilii in!: was Hun placed on th. site of the ijuartei.* .pied by the pe-tofTn'. to-I day,'this location wan not permanent. howiv-r, foi residents f the upper village o cured authority from Waul.IiiiRton to mov* back up the hill again, j the population of the main village h wever, increased so inurli more rap ji.ily, that the people on the Itill wore ; (lnnliy ben tor? m the strugfrle and the lOiltce he. a me a fixture in the valley.The present postiniwUtr, Emory S.I Harris, tonk p»e ■**lt;. .lt;m July |(., sult; -| ..reding Collins M. (Iriiv.s, who had 1 served during the lioosevelt uiul Taft iidministrations. He was luon in Hon It. N. V„ but has passed the linger portion of hit. life in iieimipgton.When a ybung man hr wiih for -ev-erul years bnokkofpcrwfor a liini lt;■{ railroad contractor., hut in D-d In cnted perrmiiii'ntly In Bennington. If was fur a th lt;engaged in the farm tun- husine. s.From 1*1)4 t* 1FOK he was United States marshal for Vermont. In ISO* he represented Ilenningtii in logisla ture.. For 14 years he was continuously chairman of the Democratic state committee, resigning win n ap pointed postmaster. • ■
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Manchester Journal
Manchester, Vermont, US
Thu, Dec 03, 1914
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