. Gazetteer and business directory of Rutland county, Vt., for 1881-82. t about the center of its south line,thus forming a speedy and convenient mode of transportation for theproducts of the township. In 1880 Poultney had a population of 3,717, was divided into sixteenschool districts, and contained eighteen common schools, employing threemale and twenty-five female teachers, at an aggregate salary of $2, were 541 pupils attending common schools, and the entire cost of theschools for the year ending October 30th, was $2,, with Mr. CalvinGranger, superintendent. Poultney, a p
. Gazetteer and business directory of Rutland county, Vt., for 1881-82. t about the center of its south line,thus forming a speedy and convenient mode of transportation for theproducts of the township. In 1880 Poultney had a population of 3,717, was divided into sixteenschool districts, and contained eighteen common schools, employing threemale and twenty-five female teachers, at an aggregate salary of $2, were 541 pupils attending common schools, and the entire cost of theschools for the year ending October 30th, was $2,, with Mr. CalvinGranger, superintendent. Poultney, a post village and station on the Rutland & Washington Rail-way, is a very handsome Httle town, pleasantly located, near the westernborder of the township, on Poultney River, and contains four churches, twobanks, two hotels, several manufactories, and is the seat of the Troy Con-ference Academy and of St. Johns Parish School. Troy Conference was organized in the year 1833. At its first session Itwas decided to build a Conference Academy. Poultney was selected as the. TOWN OF POULTNEY. 185 seat of the institution. The buildings were completed and opened for stu-dents in September 1837. (See Illustration on opposite page.) The school,however, was opened a year earlier, in a house that stood on the Academygrounds, with Rev. Sabin S. Stocking as principal. From the first the num-ber of students was large and the school took a high stand. The institutionhas been very fortunate in its Principals. They have been, without exception,men eminent in the Church. Stocking was succeeded by Rev. Daniel Curry,D. D. The third principal was Rev. James Cowel. The fourth, Jesse , D. D., since Bishop, who served from 1840 to 1848. His successorwas Rev. J. Newman, D. D., who held the position till 1851, when he wascalled to a professorship in Union College. The next principals were Flavilla and Jason O. Walker. Some of the subordinate teachers dur-ing this time were James Strong, S. T. D
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