. Centennial proceedings and historical incidents of the early settlers of Northfield, Vt. : with biographical sketches of prominent business men who have been and are now residents of the town . st of nonh, takini: in on hoth>idcs (|uite resj)ectalile trihutario, which e\-eral minor vallcvs ot the town. Thn--. Ii\ iln ri\er. it>tril)utaries, and tluir Lneat nunilxr of feeding -|>rinj^8,the town is well watered. Instead of the surface-soil : .?dirnptl\ iVom thel»aid\> ot the ri\(r and l»rook>, the>e ^licun^ are >kirledli\ handsome narrow meadows an. iVomwhose outer
. Centennial proceedings and historical incidents of the early settlers of Northfield, Vt. : with biographical sketches of prominent business men who have been and are now residents of the town . st of nonh, takini: in on hoth>idcs (|uite resj)ectalile trihutario, which e\-eral minor vallcvs ot the town. Thn--. Ii\ iln ri\er. it>tril)utaries, and tluir Lneat nunilxr of feeding -|>rinj^8,the town is well watered. Instead of the surface-soil : .?dirnptl\ iVom thel»aid\> ot the ri\(r and l»rook>, the>e ^licun^ are >kirledli\ handsome narrow meadows an. iVomwhose outer limits the L^round rises into the hiijhlandsin >uch manner that nearlv all the >urlai-e. e\tn to of the hiiihcst hills, is susccptildc of «-idti\ very little waste land in .Northtiehl. On the river the >oil is ^em-rally liirht and >and\, l>uil»ack from the ii\ii on the uplan<l the .soil «lark,stron*;, and ;_^(»ouitalile for all tin- cro|» ;;en«-rallyraised in the State. The native timher ;:rowth of thetown of fir, >piucc, hendock, niaph, , (dm. and the like. 266. NORWICH UNIVERSITY. By Capt. C. A. CURTIS, A. M., U. S. A., President. Located in Northfield In 1866. Norwich University was incorporated by act ofthe Legislature of Vermont, Novem1)er 6, 1834, withall the powers and immunities of a college, and wasopened for the reception of students on the first Mon-day in May, 1835. The buildings occupied by theUniversity at Norwich had been previously built andused by the American Literary, Scientific, and Mil-itary Academy, a school established in 1820 by Cap-tain Alden Partridge, formerly an officer of the UnitedStates Engineer Corps, and for some years Superinten-dent of the United States Military Academy at WestPoint. Captain Partridge had met with various vicissi- 267 nidcs in r(.ii(lii(tii»ir lii> , mtlv ;:li a nMf-less oppcsiti,.!! \V,.>t Point, wlurh Iiisli!mi,„i
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