February 1
Then, suddenly, my pneumatic messenger comes to the window with a fresh bit of
news, or at least the likeliest of rumors.
The February wind ceases to moan and cry.
Nature has felt a strange, involuntary stirring in her prisoned members,
and suddenly the air becomes full of questioning.
-James Buckham in a pneumatic Calendar.
1766
All the cattle were brought to Milltown (Gilliland’s settlement on the Boquet)
from WM. Luckey’s.
-Gilliland.
1767
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warm weather. –Idem.
1870
The Rev Archdeacon George C. Pennell, S.T.D. began his charge with St. John’s
and Christ’s churches in Champlain and on the same date Clinton County
Associates Mission was formed, including the six Episcopal churches existing in
Chateaugay, Ellenburgh, Centreville, Chazy, Champlain and Rouses’s Point, all
these parishes occupying a territory forty-five by nine miles in extent.
1889
Free postal delivery system went into operation in Plattsburgh.
1896
A gavel donated to Saranac Chapter, D.A.R. by Mr. John Henry Myers.
This gavel, made from wood taken from the “Royal Savage,” Gen. Arnold’s
flagship on the battle of Valcour, is trimmed with bands of silver made from a
spoon that once belonged to Mrs. Lawrence Myers, mother of the donor, the bands
exquisitely engraved with the name of Chapter and giver.
