From an 1851 map.From an 1851 map.
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St. Johnsbury was one of the more strict villages in the mid 1800s. The straight-laced were objecting to the loosening of morals. They did not object to baseball, roller skating, magicians, circus or exhibitions of war panoramas, but they did object to raffles, lotteries or females reading sketches or declaiming in public. In spite of the restrictions, a dancing school was established which ended its dancing season with a ball at the St. Johnsbury House. To register their dissatisfaction the pillars of the North and South Congregational churches, which were also town officials, shut off the water to the hotel the next day, causing it to close. From the Center for Rural Studies website |
Milo's mother's death was reported in the Orleans Independent Standard as:
Grow, _____ Mrs., age 69, Dec 27, wife of Silas Grow Irasburg 12/22/1868