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 DELAWARE COUNTY. 157 of Walton ; the boards and timber (there being no saw-mill in the town,) were floated down the river on a raft^ from Paine's mill at Hobart. The first wedding which occurred in the town, took place in 1790; the parties were Bartram Olmstead and Savory Goodrich^ daughter of Michael Groodrich, spoken of above. The ceremony was performed by Dr. Townsend.* The following anecdote was related by several early settlers of that time : — A man by the name of Burroughs, residing somewhere in the vicinity of Walton, had been out upon a hunting excur- sion, and returned with a quarter of venison, which he hung in an unfinished apartment of the house. In the night Mrs. Burroughs, who happened to be left alone, her husband being absent on business, was aroused by a strange noise in that part of the house in which the venison was hanging ; she arose and proceeded cautiously to open the door which led to the apartment, when she perceived the dim outlines of some animal, in the act of devouring the saddle of venison. With a coolness worthy of eulogy among the other sex, she stepped back, and taking her husband's rifle, with deliberate aim she put a ball through the animal, which proved fatal. In the morning she examined her prize, and found it to be a panther of hugh dimensions. The manuscript of the following amusing anecdote was kindly furnished by White Grriswold, Esq., an aged and highly tion/and the date of their first election :— Robert North, {1191 ;) David St. John, (1805 ;) John Eells, (1809 ;) Gabriel North, (1811 ;) Isaac Ogden, (1813 ;) Bennet Beardslej, (1815 ;) William Townsend, (1823 ;) Thomas Merwin, (1827;) Alan Mead, (1829;) Samuel Eells, (1832;) Peter Gardiner, (1836 ;) John Townsend, (1839 ;) Abraham Ogden, (1843;) John Mead, (1844;) David More, (1845;) Gabriel G. Mead, (1848.) 14
 * The following is a list of the Supervisors of Walton since its erec-