Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-03-13
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Notes and Comments.

The CKAMPLAIN VALLEY PoMoIoGcAL So,
c,rry.-The Fruit-raisers, and others Of this
mart of the State, have recently organized a Po-
%moIoaical Society, with Rev. John Wheeler,
President, and Dr. w. G. Hitchcock Sec'y, &c,
This is a praiseworthy movement, and we hope
tho example will be followed by 4 similar one
this side the mountain. With proper attention
70 the subject, there is no good reason why the
whole of Vermont might not become, with the
.ovception Of the peach, one Of the best fruit
crowjug countries in the world.
Tur FAIPBAEKs AND THEIR Scale EsTAB.
,,sHMENT.-There are no men In Vermont, per-
hans, who, at the present time, are doing more
- make their State known abroad, throughtheir
.,ccess in one mechanical department, or more,
e, her prosperity and character at home, thro'
their enterprise, public spirit, and hberallty, in
id of all worthy objects, than Erastus, Joseph,
.d Thaddeus Fairbanks, Of st. Johnsbury, the
inventors, manufacturers aud proprietors of the
veu.known patent scales,--the sales Of which
have become even more extensive than the
hounds ofthe Uuion. At q late dinner party,
sncceeding a railroad ride which they gave the
ANAL regiment Of workmen employed in their
extensive establishment, the Hon. Erastus Fair
hanks gave the following account Of the origin
and progress of their invention, which will, or
should be read with interest and pride by every
Vsrnonter ;
aMv brother, Mr.. Thaddeus Fairbanks, and
myself we're bred farmers. The farming was
unsuccessful. We turned to making plows-
This also was attended with disaster; and we
next turned to making machines for dressing
hemp. The machine we made was thirty to for.
~ feet long, and consisted of series Of huted
cylinders, through which the hemp passed.
One of the neighbors said it made him think of
alnnity-it was SO leng. The hemp dressing
enterprise was also unsuccessful, Stoppage of
payment was the consequence; balance sheet
showed just enough to pay debts and nc more;
creditors generously gave two years extern
sion of credit, and told us to 60 on. The hemp
dressing, however, was the origin Of the scales;
for the hemp being a bulky article and a heavy,
and the scales then eXtant being bot clumsy
things, Mr., 7. Fairbanks applied himself to eff
feet an improvement. One morning he remark
ed that during the night he had thought out a
principle. On explaining it, we both concluded
it was available for our present purpose, and inn
portant beyond. We agreed to take out a pa
tent and commence the manufacture Of scales.
We succeeded at once in making a good article
though we make a better now. We began
small, but now we send the article to almost all
parts Of the world"
MRs. CHITTENDEN's FIRST AND SECOND Ia
BLE,-The Republican simplicity of Thomas
Chittenden, the first Governor of Vermont, IN
his private life, and his high appreciation Of hon.
est industry, were nc less the theme of praise O.
nong the people of his times, than his wisdom
Ind patriotism in the public station to which be
vas SO repeatedly elected. In the exercise Of
he first named qualities, which should becalled
he patriotism of domestic life and which, in
lis case, may have had as an important bearing
n the formation of our State character as his
1--WE virtues, he found an efficient -help-mate in
lis intelligent and Independent .consort.
Perhaps a more significant illustration of these
rats In the Governor and his wife could not be
ound in any act of their lives than in the follow
NC anecdote which was related to us by the late
Mrs. Timothy Hubbard, of Montpelier, who,
when a girl, was intimate with the Governors
amily, and knowing to the amusing incident at
he time OF its occurrence =
One day the Governor received a visit on Off
cial business from several gentlemen OF the then
supper ten" Of Albany, accompanied by their
fashionable ladies', who were, of course, con-
signed to the care Of lady Crittenden
When the dinner hour arrived, Mrs, Critten-
den, 10 the surprise of all her guests, had all
their hired men called IN from the field, and seat
ed at the same table with themselves.
After the ladies' had retired with their hostess
to their separate apartment, one Of them, In her
wonder at such an infringement of what she
supposed the rules regulating the proper distinc-
tons in society, ventured to ask
"Mrs, Crittenden, YOU do not usually have
your hired laborers sit down at the first table, do
you ?"
"Why, yes, madam replied the other, with
q ready perception of everything the the ques-
ton involved, and determination to rebuke the
feeling which led to ii, "why, yes, we have thus
far done so, but are now thinking Of making a
different arrangement. The Governor and my
self have been talking the matter over a lit
tie, lately, and come to the conclusion that
the men, who do nearly all the hard work,
ought to have the hrst table,-ahd thathe and i,
who do so little, should be content wltl the Sec
But in compliment to you, thought l
would have you sit down with them, to-day, at
first table,
The BleEsr YEg.-Mr. Johu Walton of
Vaitsfeld week before last slaughtered a pig
his own raising 10 months and is days old
which weighs 404 pounds.
CHILDISH SImPLICiTK.- MOlhelI oaiu
bright little girl, dis he'll a hot place p
ieing a little puzzled what reply to make,
ne mother auswered-"Yes." "YheR,"
aid the little girl, "why don't they turn the
amper :"
CABBAGE" saysthe Edinburgh ReO'e0,
contains more muscle. sustaining nutrlment
ian any other vegetable whatever. Boiled
abbage and corned beef make ffty-two as
God dinners ia twelve months as a man
an eat"
FIRE IN EssEx.-On Saturday last the
'ayern.house of Col. Samuel Page at Essex
,ur corners, took FIRE around the chimney
nd in spite of all efforts to eKtingGlsh At,
lu oopeuuad Tha Gurniture and