The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-07-23
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dissolved. VIC trust the lumber, earth,
lime, rubbish and stuff which now
blockade the street near the post Office
will be speedily out Of the way.
- The Annual Commencement of
the College here, occurs on the second
Wednesday, the 18th August next.
The Grafton before the Associated
Alumni will be pronounced by Rev.
HENRY SMITH, D. D., late president
Of Marietta College, and the poem by
Mr. .GILDERT G.. LANE, Of Middlebury.
- The places of resort in this Vi
cinity are rapidly filling up by the
customary accession of visitors from
the west and sonth. IIyde's at SuJ~
bury, known the world over as the gem
among the summer retreats, has been
full for weeks. Lake Dunmorc has
passed into the hands of a new land-
lord, and there is not q doubt the large
and commodious house there is bound
to make a great success. The Adds
son House here, has already a goodly
number of guests and will be kept in
first rate order throughout the sum
mcr. The House at Larrabee's Point
with a daily communication with ms,
by a good stage, is likewise opened as
a place Of summer resort. The
try about us never was better dressed
and so well prepared to receive COM
pany as at present.
BRooKsvILLE.-Since our last look
at 9this promising locality, an addi-
tional grace has been given it in the
structure of the workshop. A builds
ing now of pleasant mechanical pros
portions, a hundred and twcnty-fv
feet in length, duly colored, rises be-
You'd The dam. from a neat basement,
with abundant provision for light and
ventilation, and the sort Of ornament
which none of the true artisan type is
ever willing entirely to miss. An i'm
proved command of water power from
the wheel in the basement has also
been obtained, BY which nearly the en-
tire process of a~nnealing and welding
is done BY trip hammers extending
through the shop. The saving thus
effected, is equal in reduction of cost
to the wages Of four workmen per day.
The processes Of the manufacture have
equal interest as before, the same ac>
tivity and effect characterize the move
ment of the men. the same impressive
look of system and adaptation the ia
%cilitics of machinery. The apparatus
is simple, perhaps rude in construction
but even startling for its fitness and
The number Of dwellings
has slightly increased, the workmcn
generally arc married, and the school
house, we are told,ha in training a lib.
cral number of those, who are preparing
to develop a strong working village
hereafter. The store ~and,fnishing
house is upon the road. Here, at the
! office, with the senior Mr.. Brooks, we
! obtained the current figures Of the
business. doubled in extent since our
inquiries three years ago. Moro
than eight hundred pounds oflron and
Steel are consumed daily, less than
one sixth Of the lattcr,-say one hum
dred twenty-five tons annually ; near
the same amount Of anthracite coal,
none other being used, and forty tons
of Nova Scotia grind>stones, twenty in
number Of two tons each. The num-
Der of axes made we reckon at some
forty-fve thousand annually, which
may give the amount of sales at near
forty thousand dollars.
The impression, received at such a
place as this, is novel here, of a me-
chanical enterprise occupying a seclu-
ded spot for the better pursuit Of it,
and building it up gradually from tie
proceeds so as to form the basis Of a
distinct community, and making itself
felt in the great marts Of the country.
1t is yet at hand for every business
consideration. Freishts to and from
the principal market, New York, are
scarcely higher than from the work,
shops of Connecticut. 1t has a rail
road station at its border, overlooking
it at the high bridge, water-carriage
is near, northern iron is bought beyond
the lake, spruce-stuff for packages had
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