Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-06-19

States and Great Britain in February
1916, when he returned to his fathers 'in New
Ipswich, over the mountain near the borders of
Rindge." Here, with his fathers tools, he
made the stands, cases, galeys, and other print
ing-oi6ce fixens, and then proceeded on horse
back to Boston, 81 miles distance, stopping at
night at a tavern near the North end of Charles
town Brdge.-The next day he bought of Mon
roe & Francis his type, press, ink composing
sticks, &C., paid for the same, and started for
home, where he arrived before night of the
third day. lie then took a span of horses and
wagon, and in three days from leaving home.
returned with his printing-oflicc complete, and
without accident. Having fitted up the office
in order in the "blacksmith's shop" he took
trip some 10 or 15 miles in the northerly dir
ection to Peterboro, and contracted with Sam
uel Smith, ESQ.,, of that town, for 10 reams of
paper, of demi-size, at 1915 per ream such
as can be bought for about 81 80 per ream. a
small sample of which | herewith enclose
Cylinder paper-mnchines were not known at
that day-paper of all kinds was made by hand ;
two men, one on either side of large vat, for
ming the sheet by dipping the pulp upon a
vellum or laid mold, and the process Of bleach
ing was at that day very imperfect, as will ap-
pear from the sample just referred to. As
your correspondent says, it was "Ramage
two pull press" (the size of the mahogany pla-
ten about II by 10 inches, (which the young
man worked the 5000 Testaments upon a "half-
press" as it was termed when the same per-
son both "beat," or linked the form, end "pull-
cd" or gave the impression. The form was
linked with balls, made of sleeps pelts and
wool, which, in about 1925 gave place to COM
position rollers, Il believe an American inven-
tion) His sister set the type mostly and it
tcOl, ,bo
and do the press-work--the book running up
TO very nearly four hundred pages.
DIR. Seth PavSon, at that time ce Presi-
dent of the n. II. Bible Society. assisted in cor
recting the proof sheet. AMI am here per-
mitted to give an incident in connection with
that service, which shows a marked character
istic of the father Of tn, celebrated DR.. L. Pay
son, of Portland: In order that this edition OF
OF the New Testament might not suffer in re-
putation from the ojSe'ujiy ot its origin, the
publisher obtained leave of the Doctor to in
sert in the title page, just above the imprint
"Revised and corrected by the Rev. Sch Pay
son, ID. D." Soon after the book appeared, III
full sheep binding, on the Doctors center table
a visiting bother in the ministry, taking it up
and opening it at the title ,accosted him with
"Well really Doctor, did not know that you
had undertaken a new translation OF the New
Testament Why didn't you tell me? Are you
going through with the Old Testament also p
This was too much for the old gentleman s
acute sensibity. But short time after this
elapsed, ere his well-known horse stood at tho
door of the young mans father, some three
miles or more from his own domcil. "Mr
Ide," said he, addressing the young publisher
with much apparent perturbation, "the Testa
ment must be suppressed it must not go out
it will ruin mel" What is the matter sir
said the young man. "Why, said the Doctor
1.-THE insertion of my name in the title carries
the idea that it is a aetc translation. l can
let it go So" every well, sir" replied The
young man, after a little reflection. Il think
can mend it up, and prevent any misunder-
standing about your name being in the title
without suppressng the book" So he went
work and covered up the unlucky line in the
title, by pasting over it a narrow strip Of paper,
having printed upon it the words, "F,irst Nelo
IpS,oich Edition. When assured that this
should he done to all the copies on hand, the
Doctor expressed himself much relieved by the
contrivance.
Your correspondent is correct in saying that
the n. IL. Bible Society paid $3.50 (less thar
cost for 1000 copies of this Testament. But
the young publisher has been many times heard
to say that he felt himself under infinite obliga
tioS " tIlc iseN. DOctor, lot using MS lnUueuct
with the Directors of the Society, and helping
him to the sale, Notwithstanding the low price
for he was thereby enabled to pay Esq Smtl
the amount of his note, given in part for tht
paper used on the Testament. and was thus
saved from pecuniarJ embarrassment. Th,
Testaments for the Bible Society were bounC
by Isaac Long, of Hopkinton. George Hough
Esq, former partner of Alden Spooner, wa
Treasurer OF the Society
am advised that, in one particular, though
perhaps not important in this connection, you
correspondent is not correct. Simeon Ide, the
'young man" here spoken of, did not go from
New Ipswich directly to Claremont. In Jan
uary 1917, he established the American Yeo
man at Brattleboro, Vt. at the end of ont
year, he united this paper with the Vernon
Republican at Windsor, VT, and afterwards
lS29) Spooner's Vermont Journal was uniteC
with the Republican, under Mr.. Ide's manage
ment. 1t was not until 1880, that Mr. Ide re
moved to Claremont, where the stock holder
of the "Claremont Manufacturing Company,
Chartered about the year 1922 tor 20 consec
utivc years elected him their Agent, in whicl
capacity he has superntenGed the manufacture
of many millions of books among which, no
an insignificant proportion were Common
School and Quarto Bibles, Testament ard Pray
er Books, of various sizes ane it may not b.
derogatory to his reputation in conclusion, tt
add, that for the manufacture of these he ha
ever shown marked partiality.
An INTIMATE FRIEND,