Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-12-14
For the Free Press.
The Register Question.


Me''rs' Editors see by controversy IN
the papers, thar Walton claims that IN. Rso;s...
has correct table Of Vermont population AL
that in the Directory published BY Tu,,ls ca,
& Co. which bears my name, the table i. ipc,r-
rect IN lis towns. The public ou.ht TO know
which table is the true one The facts are
these When the State Marshal had comDlereI
the CENSUS Of VI. tor 1860, he furnished Official
ly. and expressly Cor the Vermont Directory
full table, prepared with great care. embrar.--
the PopuIauon Of every town and gore ia tbe
state his taoie was copied into tie Direct0rv
from MS very pam hgures, under nv own clos
and strict examination Of every f-,r. al H.
original figures preserved M - -
(omittng gores) has been printed il, tbs 49,.
org till the present year. In the eiir,o1 ~
1867, the printer drew some figures fr5r, ~.
tables, thus affecting six towns, VIZ Br,Ie-J
Braintree, Brookfeld, Milton, Sisli--7 az
Wolcott figure l should be plA,sI q. m.
beginning Of the figures for each Il the tr., 81,
Of these, and II az the beginning for W.'-..-
by supplying these figures, or referring 90 .ss
Directory of 1866, therefore regard this 81.
the 0qlg correct table Of VI population now T.
onlu official source, and in the most t.r.-.
manucr posi- lle, without going through
hands Of several clerks AMI printers in W8sl-
ington where Walton claims to have recer-
his. I conclude that aEg other table vary ing
from this in Is towns must, n so many towns.
be incorrect. The reader must judge which 0.
these tables has the us errors and which IS tl-
reliable one.
The tables Of votes tor Governor are sadly a'
fault in the Directory, owing 10 the figures. al
ter being badly set up from returns Of towu
clerks, having escaped the attention Of the proc
reader. In this respect, the Directory, for The
present edition, politely yields TO Mr.. Walton
the credit Of greater accuracy in the 10 towns
he named.
As to Grand list and County officers, tho
figures and names being received from the sam.
official source, the variations, if any, are Prob
ably slight, and mostly typographical.
Il is claimed by Walton that in the Directory
/ the Court table is incorrect. After this tstt
was prepared, the Legislature changed the tim
Of holding the Orange Co. Court; anu the tai.
was printed in about One-iOurth Of the edic-'
before the correction was made by the printer
| Perhaps friend Walton viii be equally willing d
correct an error Of some years staining, in tA
| Court table in his Register, which varies th
court date in ole County about SIX months from
the true time
Walton's Register contains some things not /.
the Directory. the latter has some thlngsi @
not in the Directory, and the latter has som
/ things, of especial value, not in Walton 3, sue
as a full list Of Vt. Governors, &c, from -tl
and other matters. In some things, Walton
may have some figures or words correct whicl
are wrong in the Directory, but in others, al.
especially in the list Of professional and bIsi
ness men, the merchants, manufacturers, SC.
so desirable to have correct IN such a Wora, m
own opinion IS that the Vermont Directory
rrstig more correct than ITS competitor lh
am confident vas the case when published II
and gave il nearly all nay aI.euIous and o
comparing the two, bY the ali I'd ly extens
personal acquaintance through the State
think such is the case with the present eil.l.
Nv time is, however, Too much occupied W.l
weightier matters, % stop 90 discuss the con
parative merits OF faults ot rs-.sters- 3 o
have faults enough. Perhaps the CRITICS
the present editions will secure m1re accurac
for them both another year Few persons el
appreciate the immense labor Of compiling sue
a work, when justice Is done 70 it Very De-
would be willing 20 pay the price for them, u-
ess4ry 10 make them what they should De. Hem
We must take such as we can get dislike cog
troversy, and il not i-teuI 90 speak on OBJ
subject. but as so much has been saii, ami as
have allowed my ahe Gu be used Oh The title
the FJrl. 10 Directory since passing lJ INTO O
hands &c other publishers, and have retained
ImiteI interest iu 70, 1 have felt due 90 my
As vel as the pub.ic.-aud the public "
wish 90 know where the facts are-;1 u-aSe
above statements, aut thus, WITH ulF
toward none sHi charity f.r an, disr-.,- Of
su1jec. and remain,
I.r1r4 frrr'v ~ rs NIN H.I0.