Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-13
vary unless in typographical errors in the

nnd, In lew towns, some errors IN our
Directory as some parts OF this table
escaped the eye of the proof reader.
These figures were received in nearly all
cases from the town clerks, which are
considered the best authority. We
should be glad to have these figures all
correct, but regard accuracy here 40
much less important than in many other
matters, in which more especial pains
are taken in our publication.
Let us now look at the business direct
DRY or list OF business and professional
men, sc. Neither do we claim periec-
ton here, but this is in the department
in which special efforts have been made
to make the Vermont Directory reliable,
and this has its errors; these efforts
have rendered it as celebrated for accu-
racy as Walton has been noted for his
blunders. We should not have spoken
of these facts II it had not been for Wal
tons boasts of his Register as being
"onicial," accurate" 'the best" &C,
and his efforts to iDjure the Yer
mont Directory. 1t has been q common
remark for many years past, that Wal
tons Register was stereotyped with all
its errors and reprinted from year to
year. Names of persons or firms have
been continued for several years after
dissolution or decease or removals and
names of persons unknown in the town
have often made up their space Of his
Register
To furnish an Illustration and to show
that Walton has not so very much i'm
proved in his present boosted "oflicial, "
correct, 'best" edition, we have Just
been looking over his list of business
in three prominent towns-which is all
we have time or disposition now to ex-
anime. We find in the list for Rutland,
t,oelge errors, to say nothing of his omis-
sions. In Vergennes, besides several
omissions Walton has nearly twenty
errors, among which he gives the name
of G. P. Stearns as treasurer; Ahira
Scnel as selectman A. Scnell as lister
III. A. P. Forney as clergyman G. G.
Eastman as harness maker Mr.. Hager
door maker. No such men are in Yer
gennes, and one of them only is known
to have been there in years past. He
also mentions four men and three firms
as dealers in tin-ware, stoves and furni-
ture, all of which are incorrect. One of
the persons is unknown, one deceased,
and none of the others except one have
probably ever been in the business. The
furniture and some other manufacturers,
the book seller and others are omitted.
The above errors, besides numerous
others, are in paragraph of eighteen
lines.
In Burlington, in which Walton is
vastly more correct than in former years,
the Times of that city notes the follow,
ing errors in his business directory:
One of our young attorneys, Mr.. Reid
D. Paige is bisected, and published as the
utu vi htm L "tyt IL IL AolSobN &c
made A. II. Talcott; DR.. J. NJ. Knox is
printed j. w. Knox; Paul & Mathews
Pauld g. Mathews; Doctors NJ. Cole and
N. W. Perry; read W. Cole and A. W
Perry; the names of Doctor Mangdor
and Lund are omitted. Doctors Harris
and Waters are omitted from the list o.
Dentists, as also is the name of the Rev
L. G. Ware, of the Unitarian Society
from the list Of the clergy.
In the chaotic arrangement of oul
business men our dry goods merchants
are announced as dry goods and Groceries
while Jed P. Clark aid Van Sicklen 6
Walker are named as wholesale DRY
goods,
We have pointed to fer Of Mr.. Wal
tons error, and have not time, space o.
inclination to devote further attention
at present to criticism of his work
and conclude our article by simply say
ing that in our opinion Walton's ''ofic
ial" and "best" is very lame effort q
correctness.