The Portland daily press., 1871-09-18
LamOiIle Va,ley.-lConcIuded.l
HYDE PARK.
10 the Editor Of The Press:

Gilmore, Sterling, Belvidere, and the Round
glimpse is caught of the peak of Mt. Mansfield.
eleven thousand acres timbered, yielding
600 600 feet a year. There were sold in 1870,
2 tons butter, AZ tons of pork and hogs, 81
lorses, 81 sheep, 4S7 cattle, tons of hops, 3
ons of wool, and $4,000 bushels of potatoes.
Che single firm Of Noyes Brothers, in the year
ending July 1, 1871, sent to various New Eug
and markets $110, 600 worth of products as
,bove, with poultry and beans in considerable
quantities additional. Not included in the
above were $50 tons of outward freight and $50
ions inward. OF potatoes 10000 bushels are
into starch In the spring of 1871, IS
tons of maple sugar were made. There is a
hourishing Academy here. Thirteen traders
sell S154 900 of merchandise, not including the
sales of Noyes Bros. mentioned above. There
are fourteen manu- lecturers OF starch, lumber.
tubs, wagons, etc. The population of the town
is ,626; valuation, $450,0OO. Distance TO Bos-
ton 2l7 miles by rail and 10 miles by road; to
Portland, $50 miles. Stock in the Portland
railroad has been taken to the amount of
$62 COO.
Ehere IS copper ore in town, and a vast mass
OF very nice cherry -colOred ochre. Some of the
latter, put on building twenty five years ago,
acah SKIM milk, still holds fast! The copper
has never been worked, for lack of capital, and
on account OF the cost of transportation. There
are both sulphur and iron springs in town. es.
pecially at North Hyde Park, where the water
is strongly charged. There are several pond 8
in this town yielding perch ,pickerel and trout,
found on Col. Sawyer's hotel table, done TO a
turn, as the writer knows. Waldo Brigham,
ESQ.,, President of the Lamoile Valley R. r.,
which constitutes about 80 miles of the P & O.
Il r., resides here, and for four years has put
all his great resources of work, experience an d
character into the Portland railroad.
EDEN.
On the north, will do business on the Port
land railroad via Hyde Park. Population,
959; valuation 100000, there are two traders,
and six manufacturers. Starch and lumber
are heavy items; as also butter and live stock
Enormous forests of spruce, hemlock, fir, bass,
ash, etc., remain to be cut. Mounts Belvidere,
Norris, aud Hadley, and some tW enty ponds
diversity the scenery and furnish sport for the
angler and gunner. The town is famous ioc
blueherries. Maple sugar is produced by. tons.
JOHNSON.
We are now in the heart of the Green noun
tains with Sterling, Mansfeldland other grand
masses uplifted about Us. The intervales up
ON the Lamoille here attain great width, the
river having in former ages been damned
back by the mountains and forming a vide
lake. In ali directions Lively prospects open
upon the eye A short distance above the
village the river breaks over ledge in fall Of
10 feetinto basin, thence pours through mar.
rowing gorge for 800 feet and then sinks under
bridge of rocks whose arch is 8 feet wide.
The whole fall is 80 feet, an unsurpassed mill
privilege. There is a fall of % feet on "Eaton
branch" One of the State Normal schools is
located here. The population of the town is
1,55S; valuation, $4S5, 600. Distance from .Bos-
ton 2l7 miles and 26 by road; from Portland
1874 miles. P. & o. stock taken, $4,000. The
largest country store 1 ever saw is located
here. valuable mine of soapstoue can be
worked as soon as railroad facilities are afford
ed. Twelve dealers sell 100000 of merchan.
disc. Manufactures of woolens, lumber, wa
ter-tubing, ETC. employ some Is men. Sales of
the latter are increasing fast. Excellent brick
burned. Lumber business will be large upon
completion of the railroad. Spruce is very
abundant Maple sugar and butter are pro
duced in large quantities.
BELvIDERE
On the north, will bring in at the johnson
station the products of the great spruce an6
hemlock woods that cover her mountains. O
the maple, birch and ash forests still in occupa.
ton OF much of the lower lands. Lumber
shingles, laths, bark, butter and sap tubs, COO
perage stock, for "every other man in Belyi.
dere is COOPER" maple sugar, as we'll as pota.
toes, dairy produce, pork and live stock will g,
to market. as they never before have been able
togo Lead and iron, too, are found inworkablt
quantities, and capital and skill will do wei
to explore. The valley lands are excellent, es
pecially on the "North branch" on which il
nine miles are IL mill sites. There are thre,
traders Three thousand dollars stock wa
taken in the Portland railroad, which is eigh
miles distant from the center of the town
The Boston railroad is % miles distant.
whTERvILLE.
This is a rugged town, with many scenes t,
delight the artist and tourist, Fletcher noun
tain, $500 feet high, being the commanding
feature The town is still heavily timbered
There are several good mill sites hitherto in
adequately or not at all improved, on account
of distance from railroad. "Peck's Mill Dam
on Stony stream is a good privilege. A fin,
power on the Great North branch formerl,
had large wooden mills which are now sus
pended. Twenty tons of butter, fifteen ton
sugar, also potatoes, live stock, and some lum
Der are sold. An excellent soap stone is found
here, which in spite of the cost of teaming ha,
been worked and exported Operations il
this and in lumber will be greatly EXTENDED
upon the opening of the Portland railroad
The Green-Mountain spring is no;ed foun
tain OF health. Six dealers sell $4,000 o
merchandise. Population 573; valuation
$14S, 900. Distance from Boston 26O miles b,
rail and II miles by road; distance from Port
land 1S9 miles; stock in the P. & o. railroad
$4,000.
CAMBRIDGE.
The ride from johnson to,this town is on,
not to be forgotten. The width of the valley
the luxuriance of vegetation, the ma gnifcenct
of the mountains, the manifest thrift and opu
lenee of the people are elements in the pleasing
picture, all of which will be visible from til,
Portland railroad. Cambridge contains nearl,
80 600 acres, and in fertility and wealth stands
first in Lamoile county. The river alluviun
spreads to a great width, Mt. Sterling rising
sheer on the southeast, and Mansfield on the
south, with its steep escarp furi owed by the
share OF the two vast earth avalanches of 1890
The Burlington Pool" and the Coates
Spring" are healing waters of local renown.
Numerous streams from the mountains afford
many mill sites. Half score of little VILLAGES
are scattered over the town. The main street
of the center village is ten rods wde embow.
cred with trees. The houses everywhere are
large, handsome aid white. The rock maple
Is here in its glory. Of sugar orchards 800 are
counted in the town, each having from 100 ia
5000 trees. Last spring, 1913 tons of sugar
were made. In 1870, PIG tons of butter were
sold, tons Of cheese, and 80 tons of pork, be-
sides live hogs, cattle, sheep, horses, and pota-
toes by the scores of thousands of bushels
Dairying is gaining upon all other occupations.
1t pays best. There is a large body of nice
ochre here which, like that at Hyde Park, is
equal to the noted Brandon Paint mineral
Cambridge is 191 miles from Portland, and
stock in the Portland railroad is taken n town
to the amount Oh $4,000. Boston is 26O miles
distant by rail and IL miles by road There
are nine merchants, and eight manufacturers
of woolens, lumber, tin ware, ETC. Population
| ,651; valuation $6S5,OOO.
In the Is miles of rail Dad passed over. as
above, we find, closely adjacent to The road
i49 population to each mile of rail, and $136.-
300 taxable valuation. I am assured most DOS
lively that the nominal valuation does not ex
,eed 40 per cent. of the real selling value of