The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-02-01
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Cornwall hollow Conn.

1be following inst tribute 10 orr
state and hor products is caFied from
lhe Berkshire Eaglr published a,
rutsftI1 Mass:
Vermont Is Ike a choice parcel done
dp 10 . small package Lock At her
ou the m p. sbe eoyers only a few
inches a1d this little space seems filed
with mountains. liiing through hcr
territory, tbetrtveler isimpresscd with
the appearance o. thnn IN the farms
aud villages her agricultural resources,
and hcrmultipIied industries and comes
60 the conclusion that the il a great
state ivr her size. When we toll west
cm farmers that Vermont raises more
corn to the acre than they do they are
iucfedulous, but the returns for 1870
show that IN her acrcal k corn products
she le ads the union In potatoes also
she is second only TO california OF
corn she raises 1915 bushels on the av-
erPe per acrei Of patatoes 10 ushels,
California producing lls In her wool
aud dairy products she takes the lead
OF the New England states having o.
900 mich cows aud 5iS 900 sheep,
while Massachusetts, ! az ouly 1879 800
cows and y 600 sheep Her butter and
cheese are as tmuus for their quality
an for their quantity the Il, Alhaus
mar It being resor,cd to by hotel keep
crs aud others wlo wish to secure q
gilt edged article Tut il il not 10 her
agriculture alone that Vermont il great.
Her fors and marble quarres are
suure, Of great wealth eiig an in
land state the forests have been undis-
turhed aud the qnarrics idle. Now that
the railroads have furnished an access
to market, the keen yankees have not
been low TO discover what rcso rces
they bad in lumber aud marble Some
oi our Rerkshire men have gone to YER
mont % make their fortunes from her
rocks. The \ essrs Freddy If " est
STOCK bridge, have opened quarry on
Dorset mouutaiu, 1900 feet above the
level Of the 'arlem Extension railroad,
from which they are shipp ny 5000 toms
Of marble IN year. T facilitate their
operations they have built, ut cost Of
2l,00u narrow gauge railroad one
mile long, extending from the Rarlcm
to their quarry That there is money
IN theuarblc business ia evident from
the almost palatitl residet ces which
some Of the marble men have bu It..
CIV country mansions are more state
Is than that Of Il. II. Baxter who a
lew years since projected the Rutland
Marble Company, which now eunplnys
500 men This company does not rely
upon muscle power simply N the cr
Torrance Of labnr The channcliug
machine which they nsa IN getting ont
their blocks does the work Of forty
men, aud their diamond pointed drills
driven by steam, cut a. much ia five
minutes az orlina y drills d imam hour
We were surpri ed to notice the en-
tcrpisc Of 49, IT, Barnum. the iron king
Of onoeclicut. spIca ling itself the
Green Mount =. On the line Of the
arlrm Extension he has built vii
hge, chri tened il luruumsyille, from
which he ships daily twelve tons Of
charcoal 10 hi- fnn ces IA Councciicut.
tbrr parties arr shipping charcoal to
Copake and ut er furnace, arnum
woods arc thas going to Duusinaine in
manner Of which hakespearc had u,
thought, and If any prophet, twcny
years since, hal flrctull that the Yer.
sap, f,frsta v.,ulI be transmitted +,
anno tigut to feed her furnaces he
would have been considered a vain
dreamer he cast If transporting a
tan a htrraal fr,m arppn,sville +,
illsrtog !. only 37o.
Buttb great nr,guc, AZ Vermont /.
mca There j. mo- At .te in the Onion
,ybsre the ppra yaokoe i. soen "a lct.