Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-06-25
Mortified,

u bluuRcs anu lnat QUO VI tucm Hhu htVHN'u
he would have the bats in the buildings
there !" and this the wisencres repeated in
their prophecies, which were about as dis
couraging for the future Of the town as were
those Of Isaiah Of old concerning Babylon,
when he said "Tho shepherds shall not make
their folds, nor the Arabian pitch his tent
tent therein
OF course the rdmored malice on the part Of
the railroad officials was all imaginary, but the
works were gone, and tho place seemed like
an empty tenement, with The sign Of " for sale
or TO rent posted conspicuously on its front
Real estate went down, until houses we're sold
for half, and sometimes less than half the cost
of construction. Some owners thought seri-
ously Of taking their buildings down and re
moving them 10 some other locality, though
we believe this was not done in any instance
and but few houses were sold as the more sub
stantial proporty-holders preferred to hold on
md see what would come Of it : and not many
buyers could be found, even at the low rates at
which property was then offered
But by and by the panic subsidized the own
and the people began to cast about to see if
some substitute could not he found for the
business which the railroad had taken away
and the stern necessity which thus compelled
the people Of Mortified to inaugurute some
new enterprise, was the parent Of more sub
stantial prosperity than had ever been ex-
perienccd there before.
And now, besides the ordinary trade and
business Of a aourishiug village, it has several
manufacturing establishments. which, taken
collectively, are Of considerable Importance
OF these, the chair factory, known as the
" Vermont Manufacturing Company is the
largest, employing at present about sixty men,
running an engine ofone hundred horse power,
and making four hundred chairs per day,
which they send mainly to California and
South America, except the local trade, which
is from one hundred to one hundred and fifty
dozen month. They make thirty different
styles of chair, though they are all wooden
seated, which they set up and paint, and then
take to pieces and box for shipment TO their
distant markets. This establishment was
started only three or four years ngo. 1t has
made no cash dividends, bat has appropriated
ts profits, which have been quite satisfactory,
to an increase Of its capital stock 1t is located
in what used to be the railroad wood shops,
the buildings having been leased Of the com
pany for that purpose
Another Of the railroad buildings is used by
the United States Artificial Stone Company
for the manufacture Of water coolers, water
pipe, etc Their wares are made Of sort Of
artificial slate stone, which is said to be a slow
conductor of heat, making it valuable as an
ice presenter, and it is also claimed to he one
Of the purest substances in which water can
be conveyed or kept. This is new company
with contemplated capital Of 100000,
though only S3s 900 has been subscribed and
paid in. They employ fifteen or twenty hands,
sell their goods rs fast as made and expect to
increase the amount Of their business when
they get fairly under way.
j II. Orcutt & Co., furnish work for fifty
men about their slate quarry and their mills,
where they run two gangs Of saws night and
day, on roofing slate, which they ship to the
cities in large quantities.. And in quality,
their slate is said To compare fayorably with
that of the best quarries and mills elsewhere.
They also have n saw and planning mill, which
turns out about three fourths Of million feet
of lumber each year. They use part of the
water power which used to run the old Paine
factory, which they supplement with small
steam engine.
The old factory itself is now used by {. b.
| lutchins, for the manufacture Of what he
calls " Leather Board, an imitation of sole
leather-whieh is made, in part at least, from
waste pieces of leather which are gathered NJ
in shoe shops and other places where suel
pieces are to be found. We suspect that hi
- leather board is not quite equal in texture
to the skins Of the - beasts Of the field,
which were pronounced good By higt
authority--in fact, that it might, in ungar
nished phrase, be appropriately called " shod
d." though that implies no cheat, as its very
name conveys the idea Of mere imitation
which is all il is claimed to be- 1t is used fo
counters in soles, shanks etc, by shoemakers
and there seems to he a large demand for it 70
these purposes. Mr.. llutchins keeps ten o
twelve men and three or four girls, runs nigh
and day, and finds ready market for his goods
Mr.. Andrew Howarth employs in his wooei
mill, about a dozen men and as many girls, il
the manufacture Of white hannels, of whic
he makes in value about Sc, 600 per annum
Belknap, Ely & Co. keep thirty men bus
in the manufacture Of saw mills, water wheels
etc. which have so good reputation tina
they sell all they can make of them.
Daniel Bacon is now putting 10 stcal
prist mill in the rear of his new grain and fee
store, which is to be run by an engine Of THU
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