Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-07-03

/ air. There was no dust, and the sunshine
/ ana perfectly clear atmosphere made every
/ thing appear al its brightest and best From
various points of view We looked over the
+ "Fairbanks village. WIKI Us numerous
f and extensive buildInr- devoted 10 tne scale
works. and the elegant mansions of Horace
Franklin and Ihaddel- iaIrDanks the
+ various Inanuiac5orics Oh tha Passumpslc
/ rirer and Moose river. among them Ely shoe
/ anu sBo7o.liacro-y. Paddock machine snop
ana foundry. N. + Bowman BRICK yard,
the file w1rk- ANA moving ana threshIng
machine iartor.c.. etc.. ot sc drove
through rae beautiful cemetery. ana from
the TOP Of one OF the higher hills go, fne
look-5f .nt Cluall The urive ended %
tle
FiIuElyr- scilr w1zEs.
4 10 tour o. winch another hour anu hal.
was spent. It I- NOT every day tnat one
+ has au opportunity o. look through man
niactorv whose ro3f cover fa. a~-s Of
flooring. orervwucre Hummirr with active
ministry which employs slf aanarel wors-
men. mos Of them skilled and intelligent
American mechanics. vino own tnelr homes.
the neat and often handsome houses. which
give ~aoa q character OF neatness and thrift
70 the village. winch mc.t- eaH-t4-a. tons
OF iron every weekday. besides hoav5
weights OF brass. which economics labor 81
every point. t7 the use ot most ingenious
1nachinary. largely invented ana patented
bv its owner. which keeps O stock Of tive
million Ieat OF lumber forts own use, which
makes from the raw material almost every
thing II uses. down % me varnlsh winch or-
namenrs IT, wures ana winch supplies lr-
wo-kmou wita almost everything needed for
Housekeeping. provision. clothing. crock
cry. furniture. dry goods. .c. 81 wholesale
prices. To the bigger portion Of the party.
me sirhc was a new revelation. They knew
there was O. great scale factory In 81.
JohnsDury. bus a.. that is involved IN
makinr SCALE io- tie civilized world
had not occurred 30 them. Messrs. Horace
am Franklin FaI-nanEs accompanied the
visitors and c1urteousIy explained the -ys-
tens employed 10 sccarc economy of time
anu marcr.1- the working OF the machines
ana 1no methods oi testing the scales 20 enc
sure absolute accuracy showed the stand
ara weight OF ali countries. French. ing
fish. Russi1u. Turkish. even the standards
Of the various ,ant1n- OF China. marked
with characters which the makcrs can lmI-
tate bur cannot read. The concern make
tne custoln-hou-s and p0sr0mce scale tor
the Unitod States government. me standard
scales and weights 10y all me States and Joy
me Dominion of Canada. anu It- scale are
regularly exported TO AL civilIzed anu 10
some half-ci7iIized counuie-. 1hey nave re-
Gently opened house in on.whieh has
largely increased their oricrs.aul future
ai continued expansion ami 7ucce-- seems
to be before them
THr "TRIP T1 Wrsr cl1..E.
After dinner. ct 2 O'Clock. the party once
more took @ special tram 20 look over the
road east OF ST. soinsnH-y. The track is
now laid up Moose river, eight mue-. 20
West Concord Fourteen miles more Will
take il 10 the Connecticut and to q co~0ec- /
zion with Boston by the Concord and In-
treal road. and another wear will doubles
give it IT'S direct connection with Portland
and Boston through the White Mountain
Noua. There is nothing of especial note at 4
West Concord. The lumber cuisines of the .
region ALREADY gives tine road good deal Of
frelrht.and It Will increase as the road is ez- }
teaa1d. Returning az hali-pa-t four. the .
mempss- OF the parry had time to visit, /
among other objects of intere-t
THE ATHENEuu
should ike 90 take the time and space TO {
describe this faliy. but. Of course. cannot DO /
so in the limits of thiz letter lt is the I
mobiles; public beneiacuou ever made 10y I
private munihcence ia Vermont Think
of ia large and elegant edihce Of 4
pressed brick with brownstone trimmings, q /
library of "a 600 yoiumes, selected with 7
great Judgment ana care with reference to /
ats value 20 such community library /
rooms. r:ch and elegant and convenient IN /
ali their fittings as the finest private iorar- I
ies. q spacious lecture hall q picture 4
gallery OF handsome proportions, with
o lection. which. though but begun. con-
/. IN already Bierstadt great painting Of /
/ c ''Dome~ Of the ! osemite which oc-
,upie with it, broad canvas the entire
md Of the gallery. and the sight Of which
nany o. the party declared would alone pay
INV one for coming from Burlington 70 ST.
Johnsbur with other paintings by hubner,
# Dusseld )rf, McEntes. De Haas Hart,
rait. Beard. Bryant. Clifford. Lamdin. among
ne best of i nerican landscape, animal and
igure rainte s-and all. with the services
# the erltiv:4 ted and courteous librarian.
H.. Thaver. given free TO the public,
W one man. Hon Horace Fairbanks
,ueh an INST Triton, both in itself and
n It's example of liberal and public
-nirited use of " salth cannot but be great
,ducator. Some of the party inspected the
rev Academy. the finest high school build
NJ in the State. rected BY Mr.. Thaddeus
lairbanks some visited the grounds and
Of Il on Horace fairbanks
md Col. Franklin Fairbanks. which are
lied with tropical IT ses. such as the caout-
.houc. the camphor. cinnai non. aloe acacia.
panama. and various kinds OF palms, and
With rare and beautiful exoties OF many
7arieties. and the orchard houses filled with
peach trees. on some Of which tbs peaches
are now ripening. Nothing can he inner
than some OF the Australian and other
foreign ferns in the conservatory on the
handsome new place of Col FairbaDks-
Thus the time sped quickly. The man
object of the excursion was in tine meantime
by no means forgotten. The
RAILROAD MEETINGS
held on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings