Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-10-24


Among the profitable and valuable farms
in the east part of Dummerston, is the one
owned by Joel NJ. Haven of Rutland. d. S.
Ormes lives on the place and has the man
agement of the farm. He is hired by Mr..
Haven 10 DO the farm work at a fixed salary,
by the year The farm consists of l3j acres,
about half of which is plain or meadow land,
under good cultivation. 1t is located six miles
from Brattleboro on the main road leading to
Bellows Falls and is the well-known Haven
place" which has been handed down from
father to son, grandson and great-grandson.
Since it came into the hands of the present
owner Mr.. Haven, many improvements have
been made on the farm. Extensive repairs
on the house were made, and new barn, 40
by GO feet, was built a short time previous to
the coming of Mr.. Ormes five years ago. Al
though there was ample barn room for all
the products of the farm at that time, yet I'M
der the recent good management the crops
have so increased as to require additional
room for storage; therefore an addition was
built on to the new barn, PC by so feet. Last
year both barns were filled to the ridge pole.
This year the harvest is equally good. The
amount of stock on the farm, nearly all of
which will be fed on the place through the
winter, is eight horses, twelve COWS, and thir-
teen other head of cattle. Also, there are, at
present, seven or eight hogs and twenty-five
pigs. A portion of these are for sale. The
corn crop of nine acres is excellent. Other
grains have yielded well, and the crop of hay
was extra good. No fruit on the place this
year. Within a year or two, many rods OF
picket fence have been made on each side OF
the highway leading through the farm and
past the dwellings The buildings are all
newly painted, and these, in their present
condition, with the painted fences, give the
place an outlook of neatness and prosperity.
The heavy freshets within year past have
damaged land near the dwellings, where the
brook crosses the highway; but Mr.. Haven
was equal TO the emergency and Instructed
his farm manager to build an aqueduct to
convey the water from the culvert where II
crosses the road to the ravine beyond, run
ming down to the river. The aqueduct will
be finished in the course Of few days. 1t is
thirteen rods long, two and one-half feet
wide and three feet high. The walls are &C.
mented and are covered with large tagging
stones, and the ''washout" will be filled with
new earth from neighboring hill. James
Boyd does the mason work. He is quite con-
fdent that it is equal to anything OF the kind
in Windham county. He thinks it cannot DO
beaten for the same money. Judging from
the figures he gave us, the cost of the aque-
duct will be about thirty-two dollars a rod, or
a total of SAG. We are not a skilled me-
chanic, but venture TO say that all the work
has been well done. Paramount water-works
at Philadelphia are wonderful the Croton
aqueduct at New York is stupendous; but
this water-course that Jim" has built Is
decided success
There must be something wrong in re-
gard to accommodations for passengers wish
ing to stop at the Dummerston railroad sta
ton, judging from the experience some have
met with who wanted to leave the cars at
that place. Last Saturday night, Rev. j.
Merrill from Aubundale, Mass, expecting
to leave the train at Dummerston, was car
ried several rods beyond the station, and left
/ in the dark it was about II O'Clock at night