Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-18
Waterbury Items.

Among the enterprising business men Of this
| vicinity. quietly pursuing "the even tenor Of his
way" Is Mr.. II. o. Ward manufacturer Of lum:
Der. His residence Is on the Duxbury side and
| his mill II at louisville In that town, but his
business Is done in this village and his shipm ents
are made from the railway station here He owns
about nine hundred acres Of timber land in Dux-
bury, buys largely OF the farmers In that vicinity
and takes the product OF mills at South Duxbury
and in other localities. In the year 1882 Mr..
| Ward sold $4,000 feet OF lumber and sawed
100000 feet for customers making his total trans
actions nearly round million feet For the
| last two years he has bought from 2 5OO to 5000
logs from his neighbors, In each year. or his
sales 100000 feet was clapboards 10000 feet
hard wood apd the balance, spruce dimension
stuff and boxing Every year wood and lumber
are becoming more scarce and more valuable
articles. The forests these rough hills OF Dux-
| bury, Waterbury and Moretown, II worked judi
| ciousy with wise regard TO their preservation
and the reproduction OF their stores OF wood and
| lumber NAV afford an income to the prudent lum-
bermen as permanent and relatively as profitable
as the pastures and the titled fields to the farmer.
| But In the management OF these woodlands the
| principles OF good forestry should be understood
and regarded. For the most part these lands are
rough and rocky, valueless except for growing
| timber. II they are "skinned," fire and the
washings OF the rains and melting SHOWS will
| make an end OF the light vegetable mould which
| TO great extent forms the soil, and II a new
growth gets a foothold at all the chances are II
will be wild cherry, poplar or white birch instead
OF the more valuable kinds which compose the
original growth. Daniel Moody fell into a
small stream in the lane leading to Whaon's
| slaughter house last week. was drawn into a
| sluice way and narrowly escaped drowning. His
| calls for help attracted Mr.. Whalon's attention
who came to the rescue Mr.. Moody Is well ad-
vanced In years, Of large stature and the small d.
mansions OF the suce held him prisoner In un-
comfortably close and wet quarters. ...A. H.
SelleCk Is going to Boston into the employ of the
Colby Wringer Company. He takes the place Of
Mr.. j. j. Colby who has been transferred to the
| Chicago agency of that company. Mr.. Selleck Is
| stirring energetic man. The company will gain
good servant and Waterbury will lose good
| citizen Mr. Seleck is the owner of q desirable
mill in Mill village In which he has done good
business at wool carding and wood turning. He
has turned 10000 fork handles for the Barre
| company during the past year and Ia satisfied
with his pecuniary prospects here but an oppor-
tunty to educate his child is the great induce
ment to make the change. Deficient educational
facilities have induced people to leave town, have
prevented others from coming In and are yearly
sending away at great expense the boys and girls
who aspire to even a fair academical education
80. Charley Stewart Is ready to serve the people
Of Waterbury and vicinity who have houses to
paint, outside or inside, windows to glaze or
rooms to paper. The people OF this vicinity
have received convincing proof that Fred G
Graves keeps good stock OF wall paper and SINH
lar goods. The snow has disappeared as II by
the aid of magic. The streets which week ago
were under snow and ice are now bare and dry
So. The sngar-makers, 1t is greatly feared, are
badly left this year and great source Of income
to many farmers is this year a failure. Many
have not tapped and those who have will not
make enough TO pay expenses Such at least IL
the present outlook, and 1t is difficult to see what
can change it for the better. The butter market
was lively Monday forenoon, with quite large re-
ceipts. Although prices are low, still they no
lower than last week, and that is encouraging.
I'D. Hopkins will be in the usual place in
Knights cellar, at the of Griggs shoe store,
next Monday, where he will buy butter for the
season.