Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-25


l5arhe7 s blole class, when was lor man
Seal9 olie ~ 'ilt y, ilu?
fy that they owe the best RELIGIONS indu-
ences of their lives to the teachings and
the example OF Mr.. barnes. Ut mas been
vi unspeahapie pelleilU 10 ne younS llen
ganer,t;o,i tbat ,hee iaadinS hne1nees nan
of the place has been n man whose exam
pie has been wholly and strongly on the
side OF religion.
MI hntlle9 1 lIae "ee" HAPPY in MS Us. w.
pycplIent wifi. to whom he has been
united since May 1871, and by three sur
| wing children, his SON Lawrence H., and
Ms t"o 4au9hlelS, HlTS. r. W 9lhI!h ana
TLa,, ''o IA ,,nnth If thn 1,,j,
community i'm their pr,at loss. We have
all lost beuefactor, a friend Il good and
true man, one u1 God noblemeh.
BtsrNEss ENTERPRISES.
When MI Barnes left home TO seek his
fortune i'm the world he made his WAY
trst +o Noel,n, y II ,.bo,o ana of bis
'
prothers resided Lawrence obtained WORK
as Il carpenter in his brothers employ, re
ceiving the scanty remuneration of 81 for
eacb dnv of - hours, labor
,.',,,., ..,',.,.t. :, ~, ,.,.,,
" N"'7 So ~, ~ mo
ers employ, Lawrence Barnes accepted
employment from Messrs. j. a f.. Bald
win. manufacturers of factory spools and
hohI,in. in N,ubu, In tho two mr. tbra.
years lollo" my the nIHi louA" MS t"cU
ana saGacltY so Nhlutbie TO them that they
sent him to Saco, Me, to establish and
condrct d hr.ncb oonufoctorv Ar
49,, ,,,d ~ to, ,.an,s W. D,rrae
''ie emu VI 'e" 2e"i' WI h"iI'cS
resigned thla position ana enlpark-
ed in business on his individual ac-
couuU. With a little money which, bv
i,,d,,.t,,. o,,d f,.,,,,li,v no nod e,,ccao1aa
'',' ~,
III laying up anu sun oot"iheu On ms
own promlssory note from the Saco bank,
he bought 10000 acres of primitive forest
ON the Saco river. i'm the vicinity of tne
y,-,.i,a ,,,,,4',i,, Ca,,, atta,,,,.,,,
me- H'o"H'"'"9' ''Ooii "i'oi ""iu ne
SOLD hill the property TO Ihe MesSrs' BaId-
win, for twice the amount of the orr ginal
cost and i'm comDanv with Them hepan
oDerati0ns i'm Numbering. This underfuk
inc did not prosper, owing to the rapid
rise of the streams. the uncertainty of
hoating lo~s etc and the partners nHan.
d0ned if and sold the land For some
wears subsequently, Mr.. Barnes was i'm the
enlnloy of the Messrs. Baldwin. solicitinr
orders for them in the mauufacturinG
towns and cities of New England
He then once more ventured upon
indenendeut action. Purchasing half fha
interest of a numbering business at island
Pond. i'm this State. he devoted his ener
| pies to its DEVELOPMENTS But his partner
wns inefficient. and in n few months ali of
| Mr. BARNES investment had been LOST to
pether with several thousand dollars of
| h0rrowed money. But the intrepid ynIn,,
| man was not discouraged. A few weekS
| later he bought several million feet of
| lumber AT Trois Rivieres. in Canada and
/ gave his note for the value. With the
! kill of a nracticed carDenter he sorted the
| whole into lots adapted TO different hIiild-
! inc nurDoses. and made from the tr.usar.
! ton when The lumber was sold, three
/ times rs much as he had paid Fnronr-
| uUed hvthis sneculation Mr. Rnrnrs adam -
| ed anoiher plan of investment He contrnct
ed with several large Portland honse.
| tn sunulv several shin-londs of sn,,ar
noxes Which were then in great demnnd
ana 70 deliver the same NJ Nev Vnrl
For a time all went well: then the de-
mand for supal boxes suddenly ceased
r n'IIt firms failed mmIsr 'i h"vus
and machinery were almost vnlneiess and
lur0e debts messed for li,uidatinn IN
soITencv follryyed Mr. Rarues snid ~
nronerty to the hest a1vantnga Jividnd
he nroceeds among his crrditnrs md ,r.,v..
his notes for the balances mis- WIS in
IS55 MIR barnes now went hack tn NO.
Rlveres purchased nmber and hat tUI9
shipping it by boat to tins city for distri6u.
tion Inv rail To different n9inte in Nv,
En',Iand Rurlinpton wns then a snoIi
Mace Of about a000 mhahitnnts Varv
tittie business was transnctaJ l,arsS
and our merchants were ernharraeo'
Ell hv thn LARGE an,nIints nniL 70
cncoItra,,e railroad constrncf,on pt tn tb ne
noint' Cost of railroad transnortoti ilI'