Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-02-10

expect such results when one fair election
and truthful count has taken place III that
| State.
! The Troy Times tells of a recent trial,
which it locates in this State, where n
! plaintiff in a justices court related
how he had been assaulted, and closed
with the remark pointing to iuryman :
"He saw the whole affair ami knows all
about it, Whereupon the allknowing
! juryman was dismissed, and one who
didn't know nothing about it was placed
in his stead. The Troy Times adds: at
might occur to the feeble non-iudicial
mind that juror in the case who under
stood the actual facts was very desirable
wheel to have in the machinery of jus
tice.' The story may or may not be true,
but the comment is good in either event.
The Vermont Registration report for
1885 seems to show that we were
getting out of the divorce slough. In
1880 :he record was 1919, one 10
every 90 marriages in 1855, 81 divorces,
one to every PSI marriages. This was an
encouraging gain. But in lSS6 we have 1919
divorces AGAIN, or one to every go O3 mar
riages. We don't succeed in getting
out of the pit as well as the IA
nous frog in the problem. Chittenden
county had nine divorces, or one to 81 80
marriages-the most respectable ratio eX-
cept one in the whole State and compare
lively decent. The highest ratio was in
Orange county-13 in all, or one divorce to
9.S3 marriages. The lowest and most hon
orabe was in Addison county, two in all,
or one to 81 marriages. 1t is unnecessary to
point out to the mismatched and Connubi-
ally disappointed the advantage of "a re-
moval to some town in Orange county.
State. County and City Statistics for
1886.
We give few more figures from the
thrtieth Registration Reports, Just issued
by the Secretary of State.
Whole number of deaths in the State
1929, of whom 5005 are said to have reach
ed an average age of GOA years (our calcu-
lation makes it 60 50 an incredible length
of days even for Vermonters. Percentage
of deaths to population Isl. Deaths in
Chittenden county, 600 ; average age, 1926
years; percentage 1.S3 Deaths in this
city, 265 average age, 1913 percentage,
2.33. OF these deaths, ninetUtlCO lCCrc
under ycdr-mOrG than OnC-Hird. Here
is problem To be studied, and an evil to be
remedied, if possible. In Colchester,
with about one-third the population
of Burlington, there We're 90 deaths under
one year in total of %. The total of
such deaths tor the State is S97, or 1859
per cent. of the whole number-a ratio far
too high. Think of it In Vermont less
in al Df I ha rltrh nr live tn
the end of the first year Still births are
included in these figures total for State
IFS. Omitting these, over one-ninth of all
who die in the State do not live twelve
months.
Whole number of births in the State.
6,4S4, a gain over deaths of 1,3S5-the re-
port cautiously says ''of more than 1000"
This is one birth to every 81 in the popula
ton. In this county the number is 1888, or
to every &c of the population-the high
est ratio in the State, save in Essex
county, where it is to 35.l. In Benning-
tou county it is l to 50 S-a very bad
showing for Bennington. OF the 113 plu-
raj births. this county is credited with 9.
OF 81 illegtimate births recorded 10 are
set down to Chittenden county. OF the
births in this county, 81 are said to be of
foreign-born parents.
The total of marriages was 25S5, or 100
less than in 1885. This county is credited
with AS persons married among the
American population, and l05 among the
foreign born, or with 294 weddings in all.
This Is the larg, st number. Rutland county
follows with 2S3 weddings Marriages in
this city ll9; and 1893 of the married were
hi.fH
marriages, in November-322 least in
July-l46. The marrying season seems to
last from September to and including
January
We gave the number of divorces few
| days ago as l29, or to eN cry 90 03 marriages.
The wife was the libellant in % cases, and
the husband in a. Washington and
! Windsor counties lead the unsavory list
with IL each Franklin has Is; Addison
| but 2; Grand lie but /. Orange is said
on p. 81 TO have 49, or | divorce to 9s3
marriages on p. ~ to have 49, or l to
95}. Note that in Orange, the banner
county for divorce suits, the birth rate is
only TO 20 of population
! COmpH ing these figures now with the
records Of the last 30 years. Wc shall find
that the number of living births for 1>,6,
CHG, was les by los than the average.
that the number of deaths was 23J
above the average; and the number
of marriages just above the average.
When we remind ourselves that the popu-
lation of the State was HISS more in ls,U
than in 1850, we find very little cause for
/ consra,uiadou in the figures OF this re-
port.
Deaths from aiphthaia. me- a-au. 100
average Ion 80 years of94l; feoa rcta.
lli against AN average OF 2,s; from
saule'na ,L against uu average Of la3
, from o0d oae i2j, with average Of 3l3.
These figures indicate improved hygiene
or Increase of skill IN medical treatment
In every lO,OoJ in the population, there are
said TO be l3 IN Rhode Island who reach
50 NeNrs OF uNar LIZ In Gnnnncl icnI 10 In