The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-12-26
The Upper West River Valley.
Its Business and the Outlook for the
Coming Year.
NO. 2.

Three miles below So. London
derry on the B. & w. r. R., and in
the town of Londonderry, is Winhall
station, locally known as Goshen.
Some three or four houses and a mill
constitute the immediate surroundings
of the station, yet, it is one of the
largest shipping points on the line of
the road. The mill, above spoken of,
owned by l.. St.Marie does a good
business, shipping large quantity of
dimension timber, lumber, lath and
shingles. This is also the shipping
point for ii. j. Stewart, one of the
most successful manufacturers of
chair stock, in the rough, in this sec
ton. But the larger portion of the
freight dispatched from this point is
first drawn from five to ten miles
flom the town of Winhall. Hence,
the appropriate name of the station.
Passing up the Winhall river,
stream abounding in excellent water
privileges, some five miles, over
very easy up grade, will be found the
village of Bondyille, located near the
eastern line of the town of Winhall.
1t is very pleasantly situated and con-
tains good hotel, two stores, a
church, recently repaired and relitted
throughout in very creditable man
ner, blacksmith and repair shops and
all the adjuncts of a prosperous little
village including a daily mail to and
from. Here is located the mill and
chair factory of III. +. Duane,
young, energetic man, who works in
to chair stock about 100000 feet of
hard wood, and this year will make
large quantity of spruce boards.
Here G. W. Chaffin is putting up
steam shingle factory and will shortly
have it in operation. Mr.. Chaffin is
fine mechanic and can make a mill,
water wheel or an engine and will
doubtless be able to make shingles,
and good ones, too. Three-fourths
of mile above the village is the well
known Graham mill property. This
is one of the largest and best equip
ped chair factories in this section.
1t is now idle and offered for sale
(See advertisement on local page.
Two miles above this is the mill of
the Burbee brothers, formerly the old
Cummings mill. These gentlemen,
George and W. I'll. Burbee, took this
property about two years ago, rebuilt
and fitted it up with machinery and
went to work like beavers, but lust as
they began to see daylight through
their business, the mill was burned
down. Nothing daunted, like true
men, they rebuilt the mil and are
pushing their work vigorously. They
will work up, the coming year, about
400, 900 feet into boards and chair
stock, besides getting out considera-
BILE dimension timber. One and
half miles above this is the large Nc
Intyre mill now owned by H. j. Full
Ter. Fuller means business every
time he turns around and of course it
booms. He works up, annually,
about Sl,000,000 feet into boards
and jiggered chair stock. This year
he will increase the amount. On the
old turnpike, some five or six miles
from Bondville is located the steam
saw mill of Seaver & Bigelow, driv-
ing pushing men. They were burned
out last fall but have rebuilt and will
the coming season get out about 500,-
900 feet. In the north east part of
the town is the mill of M. w. New
ton. Mr.. Newton deals largely in
chair stock, mostly backs, and works
up about 10000 feet year. He
pushes his business and keeps from
four to six horses constantly engaged
in drawing his stuff.
This town still contains large
quantity Of valuable, growing timber,
and the numbering outlook is very
good. The farming interests are also
reviving, and in the spring cheese
factory will go into operation. 1he
farming lands are highly adapted to
grazing and stock raising. The town
contains but few, if any, of the So
called abandoned farms, yet there are
many that can be purchased very
cheaply, and ON which men who spend
their time on their farms, instead of
sitting around the village stores and
hotel, as is the case in many places,
can do we'll
A correspondent of the Rockland (Me.)
Courier reports new cause for pension.
He says Il veteran in Union is = suffering
from strengthening of the brain. general