The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-11-14
VERMONT'S BOOM.

Weathersfield is one of the waking
towns of this State. Already it ha s
voted to exempt any manufacturing en-
terprise from taxation for five years.
Il has unlimited water power and tim
ber for use in manufacturing or for fuel
It has one of the best lime works in the
State, the annual output reaching IA, 900
barrelr, and its possibilities in that di-
recIion are not nearly exhausted. Two
soapstone ledges are being worked, but
not to their full capacity. The stone
is among the best in the world for max.
ing stoves, wash-tubs and sinks. The
town needs capital. II it could be OBJ
tanned a verItable boom would take
place.
Some excitement has been caused at
Windsor by the discovery of a fine
grained green granite at the base of the
Ascutney mountain. Gray, pink. green,
all three colors of granite-are found in
this mountain, which is 8, 1920 feet high,
and composed of solid granite and gneiss
II such a deposit existed near Fort
Payne, Ala, an excitement would be
caused which would culminate a stock
company with sufficient capital TO work
the property to good advantage. But
Ascutney is in Vermont, and is likely
to stay there. In this it differes from
the capital-which leaves at the earliest
opportunity.
These WesterneTs and Southerners are
proving themselves much wiser IN their
day aud generation than we are of New
England. While New Englsnders are
putting forth every effort 10 build up
the waste places in these States, and TO
bring back to New England those who
have wandered away from her green
hills, the willy Westerner or the shrewd
Snutherner comes in and offeres the New
England editor ride and away he goes
After a general good time the editor
returnes to paint in glowing colors the
land he has visited as flowing with milk,
honey and money. These articles are
carefully written and treat the subject
in hand exclusively. Very hum drum
and ordinary of necessity are the arti
cles written by the same pen on Yer.
mont, for the fine dinners and suppers,
the receptions and the beautiful rides
through the country in Pullman cars
cannot be worked in. AS we said at the
beginning these Westerners and South
erners are willy fellows and are out wit.
ting the New Englanders every time.
The owners of the mari bed two miles
south OF Williamstown have commenced
to build double lime kiln, and will burn
enough lime to test the value Of their
purchase. Samples of mortar made 40
years ago from lime burned there are as
hard as a rock, and ring when struck
with any metallic substance. The
owners of the bed are wealthy, and this
industry promises to be valuable one
for the town.-The mari is found in
what was known as Lime Pond, and is
about 1000 feet above sea-level. Some
time in the thirties, Josiah White, a
mill owner, opened a trench In the bar
/ rier Of the pond to increase his mill priv
! ilege, and by so doing caused the waters
/ OF the pond to run away. In the greater
part Of the bed Is found fine-gralned
paste, consisting mainly OF comminuted
fragments of shells that have been ac-
cumulaling there for ages This paste
is moulded into large bricks and when
these are burned IN the kilns, the pro
duct is lime of an excellent quality.
A dispatch from Bristol, daIed yester
day, says: "a party of six gentlemen,
farmers from this section, with three
teams, started for the eastern part OF tn
State this morning aud will visit Ver-
shire, Chelsea and around in that vlcin-
ity with a view TO purchasing farms
which have been offered at so cheap
rates. They will return the last OF the
week, and If the farms there are as stated
they will undoubtedly purchase"