Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-24
wIyDHlu COUNTY STATISTICS


Commi--ioucr VnIeniine'- Map.
A study of the map. recently issued by
Commissioner Valentine for the purpose of
showing the location of Nermonts aban-
doned farms. might lend one to suppose that
Windham county was tending toward I'M
poverlshment In TINS connection u Is ln-
tereStlng 70 compare Sne iasD WIN wy
tent Of loss from the abandoning of the
hin farms. for it seems to be conceded that
the river farms have gradually increased IN
value, while the population ana wealth. mas
continued TO gro" IN tne larteI YoN rs ga
80, -asa -, ,,,,,ia+io ", tba last g0 years
o1g though her grand list has increased
during that period SGD 500 In 1861. the
population of the county was 2b.Ho-' WINE
last wear record n'a'e ~. ~ ~ VI, tn5
'' ~" nv U-.,I;. r,i,.. ,,f Oh mia. and
irc,udir, BrattIsboro there are dozen
prosperous saving. banks whose combined
deposits amount TO about Slb,ooO. Oo', brat
uleuoro alone ,'u'i,'t
,j,. l-,,,-+,.,, ms, ,.,,. Loss tbon tine num-
her returned last wear. and the grand list
was SIS UuG These figures while not
showing an increase ln ponuiauoH' DO sho"
CohcluslFelN uHh' '"' " e"''u w W
~ 3l,,,tr.tl5 C ,, ,,,,rsa. IN npr
nor of loan qrants who find the state fruit
full ground for active canvassing
The above appears in SUNDAY Repuhli
can letter Of Jan - The correspondent
appears 10 be somewhat in error in part of
his figures but it is apparent that the com
positor j., responsible for share Of it BY
the last wears record Is evidently intend
ed the last census bv 1861. 1860 The hg
ures given 26 $50 and 2G, 1913 correspond
with the population of Wiudham county in
1860 aud in 1880 showing a loss of 2l9 :
but the period covered is 20 years instead
of 30. a, stated bv the correspondent. The
correspondent has also been misinformed
about the river farms. Of which he SAYS it
seems to be- conceded that they have grad.
uallv increased in value Several of the
hest river farms in the Connecticut valley
and also in the West river valley have been
sold within the last two wears for half. or
lass than half their former value. and plen-
~ of others are for sale at the same low
ra+a ,.itbopt buvers The correspondent
sa-s t,st in 1850 the population of the
,,,,,t,. was inst ore less than the number
,..+,,r,od last vaar This rather surpasses
,,,,,,,,.ahs,,.,,r The nearest approach to
.,,tb;,,, IN ,b. carsus returns Of the ten
da,adas -, corrasnond with this statement
i tho+ in 1850 the populatlon of Wiudhan
.ornt,. WAS inst three more than in 1910
T,.ora was ar increase of 727 in the popu.
la.ior If this copntv during the last censu,
da,.ds or from 1870 to 1850. while there
mos a loss durin., the same period in Chit
I'D, Franklin WASHINGTON and Windsor
,.o,,n+;s. Tho tvq, former though suffer
;,. Ioss of pouulotion do not advertis,
+hair cbsan lands for sale on Commissioner
vaiar+i,a,s man Franklin Chittendep
AddisoD and Grand Isle are the only coun
- bo,,ir,, ro red towns ON the man.
rha re5 color means nothing further
+ho, +ha+ tba towns so shaded CHANGED t,
bavs one ar more of the board of lister
Wiling tn co5perate with the commissioner
i, ,ho effort m re.neonIe the farms and in
tarinant and honest enough to report il
go r., tine commissioner circular. tn,
+rro condition of the farming lands in then
to,yns Thus the towns of Newport. Bar
ton Craftsburv and Glover are the onh
towns in Orleans county colored red, show