The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-19
Washington County.
w WASHINGTON County is the central County Of
V V the State. 1t occupies substantially all the

w the State. 1t occupies substantially all the
upper half of the Winoosk Valley from it's head in Cabot
to the west line of Chttenden County. The main
branches of the Winoosk in this County are Kinpsbury
Branch Stevens Branch, Dog River Mad River North
Branch and Waterbury River With these and the nearly
one hundred ponds, the nnumerable brooks and noun
tain rlls the gushing springs from every hill sde it is
well watered. 1t is emphaticay the Land of forest
lake and mountain river
1t is almost wholly an agricultural County and one of
the best food producing regions in the country Orig
naly wooded with heavy growth of maple Birch beech
ASH elm, spruce, hemock and pine, it became, when
cleared good strong soil fitted for the immense crops of
grass, oats wheat potatoes barley, rye etc. ETC.
that have been raised for hundred years in the
Winoosk Valley, without any general failure. Fifty to
seventy-fve bushels of raised on the river
meadows, and the uplands seventyfve hundred
bushels of oats three hundred to 500 of potatoes are
often harvested from an acre. The hay crop averages
over ton the acre. while the pastures about 900
horses, 400 21,000 cows 1000 young cattle
and 49, 900 sheep. Our annual clip of wool is 100000
pounds yearly make of butter over 5000 900 pounds
maple sugar 100000 pounds, the largest amount of
sugar and syrup Of any County in the State.)
On the whole, although mountainous and hlly, this
County equals in quantity and quality of productions any
in the State and probably it equals that of the same
amount of hill land in the whole country.
Besides these fine farming facilities this County has the
honor of having the capital of the State The State
House, State Library, State and U. S. Supreme Court
buildings State Cabinet and also the County buildings
at Montpelier, thrifty and prosperous village in the
center of the County. Montpelier is not only rich in
public buildings, but also in churches schools mercantile
banking insurance and other corporate individual en-
terpses 1t is in fact FORTS SIZE of the busiest v
lest and richest towns of the State
Barre is the most popuous town in the County having
gained about 1000 in the last decade Here is the head
center of the granite works. employing several thousand
and some millions OF capital, and the business is
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and is seemingly ineXhaustble in quantity. Three rail
roads have been built within the last few wears to this
town mainly to accommodate this work The same form
alton of granite extends through Berlin, Plainfeld,
Narshfed, Cabot and Woodbury. Many fine quar1ies
are being opened in the towns of Woodbury. and
Hardwick and branch railway sbeng constructed to
them Through Roxbury, Norhfeld, Berlin, Montpelier,
East Montpelier Calais and Woodbury. extends broad
belt of clay slate in which several quarres have been OBJ
ened at Mortified and one at Montpelier
Mortified is good farming town, and is the seat of
Norwich University fine military and classical institu
ton 1t is also town of considerable manufactures of
various kinds.
Waterbury is hourshing and wealthy farming town.
and has the State Insane Asylum
Waitsfed, Berlin, East Montpelier, Planfeld, Calais,
Barre and Cabot among the best farming towns in
the State. Warren, Fayston, Moretown, MiddIesex.
Worcester, Roxbury, Woodbury., Marshied and Duxbury
all contain much fine land together with much forest and
broken stony land
Land is wonderfully cheap in of these hill towns
Good old homesteads with substantial and convenient
buildings, with the purest of spring water at house and
barns and the finest sceney earth all around are Of
ered for from $40 to $50 per acre. often less than the
buildings would cost, while farms with poorer buildnos
and convenences be had from s. to SO per acre
and most of these lands are, might easily be made to
be- wonderfully productive
The numerous saw mills the rivers and brooks fur-
nsh good market for lumber The railroads are con-
IL. Al,
to market Our roads, schools and churches are first
class, fishing and hunting should please the sports
man, climate is heathful, scenery beautiful
Just why person should better place to live in
than Washington County Vermont, better place to
move into is one of the things past finding out