The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-25

IN practical use at his mandatory, and
which reduce the cost of the manufacture of
butter-tubs to minimum. Among the
most interesting, and at the same time sim
pie, OF these H. machine for shaving tub
hoops
PARKER e. sLAYToN's LARGE MANUFACTURE
ING PLANTS.
Few establishments in the Mad River val.
ley do larger business than do Parker q
Slayton, In one Of their mills run by
water, they manufacture common lumber
and lath and also do dressing and match
ing. They have just purchased the grist-
mill of Sylvester Banister and repaired it at
cost of 500. They are large dealers in
flour and feed and it takes no small amount
of feed to supply from sixty to eighty teams
during the winter. Farther down the stream
they have wheelwright and repair shop,
where they both repair and manufacture
wagons; also steam mill, where butter
tubs shingles, etc, are manufactured on
large scale Their plant is equipped with
twenty-five horsepower engine from the
Ames Iron Works. Oswego, N. Y They
own 1900 acres Of timber land, mostly
spruce, that is only two and one-half miles
from their mills.
UNLIMITED WATER POWER.
From the upper to the lower end of the
village there is fall of sixty feet in the
Mad River. Within this distance are To-
Gated four large dams, and below, for miles,
is unlimited water power.
MR.. BANGsrER AND HIS down EAST " FISH
STORIES.
A pleasant chat was enjoyed with Sylves-
ter Banister, whose pungent writings have
often found place in the columns of the
WATcHMAN. Mr., Banister had justreturned
| from fishing trip in Maine, and, while it Is
not intended to intimate that he told any
" fish stories" some of the yarns he spun
would look very large in cold type. He
evidently found paradise for disciples of
TX. Walton.
GREETED BY THE TOWN CLERK.
DR.. z. w. Slayton, the long time town
clerk, was just leaving town as the news
paper man called on him, but stopped long
enough to give him a cordial greeting and
to proffer him any assistance in his power
A vERITABLE CURIOSITY.
The butter-box factory of George Green
slit is doing a thriving business, while the
! old-fashioned up.and-down saw-mill of
| Will Thayer, curiosity in these days, con-
tinues to turn out lumber after the manner
| of our ancestors
FINE FARMS AND GOOD FARMERS.
But the manufactures of Warren are not
all the sources of the material prosperity
that is evident on every hand. To be sure,
| the mountains are closer and the valley is
not so wide az it is between Watsfield and
Moretown, but it is none the less produc-
tive. Among the fine grazing and dairy
| farms to which the attention of the reporter
was called were those of Frank Lamb,
Thomas Eagan, Henry Hartshorn, John
Gleason, Peter MOriarty George b. New
comb, James Tillotson, Pliny Carroll, w.
A Averill, James and Willard McGlatflin,
| Edwin Elliott, Albert Eldredge Hosea
Town, Amasa Fuller, John Levitt, w. P.
Hammond, Elisha Goodspeed, Oscar Hud-
son, Joseph Elliott, Mrs. A. E. Hanks, s..
I. Van Deusen, Joseph Carpenter Frank
Parsons, Elbridge Hanks, John Spauldiug,
Henry H. Moore, Asa Colby, F. A. Allen,
Henry and Frank Zurich, Joseph Tucker,
n. n. Robinson, Edwin Turner, Pliny
Parker, Darwin Dimick, and many more
that might be mentioned. The tidy and
thrifty general appearance of the farms and
farm buildings denotes individual prosper
ity, and impresses stranger with the tact
that the farmers in this region are progress
sive and fully abreast of the times.
IT is THOUGHT "sARNIA" WILL GET THERE.
"Sarnia" Heath was found busily en-
gagged in picking currants, and as confident
of his nomination for sheriff of the county as
a man can we'll be. The prospect of MIR.
Heath's nomination for this Office gives uni
versal satisfaction, not only in his own
town, but throughout the western part of
the county. Through the valley Of the
Mad River his nomination is considered
| certain.
CHARMING BIT OF MOUNTAIN SCENERY.
A drive up the stream five miles to the
"Y " of the Green Mountains, accompanied
by our genial and entertaining host, was one
of the pleasantest features of a delightful
day. Here the waters of the White and
Mad rivers rise and flow to Lake Champlain
and the Connecticut. Lovers of a noun
tain ride would be charmed at every turn
of the winding highway. Huge masses
OF rock are tumbed in wild confusion; the
highway is bounded on either side by rich
forests heavily wooded; cool mountain
streams, the home of the trout, sparkle now
and then under the numerous wooden
bridges while, as we ascend, the distant
views of mountain ranges and smiling fer
tile valleys form picture both impressive
and delightful. Denizens of crowded cities
who long for mountain air and are seeking
health and enjoyment in quiet, restful
place, if once they sojourned in the upper
valley of the Mad River, would return as
regularly as do the robins and bobolinks.
THE REPORTER WILL EVER BE HAUNTED BY
PLEASANT MEMORIES.
The WATCHMAN representative left this
region with feelings of genuine regret, and
carried away with him pleasant memories
of the trip that will live long after this story
is forgotten by those who read it.