Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-05-01
ISLAND POND. VT. FRIDAY. MAY l. 1896
General Vermont News.


number IN the whole country being /. .O34
OI3. There are only eleven Confederate
veterans In the state and fourteen vice IS OI
COnfederHtes.
\ new switch board with 80 drops has
been put into the central station of the
[ Euoshurgh telephone COMPANY New instru-
. ments have been put In 10 replace the old
. ones in use 10y the Citizens comuauy before
Z II passed into the control OF the Enosburgh
( company. The line is now connected with
. the Peoples line SO that there is close con-
nection through II. Albans To Richford
Horse distemper l. prevailing To AN I'M
. usual extent all over the state thiS spring.
Very many valuable animals have sucrumbcd
to the disease, which seems 10 spare no con-
dition or environment
The latest telephone scheme is To- connect
/ MOrrisville, Hyde Park. Waterbury and
Stove. Citizens of these towns are TO form
stock company for the purpose OF owning
/ and operating the line and furnishing good
/ service at nominal price. If the plan is
/ successful other towns will probably under
take the same thing so that, under normal
Z conditions of development Vermont will vet
be covered with telephone lines which will
I give good service AT small cost
Rev. J.. W. Cummings has purchased jol
printing Office in Barre and will begin the
publication Of monthly called Barre Gran
/ lte. Until recently he has been pastor of the
Presbyterian church.
4 bell foundry will soon be added to the
industries of Fair Haven. A Boston firm has
decided 10 locate there aud will employ $50
! hands. The citizens have raised $50 900 in
stock 10 put into the enterprise.
There is a commendable endeavor r to Sc
/ cure attention for home industries Several
Of the state press are trying to induce in
vestor- TO put their money into home enter
prises, strengthening what is already es-
} tahlished rather than to invest in new en-
t"rprises which may be schemes of foreign
capitalists. To secure the most possible
labor to work up the least possible raw ma
terial Is the proper way to enlarge pUpula-
tion and increase business. More attention
Is being paid to these matters than ever be-
fore and the appearance Of new industries
all over the state to work up native raw
material is proof that the advocacy of com
mon sense methods hy the state press hasn't
been in vain.
A. II. Wolfes restaurant at White River
Junction was raided a few days ago and a
small quantity of hop beer seized. The
analysis showed but 20j TO 2.j7 percent Of
alcohol and the states case amounted to
nothing for lack Of evidence to prove the
sale Of int0Nieants
The furry in hotel circles at ESSEX June
tion is over. and Mr.. johnson has re-opened
his house on the temperance plan ayerring
that no intoXicants will be sold under any
circumstances. One hotel ought to be able
To exist there, but when two are opened it
takes more or less liquor traffic TO make up
the deficiency in the revenues caused by
lack Of guests.
The Sunday News il a new venture in
journalism at Burlington. 1t is IL pages.
The Sunday sun. started TO spite the News
was launched the same day.
Work on the Hardwick Woodbury. rail
road from Hardwick To the Woodbury. quar-
ries, began this week. A large gang of Ital-
ian labOrers will arrive the last of this week
an trains are expected 10 be running by
June 10 or July l. The question of the re-
seems to he wet' ST44its COMPANY mere ere
company has authorized no definite state
ment of it, purposes. 1t can have land for
the location ofits immense shops at reason
able rate, and that was practically all that
prevented, the question Of expense fora sit
making the choice between this town and
Woodbury. problcmatical. But the location
wanted by the company can he secured at
( low figures, and the last obstacle seems to
have been swept away If the company
comes it will he Immediately. and a ] rge
amount of building must be done here to
accommodate the increase in population uc-
casioned by the move. Other firms are con-
sdering the advantages offered here for
profitable operation and Hardwick seems
destined to enjoy an unusual growth this
season.
4 Barre paper stated short time ago that
! the only way to sell other Vermont granite
{ was to say that it came from Barre. Desper-
ate eases frequently demand desperate rene
1 dies. but no one supposed that Barre : bust
ness was dropping off so that such state
ments were required to bolster it up. That
| leaves out of consideration Ryegate with its
! immense quarries which have been profit
| ably worked for years and whose granite is
| sold ON its merits as granite not because it
| comes from Barre or any other place
! Hardwick has large Quarries, which have
! yielded superior stone longer than the quar-
| ries at Barre. There are monuments of
| Hardwick stone standing in numberless
| cemeteries of the country erected long be-
! fore anybody knew that Barre had decent
| stone for that purpose. There is constantly
| increasing demand for Hardwick stone be-
! cause it is Hardwick stone, not because il
masquerades under the name of Barre
| product. Such statements are absurd.
| The bicycle trade in Vermont this season
| Is going to be something remarkable If early
indications amount to anything There
! never was such demand for wheels. and if
it continues the trade will amount to prob
| dbil HuuuTtuS VI tuOuSuutS OF uOlldFS. ne
! call is chiefly for high grade wheels,
though a few want the cheaper varie-
| ties. The cheap ones are so good this year
| that they suit almost as well as the high
| priced ones. Every village has one or more
| agencies and large sums of money are being
| expended in advertising not only by the
| firms themselves, but by the local agents
| who are seeking for trade The best results
| are the improvement to roads and the i'm
| prevent in health arising from out door eN-
| ercise.
A tremendous thunder storm swept over
the state last week. doing much damage in
widely separated portions of Vermont.
| Roads We're washed worse than for years,
buildings were struck and burned by light
ming, and number of farm animals we're
| killed. Fortunately no person was injured
though several were shaken up. The season
has started in with great force and if il
| keeps up it will be phenomenal for its disas-
ters by flood and fire.
| Wells river wants water and electric
light station. The village has no water sup
ply now and its lights are primitive.
The Keene furniture company has COM
| pleted the purchase of large tracts of tim
ber in Chittenden and Pittsfeld. The lum-
her will be shipped to its works in Keene.
| \. II.
The stone cutters in c. H. Moore & Co. s
oiouH ~ hloilt pcllcI, slruck DbCduse tne
firm failed to sign the bill of prices. The
difficulty was afterward amicably adjusted,
and the work goes on as usual.
The Barre members of the Granite State
Provident association are moving to secure
a permanent injunction so that the $4,000
now on deposit in the local banks can be re-
tanned and distributed among those who
have put money into it.
Lyndonville is raising money by p, ular
subscription to rut in 81 800 fire alarm.
Hardwick will organize board of trade