Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-04-17
General Vermont News.

iHose Shee factories that are always
seeking some place for location are apt "a
be IN degree irresponsible and are quite a.
ready to 90 elsewhere il more favorable
opportunity Is offered. The ease "f Pitts
Held, y. H., il au illustration. From a town
wan large manufacturing population and
busy shoe factories it has run down 10 al
most nothing While the apparent
benefits are large. the real results
have not always been entirely satisfactory.
what few democtats there are left in Yer
mont. about 100 in number. have received
lENIlfNpns TO meet at the Berwick House
| NlFA -, ana aItcI purts.llinrr or n liberal
banquet discuss the political situation. Dr.
Jd'kSun "t Barre Is most prominently men
toned a. candidate for governor and the
other offices which ordinarily 90 to the re-
Puhli'ans viii receive honorary nominations.
Henry L. King of Bellows Falls. one OF
th" founders VI the Vermont farm machine
company. and for years an honored business
man. died OF heart disease recently. very
suddenly. Mr.. King had retired from active
business. and was enjoying his declining
year pn his beautiful place one OF the pleas
ante-t situated in Bellows Falls.
Hiram s. AIlbee of Smonsyille. a promi.
nrnt farmer. died very suddenly Of pneu-
monia and spinal meningitis. He was sick
only few days. He leaves one son. editor
If the ilardwick Gazette one daughter and
widow.
Montpelier has contracted with the Con
-oldatrd Lighting company to light the city
for one year from April ! for ~ 900. The
streets are to hc lighted 800 nights in the
year until ll.30. and on special occasions ut
the request of the council until midnight.
The lighting of the city barn and the city
clerk office is included in the contract.
The Big Falls at North Troy has been sold
to Parker Il Hunt and @. VI. Fowler & Son
The purchase includes several valuable
water privileges and the new owners an
nouncc their intention of developing them
AT once IN consequence of this decision the
property owners of North Troy are antiri-
patilg boom Of unusual proportions this
season. The property is alongside the rail.
road and shipping facilities can br made OK
"eptionuiIy handy with small cost. The
owners have not stated what branch of man
ufacturc they will begin, but il Is expected
that sam" sort OF wood working will be be
gun,
Sugarng has not been as profitable a.
was hoped. The season began month late
and was seriously handicapped by poor
weather even then. Good judges estimate
that the product will be about one-half au
average crop. Yet III" usual quantity Of
pure Vermont maple sugar will he sold In
the ritN markets all over the country. The
quality varies greatly this year. som"
makers reporting exceptionally good sugar,
while others, apparently quite A. advan-
taEeou-ly situated, report just the op-
pOstn. The truth Is maple sugar, while a
very profitable crop, is a vet comparatively
little understood. There Is, in general, too
littlr ear" used In making and sap which
might yield excellent sugar Is spoiled in the
is very cxactine buSihR1-"i at attention. 1t
to give it the attention required 10 Prod6',
superior goods.
The new river and harbor bill appropriates
$4,000 for the harhor at Burlington and
$1,000 for the Otter Greek river AZ Nergen-
mes.
The business for the first quarter OF 1896 at
the Burlington pustOtlce amounted to S52,-
5000, the largest in the history OF the city
by q number of thousand dollars. The post
master attributes it to the general growth
throughout the city. OF this amount the
Weels Richardson company paid fully one
third.
II. T. Stevenson Of Brdttleboru has been
in the boot and shoe repairing business there
since lS4S.
Thicyery and getting money under false
prrtrnsrs are exceedingly common this
spring showing to what lengths the hard
times of the past winter have driven the
loating population. Most Of them are being
given an opportunity to work for their
board anyway. and that is more than many
have made through the winter.
The Lyndonyile board of trade at its last
meeting voted to instruct the Lyndonville
Journal to write up and publish special
edition descriptive Of the town and its ad-
vantages. J. II. Walbridge of st. Johns
bury who has been doing special work for
he st. Johnsbury Republican. has been en-
gagged to do the work and has already he
gun. There is Il prospect of the Ninde ma
,hinc company moving there, the price
being fully equipped building for which
the company will pay six percent.
The Bellows Falls opera house, always
bone of contention. has developed another
phase of difficulty a. unusual as it was un-
expected. Messrs. Biakoly Brosnahan.
responsible firm made the selectmen a prop
oaitlon for q ease which was refused. Inas-
much as the sum named amounted to fully
$500 more than is secured from the use OF
the building as at present managed. there Is
likely to he an opportunity for eXpla-
nation by the Selectmen. The gem
tlemen say that they have been un-
able to secure the use of the opera house
upon several occasions when first class at-
fractions would have gone there, even though
it stood idle on the nights wanting. All
these things are being laid up against the
present board of seectmen and there is
iiEely to he plenty of war at the next annual
meeting.
The Wilmington grain and lumber com
pany have put in considerable new machn-
cry, including a new palmer of increased
capacity and a new engine to accommodate
increasing business.
The Central Vermont Railroad company
Is going to make some extensive repairs on
the narrow guage road between Brattleboro,
and Londonderry. Some $4,000 new ties
will be replaced with modern structures.
new locomotive will be added to the equip
ment and it is now in the shops at st. Alhans
undergoing necessary repairs before being
put into use.
Milford has an inexhaustible supply of
blue granite of the finest quality which will
he developed his season.
At a special town meeting in Milton it was
voted to grade the road bed and Law the rails
for new railroad from point on the Cen
trail Vermont road to the Great Falls, Il dis
tance of about a mile. This action
is necessary to secure the great
paper industry which it is pro-
posed to establish there and which will fur
nish market for the lumber Of the region
The Lamoille river divides the town in
halves, and has within q distance of four
miles about six falls, one of which has
direct fall of over ninety feet, and the COM
bnation makes one of the finest water
powers in the state and it ranks Us one of
the finest in New England.
Bradley d. Newell, the famous healer from
Jacksonville. who heals for consideration
has raised his price from 50 to IS a heal.
He says himself that he helps only one
third of those he treats, but no one hears of
his returning twO-thirds of the income. He
has had a successful visit in Boston and re-
turned to his home laden with large num-
ber Of Boston dollars. There is danger,
however, that if the present crop of healers
keeps on increasing that the business will be
so overdone that no one will get anything to
do.
Negotiations are practically completed by
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