Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-05-22
General Vermont News.

The annual report Of the board Of agricul-
ture has been received, and is a very inter-
eStlng document. IL saws in brief From
the reports received il is found l,6I7 farms
have been sold during the year. of this mum
ber 1873 were previously unOccupied. This
number Is a little less than has been found
In preceding years. and it Is quite
likely largely due TO the fact that d
less number OF towns have reported
The reports received show that during the
year II ,0gl 800 has been invested ia new
manufacturing enterprises are furnishing
employment to .Ol0 persons. These enter
prises are distributed among the counties
rs follows Bennington, capital. S49. 500
employed, Is Caledonia. S2G 900. ) Chit
tenden. s2lO.O00, 200 Essex. s3s, 600, q
Franklin, slO3.OOO. 30 Lamoille, IS, 1000 8
Orange, S2l 600 43 I: Orleans s43, 500 l06
Rutland, S2j3. 500 304 Washington, 1l25.-
600, 3 : Windham, Sl55000. l2S Windsor,
So. 500. 81.
Hon. L. y. Vail Of Lyndon has purchased
OF III. +. Pillsbury trout pond in Sutton.
known as the Big Fish pond. Mr. Vail has
taken measures 10 stock it and will make il
private preserve. Later on. IL he has
good success with it, he will erect a club
house and stock the surrounding woods
with game. He has already taken steps to
procure lot of pheasants for breeders
Their eggs will be set under bantamS and
the young birds thus Matched and reared
will be put out in the woods about the pond
Mr.. Vail is prominent member Of the Fish
and Game league. and the work he is doing.
while for the immediate benefit of himself
and friends, will naturally have a beneficial
effect in stocking the waters through which
Big Fish pond has it, outlet. and also the
surrounding forests.
The Thompson Il Hoag cold storage COM
pany of Rutland is rapidly completing its
buildings located onthe banks of East creek
fronting the Rutland railroad. The main
building, which is Of brick will be used for
general storage purposes. 1t is two stories
high, Is well insulated and contains a per
fectiy cemented basement. The refriQerat-
ing apparatus will be operated by electricity
All the power will be transmitted over wires
from the company's electric plant about
four miles north Of the city. Here the com
pany is harnessing water power Of consid-
cradle magnitude.
The new railroad station at North Hart
land Is now nearly completed. The waiting
room and office are finished with Southern
hard pine. The roof and tower are covered
with slate from Granville, \. y. and the
sides Of the building with red cedar from
the Pacific coast.
BY the will of the late Hon. B. f. Lincoln
the Congregational church of Lyndon re-
ceiyes $4,000. the income of which is to be
used for support Of the pulpit and other ex-
penses according to judgment of trustees
At a meeting Of the society compliment1ry
resolutions were passed in memory of Mr..
Lincoln who was d long time active and
helpful member OF the society.
H. r. c. Watson of Brandon has recently
imported seven head of the Norman breed
OF cattle from France. The animals arrived
here last week and are Quartered at Mr. Wat
sons stock farm. He will make a specially
OF this breed, as they are of much larger
size and are claimed to be greater milk pro-
ducers than the Ayrshires.
Bridgemaster J. d. Clark and engineer
Coburn Of the Canadian Pacific railway
were in North Troy recently making sur
veys for the location Of the stone pier and
aeNRtaegfb R e b4Gsg 4Gssg afR63lP aEfR6isP r T be placed the
contract for the stone work which has baea,SI
made with Woburn. Mass. parties calls for
the completion Of the same August l, when
the construction Of the bridge will be com
menced. The entire length of the struct-
ure as planned is 2S7 feet and inch. in 4
spans. The middle span is a truss, l42 feet
and l inch in length resting upon two shore
piers. The one west and two east spans are
each about one-third as long and are plate
girders. The estimated cost of the structure
Is SlS,245.
Some time since resident OF Fairfax.
W
town, saw a piece of carved wood projecting
from the river bank. Upon examining it he
found it to be the handle of paddle. evil
IDENTIFY of Indian origin, which measured
over four feet in length. The paddle is OF
ash and is remarkably we'll preserved
Further search in the vicinity revealed
large quantity of spear and arrow heads, bits
OF broken pottery and several rude imple-
ments fashioned from bone. From the
abundance of these relics it is evident that
this spot was once an aboriginal village.
The John Hazel granite company of New
port has purchased of G. ". Buzzell a spe-
cial 40-inch James LefIel 4 Co. water wheel
This wheel is to go in at West Charleston on
the Clyde river, under Il 2S feet fall and will
have penstock four feet in diameter and
800 feet long. The wheel is to develop 2I7
horse power, and requires 1898 cubic feet of
water per minute Forty thousand feet of
lumber and eight tons of iron will be used in
its construction. This will be a boom foy
Charleston as Mr.. Hazel will put in saws
and other improved machinery for dressing
granite and will employ some 40 men. This
is the third large Leffel water wheel, max
ing nearly 600 horse power that has been
put in at West Charleston within six months.
The George L. Lyons granite company
will soon double its force at the West Dunn
merstone quarries.