Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-04-20
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cdSt4tttll llpHl ii man III ltNdS addressed
TO the "Castlcton Medical college," an in
stitution which has not been in existence
for % years. How the writer heard of the
institution is mystery
\. q. Hoitt OF Woodstock is to raise
martens for their fur. These animals are
nrcomins scarce and their fur is very val
liable a successful attempt at propagat-
ing them has been made in New Jersey
and Holt believes he can do as well in
Vermont.
HISTORY OF BRATTLEBORO.
Rev. Lewis Grout has done a valuable
service III gathering up the material for
his Monograph on the Origin and Early
Life Of Brattleboro' and putting it in
dNuldhle ana permanent form in a neat
pamphlet Of ~ pages. lie begins with tho
earliest historical times, when the Suuak-
ncdg Indians owned and occupied All the
region, ana then traces its gradual deNcl-
cpment INTO the ways of organized lie
ana civilization. These facts include the
original charter of the town to Col VIII
liam Bfattc and his associates, the con-
troVersy with New York, the earliest set
Elements, ana the nnal organization of a
town government. Later lagos give the
first authentic list of men who lived in the
town, ana tell where many Of them lived,
where houses stood, roads ran, etc. Tho
thread of local history is sustained, and
llnaIly there Is suitable reference to the
conditions of life in those carly times.
AN ADVERTISING KING.
George Presbury Rowell, the Napoleon
of advertising business in America, and
well and favorably known By the business
men of this country from Maine to the
Golden Gate was son of Sam
ucl Rowell and was born July
4th, 1888, in the house on the
farm near the St bloomsbury read, west
CT West Concord village, now owned by
David w. Hibbard. The Rowclls moved
to Lancaster y. H., when George was at
the age OF seven, where he received a fair
education at the Lancaster academy, COM
pleting his educational course by a term at
the better academy at st, Jchnsbury in
1875. AT the age of II, the youth started
out to earn his own living, and push his
own way in life. He passed "A year or
more in a Boston retail store, and later
served seven yecrs' apprenticeship in the
counting room Of the Boston Post, In 1875.
in back office, rent $40 year, up two
! flights of stairs, over liquor store on
Congress street, Mr., Rowel with two as
sociatcs began business as advertising
agents, under the firm name of George /.
Rowcn y co. Pushing, cntelprising,
Yankee genius achieved a success almost
/ from the beginning, and soon Mr. Rowoll,
convinced that Boston was too limited a
field for opportunity, turned his thoughts
and footsteps to New York. In 1869 Mr.
/ Ruwel won fame and fortune in publish
/ ing the American Newspaper Directory,
giving Il complete list of the newspapers
/ of the United States the first work of the
/ kind ever attempted, In 1870 the Rowell
advertising agency was established, and
/ followed by an unique Taper called Print
! er's Ink. The CroSning feat of Mr..
| Rowell's achievements, however, was the
/ organization of the Ripan's Chemical
/ company, OF which he is the head.