Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-11-16
The Census FIgures---LOeal, County
and STATE.

and state.
from second edition Of The Phoenix of Nov. 81
BrAttleboro is not happy with the cen
sus figures which show that the village has
lost 10 people and the town 222 in the
last decade. This retrogression is more
apparent than real, however, as the loss
comes wholly in the change of inmates
and attaches at the Brattleboro Retreat.
Ten years ago the total number in the in
stltution was 4S2, and at the present time,
owing to the transfer to Waterbury, there
are only 227 attaches and inmates at the
institution, and there has been decrease
Of about 20 in the number of the en-
ployes. There has been some discussion
this week as to whether the people at the
Retreat were included as inhabitants of
Brattleboro, but former state supervisor
of the census is authority for saying that
the people at such institutions are credited
TO their usual "place of abode" and were
accounted as a part of the population of
the town in 1890, and probably the rule
was the same this year. The present fig
ures for Brattleboro village are 5297 against
5467 In 1890. The town population has
shrunk from 1852 to 6640. Leaving the
Retreat figures out Of consideration 1t will
be seen that the village has made slight
increase and the town has remained sta
tionary. The school census, taken each
year, shows practically no change in the
number of pupils in 1890 as compared with
1900, the number now being 1854.
BrAttleboro has fallen in rank from
fourth to sixth place in the list of large
towns in the state. Burlington is again in
the lead with Is, $40. Rutland has made
only slight increase and is now IL, 400.
The city of Barre has s4Ss people and the
town of Barre 3S46, making a total popu-
lation Of IL, S34 in the borders of the old
town Of Barre. Bennington and St..
Johnsbury have also made good gains,
their figures being respectively sO3S and
7OlO. Montpelier has also increased large
ly, but her gain comes in part from the
annexation of the "Berlin side" st. AL
bans ranks lower than formerly with only
$3.50. The population of St. Adams ten
years ago was It'll. The addition of 1715
for the town of ST. Adams to the city pop
ulation gives total of 1854. Bellows
Falls village has increased from 1902 TO
1887, and the town of Rockingham now
has population of $500 as compared with
5579. The gain in Rockingham brings
Windham county slightly above the figures
of ten years ago, the population now be-
ing 26,660 as compared with 26,547. Near
ly all of the large towns in the state have
gained, the only other exceptions aside
from Brattleboro being Enosburg Falls,
Randolph, Swanton and Vergennes.
The tendency to decrease is again no
ticed in nearly all of the rural districts,
but the decline is not so large as between
1880 and 1900. Probably the small towns
OF Vermont compare favorably with the
rural communities in the other New Eng.
land states. All the Windham county
towns show slight losses with the excep.
ton of Brookline, which has gained O.
Rockingham elsewhere noted; Somerset,
8; Stratton, 40; Vernon, IL; Westminster,
80; Wilmington, 115. The figures of ali
the towns in Windham county, the large
towns of the state, and the incorporated
villages are given in another column.