Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-04
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

state Baptist convention held its 10th
Anniversary meeting in Brattleboro Oct. 9,
10 and IL. change in the freight traffic
arrangement by the Grand Trunk rail-
road company in October caused 20 or
more families to move away from Brat
tlteboro. James X Pierce, a prominent
Putney and Rrattleboro, died oct 10.
November.
Frederick Bailey alias Charles Bailey,
was arrested in Bellows Falls Nov. and
Is now in Newfane Jail awaiting trial on
the charge of having deserted his first
wife and having married again. Mr. and
Mrs. Elliot Wetherbee of Townshend
celebrated their golden wedding anniver-
sary Nov. g. A series of petty burg
laries were begun in Brattleboro Nov. 8,
The most disastrous wreck on the Brat
teboro a. Whithall railroad in many
years occurred Nov 49, when a mixed
Dummerston and the engine and two
cars of lumber were thrown down 10
Tor this month are those of Adams Dens-
more of Townshend, Tyler l.. johnson of
Vernon, Joel p. Butterfield of Marlboro,
Joseph Henry Hamilton Of West Brat
tleboro and A. h. Gregg, Freeman Ayers
and Frank IL. Emerson of BrattlebOro
December.
Rev. Edward Z. Mathison of Ansonia
Conn, and Rev. Luther Nj. Keneston of
Shelton, Conn, began pastorates in Brat
tleboro early in December, the former
over st. Michaels Episcopal church in
the east village and the latter over the
congregational church in the west vii
lage. Union church in Vernon was dedi-
Gated Dec. 4 with impressive exercises.
Daniel Relihan of Bellows Falls had his
skull fractured in a paper mill Dec. IL,
by being drawn against revolving drum.
The largest attendance at the proceed
ings of the Vermont State Grange ever
known was at the 18th annual meeting of
the organization in Brattleboro Dec. II,
IL and a. Lee Baker, s, of Bellows Falls
was instantly killed Dec. Is by being
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telephone pole. William IL. Bgelow, jr.,
of Tarpon Springs, Fla, formerly Of
Brattleboro, was drowned in the Gulf
gave to Vermont Academy at SaXtons
River, in December, an endowment of
$4,000, conditional upon the institution
and Edward p. Wright of Westminster
died in the closing month of the year.
Australians Sheep and Cattle interests.
The wealth of Australia was orig
inany pastoral wealth alone. 1t had
early been discovered that her more tenn
perate districts would grow a class of
wool finer and more valuable than any
other known; and the discovery that the
interior of the continent consisted mainly
of vast grassy plains seemed to point out
the future destiny of the country as a
pastoral one Subsequent discoveries
nave gone far to correct such an impress
sion; and yet the fact remains that much
of the wealth of the new commonwealth
is still dependent on its pastoral indus
tries, and is likely to, a certain extent
to continue so in the future. At
present Australia is the most important
wool-producing country in the world.
In spite of three years of perhaps the
most destructive drought ever yet
known in the country, which has just
come to an end, there are not less than
ll2.0OOOOO sheep pastured on the great
plains of the south and east, and not
less than 100000 cattle, chiefly in the
more northern districts. About one
fourth part of all the worlds crop of
wool is grown from the sheep, and its
quality is such that it is probably worth
very nearly, if not quite, one-third OF
the value. Like all other products of
the kind, the price of wool varies from
year to year; but the average value of
tie wool crop of Australia has not dur
ing the last ten years been less than
Sl200OO,OO0. With the other pastoral
products, both of sheep and cattle, the
wealth derived from her pastoral pur-
suits is certainly not less than $2O0,OOO,
800 each year--a sum which is equivalent
to $50 for each of her people, Hugh II.
-. in the American Monthly Review
Of Reviews for January.