Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-12-09

that time and arrange for your papers for
the coming year.
Miss Hardy has finished work for ". c.
Trip and is stopping with her brother,
y. S. Hardy-Mrs. VIM. AIlard from Bar
ton is working for w. c.. Tripp.-Frank
Marshall is going to Westmore to work
driving team for Philo Powers.-Charles
Blake is working for VIM. Monteith in the
mill.
While IN Evansville recently we looked
over the plant of the Pike Manufacturing
Co., and were much surprised at the
amount of business being done there.
This business is an excellent thing for the
village IN which it is located, as it en-
pIoys a large force of help, who receive
good wages. A description of the plant
and the process of making scythe stones
may be of interest to the readers of the
MONITOR. The main building is 60x120
feet, and two stories high, with a store
room connected, which is 22x5O feet. The
boiler and engine room is about 28x30 feet.
About thirty feet in the rear of the main
building is a large shed, 20x70 feet, which
is used for storing wood, iron and straw.
The business has been steadily increasing,
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sufficient to supply the demand, and two
years ago steam power was put in with a
rs horse power engine. The boiler is four
feet in diameter and twenty feet long.
The ledge from which the material for the
scythe stones is taken is in the town of
Westmore, two or three miles from the
shops. The quarry is supplied with all
the modern improvements, such as steam
drills, derricks, etc. j. Drown has for
several years had the job of getting the
stone from the quarry to the shops. It is
taken from the quarry to the shops in
blocks varying in size from two to six feet
in length and from six to eighteen inches
in thickness. After reaching the shop
they are placed in "beds," one stone
upon another to the depth of about
three feet. There are four of these
beds in the shop and each one has a gang
of thirtY-two saws, which cut the stones
into strips the right width for the scythe
stone. From here these strips are placed
in the cutting off bed, which has eight
saws, this cuts them the right length, and
then these pieces are put into a large box
and washed, ready for the splitting process,
in which they are split as near as posi-
Die the Size uS0u. AtGGE GHlS they are
ready for the grinding, which is lone by
two large revolving wheels made of iron
and wood, and upon which a small stream
of water is continuously running. 1t takes
from six to eight men to do the grinding,
which is done by holding the stone upon
these wheels, and applying sand as 1t is
needed. From here they go to the sorting
and packing room, where they are all
sorted and the different grades labeled and
packed, ready for shipping. The goods
put up at this plant are shipped to all
parts of the world. The company en-
ploys from fifteen to twenty hands and are
obliged to run day and night fully one
half the time TO keep up with their orders
During the past summer from twelve to
fifteen hundred dollars have been ex-
pended for repairs and plans are being
made for further improvements later.
when they will put in new shafting, ETC.,
to increase the power. The veteran work
man in the shop is Geo. King, who has
worked there practically all Of the time for
nineteen years. The sorting mas been done
for several years by f. G. Hunt. The
whole plant is under the efficient manage
ment of Mr.. FL. I. Smith. This together
with the lumber business of Mr.. Foster,
the two stores in the place and creamery,
etc makes Evansville one of the busy viii
lagos in the county.
East Charleston.
Ezra Chappell from Burke was in town
last week.
Frank Wolcott, formerly of this place,
was in own last week.
G. B. Stoddard has moved his goods to
Barton where he will reside.
We hope the children will not forget the
children's meeting every Saturday at two
O'Clock.
Miss Maud Sheldon has returned to
Bloomington after a short stay at George
Morse's.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet with
Mrs. w. E. Trip Wednesday forenoon,
Dec. IL. 4 cordial invitation to all.
Mr.. Armstrong from Derby has bought
Norris Crows farm and taken possession.
MIR. Crow has moved to his fathers, Ma
than Crows.
The MONITOR Agent viii be at the Post
office in your town Friday, Dec. Goth, from
2 p. m. till s p. m. This will be a good
time to see about club papers, and we trust
it viii be convenient for you to see him.
At the regular meeting of North Star
Camp of Modern Woodmen of America,
Dec. 8, the following officers were elected
for 1902: Ven consul, 3. c. Davis; banker,
John Buck: clerk, w. e. Trip; worthy
adviser, B. G.. Morse; escort, John Bly,;
Waterman, j. A. Cloud; sentry, D. &.
Honk ms. MANAGER for three wears. Viii
son Buck. This camp was organized Jan.
81, 1901, with Is charter members. 1t now
has is members all in good standing and