The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-21

the cellar of which a partition was
built, giving a floor space OF about 400
surface feet. There the young man, with
an old caldron kettle for his first vat
and with few pals of water and
little salt for his first brine, worked
A few skins were brought him daily and
thrown into the brine. Every morning
the youth would spread the skins out
nicely in piles and throw on some salt.
After 100 or 200 skins had been accu-
mulated, some neighboring tanner-in
those days there was tanner in almost
every town-was called in to buy them.
In this way the business continued for
nearly five years, when larger quarters
We're secured
Air. Pages fathers barn was the next
hide house. BY degrees the barn was
enlarged until 1880, when, the business
demanding structure specially built
for the purpose, a site on the main line
Of the st. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain
road was chosen and a hide house 40
KOS feet, with two floors only, was
erected.
1t is said that the father protested
somewhat against this ambitious move
on the part of his son, but his son re-
marked that he thought that the bust
ness would grow to it and the results
have proven the wisdom of Coy. Pages
predictions, for from 1880 to the pres
ent time there have been only two
years in which additions have not been
built, and in the year 1898 the addi-
tions alone were more than three times
the size Of the original plant.
The postoffice in Hyde Park has
revenue OF between $4,000 and $4,000.
The greater part Of it comes from Mfr.
Pages business.
One would think that hides and skins
were commodity in which it would
be difficult to inject much advertising
enterprise, but Mr.. Page has not found
it so, and he makes no concealment of
the fact that his success in bringing
business to this little out of-the-way
village in northern Vermont is largely the
result of his persistency in the use OF
printers ink.
In one Of the group OF four connect
ing buildings, two of which are devoted
to Mr.. Pages office purposes, is the
printing Office of the Lamoille publish
ing company, Of which Mr.. Page is
treasurer, and IN passing through the
various rooms and departments there
is found most approved and up-to-date
system in vogue for securing and main
tanning touch with all the important
tanners, hide dealers, gelatine and glue
manufacturers florists, soap manufac-
turers, poultrymen dealers in poultry
supplies, etc.
The village Of Hyde Park is a typical
corporation. With a population Of only
422, there have been expended within
its village during the past 10 years be-
teween 100000 and $4,000 for public
improvements. A new hotel has been
built, costing more than $4,000, and
it is one of the pleasantest hostelries
in Vermont. a new Congregational
church has been erected at an expense
Of $4,000. A Roman Catholic church
has been practically rebuilt at an ex-
pense of about $1,000. A new school
building has been erected, costing $I0,-
600. A system of sewerage, as COM
plete and perfect as found in the larger
cities, has been put in during the last
four years, and, last but not least, an
electric light and power plant costing
more than $4,000 has been installed.
1t is said that there Is no place in
the state where the buildings are so
generally owned by the occupants as
in Hyde Park, and it is an indisputable
fact that on the main street of the
village there isn't single Imprinted
house nor one which is In an unkempt
or Bntidy condition.
There are two banks, having assets
Of more than a million dollars, Of which
Mr.. Page is the president, the Lamoille
county national bank and the Lamoille
county savings bank and trust COM
pany.