Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-11-22

"intense" farming aud also an instance
OF successful woman farmer, the farm
being the property Of Mrs. 4, \. NJ. Taber,
There are twenty three acres in eultiya-
lion and this year the following crops
have been aiseds-Rrom three aud one.
half acres OF oats, $50 bushels; one halt
acre Of potatoes, 2l2 bushels; one and
one-hali acres OF northern corn, 225
bushelsi one acre of sanford corn for
the slloi one-elghth acre OF carrots, 50
bushels, aud about thirty tons OF hay cut.
THIS amount of produce is equalled by
lew farms of 100 acres. L., NJ. Raymond
is employed as farmer by Mrs. Taber,
The sale of the W. c. Smith estate at
-. Albans TO Prof Clarence l.. Jordan
OF Mortified is announced. The price
paid for the house ana for the i33 acres
OF land Was $4,000, Professor Jordan
will establish ON this property military
boarding school, which will lit boys for
college. A summer camp in connection
with the school will be established on
the lake shore. Farming will be carried
on under a. experienced manager on the
land adjoining the buildings. The work
OF remodellng will be begun at once and
Il is expected that school will be opened
next September, Professor Jordan has
recently resigned from the faculty OF
Norwich university.
The report Of Luther A. Cobb, state in
speetor OF finance, shows that the savings
institutions and trust companies have de-
posits OF 80, 0sI, 699.0s, an increase OF
s2,7l1 1910 over 1908. With one exception
this is the largest gain In any one year
since the department was organized. The
number OF denositors has increased 1902
aud now is i5l $50. Nearly one half the
people in the state are depositors in the
banks, The resources OF the banks have
increased -, ll3, 096, 10 during the past year.
The surplus and profits amoun, to -, 49,
S3l.f3, or 3.5 per cent OF the deposits.
Theiaxes paid were s3l6, 507 10, an increase
of e6,0i547. The dividends TO depositors
were si,6O7, 5i9.s6, an increase OF sl00, 900
for ths year.
A corporation has been formed in Bos-
ton for the purpose Of carrying on and
with sufficient capital 10 finance a project
which has been before the people of Brat.
tleboro for several years-that Of damming
the Connecticut river and making a large
lake near there. II the dam is built the
river will flow back and inundate several
large farms OF line tillable land, including
the farm belonging to the Retreat A dam
twenty i've feet IN height placed across
the river there would raise the water at
Bellows Falls nine feet. A gorge one hum
dred yards wide is the projected site for
80 aAN" NaAAs ~ - hN NhNA AAhN bNNNfth
LOCO and 1000 horsepower will be devel
oped constantly, and II can easily be seen
that a head OF water twenty-four miles
long and as deep as the lake to be formed
by the dam would supply tremen-
dous power. The lake formed would add
greatly to the attrsctiyeness OF the town
as place OF residence.
Mrs. Esther (Sumnerl Damon, aged 90
years, the last surviving widow of a
Revolutionary war soldier, died Nov 10
at her home in Plymouth Union. She
had been in poor health and
Strengthened circumstances for some time
but for the last two years had had every
care as the result OF provision made for
her comfort by Palestrelo Chapter, Daugh-
tiers OF the American Revolution, OF
Wallingford. The chapter was instru-
mental in getting bill through the
legislature OF 1904 appropriating 200 for
Mrs. Dsmon's support and other chapters
in the state, al the request of the Walling-
ford women, had been giving II a month
toward the woman's support. Congress
was induced at the time to double her
pension of s12. Noah Damon, husband
of the nonagenarian, served five years
in the Revolutionary war. Esther Sumner
and Noah Damon were married at Bridge
water, the man being 20 years old and
the woman 81. He died July 2, 1853, at
the age of SO years. Mrs. Damon was a
native of Plymouth.