Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-03-15

two volumes have now been publised.
the third being nearly ready. This scien-
titc work. the first volume of which is
of 1900 pages, and the second of 500 pages.
includes the registration of Vermont
horses throughout the country even in
Guiding Texas. When the government
bought its Morgan horses last year three
of them were secured from Mr.. Battell and
the suggestion was soon made that
while the government had the horses it
had no farm of its own to use for breed
ing purposes MIR. Battells first idea was
that he would rent part of his Weybridge
farm to the government at a nominal
sum, but he finally concluded to give it
outright. Senator Proctor interested him
self actively in the matter and consulted
with Secretary of Agriculture Wilson in
regard to it. Finally, late last fall, the
Vermont legislature met the necessity of
the case by enacting a special law per-
hitting Mr.. Battell to pass title to the
government and this has now been done
The 400 acres which the government thus
secures include 800 acres of farm land
and 100 acres of forest land
A Proposed Forest Reserve.
Joseph Battell was born in Middle
bury. w. in 1899 and for the past 80
years has maintained the Breadloaf Inn
at Ripton. Vt. In addition to the gift
Of the Weybrdge farm Mr.. Battcll has
the national government. in the inter-
est of forestry splendid forest
tract of 1000 acres i'm Addison and Wash
| ington counties as a forest reserve.
This tract includes the beautiful Ellen
mountain, which is the third highest peak
in the state Mr. Battel is devoted to
the preservation of the forests that is
their use and not their abuse Whatever
may be the outcome in regard to the
Ellen mountain tract he will leave to the
| state of Vermont a forest tract OF about
| 1900 acres including Camers Hump
mountain. The gift or legacy, however.
| is to be coupled with the provision that
| the name of the mountain shall be
changed from Camels Hump to Mount
Ethan Allen. This is the fourth highest
| peak in the state, the highest being Mt.
| Mansfield the second Killington and the
! third Ellen mountain.
| Joseph Battel, the man who is thus
! to such a remarkable extent public
| benefactor is a philosopher and scientist
as well as a connoisseur of horse flesh.
| Mr.. Battell was forced by i'll health to
| leave Middlebury college before he had
! finished his course, but all through his
| active and successful career he has con-
| tinued his studies. In addition to the
| Morgan register and a still more volumIn-
/ Gus American stallion register. the first
| volume of which is nearly ready. Mr. Bat
| tell has for a number of years devoted
himself to combating the undulatory
theory of matter. In this effort he has
written remarkable book entitled Ell
| len in which he develops his ideas of
matter and the meaning of life in the
| FORM of "A novel which centers about his
beloved mountain, likewise bearing the
| gentle name of Ellen" In combating
| the undulatory theories of matter and
light so long taught in the schools and
| universities, Mr. Battell bases his argu-
! ments largely upon the newly discovered
properties Of radium and the Roentgen
ray which so defy the old ideas Wash
ington correspondence Of Springfield Sun
| daV Republican