Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-11-11

The figures of the state grand list as
compile in the Office of the secre tary
of state show 1885 polls in the state
as against 1872, TO in 1906, appraised
value of real estate $139, 749, 702 as
against S12S, 998, SIS in 1905, appraised
value Of personal property S44, lbs, 1868
as against S42 $50. SIP in 1906. TIE
state list is 81 ,022, 215 as against 81,
901, 647 in 1906 The figures of i 06
are taken from q table complied by
the commissioners OF state taxes
showing comparison of state grand
lists for several years. In 1900 there
were ia, 056 polls and the grand list
was 81, 1884, showing a big gain.
The gain in personal property has
been nearly three millions aud half
and in real estate over ten millions.
For Orleans county are as follows:
Polls, II 772, acres, 395 ,7O4, real es-
tate, 81, 584, 815, personal, s2077, o57,
aggregate, 500. 258.72, state tax. $685.
030 y.
Landed in Vermont
Leo Stevens, the famous aeronaut
of New York. and Charles B. Glidden,
of automobile fame, passed over
| Springfield little before 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon in Sfevens's big
/ gas balloon. The landing was safely
made at North Springfield at 2:10
O'Clock. The balloon rose from Pitts
field, Mass, at 10 O'Clock Tuesday
morning. During the voyage the bal
loon rose to height of 5000 feet, and,
being above the clouds, the navigators
lost their way FIR tims. At this
height the air was extremely warm,
but very cold air was encountered
during the trip. Several carrier
pigeons were liberated. The balloon
alighted gently, in fact, one of the
men remarked that had the basket
landed on eggs it would pot have
broken any. The teacher at the
school at North Springfield let tie
children out to see the unusual spec
tacle of a balloon near the doors and
Mr.. Glidden gave the children an i'm
promptu talk on ballooning.
Prouty Replies to Critics.
Lieut.. Gov. Prouty, chairman of the
state Jamestown exposition commits
sion, has published a reply to the cur
rent criticisms of the Vermont exhibit
at the exposition. The burden of his
statement is that the commission
could not be expected to make very
great exhibit without the co opera
, ton of the people throughout the
! state land this has been entirely lack-
ing" He continues: cit was only
! by the most strenuous efforts that we
| were able to get even what we did.
/. felt that some of the manufacturer
8 should have assisted US to a small ex.
0 tent. With two or three exceptions
3 none of them have done so. Person
r ally used every effort to get an ex
t hibit of wool for Vermont, befievin.
d that it would be fine thing to hay,
o such an exhibit. I was unable to ge
: anything from the wool growers. w,
: have lost at least one very fine speci
b men of the work of the Vermont gran
q lite industry because of the false re
n port which was sent out by certai,
i people regarding our exhibit in th
g mine building. This manufacture
/ told us he would send as fine piec
y of statuary, and he has since told m
= that he spent something like $500 i
having this work done, and then be
N cause someone told him we bad no ez
Of hibit there he did not send if.'
; Huge Dam at Cavendish Swept Ava
10 Manufacturers who were dependir
on getting electrical power by Jant
airy 1 from the new power plant lc
e Gated at Cavendish gorge were grea'
u lv disappointed when it was learne
y that the water in Black liver Il