Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-08-21

hot air that human nature could not
long endure. Upon my ARRIVAL at my
home city, the rrPort OF the heat during
the entire three weeks of my absence
Was frighIful. People, old aud young
had suifocaled aud many had died from |
The continued excessive heat. This |
change from comfort TO misery, hot
from a heat wave, but for nearly a
whole month, assures me that Island
Pond with its delightful scenery, lakes
aud trout streams, aud its abundant
supply of the purest water in the worli,
should be advertised, and at once put ia
condition AS summer resort, not as a
sanitarium for the sick but as health
resort to dispense comfort, and prevent
people from being sick. Money can be
made from the comforts aud happiness
furnished the live man, and the invalid
will soon learn that his hope and bet
torment lie along the same line.
The business of Island Pond seems
slightly under the "ban". The lumber
interests have been lar gely cut out, and
the railroad business, runs trains from
Portland to Montreal aud return, instead
Of making this run in two sections, one
from Island Pond to Portland and one
from lslani Pond to Montreal and re-
turn as formerly. This change makes
it necessary for less families to live at
Island Pond and takes that much trade
from its merchants that cannot be re-
covered. Manufacturing seems to be
the sure scheme for quick action to
build up this, heretofore, the best COM
mercial town in Northern Vermont, and
make it prosperous for busy commun
! ity. With the facilities for one large
plant already in shape and owned by the
| town, and the best electric plant in al
, that country owned by progressiy,
, townsman, with an abundance of frs,
: class material at door, aud cheap, vii
= with the right concentrated effort max,
! this one of the brightest business town,
in Northern New England
heard prominent railroad men say
the e, 7. r. Company made a serious
I mistake when the Gorham shops wer,
l. removed that they were not removed I,
e Island Pond. If a mistake was made
| which seems likely from layman's po
= sition, the assured future success OF thi
great Road, not the old shops move.
Il here will he the result, but large up /,
$ date shops will he built here, wher
" needed and demanded ny the continue,
business sure to increase over this shor
: cut to the ocean.
l. In suggesting changes in bushes
i methods to the bright merchants o
: Island Pond they would not be tolera,
u ed only upon the theory that all me
l. can learn something from every othe
man. There is in evidence lack o
pulling together in every department o
- business, church, state and social reia
n tions in Island Pond This is a weakness
e wherever found, aud can never be col
:, rected by changing your neighhor, bu
o by careful look within to put ones sci
j. right. When this is done the Who'll
It world will take on a more rosy hu
which seems TO be the color lacking i
dear old Island Pond There il to
great an effort being made to oversell I
o people who live in, and trade with tn
D. merchants of Island Pond. Their abil
q ty to buy is limited largely to the
a. monthly receipts. Human nature
s. weak, and in many cases can be carrie
= beyond ability to pay by over and col
81 tinued solicitation. The large amour
~ of unpaid balances from month
month, which makes the merchant old
than his years, is largely from this hal
it of the trade. If every merchaT
-, would drop sending a solicitor for orde
40 and depend largely upon the telephon
3, the sympathetic housewife would M
work her brain to think up somethir
for an order to make the solicitor happ
The rest of this tired brain in man
cases would save an unpaid balance
the end of the month. Goods are so
q, close and in many cases about like loa
Of ing money, and no man should trust q
III account unless he knows as well whe
n the pay is coming from as the bank
,e does when he loans out his money. re
~ liberal credit has been the "hane" of Il
- trade of Island Pond, and no mistal
would be made in revising it. Viii
the bank has been running there al
made nice money without any losse
the merchants have lost money enoue
,e by bad credits to buy half dozen banl
T. and there is no law against continuin
re to do the same thing; but why Shout
n. they? Sincerely and truly,
~ j. NJ. BARTLETT.
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