The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-20

in 1875, appointed 2nd major general
! with rank second TO Washington.
| While he proved great disappoint-
ment, the town itself has proved to
be most worthy of admiration in times
of either peace or war. II is approx
imately six miles long and five miles
wide with an altitude of $50 feet; and
has present population of 1000. II
contains two fine hotels; the Green
eek Inn. designed for "A summer hotel,
is under most pleasing as well as eff
fcient management and is the most
delightful resting place in Berkshire.
Lee was the pioneer town in the paper
making art. The first mill was built
in 1906. There were 20 well equipped
paper mills running in Lee when the
first mill was built in Holyoke, the
paper city of the United States.
The gross marble quarries is the
most interesting section of the town.
These quarries along with the saw
mills. where the huge blocks of stone
are sawed into thin sheets of immacu-
late veneering; and the stone cutting
department where scores of skilled
Workmen are carving with most deli
cate precision. the artistic designs and
curves in the blocks of marble, to be
then polished to the smoothness of
glass. More than 100000 headstones
have been shipped from these works
to all parts of our country, to mark the
graves of the heroes that fought and
fell that our country and her institu-
tions might prosper. Also, the largest
lime works in the state are connected
with these Quarries; the daily produc-
ton one thousand barrels.
Water street in Lee branches off
and follows the outlet of Goose pond,
whose waters at one time turned the
wheels OF seven paper mills, in the
early part of the Civil war. One of
the mills manufactured the paped used
as currency by the confederacy.
From the Joan Goodrich farm in the
vicinity a grand view of birmingham
and the Hop Brook Valley can be
seen. Here are the homes of such
men as r. w Glider. the author; X. de
F. Tytus, who owns "Ashintully farm"
also the summer home of Indian Com
missioner Leupp and the Clarksons,
Chapins. Fordhams, Huttons, Tiffanys,
and Riverside" where eXPresident
Cleveland and family spent several
summers and whipped the many spark
ling trout streams that flow into the
valley; also "Fernside," an old Shaker
village on the crest of the hill. which
is one of the most imposing and inter
esting estates in Berkshire. Tyring-
hams only industry is the manufac-
ture of hand hay rakes. This product
is shipped to all parts of the world.
The fact has been substantiated that
the name '"Tyringham" was on the
rake used by Maud Muller that event
full day she met the Judge" Mr. Ty-
tus has seen them in the hands OF
the Mohammedans. The Tartars of
Morocco, the Arabs, the Moors, the
Hindu pagan and the South Sea Is
lander.
South Lee. the last stop before
Great harrington is part of Lee town
ship. The large paper mill, formerly
the Hulburt Paper Company, but now
a brancn OF the American Writing Pa
per Company. is the only industry.
Looking south from the center is one
of the finest mountain scenes in the
state. From here, the roads lead of
to Beartown mountain, and Monterey
through a wild and picturesque coun-
try. The land is largely held as pre-
serves by the owners of large estates
Great harrington where the trip
ends is an exceptionally pretty town
1t has good hotels where all accom-
modations for tourists are uneXcelled |
anywhere. AS a days outing the trip |
is undoubtedly unsurpassed in scenic |
and historic interest.