Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-04-13

mao Deon IN NOfL1Il0iu LUZ SoiHc liiiC
have sold their interest in granite
saving machine, which they have just
invented and patented to George
Webb, a wealthy granite dealer IN
Worcester, Mass, for $55. 900 Mr..
Chase was draughtsman and Mr..
Lanier bookkeeper for Cross Broth
ers in Mortified and while there
| perfected plans for the machine, on
which they had been working for
about two years. They constructed
crude machine in Mortified at the
| Phillips and Slack shed which so
| favorably impressed Mr.. Webb that |
he persuaded the young men to go to
Worcester and construct ore for him. |
| So great was its 81 ess that Mr.. |
Webb made them tn fer of $50, 1000 /
| for their interest. r. Chase will re-
main with the company being formed
| to manufacture the machines. |
peculiar fact is that he received his |
share, S27, 800, on his 28th birthday |
anniversary.
What Middlebury College Will Do.
The following is from Prof. E. D. |
| Collins of Middlebury college to the
pastors Of Vermont churches !:
| "Middlebury College will offer in its |
summer session, July 5 to August l, |
three courses of study which believe
will be of especial interest to you as
These are On General Course in Bio
lical Literature, which aims to
awake new spirit of appreciation
of the Bible in it's historical, religions,
! intellectual and literary aspects: ~
a special course in methods of study
ing and teaching the Scriptures, a
course In systematic teacher training
designed to make more sensible,
interesting and scientific the work of
bible classes and Sunday Schools;
(3) special study of the Gospel of
Matthew which the principles of the
second course are applied by the stu
dent to one of the most important
books of the New Testament.
May | ask you as one vitality inter
ested in the welfare of our rural
communities and the upbuilding of
our country churches into leadership
to present this matter to your people
and extend our invitation to them to
share in the fruits of this movement.
The registration fee will be merely
nominal, five dollars for the free
course, so that the chief expense
necessarily incurred will be carfare
and board and room. Churches are
invited to send representative, in
case individuals cannot bear the entire
burden Of this small expense.
Wonderful Growth Of White Pine.
The State Forester's office has just
J received from ]. A. Cbapin of
! Middlesex the cross section of a
white pine cut near the ground show
ing a most remarkable growth.
This section is thirty two inches in
diameter outside the bark and shows
by the rings that the tree was seven
2 ty-seven years old when cut this win
t ter, SO it started in 1882 or year or
2 two before. Mr.. Chaplin says that
this tree grew on his farm in Middle
i, sex at an elevation of 1900 feet on
/ average soil mixed with other trees
C and that its height growth was fully
:, equal to the diameter growth as
: shown by the section; for he was
= able to cut seven twelve foot logs
: which sawed up to 1895 feet.
An analysis Of the growth of this
pine sheds an interesting light on the
growth of trees in general which PEG
Il pie are TOO apt to overlook. It's di-
n ameter inside the bark at various
O stages was as follows: 10 years, 3!
r. inches; 20 years, 81 inches: 81
+ years, 143 inches; 40 years,
e l82 inches: SO years, 22a inches
e 60 years, 264 inch es; 4
a years, 20 inches; II years
q 81 inches. This shows that the great
o est diameter growth was made during
4 the second decade. In fact during
q the first twenty years of the tree:
! life the rings averaged nearly one
e fact, however, the production of lum
i her in tree is not proportional tt
the diameter growth but tn
growth of the whole eros
section, or the square of the diam
eter. Now the cross section of tn
base of this tree at various ages wa
# as follows: 10 years, .07 of squar
j. foot; % years, one half of sQuar
a foot; 30 years, IL square feet;
% years 1.9 square feet; so years g
~ square feet 60 years 81 square feet
D 70 years 4.6 square feet; n year
). five and one quarter square feet
u, IL In other words, the growth of the eros
7 section in the second decade was {.
al of square foot; in the third dec
A. ade 6 of square loot; in tn
I fourth decade 3; fifth g.; sixth .95
by seventh .85 and in the last seve
years .65. The rate of the growth {
the tree eliminated, therefore, be
tween the ages of so and 60 year:
while superficial examination {
the rings would lead one to thin
that it had reached its maximum
nc growth by the age of twenty
bo 1t must also be remembered ths
On in addition to the growth there is
be constantly increasing quality incr
k. ment. Not only does the lower limI
he drop off in the early life of trt
ire grown in the forest, thus making tt
raj older lumber clearer; but boarc
i'd two feet wide are no longer commt
les and are worth more per thousal
to feet than boards foot wide. ~
splendid growth of this particul
tree is no doubt largely due to Il
fact that it happened to have the be
m amount of light and moisture duril
IT, H. the first half century of it's growt
~ 1t is probable that had the fore
-. been properly thinned at that time t
IL, rIi' same growth might have been mai