The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-10


county. Me, whose shire town is
Earmington, lost 1861 residents +,
he 70-year period.
These counties have lovely seen
cry, including as they do, the foot
hills OF the White mountains and the
Rangeley lakes While they ere de-
;reasing IN population the State as a
Whole rose from 501,7g6 to S42,371.
1he towns OF Southwest Iiarbor and
Mt. Desert combined had cnly 5fs
population more in 1910 than Mt.
Desert had in 1910. Mt Desert aud
eden (which contains Bar IIarbor)
produced in 1887 GA bushels OF good
wheat. The annual report OF the de-
partmcnt OF agriculture fer 1911
gives The wheat product OF all New
England as $1,000 bushels.
New Hampshire in 1910 had 1885,.
95l people and had grown in 1910 to
B0,572. However Carroll county,
whose county scat IS Ossippe, drop
Jed 1866 Inhabitants, Sullivan ooun.
" Shire town Newport, fell off 9Sl,
While New port itself gained l,G07
md Claremont 1908 people; Grafton,
county scat Woodsyilc lost 5G3,
while Lebanon, in that county, grew
from l,1J4 TO 5,71s and Littleton
hem LIS to 3,052 OF towns in the
Pcnigcwasset river valley, Water.
Vile dropped from l,1l9 to 16 per
sons, Thornton from 1915 to $40
Ellsworth from 800 to &c. Campton
from l,5I3 20 Si5. Fraucona from
523 to joi. Holderness from l,52S &c
652, Bridgewatcr from 747 to 1877,
hin farm 900 to $50 Sanbornton
from 2,145 to 500 aud New Hampton
lrCm 1,S12 TO al2.
In typical farming towns Of Sulli.
van county Acworth dropped from
1880 in 1870 TO $50 in 1910, Charles.
town from Lee to 1896, Cornish
from l.72G to 1905, Coroydcn from
$50 10 g24, Goshen from 40 to 529
Gianthsm from 1854 to ESQ. Lang
don from Go 70 $40, Lempstc- from
s4l to $50 plainacld 1862 70 %.
Springfield l,252 to 49,. Unity l,2lS
to 50i aud Washington llg5 to $50.
This comty's towns vary in distance
from Boston from 100 to 1875 miles,
IN 1891 It had 1906 sheep, or about
l35 to the square mile. or four to
every human being.
1'hoc. CCpu.c+,p,,t ,.f,-,, ~. f,,.
towns in New Hampshire have shown
heavy losses since 1870: Dalton. Bath
Piedmont, Oxford, Lyme. Hanover
from 2,6l3 to 1,3f0, Plannold, Corn
ish. Charlestown. Langdon Wost.
mcrelund aud Chcstcr1old Crossing
into Massachusetts, WorihGcld and
Whately valley towns, show losses.
Tyasboro, Dmstable and Salisbury,
in the AIerrimac valley, have fewer
people than in 1910, while New Iamp
shire Mcryimac valley towns showing
losses include Mcrrimac, Litchncld,
Bedford, Bow, Bcscawen, Canterbury
and Salisbury.
Vermont Counties Shrink
Wmlo Vermont az a whole grew
from eel.S4S to 355.956, Wmdh1m
coauty (couu'y scat. Newfaucl CcL
OF from 27,tgi TO 2G,9S2; Windsor
Woods;ock). from io,3@5 to 3@.6S.;
Addison (Middlebugyl, from e3,599 TO
2oolo; Orange CChclscal, from "a
SO TO 1903. and Grand Isle tNorth
iicrol. from 1883 20 3.7Gl Counties
gaining less than 5000 persons
apiece in the "thrccacorc years aud
ten' included bennington. CaleGcria,
Iancillc and l2ssex. The state has
only twice the population now That
l. had 100 years ago. IT'S rural .'nu.
l1rCl bears constantly decreasing
ratio TO the total moreover The
smallest town, Somerset VITA - IN.
hlld;auts. had &C. I'm iSi0.
while Mcssacau5ct., rs = v-r be
nearly quiumplcd in population, irom
5S7, 40 IN 1910 to 5.3e6Ii6. Bern
stable county (Capc Codl dropped
iyom 32eio TO 275i2. Dukes tMsr-
iis's Vineyard sginod SIC only. and
Nmjuckc, dropped from aO5l 90 =
30. While the dcclinc OF the Whale
Gshcry's Importance O. tho chief
cause Of this drop In 1870 The county
held about 7,oee sheep and 500 cosgs
aud other cattle. and IA 1859 i, mp
ported 3.ooo Indians
Though RhOdc Island and Cpnacrt
cpl show no couu,lcs with an aetna
los in the 7e-ycsf period, The S'fct
h3eiug esiaoa 5go po- cont. and 90
per cont respectively, Gic farming
counties show only moderate gains
The smallest town En- Rhode Island
WIS Greenwich. with 4Sl inhabi
,arts. Il miles southwest OF Pruvf
dence. had ISIS people in 1880 and
i.f-6 IN $40 There are about 80
cities and towns in the Stale. or
these - towns nave q total popula-
ton CT fi.esS. cr N average ot 1888,
and these have rs a market Tor then
riClucis one OF The mos. thiCkls sci
iiei REGIONS in America.
in Connecticut. the toau ol War
ren has had feuer people o. every