St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-08-19
THE EDITORS VACATION
Enjoyed Tour Of Southern Vermont
AsCuest of Prominent Yer
mOnters.

| of the Hon. j. L. BuAIOu OI AAAuuAO
town Springs for tour OF southern
Vermont was one not to be declined.
Mr.. Buxton has served in the house
Of representatives in 1900 and IN the
senate in 1904. In both the house
and the senate those years the Hon.
W A Lawrence of Bristol also serN-
cd and the two men formed close
friendship as a result. So MI Law
renee was invited to be one OF the
party and played part OF the tlme
as a host.
The editor started from st. Johns
hurry. Wednesday, August 9, ana
went to Burlington by train Inere
he was met by Sen. Lawrence In an
automobile and given a tour througn
Addison county to Bristol where the
night was spent at Mr.. Lawrence
home. one of the fine residences Oh
Bristol The next morning the two
proceeded to Rutland where sen.
Buxton was waiting with a hne Stan
lev steamer to take his guests to his
home in Middletown Springs.
A Fine Vermont Estate.
Mr.. Buxton was born in the house
where he now lives, although the
structure little resembles the. build
ing in which he first saw light. IN
1864 Mr.. Buxton went to Iowa where
he was very successful in business,
and in 1898 he came back to his
native town a wealthy and infuen-
tiaI man who had learned from &C
tual experience how to live and deal
with men. He purchased farms IN
MiddIetown Springs until he became
a large land owner and now his son,
BENJAMIN C. Buxton, has Joined his
father in investing in Vermont farms
and the two own over 1000 acres
of farming land and several farm
buildings used as tenements for the
employees.
These houses are out Of the usual. |
Each one has been remodelled, |
equipped with modern plumbing, |
painted and furnished with a range |
and everything done to make the |
home comfortable and attractive. A |
large part of the employees living |
comes from the farms themselves.
The Buxtons have a fine herd of /
Holstein cattle, an imported Belgian /
stallion and a dozen large mares for
breeding purposes and flock of |
sheep and several pens of White
Chester hogs. So it will be seen they
are engaged in general farming on
quite large scale. Extensive
changes are being made to the barns
and the farm offices are equipped
with every convenience for keeping
operations on a strictly business
basis.
Two Pioneers from the West.
The most interesting feature of
the Buxton estate is the work of Ben
Buxton, the son, who has had a very
career in the West and is
now investing in Vermont property
because he is convinced that nowhere
else in this country can good land
De secured so cheaply as in Vermont.
The work is the establishment of an
immense apple orchard. In the
leighboring town of Castleton a
of Ben Buxton, r. R.
McRae, is also embarked in the or
,hard business, he having an orchard
,ver a year old containing $4,000 ,
rees. These two men knew how to
'aise fruit and they found in Yer
mont what they believe is the best I
to establish an immense ,
ruit business. l
Mr.. McRae has been in the fruit i
in the West and knows the '
marketing as we'll as the producing a
nd. Nearly all his trees are set in I
trips of plOWed and cultivated land Y
nd show a growth of from 20 to 40 I
inches this season. A very small per- G
entage of his trees were killed the
rst winter and there is every prom {
Sc that in 1916 his orchard will be- {
in to produce fruit.
Ben Buxton is at the head of the {
My store in Buxton, Iowa, a town F
f 5000, president of two Iowa il
anks, owns property in Chicago and t
arm property in Illinois, but is now n
evoting the main portion of his time o
, Vermont development. This spring 4
e set out / 900 apple trees and will L
ct 10000 more next spring. Nearly s
very tree has lived and with the in >
9lligent care he is prepared to give
here is every reason to expect a y
cry profitable orchard. These two =
len are the first to turn from the Y
vest to vermont for agriculture, but :
hey are pioneers in movement that =
GEMS destined to come to the Green =
fountain state, and they are sure to "
ecome prominent in Vermont life. 2,
Seeing the State. S
Two DAYS were spent at ID. Il. DuA- u
ms home during which auto tours ts
ere made around Rutland county. g
he once famous Clarendon Springs
ere visited and the excellent water d
lmpled. The hotel there is closed 81
nd in litigation, but there are sew r!
raj pretty residences and the Yer Il
ont Marble company is opening a
rye quarry there. On the way an r
m tree over seven feet in diameter
as seen near the residence of Fred
allard. Some very large brothers "
nd sisters grow around it but so far D
J we know this is the king elm of
ermont. o.
Lake Bomoseen, the largest body =,
water wholly within Vermont, and IT
AXE ST. Catherine, body of water
it'll one shore much like the famous h
AXE WillOughby, were visited. A ~
ad better than that at WilIoughby h.
ms along the foot of the cliffs on
e east shore of Lake st. Gather TT