The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-31
Friday, c,ecember 81, 1915.
coNANT's VERMONT

State Superintendent OF Education
Mason S. Stone has again revised
that splendid book, Commits Vermont
and brought it up to date and the
book has been issued from the press
of the futile company at Rutland. 1t
will be available for use in the
schools and should be in every school
room in Vermont.
This new edition is the sixth and
covers the geography, history and
civil government of the state, with
the new constitution revised to date
The present book contains in com
pact form the essential facts of the
life and history of Vermont and. there
is an increase of over 80 pages from
the old standard edition
The work is published for school
use for the purpose OF meeting in the
fullest measure the intent of the law
prescribing the teaching OF the geog-
raphy. history and ciyu. government
Of the state,
The book contains much original
matter compiled in 1880 by Edward
Conant. In the geography an attempt
has been made to exhibit Vermont in
its relations to other portions of the
country, both contiguous and remote.
To that end there are three maps in
troduced which show the position Of
the state with respect to some of the
great routes of travel across the con
tinent and some commercial relations
of high Importance to Vermont indus.
tries.
The description OF tho mountains
and valleys and OF the waters of the
state is comprehensive, calculated TO
give clear understanding OF the geog-
raphy and history Several tables
have been appended illustrating the
Development Of the state. In this his
tory the chief difficulty encountered
grew out Of the abundance of mater
iaL The purpose has been to select
only that %hichiis, impoItatt charac-
teristic and interesting
70. Eor assistance, i'll tbs. work. Of .TeYis
ion MIR Stone. acknowledges the help.
of many citizens of the state, among
them the late Horace w. Bailey, Fred
w Baldwin, Henry IT, Clark, Walter
II, Crockett. Congressman Frank l..
Greene, Henry D. Holton. Dorman d
Kent, Hamilton S. Peck George NJ.
Powers and George ". Wing.
The book contains over 100 illustrd.
tons, including many photogra lips OF
historic Rutland, Killington. the
backbone of the Green Mountains,
Cooking Falls at Center Rptlsptb- a.
marble quarry at West Rutlplnl, kne
Howe Scale orks. the old federal
park on Main street, the granite tab.
let on the site of old Fort Rutland,
and the statue of the Green Mountain
Boy, taken at the time OF the myel-
ing, the Rutland high school, the old
state house which formerly stood on
West street and a Vermont maple
sugar camp in the vicinity, are among
the local views Of interest
One chapter is devoted to the mar
bic industry, and much of this is en-
tirely new The interior of one of
the marble mills in Rutland county is
pictured and an interesting descrip-
ton given Of the relative values OF
stone to be found in this section and
other parts of the state
The chapters devoted to civil gov
eminent are very complete and may
be easily read and understood by a
young person. There is a copy OF the |
warning OF Rutlands city election
issued q year ago by Henry C. Bnslin. |
mayor, and election forms for nation |
al special city and town meetings. as
posted in various cities of the state |
when occasion required, are shown In |
contrast. The freeman's oath, instruc- !
lions to voters. notice to taxpayers, |
sample ballots for national election |
for electors Of the president and vice
president of the United States, for
state officers, for county officers, for
in Congress, for city
representatives in the General AS
'embly and for the election of judges,
Ire some Of the features that go to
make the new edition.
The constitution of Vermont is Civ
an in full as is that of the United
States. Photographs of the 5S gov
srnors and four United States sena-
ors of Vermont are shown, this be-
ng the first time that the full mum.
yer OF governors portraits have APP
feared IN any book on Vermont In
PREVIOUS editions, few have been
but not the entire number.