Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-18

accept this tract which wos .v;
designed to be of great bcnca, 4,
stltutoh In its edrcationa, work
lar from Mr. Batteils dessr,, or in;
10 impose a burden uro, thu "a
nose VINO krcW him b,,st CAY, ts-,rif
earnestly ~ VAS upon his heart To-
the prosperity of the college +, is
from his viii! THAT Mr.. i,a,tcl, ind
his bequcst to yield g. subat,,,i,l a,
ia dir"rts thai $500 year be c.,1
ior IRE bcneht o: worthy young
o, Hfdison county in securing An
ZION. The balance cf the re. annu
come Is directed IT, b. Geyotea
general usca ami purposes OF the. ~
Iio anticipated al income from, IN,
IONS set apart as n park. since h.
scribcs that ~ Mddlebury College
clVidcd into scparate Institutions 10
and women that portion ;hre ~
hc FOR the use Of tic men. cnlloy,
tho income Of the other PORTIONS
.he womcn's colcge Apparently u
?ccted approximately ~ mua, II
from the park PORTIONS a. fro,
other.
shortly befor. his death Nr. II
prepared O. deci of kia forest LAM
tho college, in which lie nrsc-i!c,I
they I've rnaHoycd according - thu
scientific methods Of forestry an
conservation OF natu,a' re.m..-vc. al
are uhiersaood and peactjcei ad
present time, and n, the as,re nd
understood and prac:;cod in thr ri
That deed wns not aze cutcS1. hut ii
oa assumed hat its forms define u 4
pose ~ his benefactons as he had
20 see them.
HOW TO ACCEPT TRUST.
Having in mind the pa.r,oae al
hc'1'lcGt as above summarized AL
instructions rs u It's Use, Inc duty \
co'ieSe ~ discharge of It's .rus, md
outlined as follows:
7. TO preserve intact the I~1r-ioI
fired as visible from 'Silcn: CHIT in
cr'cli. IA a specimen OF .hc ORIGINAL
NOR: forest in its VIRGIN and mi Il
STATE II was one Of the mHir fcati 4
the Vermont forest rlark which,
''1'tell desired to create thai such .
OF original forest should be pre- ..
and this purpose should be carried
whether it be found profitable or unJ
able to do So
IT may he suggested that n perI
natural forest. with great trees Id
fall and decay and undesirable 81
often crowding out those more usefi
attractive, is not nearly SO heautif
n productive forest carefully tended
improved with a view to the prodi
of the greatest possible amount Of Ii
of the most valuable kinds. This
be true, a; it is true that a nattlra
neglected forest is not of SO much b.
to the public. either educationallv r
duStrially, as n forest managed acc
ing to scientific and business met
But not too many things are done il
world from motives Of sentiment,
purely as matter of sentiment the
lego can afford to preserve one
tract in the Green Mountains free
any disturbance by the hand of mar
might not be able to accept such a
II We could not at the same time
age the remainder of the lands as a
mercial forest, as is outlined in tn,
lowing PARAGRAPHS
80 ,roa. .tl, 49,, 80 49,. ,,.,,,
,,,r.,r;o,ad 49, ..,, 49,,
ta r,a.or,.o., a.,
toras,r,. ,o,.ar 1ar,,,;r, 49,. ,s,
always havins in mind it's park oh
ter, harvesting the timber as it
to maturity. but seeking always Il
prove the land as forest. both h,
.,,..t. ' ~
~, ,..i,,,, T., .., .,,. a.,
..,i,,,,, o,,.,i." "'.n,
,bo.ofora fnrhi,s a,,. ruao,i,.s, 49,
farac,.,. No., nua,.i.in,, ,a,,r
49,. 49, ~ ,r,,,oa ,,.;.i,,,,,, .,a., ,.;.
-. 49, a,.a H. ,,n,ilts :. -,....-
atea 80 IVA ,,,.,,.is,an ,.ho,a
t,,rdorar.d, ,,,, - ;n,o.o,a.ia,,
, nroyisiop nust no internro,e
nossihIo 60 40 70 rive eeact 70 OH
n.r,s
''' : ~ y
Mir. Rattell real purpose mus
interpreted out OF his viii as
II cannot be made To turn upon an,
expression to the exclusion of other
their natural interences. Each EXPIRE
must be interpreted IN connection
all OF the rest ana due weight mu
given to each ana every part and 7
any one particular phrase.
The prohibition against cutting
is part OF sentence which begins
he limitation 80 far as reasonably
h. 1t Is to be noted also that the r
he states why no trees are to be
because he desires 10 preserve intac
'hereoi' us specimen oi th' OF
,t,..,r,,. .h.