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ENGINES WHICH HAD PERSONALITY.
EDITOR THE VERMONTER:
In the September issue of The Vermonter Mr. J. H. Snyder, a former resident of our state,
whose boyhood and youth were spent at Cut- tingsville, on the line of the Rutland R. R., asked why the names of four familiar old time wood burning locomotives belonging to and in use daily on that road, have not appeared in any of the lists of names so far printed in the pages of The Vermonter.
I am interested enough in his letter and other communications of similar nature to answer it. Mr. Benedict's list, which was printed in the August issue, is the only one that attempts to give a list of this kind and is not perhaps, au- thentic, besides does not cover the period away « back in the eighties and nineties when the four locomotives mentioned were in main line freight and passenger service and "used to flit thru the little hamlet, Cuttingsville."
When last I saw the "Dunmore," formerly called "Lake Dunmore," she was shifting in the yard at Rutland and had the same gaudy red running gear, brass dome covers and Rus- sia iron jacket; even the smoke arch and batten and balloon stack had a polish, showing recent and careful grooming. She was scrapped in the early nineties. In 1900-1901 the "Geo. B. Chase" was performing the same service under "No. 223." The "Moosalamoo" was then await- ing her breaking up on the scrap track. Her dissolution came about through a head on col- lision with one of the then new big freight en- gines. The "E. A. Birchard," the second bear- ing that name, in 1891 was still in light passen- ger and special service, her name had also been removed and she was scheduled as plain "212." The first engine bearing this name was built at the Rutland & Burlington R. R. shops and was a veritable band wagon-so far as brass, vermilion, gold leaf and varnish could add to the attractiveness of the ornamentation.
Burlington, Vt. -Ezra R. Russell.
VERMONT SCENES OF INTEREST IN GERMANY.
EDITOR THE VERMONTER:
The copies of The Vermonter received are surely appreciated; and they have been doing a little missionary work for the States and for New England and Vermont in particular. I am using them in my conversational classes at school; and in addition have shown them to a number of people outside of the gymnasium. Everyone has been much pleased with them,
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particularly with those numbers dealing with the mountains. A favorite has been the article on Lake Willoughby, with its superb pictures. As one young man said to me after looking at the various views-"That is as pretty as any- thing we have in Germany."
There exists here a profound ignorance con- cerning New England; and its mountains in particular. One day as I was telling about the Presidential range in the White Mountains, and describing some of my experiences on these mountains and on Mt. Mansfield and others of the Green Mountain range, the question was put to me "Why don't we learn about these in school? All we know are the Alleghanies; and you say that they are not as high as the Green and White Mountains." Now to answer that question to the satisfaction of my pupils was difficult; but to my own mind the condition is but another by product of the lack of proper advertising on the part of New England. Ger- many thinks of New England as a place where the first settlers landed, and as the home of Boston, and as being next to Canada; and that is all. That Mt. Washington is the highest peak east of the Mississippi, or that Mt. Mans- field will compare with any mountain in the northern part of Germany, they had no idea. So I am engaged in a pleasant task of geo- graphically enlightening at least a few; and you may have the conviction that "The Vermonter" is being put to a good use, more than three thousand, five hundred miles away from home.
Stettin, Germany, I-Charles C. Tillinghast.
& (Formerly an instructor|at Vermont Academy),
WWW . THE LETTER FROM HOME.
EDITOR THE VERMONTER :!
Enclosed please find payment for The Ver- monter for 1914. I hope I have not missed any of the issues of the past year as they seem like a letter from home-the last copy especially. It seems sad to read of the deserted farms in Miss Edith Esterbrook's account of the sixty mile trip over the Dover hills. I knew them all when I was a boy. East Dover was quite a village-a church, store and blacksmith shop and several houses-all gone now except one house and the church used for town meetings. I was born in Brattleboro, one of the prettiest spots on earth. I wish more could be written of Windham county. I remember the first build- ing where Estey & Green made their first melo- deons. Afterwards Jacob Estey made the Estey organ.
Cleveland, Ohio. -- Fred C. Elmer.
FROM A HARTFORD BOY.
EDITOR THE VERMONTER:
Enclosed find U. S. currency to cover sub- scription for The Vermonter. We could not possibly get along without this little book each month, as it brings back several good things for those who are far from the native land.
San Jose, Costa Rica. -H. W. Coutermarsh.
OURSELVES.
A diversity of interesting material is omitted from this number by the unexpected length of the History of Hartland. This article is of double value, however,-locally, in preserving a wealth of tradition-and to the state in that the opinions and events described coincide in large measure with similar happenings in almost every town at about the same period. The history of Hartland is acceptable as a his- tory of the state, in miniature. Miss Darling has, we hope, by the refreshing manner of her description, lighted a torch which will help ex- tend the growing interest in how the people lived who occupied this land before us.
NOTE: It is found that James Gilson was not a Revo- lutionary soldier as stated in the November Vermonter. Sidney Brown is a Hartland grandson of the Revolu- tion.
Frequent receipt of subscriptions and con- tributed articles from parties who have hitherto had no connection with the magazine leads us to observe that "circulation" is apparently, in this instance, quite an expansive quantity. Some friends have told us of passing the maga- zine on through five sympathetic hands, wind- ing up eventually in Alaska or where not. A lady wrote recently that she had repeatedly loaned a much prized copy until-she had lost it. Could we supply another? We could. A good many people are binding their copies of The Vermonter. We don't look backward much ourselves, but when, in a search for some elusive published item we have occasion to run back through the files of a year or two, we can see the reason. Vermont, in many phases, is pretty well spread out therein.
"That's right-keep up the high standard" writes one man. We shall, but at some cost, in these days of slip-shoddiness.
VERMONT FIR BALSAM PILLOWS
13 x 18, white cambric covers, 75 cents, deliv- ered, east of the Mississippi river; west, 10 cents additional.
Fill your home with its fragrant, health-giving odor, right from these woods.
CLOVERDALE FARM, MONTPELIER, VERMONT.
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WHO EVER HEARD OF hale's Tavern?
40 Miles from Anywhere 165 Miles from Everywhere
Jerome F. Fale Wells River, Ut.
This magazine should have a claim on your interest-it's different. It has, we think, a kind of familiar interest - like the wrought iron scraper on the door step, the well worn braided rug within, the shiny brass of the pump handle, the roomy old rocker by the fire, and the out- look across the yard to the barn and the neigh- bor's garden. What better, other than the friend in flesh and blood, would you have enter your domicile a dozen times a year?
Our booking clerk has the odd faculty of usually being able to supply one's initials, once the name is spoken, and often the place and street number therewith-having written some of them so many times. This is sometimes most surprising to occasional visiting subscri- bers and beats any introduction all hollow. This easy trick of the memory is a mighty good thing to cultivate. If it wasn't so discreditable she'd ought to have been a politician.
PICTURE REVERENCE.
We intend to make an announcement in the next issue dealing with rare native Vermont pictures of large size and how you can obtain them by getting subscriptions for The Vermon- ter. We are strangely moved by the elements of artistry in some of the pictures we have made and believe you will appreciate our selec- tion.
We saw a new sled yesterday with "True Vermonter" neatly lettered across its top. We came near telling the boy who had it that it was the best name we ever saw on a sled- and we've had a few. A mighty good way to help inculcate patriotism, too. That manufac-
turer has a line on the chrysalis of an idea that may bring him business. Very likely he is doing the same thing elsewhere but it can hardly have the same application as here. Our loyalty, in talk, at least, is filling all bounds. The boys and girls are becoming more imbued with the Vermont spirit than parents or teachers even. Where they get it we don't know. Perhaps they draw it out of the air. At any rate you couldn't draw some of them away from this common- wealth with wild horses. They'll make it a world buster in ten to twenty years more.
We wish to voice our gratitude for the many kind greetings received from subscribers at this season. We have, it seems, a great many friends we have never met. (Sounds odd, doesn't it?) What moves us most, perhaps, is that even those who write to stop their sub- scriptions (for we have such) almost invariably extend best wishes for the success of the maga- zine and "The Vermonter Family."
Considering the run on fiction which so many librarians report we feel pleased with approval given the truth about Vermont as various arti- cles appear in this magazine. No combination of things to be desired beats the grouping of things as they are, in this state.
We hope you have enjoyed the legible quality of most of our pictures. We abhor the wuzzy, dauby kind, a-chock with leaping contrasts and indefinite massings. No label under such palms them off to us as other than notably curious.
"Beautiful, dying Vermont." Mr. Lincoln Steffens had better be a little more sure of his ground. When we get around to it we are the most aggressive body of citizens in America.
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THE HARDWICK SAVINGS BANK AND TRUST CO., 1
HARDWICK, VT.
Capital $50,000.00
Surplus and Profits $62,000.00
Deposits $875,000.00
DORMAN BRIDGMAN, President, GEORGE A. MORSE, Vice President. W. B. CRANDALL, Treasurer.
We pay 4 per cent. and all taxes on Savings Deposits.
A good bank to make YOUR bank.
THE MOST CHARMING, PICTURESQUE AND HEALTHFUL
SECTION ON THIS CONTINENT and the place to spend your vacation is in
The Green Hills of Vermont
and along the shores of LAKE CHAMPLAIN. The new 1913 edition of" Summer Homes," a beautiful brochure givinga complete description of all villages and resorts located on the line of the
Central Vermont Railway,
and on the shores of Lake Champlain, also a list of Hotels and the best Family Homes, who will . take .summer boarders at prices ranging from $7.00 to $10.00 per week, is now ready for delivery. Mailed on receipt of 6 cents for postage, on appli- cation to E. H. BOYNTON, N. E. P. A., 256 Wash- ington St., Boston, or A. W. ECCLESTONE. S. P. A .. 385 Broadway, New York. GENERAL OFFICES: ST. ALBANS, VT. J. W. HANLEY, Gen'l Passenger Agent.
THE VERMONTER, THE STATE MAGAZINE.
.Chas. R. Cummings, Editor, Publisher and Owner. . Issued monthly at White River Junction, Vt. $1.00 a year. 10 cents a copy
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A STATE INSTITUTION. THE "OLD"
V Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Company,
Organized A. D. 1828. of Montpelier, Vermont. Directs your attention to its rapid growth in the past 14 years.
Capital and Surplus, 1897,
$3,665,995.01.
Capital and Surplus, 1913,
$9,200,000.00.
It Insures all kinds of insurable property at the Lowest Possible Cost. Its losses are adjusted and Paid Promptly. It solicits your patronage.
See your local Agent.
GEO. O. STRATTON, President, HUGH PHILIPS, Vice-Pres't.
JAMES T. SABIN, Secretary HERMON D. HOPKINS, Treasurer.
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