This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...two male and thirty-five female teachers, at an average weekly salary of $23.83 for the former and $4.78 for the latter. The whole number of scholars who attended any school during the year was 575, of whom thirty-nine attended private schools. The entire income for all school purposes was $6,773.30, while the whole ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...two male and thirty-five female teachers, at an average weekly salary of $23.83 for the former and $4.78 for the latter. The whole number of scholars who attended any school during the year was 575, of whom thirty-nine attended private schools. The entire income for all school purposes was $6,773.30, while the whole amount expended was $5,070.95, with I. P. Booth, superintendent. Northfield (p. o.), commonly called the Depot Village, is incorporated, and has the usual complement of municipal officers. It is located a mile and a half or two miles east of the center of the town, on Dog river and the Central Vermont railroad. This village mainly sprung into existence on the completion of the Vermont Central railroad, and the establishment of the offices and shops of that corporation here, about 1848. The village enjoyed a very prosperous existence from that time until the offices and shops were'removed to St. Albans. Since then its manufacturing interests have materially declined, but it is still an attractive village. It is built partly upon the Plain near the river, but mainly upon irregular and elevated terraces from thirty to 150 feet above that stream. It contains a fine park (Central Square), five churches (Congregational, Episcopal, Methodist, Roman Catholic, and Universalist), a National bank, a Savings bank, fifteen or twenty stores, a good graded and and High school, Norwich University, and is still a place of considerable manufacturing. Besides its excellent schools Northfield village supports a circulating library of 1,000 volumes. Gouldsville (p. o.) is near the north line of Northfield, and is also on Dog river and the railroad. The leading industry of this little village is the woolen-mills of J. Gould & Son, and which is the main support of...
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B&W illustrations, map. Good, rebound in maroon buckram cloth (hardcover) PART FIRST (pages 1-544) is the Gazetteer, followed by PART SECOND-BUSINESS DIRECTORY, (page 1-280). CONDITION NOTE: Slight cant to book block, some occasional foxing, some water staining to portrait plates (but not surround pages).
