The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, Friday, August 2, 1889 That Fool Tax-Law 8/2/1889 [From the Burlington CLIPPER.] It sometimes seems almost in comprehensible that with the rich and undeveloped resources of Vermont, capital should seek newer fields, win which they have more possibilities and ten times the risk to encounter. One illustration of development in Vermont is the town of Barre. A few years ago it was a quiet little town. Somehow a reasonable amount of capital, probably by accident, commenced to open up the hills of granite in that section; it proved a success and plenty of capital was soon at the command of a Vermont enterprise. The result in brief is that the town is now the most rapidly growing one in the state, and it has already begun to put on metropolitan airs. What has been done in Barre could be done in all parts of our state with its hills of granite, slate and other minerals, even if the surplus money of Vermont could remain here. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT