VERMONT. Ver-mont´.
"Green Mountain State."

First settled by Massachusetts emigrants near Brattleboro, 1724; admitted 1791,—the first State to join the original thirteen.

Area, 9,565 square miles, a little larger than New Hampshire; length, 150 miles; breadth, 35 to 50 miles. Lake Champlain frontage, over 100 miles; Burlington the chief harbor. Number counties, 14.

Temperature at Burlington: winter, 18° to 33°; summer, 66° to 71°; rainfall, 34 inches. Death rate, only 1.07 per cent. per annum.

Burlington, seat of Vermont lumber trade; pop., 11,365. Montpelier, capital. Rutland, famous for its marble works; pop., 12,149. Pop. of Bennington, 6,333; of Saint Albans, 7,193.

First railroad, 1849, from Bellows Falls to Burlington by way of Rutland; present mileage, 937.

Number farms, 35,522. Average value per acre, cleared land, $15.28; woodland, $17.73. Corn crop, 1884, 1,998,700 bushels; wheat, 364,500 bushels; oats, 3,625,000 bushels. Latest report for hay, 1,148,100 tons; potatoes, 4,708,550 bushels; cheese, 6,121,130 lbs.; butter, 25,245,826 lbs.

Salaries State Officers.
Governor $1,000
Lieut. Gov. $6 a day.
Sec'y of State 1,700
Treasurer 1,700
Auditor 2,000
Insp. Finances 500
R. R. Com'r 500
Adjutant Gen. 750
Supt. Pub. Inst'n 1,400
Chief Justice 2,500
6 Asso. Justices 2,500
Senators,
Representatives

 $3 a day.
Dist. Judge 3,500
Col. Int. Rev. 2,650
Col. of Customs 1,000 & fees

Presidential P. O.
Barre $1,400
Bellows Falls 1,800
Bennington 1,700
Bradford 1,600
Brandon 1,500
Brattleboro 2,400
Burlington 2,600
Fair Haven 1,400
Middlebury 1,700
Montpelier 2,300
Poultney 1,400
Rutland 2,500
St. Albans 2,100
St. Johnsbury 2,200
Springfield 1,500
Vergennes 1,600
West Randolph 1,500
Woodstock 1,500
11 P. O. $1,400 to 1,000

Mineral wealth of great value; manganese, copper pyrites, iron ore, and gold deposits have been found. Black, white, red and variegated marbles are abundant; annual value marble, over $3,000,000, and of slate, about $1,000,000.