Our great continent; sketches, picturesque and historic: within and beyond the States . yielding rich pastures. In 1880 it had about 500,000 sheep. Its yieldof maple sugar made it at one time the second sugar-producing State in theUnion. The manufactures of Vermont are important. In 1880 there were 2,874manufacturing establishments, employing $23,265,224 of capital, and produc-ing goods to the value of $31,354,366. There were 916 miles of railway inoperation within the State, which cost over $42,000,000. Ample provision is made for the education of the children of the 1880 the number
Our great continent; sketches, picturesque and historic: within and beyond the States . yielding rich pastures. In 1880 it had about 500,000 sheep. Its yieldof maple sugar made it at one time the second sugar-producing State in theUnion. The manufactures of Vermont are important. In 1880 there were 2,874manufacturing establishments, employing $23,265,224 of capital, and produc-ing goods to the value of $31,354,366. There were 916 miles of railway inoperation within the State, which cost over $42,000,000. Ample provision is made for the education of the children of the 1880 the number of children enrolled in its public schools was 73,237, withan average daily attendance of 47,200. It has three colleges and several nor-mal schools. 148 THE GREAT REPUBLIC OF THE WEST. Vermont has no large city. The largest is Burlington, on the shore ofLake Champlain. Its population in 1880 was 11,365. Montpelier, its capi-tal, had only 1847 inhabitants. The name of the State is derived from theverdure that covers its loftiest hills, and its pseudonym is The Green Moun-tain
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