What you see isn't necessarily what you get.
Rutland finds it difficult to measure up.

Commerce in Rutland wasn't fairing so well on this first day of inspection in 1911. The inspectors of weights and measures were in town to insure fair and standard operating procedures, making sure people got what they paid for. They were sorely disappointed.

Not one of the measuring devices provided was determined to be legal. The measuring bins they did locate didn't indicate whether they were for measuring dry or liquid materials, which would create significant discrepancies in measured amounts.

Inspectors made their results known, telling Rutland in no uncertain terms that their system simply did not measure up.

The Vermont Book Of Days image courtesy the collections of the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium in St. Johnsbury.

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