Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-05-29

n7-Ths Railroad fever seems 10 be
spread me 10 oil sce'sous Of the country -
We learn ,hst = vigorous movemes, 10 be
ing made 10 build The road from Pai,helI
on The i,as of,he Wes,srn Rsilfosd roup,
TO Norh AJama Tim action hes M
new he into the Benningto folks, end they
.te now wide awake Tor q comm uafiou OF
thl, lloe from North Adams 10 Their place
THIS route rs very lcss,bs one, and IT
would seem ,hA II Boston should finally
close her doo, againr Us, Of Wenern Yer.
mont, we are .; leas, no, whhou, hope tina,
We shall have improved means Of convey.
ance 10 New York
BY the way, 10 alluding TO this matter,
we are reminded OF a s,atcmcn, made BY
the Wstehman few weeks since, that the
natAra! y~patAia OF the people Of Wes'
tern Vermont were altogether with New
York, instead Of Boston. Now we have
no hesitation ia saying tha! this is an entire
misrepresentation. We believe there is no
people more strongly sttaehed TO New Eng.
lnnd-Ncw England manners and Gus.
toms than the people Of our section; and
1t is to be hoped that no action on the part
OF ihose who have an interest in the pros
rcriiy OF Boston, will tend TO diminish this
feeling Of preference for the capita Of New
England. We have never had doub, but
tina, the Bottom capitalists and those inter
csed would in The end see this matter 10 It's
proper light There is no section Of coun
try in New England, or any ~hert else
more productive 10 oil tina, goes to make
country prosperous and rich, than the sec.
ton through which 1t is proposed TO run
the Western Railroad to Burlington -
There's 10 be fourd in no section OF coun.
try a class of merchants moro enterprising
more ntelisentnnd who pay more prompt
ly Tor what they purchase, than the mer-
chants Of Western Vermont Indeed, the
safety Of this lrade has become proverbial-
and we have no hesitation in saying that If
the question should be asked OF an intelli.
gen, New York merchant, no understood
The matter, Wh,re are your best and
safest customers ! he would a. once
poin, TO the country between Lake Cham.
plain AMI the G reen Mountains. And why
10 thisl We claim tina, The people Of Yves.
tern Vernon, are generally a. intelligent,
as the inhabitants OF any other section
and we know tina, VIC produce nors in pro.
portion 10 the number OF our population.
han any other section, a, least, in the Uni
ed States. For the truth of this latter at
'er,ion we direc, attention to the last census
and as evidence of the correctness OF the
first, we would cite our friend Walton par
lcularly, TO such testimony as he certainly
will not question. BY looking at the re.
urns Of the rot,s OF Vernon, for the past
year, he will find tina, ours is the whia por.
lion Of the State, and as a singular fac, we
would here remark ,ha, there il not on the
limo Of our route single locofoeo town, or
one opposed TO the system ofin,crnal improve.
men Is But We are depressing The trade
and business OF Western Vermont is now
for the first time offered to Boston A. we
have before said, we believe tina, the bust.
ness people OF that city will see their inter.
est 10 this matter, despite the mist and fog
raised BY the Interested people OF another
route Circumstances, it is true, have 10
far led u, 10 another direction and though
we are in distance 100 miles farther from
New York than Boston, We have to the
present lime found our market mostly at
the former place Blu, with a railroad
communication TO Boston, the trade OF our
sec lion Of country is secured TO that city,
and In no other way can she ever obtain il.
BY running this road on the west side Of
our mountains, she subdues and brings 10
her market the entire trade OF a new aud
valuable section Of eouo.ry, while 10 the
mean time she will be placing an addition.
al band OF security around the Eastern por.
lion Of The State, the trade OF which she now
and ever must have
LITTER EsvEtorks As the time ap-
prosehe. for the new Post Offiee law to 20
into operation, business men and other,
'hO.ld prepare themselves with envelopes,