The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-11-16
THE GALAXY.
MIDDLEBURY,VT.
Tuesday, Nov. is, l847.
OUR TOWN.

No one can wander through our village withou,
Witnessing with delight the great improvement,
which for ten years past have been made in opr
streets and dwellings, and which now render,
Middlebury one of the most pleasant and beauti.
full villages in the State Nor can he take look
into our stores and shops without being fully sa,,
fed that more thrifty state Of the business affair,
Of the town exists than for many years past
We have never noticed greater amount of valu.
able goods decorating the shelves of our mer.
chants sssMechanics are extending their operations
a more numerous throng of customers frequen.
our streets inspiring our business men with hone
and animation to which they have until recently
been comparatively strangers. Additional estab-
lishments have sprung up. A spirit of industry
and enterprise is prevailing among new men and
old, resulting in measures which are doing much
to extend the business Of the village. Much Of
the favorable change which is making. proceed,
from the discovery which our merchants and 9th.
ers have at last made that they cannot succeed by
squatting themselves down in their chimney cor.
ners and grumbling about their neighbOrs because
they will not boust them along by an unrrasona.
bic sacrifice of themselves and their interests They
are taking larger views and extending their efforts
TO procure the trade of the rich and independen.
farmers of Addison County. One of the means
not the least efficient which they have employed
TO accomplish this object VIC are confident in say
ing has been a systematic course of advertising.
We are much mistaken if the circulation Of q re
spectacle paper exhibiting to people abroad the
number, extent and various attractions of our bus
mess establishments now so worthy their attention
has not had an important influence in bringing
bout those Improvements in business upon whrh
we have so much reason TO congratulate ourselrc:
In her future prospects Middlebury may indulge
In the most cheering anticipatons of growth and
prosperity. The Rail Road will be built and few
if any towns are likely TO reap richer advantages
from this event than our own. At our depot We
prophesy will be concentrated the commercial
business of large district of country. In consc
qucnce of the greater case Of transportation with
the exception of few towns, the northern portion
of the county will make this the nucleus Of
their business operations. So likewise the
largest portion of the western towns. These cif
cumstances cannot fail within a very few years d
making NIiddlebury great center, and vastly in
creasing the number of customers who will find il
convenient to do their business here.
Beside like some few places on other rail roah
Middlebury is not destined to be a mere conduit
pipe through Which everything is to pass wiihoa
being able to appropriate some of its facilities
aid in bnilding herself up. Here, and half way
down our noble stream towards Vergennes Gs
water powers which might prOpel all the nachin'
cry of Lowell. Nor can they fail of being OccuFt
ed by manufactures at no distant period. Under
such favorable circumstances can VIC not conf
IDENTIFY predict a growth of our place which within
ten years will double its business, population and
value ofproperty. Avaunt then with the limPins
logic of those croakers who never see anything b1i
raw head and bloody bones in the prospects o
place where they reside