Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-04-01

10 lnhablt the wilds when no nelghbor was near.
And after him, Butler, from Weathersfeld moved,
And saw the wild lands to a village improved.
Near Winooski, that village with pleasure we meet
Set with beautiful trees chiefly forming one street.
If, leaving the village, we turn to the right,
Another small village soon comes to our sight.
And Waterbury Centre, still north towards Stowe,
Is one of the pleasantest places | know,
Now, Washington's northern division surveyed,
The towns on the south our attention demand.
If over the river our Journey is made,
In mountainous DuTbury, South, we shall stand,
In this township, though much of it wild, we shall find
Yet more than eight hundred inhabitants dwell,
10 Winooshi its rivulets n%ortherlY wind,
Or, easterly, hasten Mad River to swell.
Let us ride back to Moretown, and Mad Rivers mouth,
And visit some towns that are washed by it south.
With good water power though Moretown is / lest,
1t cannot for husbandry rank with the best.
Some intervales g1oG in the township are found
Along the Winooski, its ~northerly bound,
And washed by Mad River a moderate share,
And other good lands in the township there are:
But parts rather poor, or much broken, we view,
If in any direction we travel quite through.
Through the %easterly portion see mountains extend,
And washing the west does the river descend.
But passing the Hollow our course we pursue
Till meadows delightful in WaitSfeId we view.
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Washed through its west side by the rivers descent.
1t is less by a dozen square miles at the least,
Being added to Mortified, that lies on the east.
If you ride near the common and look down the stream
The valley romantic and charming will seem;
The dwellings, and in~tervales, pleased you survey,
And the river mcandering its ~northerly way.
Waitsfeld west, is the river, more east is the hill,
A good soil you may visit in each if you will.
Though small. is the village, it cannot be mean,
Ginon flo 1Wa11inrc are Onot AMI two chItrnhpS orn
seen.
Some mountains the township from Mortified divide,
And over those mountains not easy they lide.
On the west is the township of Fdyston surveyed,
And west of the latter are mountains displayed.
Thus eastward and westward may mountains be seen,
With Waitsfeld and Fayston extending between.
Those seen on the west, so extensive and grand,
Are the famous Green Mountains that run through the
land.
A township is Fayston of mountains and hills,
And some of its streams are sufficient for mills.
The waters of Fayston to Mad River due,
An e~asterly course into Waitsfield pursue.
Though few are the people, six hundred and more,
They count at each census still more than before.
From the village in Waitsfeld now take which you will
The road up the river or road on the hill,
And Wdrren with pleasure we soon shall survey;
The county's last town as we travel this way.
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Though not very mountainous, mountains are near.
Like Waltsfeld, this township is small in extent,
Like Waitstield washed through by the rivers descent
If we follow Mad River from Granville quite down,
And number the people while passing each town,
We shall find, as the river increases in size,
The towns in their number of people will rise.
In Granville are numbered five hundred and more,
And nearly a thousand in Warren, next lower;
When more than a thousand in Waitsield are past,
Count DER eleven hundred in Moretown at last.
The mountains that Waitsfeld from Mortified divide
Are as long as the rivers that water each side.
We have seen them in Moretown, and now we mus
toll
As we pass over eastward to Ror5urys soil.
BY Brookfeid is RoXoury limited east,
South are Granville and Brlintree, or partly, at least.
Its streams, very small, to Winooski are due,
Or, south, to White River, their iontney pursue.
Very broken the soil, but a route for railroad,
And land very good on the town Is bestowed.
The serpentine here is a beautiful stone,
Which will furnish good loading for the cars when the,
run.
Dog Rivers head waters we trace in this town,
Through Mortified and Berlin We follow them down.
In each of those towns are expected to run
The cars, and the road is already begun.
On the cast side of Mortified does Williamstown res
And Waitsfeld has widened it much in the west,
One of rank and importance this town we may deem,
Its villages flourish along on the stream.
In a deep, narrow valley the stream has its course,
Where factories run and machines by its force.
A brick wollen factory pleases the eye,
AS long as the State House and nearly as high.
Some hundreds ofhands are employed by its aid,
And large is the quantity of cloth that is made.
If led by Dog River our course we pursue.
The westerly portion of Berlin we view.
= This town in Importance with Calais may rank,
And forms of Winooski the ~southerIy bank.
Some parts of the town are quite broken, IT seems;
But intervales handsome are washed by the streams,
If, leaving Dog River, we turn to the right,
A pond and small village will come to our sight.
Some portions of Berlin are pleasant to view,
| And neither the cattle nor people are few.
Stevens Branch in the corner northwest may be show
!, Where Stevens the hunter expired all alone.
This stream is from Barre, which easterly lies,
A populous town, though of moderate size.
Streams from Wiliamstown, Orange and Washingto
run
To water this town, and unite into one.
With good water power abundantly blest,
This town is for husbandry one Of the best.
Though the soil is uneven in Barre, the eye
Meets only two hills in the town that are high.
In the east and southeast of the township they stand,
Made ofgranite, quite handsome and much IN deTnan
The State House that towers with grandeur and grac
was Dullt OF the granite removed from each place.
j Two villages, Upper and Lower, are seen;
A mile and a half is the distance between.
South Barre and Barre their names, if you please;
Wares ofmany descriptions are furnished in these.
The neat village Ttcingsuile, our notice will claim,
So near Lower Village It's part of the same.
In Twingsville a foundry and factory stand,
Where castings are polished and sent through the lar
" Twingsville we must visit, where -four is ground,
Scarce a rival of which we are told can be 70 und.
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Wilmot Proviso, Mr., Brinkerhof, of Oh
paused and drew a half dollar from his peck
I'll; and holding it up so that every member of t
House could see what it was, said, Sir 10
at this, sir-look at this, and see its inscrlpti'