Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-05-06
Eofal Mus s. Notifies.
MONTPELIER.

The article promised last week will be fonra
on our first page. We dissent in few particu.
lars, and approve of much. The whole is wor,bv
of the consideration of our citizens. Montpelier
will 60 AHEAD moderately, but smeip Wa
have full faith in that in future because such ev.
er has been the fact in the past. Our people ney-
err have been specuiotipe-nevcr have run into
serious excuses of any sort nor have they evor
lacked enterprise in whatever promised fairly for
a successful issue. Thus in trade no town -
Vermont has had fewer failures, or more general
success; in public Institutions such as banks and
insurance companies, the last of which are not
ling quite numerous here,) every one, wnhop,
exception, has hitherto been successfully man
aged and in means of moral and social ipprops.
meni of high order, no community in Vernon,
is more abundantly supplied than Montpelier is.
and generally has been, for the last thirty years
Improvements in nearly all these things can be
made; and in nothing more than in educational
institutions, though in that point MONTPELIER il
well supplied with the kernel Of good old in
sttution--we want new shell prodigiousy. and
We are glad to hope that it is soon to be supplied
That NORMAL School, and the PLANK Rotps.
we ought to have-albet we are not one whit
afraid of more railroads. The School is new
and valuable suggesdon-the plank roads we
have been driving at occasionally ever since
we knew anything about such thing. They
are groicing slowly in Vermont, and Montpelier
will 90 into them with rush--iehen our p,ofl,
are satisfied that they ioW PAY. Our correspon.
dent may regard that a settled point. A few
words as to the effect of the railroad. It has of
necessity produced a change in the mode of do.
ing business, and change in business ITSELF
This was anticipated, and our people, especially
those engaged in trade have been content 70
icdd and ,catch. We believe the amount of
trade is greater than ever, and customers better
than ever-pay altogether more on the cash
down or I" ready" principle. Profits, in detail
are doubtless less but So are losses, especially
on bad debts In the long rum we believe the
new will be better than the old. The agri
cultural population all about us has been vastly
benefitted-the farmers of Washington county.
ALWAYS independent, by the way are getting
to be more than independent, and in due time
all our villages will reap richer reward for
every outlay they may make for the real advan-
tage of community Our people produce NOR,
than ever and this Is true of mechanics and
manufacturers, as well Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
true OF Montpelier as well as Of this section Of
the State. There is room for much greoier i'm
provement here and it icU come. The fact Of
an important increase during the last three years
is guaranty for continued increase until an
the resources of the locality are improved In
population, the census shows untavorably. Be.
cause for one Montpelier in $40, we had tro
Montpeliers in 1850; and besides, It must be
remembered that a considerable portion Of the
actual business portion of Montpelier reside ia
Berlin We do not doubt that the population Of
Montpelier is increasing and if our correspon-
dent had gone all about the town, we think he
could not fail to observe a very considerable in
crease in buildings, and many old ones greatly
improved, within the last three years. He can
see other and valuable improvements This year,
if he wishes to come. But great deal can be
done, and we have sometimes been inclined to
complain because men of means have not gone
further and fuster. This consideration, however
is worth remembering: if they move s,ole, they
will 60 pretty sure in whatever they do under.
take. If our correspondent desires prudence, with
fair degree of enterprise he will be pretty sure
to find it in Montpelier,
Cemeteries. he Patriot of last week con.
tuns handsomely written article on this sub.
lect. We trust the good people of Montpelier
will not only be pleased with the article, bu;
profit by it. a practical application Of the well
told lesson would not be out of place Who
ever shall visit the little " city of the dead on
Elm street, will find its avenues narrow, its
squares crowded, nearly the whole area compact
ly filed with graves, and already is the adjoin-
ing land encroached upon Consider the whole
space adJoining-it is limited if taken for bur
ial purposes, in few years it will all be occu-
pied, and then new grounds viii be necessary.
In the old ground lie the remains of relatives and
dear friends: shall we, who are living be diridd
from them in our death So it must be- with
most Of US, unless the present cemetery is rtmor-
ed to much more spacious grounds and it can
be removed to a much more appropriate and
beautiful location. 1t is painful, indeed, to think
of renioya-but, will not the necessity OF it soon
be STERN ineyitable2
.Neir Siores.-T. J. Hubbard is converting
the old Village Hotel" and " the Arch" into
stores. When the improvement is completed
+ the " old South Corner" will have the largest
block of stores in town.
Warranted to M-R. r. Rker Is ready, with
a new stock of Goods. See advertisement
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