Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-10-27


railroad from Boston to Lake Champlain.
Men of enterprise and capital began to ex-
anime aud look the matter over, and con-
cluded to see whether these great stories 10
the newspapers were true aud to try wheth-
or II would pay to build railroad into
these Siberian regions" The thing is
DONE Cars are running through towns,
cities, counties and states, like frequent
shuttles over The threads and figures of a
weaver's web
Who furnished the twcRfy millions of
dollars to pay for Vermont railroads : Not
Vermont But the real estate of this state has
risen IN value, as a direct consequence of
the introduction of railroads, to an amount
almost equal TO the entire cost of these
roads Your marble, slate, lime, iron,
manganese, are now in high demand, aud
the sale Of these articles is adding immense
wealth to the state. The limbs are Topped
of from the trunks of pine, spruce, birch
and maple trees. and these trees are trans
planted, even from our own county TO the
sea-board Horses, cattle, sheep, swine
enter the cars, when the telegraph wires say
that prices in market are high, aud IN IL
hours or less, they are at Brighton or Cam
ables are raised IN VT, and sold fresh IN
the city market. Milk. in the eastern part
of The state, is drawn from the cows at even
ing, and sold in the city at day-break. Bot
ter goes, when The market is high packed
IN ice, aud arrives fresh and pure. Cheese
is transported without damage, or becoming
mouldy on tie way. If butter is high, you
make butter, aud are sure of the price. II
cheese commands the highest price you
make cheese. Evervthlng that a farmer
can raise on his farm, from an OK to hogs
bristle, finds surer market. aud a higher
price, in consequence of the construction of
ralroads-and these same railroads tC0uM
not get hare BEEN built but for that aid
which had been rendered them By the Press
Bur How Is IT WITH the PRINTER .
Grain rarely is offered him in payment for
his paper, which cost him money. His bin
Is empty, and rats starge in his empty
gfauary. Potatoes have doubled IN value
Butter sells for twenty or twenty five cents
which he once obtained for twelve Beef
is twenty-five per cent higher. Cheese
sells for eight and nine cents, which was
his once for six cents. Do grain, butter
and cheese come to the Printers door now
a-daysl Hardly a pound of butter or
cheese, or bushel of grain, has been Of
iered us for the newspaper, within year
past Our readers are farmers, aud as
what they produce brings the cash TO their
own doors. ii Is doubtless As convenient to
pay us cash. For fourteen years, we have
labored hard for their aud our benefit. We
have prospered, and so have they. But
they are far ahead of us. We pay them
more than twenty-five per cent higher PR
ces for everything they bring as, than we
once did. We give them paper nearly
twice as large as our first numbers IN 1919
They get their papers free OF postage, and
get they pay MS not one cent more for the
paper than ohea produce waS ioD, and
When me paid three instead Of fire dollars a
redm for our paper. We rejoice at your
prosperity, 1t we have labored but,
forget not the Printer in the times of your
plenty, who has aided you in your adversely.
The very railroad which aids to carry off
your products brings back the cheap papers
of the city We country printers are
brought in competition with them, aud II
is a shame to our farmers and mechanics.
that they will pay, yes, prepay one dollar
for city newspaper full of slckly love |
cares. nor does anything Tor them.
There are III Franklin County full thirty
thousand inhabitants. OF those, about FIVE
thousand are voting freemen. The whole
number of paying subscribers to the Hes
senger, in this county, will not exceed nine
hundred or one subscriber to SIX voters,
or one to every thirty-three inhabitants. =
This is not right we ought TO have two
thousand paving subscribers ia this County
IN order that we may furnish paper equal
to the wants of the community, aud also
that we may come directly before larger
number Of minds forming our community.
We have expended IN enlarglng our pa
per, IN purchase of power press, aud
steam engine to drive our press, nearly two
thousand dollars, within the last eighteen
months. We pay more for work done,
pay higher for rent pay higher for paper,
pay higher for the necessarIes of life, and
yet we charge no more Tor The Messenger
than in better days. We believe there is
not larger, or better looking paper than
the Messenger printed IN Vermont The
times seemed to demand The outlay we
have made, but IT remains to be seen
whether 1t shall pay. We have rarely em-
ployed agents to solicit subscriptions, pre-
lerrlng to have volunteer Subscribers
Such subscribers are readers, aud can be
trusted In trying to do more for our read
ers aud the country. we believe we shall be
met by our friends and readers trying to in
crease our subscription list We mean that
the Messenger shall iell our readers the
news, -shsll tell outsiders and those who
have emigrated from among us what Frank
In County and vicinity are about, aud how
they get along If you, Reader, are our
paying subscriber, we are " yours truly
If not, become one, aud ask your neighbor
to become our reader also. Farmers aud
Mechanics of Franklin County, IN the DAYS
of your prosperity, REMEMBER THE PRINT
Err st Atbaas Messenger.
Struck By lightning During the thun.
der shower last sabbath the tavern house
of Mr.. Slack Of Wells River was struck
by lightning, and Mrs Slack severely in-
jured. She was sitting near the fire place,
when the lightning, passing down the
chimney, struck her. Her clothes were
partly lorn of, and her person badly burn
ed 1t was supposed she would not sur
yye the shock, but we are glad to learn