Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-07-28
Instantaneous.

AeaANDtbA ~ W y tCl1 VIZ
following from that excellent reli-
gious paper, the Puritan Recorder,
published in Boston
MEssRs. EDIToRs - Having
been subscriber and constant read
ef of your excellent paper for some
eight years, and having seen notices,
commendatory or otherwise, of GER
tain towns and places, venture to
call the attention of your readers to
few facts relative to Randolph
Vt. believing that by so doing, |
shall confer a favor upon su h of
your city readers as desire remark
ably pleasant, healthy, retired, and
moral country place, in which to
spend the orm oeason. THE vii
lage is situated in Orange county,
$50 miles, or Z l2 hours ride from
Boston, by Railroad, either by the
Concord or Bellows Falls route, and
three by stage. The Vermont Cen
trail Railroad passes through West
Randolph, which is some 300 feet
nearer the earths centre than Ran
dolph. The whole town, embrace
ing four small villages, contains a.
bout $500 inhabitants, chiefly en-
gagged in agriculture it being one
of the best agricultural towns in
New England, While ii ranks high
in the premium State for the pro-
duction of horses, also cattle, sheep,
hogs, poultry, wool, butter, cheese,
and eggs the centre village has
raised men and even aoomen +; and
among the native born or adopted
may be found four Congressman,
ole Postmaster General, two Lieut..
Governors, numerous ministers, law
yers, Physicians, Judges, Editors,
SC.
From the Congregational Church
has been taken four or more Mis-
sionaries, and others are in prepara-
ton. There is also a Methodist
and an Episcopal Church, also llav-
ing regular preaching. The Aca-
deny is one of the oldest and most
reliable in New England. What is
nov the Randolph Temperance
House," has been for some years
owned and kept by man who
would, it was believed, in spite of
Name Law and everything else, sell
or deal out "the very critter. -
A few months since, the citizens,
learning that he offered to sell out
to the present owners, though at an
eIorbitant price, Immediately con-
tributed over one tenth part of the
amount, on the condition that the
owner should remove from the
place, and the house be kept as a
good and respectable Temperance
House. 1t has been reftted, and
'hus far kept in satisfactory man
ner Charges from two to three
dollars per week.
The scenery from this village is
delightful. Being highly elevated,
circuit of about three hundred
miles of the Green Mountains can
be seen with the naked eye. The
writer has travelled somewhat
through the Eastern, Middle and
Western States, having crossed Lake
Erie twenty-six times, but has new
er found any scenery so pleasing to
him. The soil is remarkably good,
exceeding any thing he has ever
seen at the West a dark loan,
ranging from five to eight feet in
depth which thing is easily DEM
onstrated for any one who questions
the statement. There is also min
eral spring, sulphur and iron pre-
dominating.
The village is supplied with pure
water, from spring one hundred
feet lower than the street, by hy-
draulic ram, and SO large that il dis
charges, / think, as much as two
barrels of water per minute through
the year.
l write this without the knowl-
edge or consent of any one now in
the village, hoping it will be fa-