Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-07-25

Eno .oootber with New YORK; is %
caIITankee land; the people from VI
Perslvania are called Penamites., :
ohis the Buckeye State, Indiana IS the "
Hodn State. Illinois the Sucker State IN
No. tbo Wolverine State, Wiscon- u
sin Badeer State, and Iowa the q
uavsve State. The people from these ?
statsare called severally, Buckeyes q
sucrs Hoosiers, Wolverines, Badgers, D
and swkeves. As may be supposed all '
tbesneople have their pecuharities IN e
tbo;nonnor Of living and the language a
they,se. 1t is sometimes very amusing
70 HI, them use some of their peculiar
pbraes. Perhaps it may be interesting
to sne of your readers to know what
som of them are, SO I will give you a I
few ar their ediication, with the connec-
ton 4 which they are used Like |
do,"b used very often, thus "1ou don
do lie / do "Tis that" is often used
to signify agreement with a statement
"BucBet" is a name applied to every
ttif;5;.stn that form, whether large or small
(which is used in the place of what;
for instance person makes a remark
which is not understood, and instead of
asking an explanation by saying ''what,"
they will say (which? p sect" is used
all sorts of ways. 1 will give you few
examples. A person will say Il didn't
get to see him" "didn't get 10 co. or 81
wish 1 could get TO see him." meaning
that they did not succeed in going where
they desired to, &c. Fright smart" is
used to signify good or fine, as "right
smart chance" "right smart fellow. =
sRight," is sometimes used alone, as
''right clean" "right fine" sc. "Pow-
err and cheap" are used to signify a
large quantity, as "a power of many" "a
heap of trouble" &c. Mighty is often
used as a qualifyer, as mighty fine
| "Slathers,' is used in the same sense az
"heap" and "power." I might give you
. many more, but perhaps these will SUI
E flee. I think the much-talked-of ant
f badly-misrepresented Yankees hay
much reason to rejoice in their compare
e tive freedom from such improprieties {
e language.
V The morals of the people are quite 6
d good as could be expected. IndeedI bt
lieve Iowa is not behind any of the Eai
e tern States in this particular in evidenc
g. Of which would refer you to the fact (
s its early enactment of the Maine Liqut
% Law, which seems TO be fully inaorse
If by the people. The fact that Iowa hi
re one of the largest school funds of al
ID State in the Union, is another eviden
ID of the good character of the people,
A. We howe. bArHnuar plenty of that ella
of people called sharpers, and people w
I'd come here with too much confidence
rs their own acuteness sometimes find thel
of selves suddenly taken in.
ne Within few weeks l have receiv
u several letters from people living in t
m East, who were rather inclined to doul
ty the stories told of the beauty and richnt
IT. of this country and the advantages
~, secure who come here. Not being
er, farmer myself, his advantages may Sc,
ew greater than they really are, but of |
Ills beauty of the country, and the ease W
which it can be brought under cultivate
lst, you in the east probably have a We
ON faint idea. That some have been
AN here in an unpleasant season of the ye
ey, has allowed himself to be cheated :
cry humbuged, is no proof that it is no
fer desirable place TO live, or that with .
is dence, money cannot be made. Their
In probably not single man who bou
did land in this vicinity three years ago, v
ag- has not doubled his money; and m
the than half have trippled it; some h,
cry done better than that A gentleman
tile the name of Trout, who lives about a n
southwest of this village, bought Gig
/ to acres Of land one year ago last April,
in $4,000, forty of which he sold abou
me fortnight since for $4,000. A few d
ige since the gentleman who bought it, S
hat it out in small lots at the rate of $50
-hy, per acre, giving then clear profit
$4,000! This land is no better situat
With and is no better in quality than the
100 jority of land lying around this WILL
9TH 1t may be said that this locality is an
ception to the general rule; but tina
rom not so. The rise in the value of real
rom tate in all directions as far as have
lost able to learn, has been in about the S
1er- proportion. The fall in the price of
ONE duce will of course check this rise, b.
arge will not otherwise make the country
4 OF less desirable as a home. / will