The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-04-26

- PLANT "oEE FEuIr TREES - 1t
needs no ho.c to prove to Yankees that self
dependent communities are more prosperous
than these which rely upon foreign sources
for MANY commodities Of necessity or luxu-
~. Whatever could be produced at home,
and is not, is so much lost to the aggregate
wealth Of the community. The fact that all
the labor is employed in other channels does
not alter the case because labor, like every
thing else. will 20 where it is needed, and
wherever judciou.ly directed, will increase
capital and develop resources before un-
known. For instance: During the year end
inc March 81, 1876, there were transported
over the Passunpsic Railroad, and delivered
at the single Station of St. Johnshury, 1888
bushels Of apples, costing here not far from
$500 Now, were this sum, or the half of
it.lexpcndcd annually for few years in stock
ing our Farms with we'll selected varieties Of
apple trees, and in giving them continued
and generous support, We could raise upon
sur own hillsides apples enough Of the
.hoicest varieties. to more than supply the
hous demand. There is no reason in TIE
world why this cannot be done. There is
nothing in our climate or our soil, (except in
a few limited locali,ics) which renders any
more resistance to fruit raising than the kill
ful hOrticulturalist loves to encounter. II
difficulties asSail him in one direction. more
Southern latitude brings them in MANY Ex-
pcricnce proves the truth of these assertions
TIE fruit raised in Caledonia County is ten
per cent better than it was FIVE years ago
and probably Of the grated varieties, three
times the quantity. But still the demand i,
greater than the supply, while there is eve
~ inducement to change the order and make
the supply more than the home demand -
Will not our farmers think of this matter
now, in the early Spring time?
- We acknowledge the receipt Of some
nice maple honey from Mr.. Elisha Peck Of
this town. We have had frequent opportu
mites for knowing the excellent quality of
Mr.. Peck's sugar, and this testimony will bt
confirmed by few Young friends who expe
rienccd his hospitality in 1852. and who ltd,
thought then that one of the number wou',
read a paragraph like this in Asia Minor. an
other in Kansas. and others in three different
States The association is a pleasant one
and we thank Mr. Peck not more for the yif
than for she memories it has occasioned.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN ST. JUHN>EU
RY-The summer term of the several schools
in our village will commence on Monday. the
9Th day Of MAY. and continue for Z
term OF eight weeks, and after vacation OF
two weeks will be resumed and continued
another term Of eight weeks. The School a
Fairbanks Village will be taught by MIS-
Macy j. DUTTON: the one at the Depot
Village, by Miss HELEN WOODS the on,
at Paddock's Village, by Miss SARAH X
BATCHELDER; and the two ON the Plain 10y
Miss EMILY =. IIAsELTINE, and Miss Ma
RY f. LATHRoP.
-SrGAEIS,. IN BARNET.-Last Frida,
was sweet day-sweet in its appearances
sweeter in its results, and sweetest in its as
sociatons. We were invited to a sucarin:
Sy Mr. NJ j. ilazeltine, who has fine su
gar-place about half a mile below Passump
sic Village. The invitation was accepted
Of course. A pleasant drive it ought t.
have been on runners, if it wos bare ground
was terminated about mile from the sugar
bushes" as they say in New York. and thcr
short ramble, which became in some place
literally scramble, brought US to neat ant
we'll constructed sugar house. where thu
saccharine luxury was ready to bo in ware'
sweetness long drawn out" The hundred
Of naples which stood around looked almos
bored to death" by our presence: but W
had no time to condoc with them; for there
beneath their spreading branches, stood
large iron pan, in which the hot golden syr
up, once the beverage of the Dryads who
''-haunt the elales.
And drink the dew who lead fair maids
Bv hidden paths where human eyes
Have never looked. -
but which now. all its ETHEREAL nature quit
evaporated is loved bv mortals. That, how
ever, was a loss that we could very readI
dispense with, so long as We found the re
mainder so exactly to our taste. Every bod
in Vermont knows. of course, Just how t
manage to eat sugar but scientific contem
porarv in another State thus describes h
sensations after the acgut;nated mass is d,
posted upon the tongue I'VE subsidized int
beatitude Of repose, and allowed the wa
to melt and creep out upon the palate an
loter about the la5yrinths of the pharyn,
and trickle down the conscious lining Of Il,
esophacus." There's science for YOU Tn
operation having been submitted to an indef
mite number Of times, we returned hOm,
grateful for the invitation and sweeter for tn
sugar.
The season is now about over for sugar
making, and it not been a. all favorable
this section. The weather has been some o
the time too cold, some of the time too warn
and all Of the time too dry.