Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-07-24

daughter Of the great General in command |
Of the black regiment of the Phonix'
Table first rate and charges the same as in |
first class hotels at the North.--Clovcland, |
Ohio: the Angler is the best located, kept
as Yankees only keep hotcls-clcan quiet,
we'll furnished and abundantly supplied II
is enough to say that WV. Rooms. late Of
Mortified, is the host of the Angler of
course it is equal to anything out of Boston
or New York and we arc glad to add that
" Bill Rogers is doing well for himself as
we'll as for his guests. Mrs. Rogers and
Mrs Bancroft give material aid in this large
and thriving Niagara Falls
the international is all that can be desired
The style is unique to country people dim
nor scene is as good as an old fashioned June
training, everything being done to good mu-
sic from a band. The same fashion prevails
at the " Cataract House and probably at
the " Clifton which is on the Canada side
These are all excellent houses, and none of
them are crowded yet. This is the time to
visit Niagara-bciore the water is low and
the houses arc crowded.
Tho trip has been exceedingly interesting
and instructive, about eighteen hundred miles
out of twcnty-four having been through Sec
tions never visited by us before. Pcnnsylya-
mia, in the vastness of its resources and the
magnfconco gifts public works, most strong
ly improsscs the traveller Ohio is vast, mo-
bic and rich, but not so impressive. Ken
lucky, in the variety Of scenery and richness
of soil most resembles Vermont. and in these
particulars we rank it above Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Virginia, SO far as these States came
undor our observation but for beauty and
substantial comfort, give us httlo Vermont in
preference to either. On either of the three
principal railroads in Vermont, embracing the
Connecticut valley, there is more picturesque
scenery, and greater variety of the beautiful
and the sublime, than in any section we have
yisitcd,--tho passage Of the Alloghanios and
the bluffs and rolling fields of Kentucky not
excepted. We arc bcttcr contcntcd than cv-
CIR with Vermont as the State to Ero in. and
for fumers--to coin money in a legitimate
and honest way. Vermont the most bcauti-
full, richest, ircost, purest, best of all That
is the sum of the editors trip
There are points, certainly. in which part.
of Pennsylvania, kentucky and Ohio arc sue
pcrior to Vermont but ON the whole, to ono
who is content with doing and being well, and
especially to one who loves the old mountains.
there is no place like Vermont We have
seen no spot we would commend to a farmer
in preference to good Vermont mrn-ol-
though wo have commended the neigbborhood
of Louisville to dairymcn because of the lack
of dairymcn there, and at the suggestion of
one who knows the county. Broader fields.
and equally as rich, may be found in either of
the three States above named; but their
great crops are raised remote from market.
and in competition with dozen States rcioc-
ing in equally great staple crops while Yer
mont is a Kentucky, dropped down in the
midst of States far less fruitful, and now
thanks to our Bailroads-with the great mar
kcts at her doors. Vermont farmers are
therefore richer. and bound TO be richer than
the Same class located more rolAote from the
sca-board. There are some tbinrs Wcst
however. from which Vermontors can derive
, useful hints The tillers of the limestone
lands of Vermont may learn something about
wheat of Che old farmers in Lancaster. Pa.
and the graziers win learn much from the cat-
tie and sheep for mutton' of Ohio and Ken
lucky. Mechanics will do best by going To
t towns that are 10 be- made and. therefore. they
. must go far beyond Ohio Spectators and
a noto-shayors must take the same direction
p albeit, we suspect this IS a dangerous bust.
b ness, except to those who are skilled in it.
S and who co, ,.;,o to;t.,l.otr ..,,..,J ..,...
ton Manufactures are sufcriug-iron Is
the chief, Wcst-not simply because Of for
s oigu competition, but from cause peculiar ia
the location. The Ohio river is no longer re-
liable for nayigable purposes, and the manu-
u iacturcrs can, therefore, have no assurance Of
l. stocks of ore and coal, nor of cheap freight
z for their manufactures On the other hand
more favored points Cleveland, for instance,