The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-29

6Teeu CounCy-ltS Productions
and Exports-Rum and Demoera-
cy-Mode of Elect1oneering--T The D
Facetious Farmer, ,...., ,,,.r
JEFFERSON, GREEN Co., Pa, June s57.,
"Verily there is something in name.
Green, is the name of one of the ex-
treme south western Counties in Pa.
Bordering as it does upon Virginia, il
inhales more or less of barbsric a..
mosphere, and affords conclusive evi.
dence that moral plaques are eontseious.
and the doctrine of propinquity unsafe
when applied, even to States and Terri
tories. The name of Green is highly 'aps
ropos, and exceedingly significant Tho
face of the county is rough and hilly,-
yet the soil is fertile in corn. The chief
productions are corn, whiskey, and slop-
fod LVes, 90 hees r~-i. ~-i --L;-i-J. fv',- =,
the main exports. The imports are cast: q
iron Plows, whiskey-worms andtopers.a
The domestic manufactures, are Drunk
ards, dilapidated churches and school
houses, and Widows. In this and the, aa
joining township, there are no less than,
eighty widows, many Of them young, ana
some quite wealthy, having estates ssti-I
mated variously from 500 to s7S,0o0--t
the earnings of the Worms, but by far
the larger class are left destitute and
cheerless. except tina. they are smanci.
pated from the dominion Of drunken hua-
bands Whiskey distilleries in this coun.
ty are nearly as numerous as sheep sheds
in old Addison. The inhabitants are an
Industrious class of people, about half
civilized, but generous and hind hearted.
We have spent some ten days here, and
have come fully to the conolusiopa that
if our sheep could be translated or tyaas-i
mtuted intoso many whisbey barrels,full
of whiskoy, we could sell them like hee D
cakes in frosty morning. Being no
great friend to "the oritter,"l We shall I,
not undertake this process, but, lsavs
soon, q county that is green, for one ripe
for improvement in domestic animals
Rum and Democracy are rampant
here Occasionally we meet true Re.
publican, who stands up amid the rub.
bish and drift-wood about him, like ~
Oak amid brushwood and bramblss, or
a temple of elegance and beauty, sur 4
rounded by novels of filth and poverty T.
Never have we moro highly priced truth
virtue and purity, tempted in the hesrts
of men, than We do now. Never have
We more deeply dospised the running and
damnable practice of whisksy guzzling,
which prevails here among young msn
of eighteen and twenty, to men totterine
upon the graves brink. yH .-. a
This is strong democratic county. y
The process of electioneering here ,is
done en- persona. In New England il
must be done by ones friends. Here
the candidates. expected to show himself
in every public gathering, and personsllya
solicit the support of his fellow eitiEsus.
He is expected and does, walk up to the
bar-calls for deeanter of wbisksy Or
brandy, and says; Come, boys, step up
and "wet your Whistles" here's health
to each other, and long life to the dom
ocratic party. The boys with sun-buras
faces, chaliccd hands and ragged coats,
exchange smiles and walk up in doublsi
file, and partake Of the luxury of being
treated by candidate who 10 hungry
for their votes. ..-r-i.ru e,rni q a.,
We have recently attended q public
gathering, where there were FIVE or six
candidates for different Offices in the
State, and witnessed the above described
modus operandi of securing Office. Ous
temperance man told us that Mr.. Whie
koy bought moro votes in Green COassS
than every other influence combined y
This region is quarter Of century be
hind tho age. t4aim'u
An hour since, jolly, rolicsons
faced farmer rode up, dismounted his
saddle-horss, walked into the bar.roon.
and addressing himself to half dosss
lOafers. enquiries to know if there are any
candidates for Office present, or in the
village, states that he is specially fond
of whiskey and his dimes scarce, but
plenty of votes in reserve to bestow On
a generous candidate who could treat his
friends handsomely. Shortly enters .
DR.. Wolf, with slouched hat, necksrehisf
tied on one side, shirt COLLAR Of . dusky
brown, elbows out of bis coat, face OF.
hibitipg due disappointment in pill
peddling, and sore desire and anxisty
for a seat among officials. The jolly
farmer is very happy to meet the doe.eA
The doctor is equally happy to meet the