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states oil the interior life, slap on his nose,
on his hand or his neck comes a mosquito
The subject considered by the writer
below is one worth earnest attention, by the
people of this place. We hope it will not
fail to receive it.
For the Free Press.
MEssRs EDToRs-Every thing which has a
tendency to advance the material prosperity Of
our place, must be of interest to our people of |
every calling and occupation. Every man who
has invested here, either capital or labor, whether
he sells merchandise tolls at the anvil or the |
bench, has at stake and in some measure his
own keeping, the substantial success of the whole
and the influence and aid of each one of u.s. as it
may be given or withheld, advances or retards the
general welfare. The success of any one business
or calling as it contributes to the general pros
perity, just so far contributes to the success of
every other, and we very much mistake our nd.
vidua interests, if content our selves with aid
ing, alone, the branches ofindustry with which
we arc personally connected. The blacksmith
who should faver no other kind of business but
blacksmithing would, in he end be likely to
make poor living; the merchant who should
wish to have all merchants, would not thereby
increase his sales; and the lawyer who should
not believe in any other prosperity than that of
briefs, would be pretty sure to have a poor set of
clients. In every place where these facts are
understood and acted upon, there is growth and
prosperity where they are not there is the re-
verse.
am drawn to these considerations at this time
| nv hat 1,
by us in tho right spirit, one certain Of success
having direct relation to the obvious principles
before stated l refer to the subscription now in
progress for the improvement of the Medical
School building of the University, and the erect.
ion of Library Building for the preservation of
the very valuable collection of books documents
&c, belonging to the Institution The absolute me-
cessity of accomplishing both these objects is, I
think, plain,-a necessity too, not alone Of the
College and the School, and the literal and ener-
getic gentlemen who are connected with them, but
| also, as powerful element in the advancing of
our general prosperity, which is really the indi-
vidual prosperity of each of us. l will not occu-
p. your space, Messrs. Editors. in discussing the
value of education of itself, nor its moral effect
upon society;-as 1 am not a graduate, and have
no connection with any College or school, l will
leave that to the learned IL will confne myself
to the more familiar topic of the operation of tho
College and Medical School upon population, the
price Of real estate, rents and tho increase of
trade. But lest l should weary your readers
with too much speaking. will leave them to med
itate upon the general aspects Of the matter, till
tomorrow.
REAL ESTATE.
MEssRs. EDITORS Il will now say few words
touching the material benefit, that the UNIVERSE
ty and its adjuncts yearly bestow upon our place.
| have not the materials for exact estimate,
but general statement will be enough for my
purpose. The Officers, Professors and Teachers
in both branches Of the Institution, with their
families, number nearly fifty persons the num-
Der Of Students will average about one hundred
and fifty, in both branches. The greatest part Of
the funds necessarily paid out here annually, Tor
the carrying of the Institution, and the sup
port of these two hundred persons, comes from
abroad. Now it is safe to say that, these two
hundred persons reside here enough to equal a
permanent residence Of Onchundred and my persons,
whose annual disbursements to the merchants,
mechanics and land owners, must amount to at
least one hundred and fifty dollars each, per
year, making direct yeuIy revenus pad INTO our
hasds from torngn funds, OF nc.nty t,co ttousaud
five hw'drsd do2ars. To this should be added the
constant income derived from the numerous pei
sons who called here daily by their connec-
tion and business with the College and its Stu
dents, we'll tho annual inundation, if | may
so call it, Of human beings at CONNIE ucenent
whose visits enrich every branch Of business Be.
.t,l m IL
of families hither who are solely or mainly
Induced to select this as place of reside nee on
account of the superior educational advantages
which the place offers for their children. All
these persons buy, or hire, houses and iand., and
partake of the common lot of civilized humanity,
in the payment Of the bills OF the merchant. gro
GER, &C., &c. These persons also have their re-
lations Of business and pleasure with Others and
so on.-Now it is by just such agencies as these
that the prosperity of place is promoted. If We
neglect such means OF growth in population and
business,.we are sure to grow weak and recede
If we foster them, and develop them the utmost
we are sure to grow strong, and advance. In
these ways and to these ends, all have direct
interest in the largest success of this Institution
and in the safety Of its prosperity
1t is we'll known to every one, that both the
things which it is proposed to do, are absolutely
necessary. The Medical School cannot go on
without a reparation and improvement of the
building devoted to it; it is out of the question
Students will not be attracted by the comfort and
conveniences at present offorded by that building,
| but the reverse. The Library is tho sheet an.
Choir OF the College. A College without a Library
would be much like a tub without bottom
This Library is one Of the most rare and valuable
| in the country; its ten thousand volumes or
more, are the result of the accumulation
of many years, and many of its books could
scarcel' be replaced at any cost ; in short, it is
scarcely too much to say that the destruction of
the Library would prove death blow to the Col |
lege The painest die tates of common prudence
and interest, demand then, that the people should
aid the College to place it in a safe and commo- |
dious building, secure against the hazards Of fire.
We can do it too, wise and profitable invest |
ment of the necessary funds, with a view to our |
own advantage, for it will secure and preserve to
us an annually increasing revenue, the loss of
which we should most seriously feel. We are not
contributing to pay off any old debt we are
creating something that we shall have, and en-
Joy, and be proud Of for the time to come. And
now, whom the College, in both its branches, has
got ON prosperous. footing, is the time for US to
secure that prosperity for our own benefit.
REAL ESTATE,
STATE RADICAL AbolItionist Conven-
ton was held in Montpelier on the 18th
inst. According to an account of the pro-
cecdngs signed by Lyman Prindle, Presi-
dent, and Guy Sampson Secretary, which
We find in the Freeman, the convention "a