Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-08-06

ments, these real blessings, to the rich
western prairie, telling US that there we
can have more extensive cornfelds.-
Our young men, lured by ''the voice of
the charmer," leave these New Eng
land homes, their green hills, their
schools, and their houses of worship, and
take their way to those low, fiat, extcn-
sive wheatfields. And when they ar
rive there they look around, and find
they have left their religion behind them.
1t has even passed into proverb that
"religion will not stand transportation be-
yond the western shore of lake Michi-
igan." There they cease to love the
beautiful, squat down in some miserable
howell, that here would be scarce thought
fit for their hogs, dig hole in the earth
into which the surface water settles, not
where it rises from below, and this they
drink have no care for the flowers, no
desire for improvement of the mind, few
schools or churches, the dull impure air,
and still more impure water giving a la
~, apathetio, inert tone to the whole
system, the pulse beating slowly, so that
they are incapable of any great exertion,
or of laboring for, or enjoying any thing
but wheat and corn and that from to 80
cts. per bushel. There are few excep-
tons to this picture, but it is too nearly
the rule for all that. Then is it not the
voice of an enemy which is leading our
young men away at such an expense
with fever and ague superadded.
Let us rather be glad for New Eng
land with her mountains, her hillSides
and her valleys, her schools, her church
es, and her neat houses, with the vine
adorned porch, her flower gardens, and
her substantial riches, riches of the heart
nourishment for the spirit. And as
pass over these majestic hills, and look
out upon this splendid valley, watered by
your river, a magnificent panorama, a;
| behold these well cultivated farms, and
happy homes, as l look away and in tbs
distance, let my eye full on Owls Hea(
in the one direction and Jay Peak in the
other, and then try TO take in all tht
beauty Of the scene below, [ am strong
ly impressed that you Of the Missisquo
valley have great reason to be glad tina
God in his providence has cast your 10
where there is so much to speak to yol
Of Him, so much to fill your hearts, you
real Golfers with true riches, where Their
| is so much to invigorate your minds, an
r those Of your children. Yea where ther
, is so much to cause you to be those tru
worshipers, who shall be tranSplanted i
: the end to happier home, where tn
f grass never droops and the flowers neve
fade.
l While, therefore, your hearts enlarg
in view Of our broad and extended cour
try, and you shout with the mere GU
gushing Of your rapture for its vast are'
0 and its mighty power, forget not to IT
O serve your loudest, heartiest "cheer" fc
the Green Mountain State, the MtsSl
|, qae0i OalIeg and y0ur dear homes.
;, But let not your love for your home
I. evaporate in smoke, nor in useless brav;
5 do. Make them homes, and this vale
c all that it may be, the best portion of I'll
II state. Adorn your homes with tn.
II which the creator has furnished, the ire
!, the vine, and the shrub. Make it al
If pear that you love these by what you {
.e for them. Cultivate taste for the bea
e tiful. Go on improving your farms, al
$ make them even more desirable. The
e there will be less tendency to the enc
D waiting minds, and the ague giving W
T, tiers of the west. But above all, NAL
ii these valleys, and these hills vocal wi
4 the praise of those who won this land
you, and of God who has formed its +
10 mantle scenery, and given it to you fol
W possession. Make this the home of Low
ID of intelligence, and true piety; and the
e, when you are transplanted from these
IS. other scenes you shall be prepared
#, wander on the shores of a stream mo
1t, beautiful than the Missisquoi, even st
al river of life,' and pluck and eat of t
fruit that grows upon its banks"
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