The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-12-04
Letter fom Michigan
kalamazoo, Nov. rs, 1853.

+pfhe AaifoT ~ me- rHfHNHNN'
The cheerful weekly miasiyes from your
editorial sanctum have found their way tout
west" ia due time and order, aud have help
ed 10 keep alive those thousand pleasant re-
membranes n childhood and eary youth
which sbide IN the heart wherever the feet
may wander
hope tint the scores Of young men, and
maidens too, who have len ST. Johnsbury, 10
whose fathers families fhe Caledonian" was
household word, from their infancy up,
have taken to their new homes this dear
friend, which like vine, grows better and bot
ter--they sny--vilh age,
With oil due respect 10, and appreciation
/ hope, Of your able editorials and eoues-
/ pondenee, believe i read your third page
with about as much interest A. any Of the
four As | run my eye over the advertise
menls, here Is a, Is, Offering his customers
and the public In general great bargains" In
"dry goods, groceries, 60" All be was my
playmate, We have rolled marbles, "playcd
goal, Gid 'doN o hiil 40, No., hundreds ~
times, G. d. "Counselor and Solicitor o.
law /" we'll ! thought he would como to that.
lie was a blaek-eyed, roguish looking boy,
full Of his prauks n school, always shrewd
enough TO escape himself and bring some
body else Ia guilty. We have had many a
round OF wrestling that soon degenerated in
TO "rough-and.tumhle," and ended in pulling
haIr with right good will for TO confess
the truth, he and loved the same "bonie
lassie," and that WAS no paoGer between IA
whone'er we CHANGED to get into those ama
bic tits. Aud here Is T. T., and 40 on "a
the end Of Tie alphabet Nov aud then d
name la that little square beneath the omin,
Gus word DENusl No one but an exile can
know the interest, plrasant and painful, with
which the old village newspaper is peruacd
under these circumstances, For though ",
have made the west our home, and love the
west and could bot be hired 10 spend our
lives In the cart, yet, just ~ the Pilgrimi
called old England, Homer so We call New
England, Home, And often when We rcceiy
cd a letter or even page Of newspaper nd
yortisements passes under our eve, rush Of
home feeling comes over the heart, and In,
words Of the poet come 10 our lips,
"New England, Ills Of thso--
Land Of the r0blr, ffec--
, Thy name love-
] love thy rocks aud Tills,
Thy woods and tempted hills
r Ny heart With rapture thrills
Lake that above
. This q almos, "a long "thauk" you fo
sending tho CALIFORNIAN, rs Caleb Gushing
, recent "thank you, | can't come" to IA,
"Cmytonyille dinner !" which is 80 raciy tax
A.. en- oil in the last number Of the Atlantic.
e., Our town aud the country about is yer,
still and quiet, and barren Of incident W
feel the hard times, though less severely
think, than IN almost any other town OF il
size and business in the west Hut one OF
our business men here filled, during the Try
i. lux times Of the past year. More magniii
Z. cent buildings have been going up durinl
the past sunmUt-hoth private and publ,
than ever before IN one season during GU
entire history. Crops, except hay, have heer
. short and the entire crop Of fruit in oil thi
part OF the state, was cut of Winter seem
"a to be setting in, in right good carnesti snoy
fell week ago, and still remains. and IA
u prospect is that We shall have plenty NOR
u soon.
II The day Of our recent election was tori
Die stormy day, and thousands of Republi
= oans,--not one democrat, wurrant,-stai
-v--UwWy- iruur rTv-putis whieh greatly reduce
n the Republican majority, and lost us one Of
II our best ressmcn--lloward Of Detroit.
Il We cannot help rejoicing in the success
C Douglas, but should have rcjoiced more i
:. hi, defeat
The interests Of education aud rcligo
d, have q strong hold here. We have just CON
plcted our Union School building at a COS
:, Of some $4,000, aud one Of our Collcg
. Professors has consented to take charge Of
for while. 1t has accommodations for so
- children. The College is in nourishin
condition, considering the newncss Of the GU
terprise, and the fact that we have TO Great
I alt the facilities for carrying on so great
" work.
Our churches are well attended and ahl
l. minstered to 10y their pastors. The rcyiys
y last winter and spring added very much t
). the numbers aud strength of all our cyangc
ical churches, and We are hoping and prayn
that a season of more blessed and gencru
= revival may be enjoyed 10y us during tn
coming season. Yours truly,
s. @.
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