Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-06-17
re,n.,nranne..-Essey County.

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aimed, and delivered thirteen lectures. The
County, YOU know, is SMALL containing only
sbout five thousand inhabitants in all. Several
townships are yet unsettled, or settled but very
little. As general thing had very good au-
licences, considering the population is SO sparse.
found very good temperance element at Con-
cord, Lnnenburgh, Bloomfield and CRANKY, and
warm temperance men at every place visited.
I was very cordially received every where.
AtEast Haven, a town containing only about
one hundred and fifty inhabitants, we had
general rally. They filled school-house to
OVERLOOKING Not less than half the number of
persons in the town were present, which was
different from most places, where but few, if
any, besides temperance people, are willing to
hear temperance lecture. 1t was new thing
with them hence, citizens of all classes were
present. I found an increasing disposition with
the friends of the cause in the County to wake
up and labor for the triumph of the cause. |
formed temperance societies at nearly every
point, and found the friends ready to cooperate
with me ineSvancing the enterprise.
In me-toFns incompetence has a strong
hold. Unfortunately for the cause, for few years
past the eneiaies of the cause have succeeded in
electing anti-temperance commissioners, who
have appointed advocates, or lovers of rum, or
both, for agents, who in some towns, opened
regular rum depots, and sold without discrimin-
alton, being the fruitful source of vice in towns
where but little or none was sold before the law
provided for agencies. They have been per-
mitted to go on, the public sentiment sustaining
them in their illegal and mischievous traffic
Contrary to the design of the law, these agents
have been allowed to put the profits on their Ii
quors into their own pockets, thereby tempting
them to increase their sales to a great extent.
These facts have served to dishearten temper
ance men, and tempted some to believe that our
law is doing no good, but evil, as it introduces
rum shop into places where there might not
have been any but for the agencies. have in
variably endeavored to sustain the law, and
urged the Importance of enforcing it. The
friends Of tlsea are encouraged to hope for
better things They succeeded in electing their
candidate for County Commissioner the current
year Still the County will suffer largely from
the rum shops on the New Hampshire and Can
ada sides-a tide of ruinous liquors is constant
ly flowing into the County from them.
Will you accept of the following brief
NOTES BY TIE WAY?
As before stated, the County is small as re-
CARDS the number of it's sinhabitants, but large
in its extent of territory. found but five vii
lagos of any considerable size, and some of these
even, are quite small West Concord is one of
the most hourshing in the County, having a
fine water power beautifully located, and has a
brisk mechanical business It's prospects for
the future are of an encouraging character
The temperance element is here predominant.
The tavern, ], was informed, is kept on strictly
temperance einciplesa rare thing, suppose,
at the rs-sf day. ~
Guildhall' the County scat, is pleasant, but
small, village, situated on the banks of the Con-
nectcut River. 1t contains some sixteen dwell
ing houses, two stores, two tavcrns, one church,
a court house, Jail, high school, and three
lawyers, all friends to the temperance cause
In this fact am highly gratfed, and wish that
as much might be said of all the lawyers in our
County.
Island Pond Tin Brighton) is q village of but
five years growth, situated at the outlet Of a
pond by the same namo The pond is beauti-
full sheet of water, three miles long, with a
notable islandin its midst hence the name
The village contains about two hundred inhablt-
ants, and isa halfway place on the Atlantic
and st. Lawrence Rail Road. 1t has brisk
Rail Road business, as u train of cars from
Portland, one from Montreal, and one from
Quebec, bosiaes freight trains, all meet there
every evening, spend the night, and then return
in the morning. The numbering business has
been carried on largely there by the aid of a
large steam mill but the change in times has
checked the business considerably. The Island
Pond House is fine building, kept by Mr..
Waterhouse, a thorough temperance man.
Visitors at his house will feel at home while
they stay, and find no fault when they leave
The scenery around the village is of the most
striking, wild, and romantic character. The
beautiful pond, and the wide expanse of an al
most unbroken forest on three sides, the i'm
mense Rail Road buildings, all present an as
pect not often found. The traveller will not re.
greet his visit there.
found but six clergymen residing in the
County, besides some licentiates with but eight
meeting houses. This appears small, but still
it is about as many as in other counties, in
proportion to the number of inhabitants The
people in sape towns 50 across the river FOL
their religious privileges, 50 that they are MOI
quite so destitute as one might suppose.
curious impression is made upon the mine
of person from Central Vermont, to stand ii
an opening on some of the hills,and look off upor
a nearly unbroken forest, as far as the eye Car
reach One half of some townships, and nearly
the whole Of others, are still covered with thu
evergreen spruce, hemlock, and other timber
The Rail Road makes its way for fifteen miles
through such forest, before it reaches Islant
Pond from thence it turns its course NORTH
for the same distance, through the Same solitary
shade, to Canada line. Wonder if the moose
the bears and wolves did not think that theil
long .consecrated homes were invaded by a ter
rible foe when the locomotive, with its startling
whistle, Numbered its way through their natiy'
forests