Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-03-11

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""c" 'H' Aelaa are everywhere deeply COVERED
W." a-leiaalins pel| ot the DARK green maze,
'"o HoHV, IHled cereals, ana tht eAubaruJ
sI"''.- aI' combining 70 iolm one WIDE ser OF
""'".a 'Iouie' Uofuefta around ~ the silver
eo'n - '"V sAtIehg rivers II i5 then, then,
'D"' '"' scene '-c9Mts encuauibSly beautiful 4;
"Hu over y tue rAFluicI and never "earyng eye
""uDei7 ou ana on uIi ali tue iesaeninS 9R)ects
~ ''1 isIspectFc, one otter ah0thes, ja1e away
=" V"o uls'duce' ana 'ue VISION 't length rests
W. ''0 Nv uIiA outlines ol Jhc mountains lying
a'"g 'u' southern extremity qi the valley, but
o' t"c'' w Tt'hd'u' pul 90 return, SUI uusat-
i'"'D' ""u ~ Q''I the sAme ground asllni ana
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as aiil@ly ihtlhated, Tins attractive valley
!VH4 Vas ~ Wen u hlghi have Been, the Ia'0F-
i'7 "olH' ~ tHe Nde Indians ana Il was directly
OH l's DjTieIs, thal ther last chel, Black llawk,
maze his hnAl put yam stand, TO preserve the
SESSIONS ~ ms people ana the graves Ol Their
lathers from the encroachments OF The white
man AS carly as Il0D, Captain jonathan Car
Yer, who explored the whole valley Of the Mis-.
slsslppl, then without single white settlement,
found this prairie in the undisputed uossossion
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b,k,n, rotterv Bnt tf,. ,nost r~lr,tle ar.s.
al the present day, are t,,o we'll marked traces
OF native cornhelds whlch stretched out from
in which, wherever the ground has not been
broken by the p.ow Of the white man, the old
coru-hlls, as neatly fashioned in shape, and as
regularly and clmpactly laid out into rows, Us
those OF Il modern iarmer are, though now deeply
smssed over stid found there 50 prominent IN
height and outline as u leave not single doubt
OF their character IA the mind OF the dullest
seholder.
FOR one hundred years, at least, therefore, has
tins prairie under the hands either oil the red
men or ther whlte successors been IN nearly
constantcultlyaton ana still, htue or no abate-
ment OF ITS produetNeness Is as YET perceptlble.
Ihe estimate oi IT'S products i5r 1901 IN wheat
alone was SoO,ooo bushels without reckoning
the large additional amount raised IN Honey
creek valley winch 10y the avenue leading
through the n'eriapplng mountains on the west,
Is poured INTO TINS valley Tor market, OF manu-
iacture into hour Corn' oats potatoes ana
the grasses are or can De also lalSed here TO
any extent which the preh's OF tue market may
warrant Ana there Is y,' another feature OF
TINS warm valley worthy oil especial notice. and
tha. II, lts hne Smpe-Sru"ing capacities. lhe
southern slope oil every olui around NE Whole
/ prairie Is cawole el producing uourishlng
and prohmbie vineyard, an aggregate 81 all
winch mIspt oe made To supply the Whole State
oil Wisconsin with the choicest ct native wines.
Several OF these slopes are ready occupied with
vineyards ANA tAe aost advanced ol them-that
ot MIR. John hehl-nells HIM IA the sales OF
grapes and wines over SlooO pr annum.
a valley Of fifty square miles, which, though
but little more than molety of its resources
have been developed by cultivation, Is yet thus
productive, and thus ted by surrounding inets
OF trade, should certainly, of Itself, support
large and hourishmg village, and It does so in
the one, which, irom some policy not very ap