Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-05-29
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should read them a dissertation about
their own homes, which every one ought
to know as well or better than ourselves
But do the readers Of this really have a
fair knowledge OF the beauty and fertility
oftheir own homes, as compared with otE-
portions of the state, or adjacent states
Have they ever comprehended its great
natural wealth its resources in mines ;
its agricultural capacity its rich quar-
res of granite and limestone; its beau
tiful and variegated scenery-mountaln
peaks lifting towards the sky that loving
ly bends to kiss them, their sides clothed
with that verdure which has given our
beloved state its appropriate name OF
Green Mountains; its limpid lakes pop
ulous with myriads OF the fnny tribe its
winding creeks and transparent water
falls that rush merrilY over rocky stair
ways and leap laughingly over pebbly
floors to the sound of their own match
less music its many cultivated farms
peopled by what constitutes in this state
the farmers wealth-his iocks and herds
having snug barns and well ventilated
stables, and neat, tidy, transformations
cottages, where dwells the monarch of
all he surveys" and whose Fright there
ia none 10 dispute" We say have even
a tenth of our readers for once consider
ed the rich blessings that God has poured
upon our county with his ever lavish
hand. We are certain that they have
not.
Than Orleans there is not more pro-
ductive county in the state. We mean
Of course where the full strength Of the
soil has been tested and invited by care
iul culture. Other and older counties,
like Addison and Chittenden, that can
show a history dating back anterior 10
the revolution, can show more science in
agricultural pursuits and greater progress
10 mechanics, more refined and higher
scholarship, with many other kindred
blessings that time has not yet given US,
yet will in few more years. Nature
has been profuse with US; it only remains
for art to draw upon natures storehouse
to render ours the garden county of the
state. We are not parched by the sands
that so aff1ict some other portions of the
state, and which in seasons of severe
drouth like that of last summer, makes
our fields an arid waste; nor are we
mired in fa:homless pits Of clay half the
year, which like the "sacred soil of Vir-
ginia" after a refreshing shower, renders
locomotion impossible; yet we have that
happy blending of the two that makes
The farmers labors sure TO bring him
safe return if he fails to realize an occa-
sional desire OF his heart Who that has
closely inspected the lands in the new
towns of Holland, Morgan and Salem,
and the thoroughly titled lands of Derby,
could fail to discover a tract that will en-
dure as long as time lasts. And the
greater part Of the Missisco valley shows
as great inducements to the young farmer
to settle there as any portion of the great
west that yearly groans with its immense
harvests of grain and rich in its cattle
and swine. 1t is quite true that she may
not produce so abundantly, or her soil be
titled with that ease which so characteri-
yes the prairies of the west, yet God who
has promised that seed time and har-
vest shall never fall" has vouchsafed a
more certain yield to those who follow
the pillow here than those upon the prai-
ries Of the west. We are seldom COM
PEELED to chronicle such failures in GER
tain crops with US as in other Districts
Our soil is not so deep and so rich, yet
that snow which lies upon all our hills
and settles in our valles, and which has
been aptly termed the "poor mans ma
nure," is certain fertilizer and pulveru-
lent that the far west is deprived Of
That which is our I" winter of discomfort"
is but one of the many means which her
aids a GLORIOUS summer"
Orleans county is yet in her infancy.
1t is but few years since she came to
be noticed even in other parts of the
state, and then only by the judges Of our
county and supreme courts, who came
here to try the rogues that were by the
unlettered supposed to run riot in this by
perborean region. But for the past few
years she has been gaining in importance,
and has been disputing the goal with
those who but few years since knew her
only in name, or as a vast wood yard and |
ice field for the rest OF creation. a
change has come over the spirit of their |
dream ) they coquette with her now.- q
Fast men" make monthly visits for the |
purpose of buying fast horses" They
covet our modest Morgan mares, our ,
Black Hawks Of the beautiful limb and ,