Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-06-22
EDITORIAL CoRREspoNDENcE.
CAMBRrpen, June 18th, 1864,

of course anything from any part Of
Of the county will be read with interest
by everybody within its limits, and SO I
propose to send The NEksbEAtfR few
words from this fine old town. Every
town has its peculiarities. and Cambridge
is decidedly peculiar. She is undoubted-
ly ahead of all the other towns in the
county in the production of butter and
cheese, though not always in advance of
the others in sending her men to the'ar-
my. There can be no doubt that within
her limits is os much wealth in proper
ton to her inhabitants as can be found
in any other town, and there are many
reasons for considering her to have given
satisfactory evidence of loyalty to the
government. One of the most striking
peculiarites of her people is that they
are slow to engage in anything new.
Thew are decidedly conservative, utilari-
an. They do nothing for shoso. They
! live in the houses their ancestors built for
them, and do not think of pulling them
down and building anew, because they are
a little rusty or out of style. The spirit
which seems to have got hold of the peo-
pie of some towns, leading them to pull
down. fix over, build larger and more
stylishly, and cover with new paint their
dwellings and outbuildings, does not seem
to have got control of the people in this
town. They are. however, | have not
doubt, as watchful of the fluctuations in
the market as any other people, and as
careful Of their pennies as could be de-
sired by the most prudent Though their
dwellings are not as modern as those of
other towns, their fields are as productive
and are kept in as good order as those of
their ncighbors, and | have thought
little better. The crops all look we'll,
and grass is fast approaching the stage of
maturity at which it is converted into
hay. | heard one man say tonight that
if this weather continued good, he should
cut several acres of grass next week, on
low land, where it consisted partly of
wild grass. He mentioned one idea in
relation to the overhowing of grass land
that l have not heard spoken of before.
He said that it is "A fact that stock of
cattle will do better on hay. part of
which has been under water from the
overflow Of meadows so as to make the
hay quite dusty when being fed out. Cat
tie have a craving for some kind of earthly
matter in winter, and in this way they
find supply, and in consequence come
out In the spring in better condition.
How this may be cannot tell though |
see no reason why any animal is bettercd
by eating dust.
Notwithstanding the absence Of SO
many men in the army farmers are put
ting in their usual amount of crops, or
nearly so. The deficiency of hands is
made up by the use of machinery. to a
great extent Farmers are buying now
ing machines very rapidly. and doing
their raking with horse rakes, and one
man in this town has horse pitch fork,
with which a ton of hay can be unloaded
in FIVE minutes, and with very little out
lay of physical strength, Why don't
more of our farmers try these labor say
ing machines?
Speaking of moving machines; Mr.
Scribner. of johnson says that he recent
ly sold thirty-six of them in about a
weeks time, and that he is unable to get
them fast enough 10 supply the demand.
There will doubtless be a great call for
tb I'm this season, and farmers intending
to get one this season will do we'll to
make sure of one at an early day.
IN relation to Hotels, have tried See
ger, and know that he makes man feel
at home aud gives him his breakfast
when he wants it.