Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-10-13

fortunes and fnme Of vermont. i"e 'eaSous
are as plenty as blackberries' "She is our u'o'n-
er, and we have but one however many
friends" Hospitality we may lhceeu' nnu
elsewhere, but here we leave our neartS' ~ y. 10
il a GOOD and profitable place to live, and. If
sonnd morality is to be weighed, not all unior-
tunate pace TO die. The cash value OF the
farms in Vermont increased from 1850 to 1860
S2S. 144.446, or more than any other State in
New England and more toi each year than the
whole of our present State debt. If you have
any taste TO study the facts you will find she is
far the best agricultural State in New England.
We produce more sheep, cattle, horses, wheat,
oats, hops maple sugar, flax, butter and cheese,
and generally more hay, potatoes and corn, not
withstandng we compete with larger territory,
larger capital or larger population. We have,
II Is true, some deficiencies There is less
number of murders and suicides, smaller
number of asses and we might own up to less
number Of idiots, perhaps, as in Rhode Island
and Connecticut, where they nominally have
few less it is to he feared they have counted
some as compos menttS who might not, posi-
bly. be so counted here. Then we are proud
not only of the valiant deeds of our soldiers,
but of their manly proportions. They girt more
around the breast, are taller and weigh more
than those Of any other State, believe, except
Michigan. OF those examined less number
were rejected for diseases, and OF those except
ed fewer deserted
We are proud, too, will not omit to add, of
the. Vermont fair We look on our lot as it re-
CARDS the Incompatible Vermont women with
extreme satisfaction and, unlike Votaire's trees
which grew beautiful because, as he said, they
had nothing else to do, they grow fair because
they have something else to do. Lastly, life is
far safer here than in most of the States OF the
Union. Here only one in % die annually, but
in Massachusetts it is one in 81, and even in
New Hampshire it is one in 70. None OF the
New England States, even, and but few any
where are so healthy as Vermont. If one name
had to be drawn from box with 80 or 81 bal
lots ten times in ten years. would you long hes
itate into which box your name should be de-
posted with life or death hanging every time
on the resultp These are among the facts which
should stare all men in the face when they pro-
pose to bid adieu to Vermont.
If all these things are so, why is 1t, some one
nav ask, that our State retains so little OF Its
annual increase of population The answer is
that we make our young meE so valuable, Their
industry and morals are SO notable, and nature
and mother wit does so much for our young
women, that there is great demand Tor them
abroad as the pioneers OF new States and
the elect and precious OF old. BESIDES
this, we have not striven to lure them TO stay
at home. With greater facilities for the estab'
lishment of all kinds Of manufactures, with more
streams leaping and laughing in idle play evei
since the world began, than can he found IN
most other States, with mountains pregnant
with iron. copper, plumbago, marble and slate
we have neglected too much the great helds oil
industrial arts and manufactures. Let us en-,
courage these, fill up our waste places ana hold
opr peonle Vermont must not be deprived oil
Vermonters, nor Vermonters of Vermont. Let
us utilize our myriad sites, not unworthy to be-
come towns and cities, and increase the common
wealth. Over and above ALL farmers must do
more brain work enlarge their own power by
the substitution, wherever possible, OF the pow
err of the accomplishing OK and horse, and OF
brainless steam AMI water, and thus elevate
themselves while they profit the State. Ii we
would have population of million, let us first
develope the resources to feed and clothe such
population.
The cycles of time cannot he retarded. Age
should be honored for itself no less than for
the wisdom which follows in its speech and ac-
ton. But let us not permit our hearts TO grow
old and void of all interest in the movements
of the world. The young will soon take our
places-(need we be sour about itP)-and let
us tender to them our sympathies in advance.
Youthful hope and courage grasps alter noble
achievements. Young hearts, whether in young
tenements or old, love one another, "lend hop
ing for nothing" and interchange all acts OF
mutual encouragement. They move with a
graceful elasticity and are not brittle in the
conflicts of life. They are the giants of good
fortune and buoyunt under disasters. Always
learning themselves, they delight to take the
young by the hand and point the way. Their
cattle and horses and sheep are not good while
better are to be h d. Their premises, never
long out of repair, are never wholly Completed
but some improvement seems possible and is
planned for "the good time coming" Though
a handsome crop has been secured, there Is am
btion left to secure better one. They are
rot careful to inquire what posterity has done
for them, but plant fruit trees, possibly for
themselves, positively for somebody. Loving
the beautiful, their lawns and avenues are bor-
dered by shade trees,-the maple ard the elm
are their pets,-howers accompany them like
troops of friends-and they have home for
intelligence, virtue, Joy and contentment. And
these young hearts, though their heads blossom
like the snow, "linked in happy nuptial league,
never seem TO let their wives grow old. These
to them ever the fairest of EYES daughters -
these they feel that 'the hand which made
them is Divine.'
We are often disposed to call attention to the
magnitude of our great country and to the ex-
tent of its increasing population, but our model
Republic will make little impression on the his
toric pages of the world by its territorial splen-
doris alone, or the mighty numbers of its peo-
pie. The world will never love or adore US for
these. The living soul, the glory of a country
is the educated mind of It's people, and it is this
which makes the rank and dignity of nations
this which gives progress to civilization and
excites permanent admiration among mankind
Athens, the capital Of Atica, a small Greciar
State-ruled over a space hardly greater than
the smallest OF New England States-and yet
according to the most eloquent of her historians
"Athens became the teacher of all the liberia
arts and sciences, the educator of her contem
poraries and of posterity."
We aspire to something of like character
and have made manly stride, educational.
and politically in the true direction. Gu
common schools are the foundation stones O
republican institutions, and our higher semina
ries of learning, in time we may hope, will b
equally free TO all who may choose to ente
therein-when none of our people will be es
cuded from the power of making such con,r
buttons as will adorn our future annals Hell
TO freedom, this generation, with intrepid rest
luton, have maintained it in its highest purit
Our forefathers three millions strong, achieve
freedom and independence for themselves. "
have maintained the heritage-and thanks be
the strategy of royidence-achieved the fire
dom of four millions OF another race and place
or soon shall place, State institutions in ha
mony with our national theory. Then Amerl
will he fit
"To serve as model for the mighty world,