Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1866-05-09
FROM THE WEST.
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April 90th 1866.
Mr.. Editor.-Permit me to write you
a few lines in relation to the business
done in our town, and short history of
the same to let you know how fast the
Western States are filling up and what
enterprise will do in community.
About Is years ago man by the
name of Hartman moved to this place and
found it covered with dense woods-as
all the Cedar Valley is in great meas
ure. Being struck with the natural see
merry. as we'll as the faculties for milling
purposes in the shape of good water pow
er, lodges of rocks of all kinds along the
River, and plenty Of excellent timber, he
purchased the tract of land where Wa
verify now stands He offered induce
ments to other travellers to settle here,
setting forth the advantages of the place
in as glowing terms as possible, and the
result was in short space of time dam
was thrown across the clear waters of the
Cedar, a story mill was erected, also a
Saw Mill, and by the energy of this one
man we have now one of the finest towns
this side of the Mississippi. Hard did
he labor to leave it 80, and he succeeded.
Dry goods, groceries and the like had to
be freighted | Is miles to this place for
some years after the settlement. now We
have daily train every evening here,
Waverly being the terminus Of the Rail-
road for the present. Six churches Of diff
fercnt denominations are here already
and splendid 3-story building for a
Court House. Waverly being the county
seat of Bremen County.
We have 10 grocery Stores, several
harness and Leather stores, three splen-
did hardware stores, two drug stores three
book stores besides other stores of almost
every description, meat markets, banks,
clothing stores. and nine dry goods stores
the latter are run on a very extensive
SCALE
Mr.. A. c. Fairfield lately of johnson
is carrying on an extensive trade in this
line. 70 may 60 on any of the principle
streets in Boston and step into Dry
Goods Stote and I'll warrent you will not
find much finer store or better selected
stock of goods than he has got here. The
goods change hands quite rapidly too.
From distance of 80 miles north of us
farmers bring their produce to this mar
ket. From morning till night the streets
are lined with teams During the cold
weather you will see the pork, such a
sight hundreds and hundreds of slaugh-
tered porkers are being shipped from here
daily in cold weather, do you wonder
then that trade is lively. Fairfield is
perfectly satisfied with it.
Professional men are we'll represented
here, and in fact all classes of individuals.
write this more particularly to let you
know the enterprise there is in the west,
aud the class of men that left the East
years ago, for Of course you know all or
nearly all of these ardy early Settlers
are from Maine Vermont and York State.
Such are they in this place.
Our Editor hele tells me that after
graduating at Burlington Vt in the same
class with Col. R. G. Benton of your town
he came out here and practiccd law a.
while then started paper at which bust,
ness he still is.
Let this enterprise keep on and | be-
iieVe the West will yet eclipse the East in
manufactures colleges &C., she now does
In Stock and farming. have wearied
you already, Mr.. Editor, 50 / will close
Yours sincerity
JAMES FLETouEn.