Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-05-25
Correspondence.

"nOlldlu uOeS, Ill your paper Vi -"oy
18th, that Il have read with no little |
interest" the articles you have pub
lished of incident and history, con-
corning the the early settlers of Nor
gan and Holland. | wish we had
some chronicler in each town, who
would pluck from the fast engulphing
stream of oblivion, the names and
character works, and even the pecu-
liarities and eccentricities, OF those
men who laid the foundations OF the
society, whose blessings we enjoy
There is no work more grateful to the
memory of our Fathers, which we
could do; and, let me add, none that
would be more sure to improve US,
and stimulate US to a virtuous and
useful manhood. Our Fathers had
little to do with, we, as compared
with them, have a great deal; and
should we exert ourselves with as
much ambition and self denial as they
did; should we place the generation
that will come after us, as much above
ourselves, in point Of privileges, as
our Fathers placed US above them
selves, then our children's children
will be blessed indeed.
1t is true, as Holland suggests,
rather roughly, that the time is not
far in the past when not only Holland
but this whole region Of towns, was
very much separated from the rest Of
= our country. Very few Of our citi-
zens ever visited the large cities, or
often iourneyed beyond the nearest
mill, or village store. But such a
life is not necessarily untavorable to
a sterling virtues, and the cultivation OF
e the mind and heart to the very best
r estate. Nor is it necessarily unfavor
+ able to the Development of th {
noblost ambition in the youth trained
" in these secluded hamlets, or on these
2, isolated farms. so remote from the eX
l. elements of fashionable and city life
s Another article in your issue Of
- Nav 18th, bears amplest testimony t
i, the truth of these remarks. A hum
bic an modest man, passing hi
u whole adult life in one Of our towns
d struggling with the hardships Of pho
e ncer life. and working hard from. ia!
It to day to support and educate larg
T. family, built up for himself such ;
character for intelligence incOrrupti
= bic integrity, and usefulness, that nov
: a lawyer and jurist whose name !
+. known. and whose opinions are re
d spccted through all New England
- turns aside from h ! 5 protessiona
work for a while, to record hi
. esteem and admiration Of the hunbl
III Quaker Farmer. And my remark
re find further illustration in the fac
m that this same lawyer and jurist wa
20 raised up in another Of our obscur
towns. cutting cOrdwoOd TO pay hi
~ first academy tuition, and doubles
- owes the stimulus that aroused hi
5 worthy ambition. and the privilege
W that enabled him to crafty it, and t
become the noble man that he IS. t
the intellect and virtues of these oil
~ Fathers who were around him in boy
Il hood, and to the schools which the
ID in sound Judgment and self denial G
N tablished. Judge Redfeld know
n we'll what these men were. Some o
a his first efforts in his profession Will
resid ING in this town, were made .
> fore some Of them a. Justices OF Il
10 peace in their school houses, OF pc
chance in their kitchens. l hay
* heard him. some years ago, tell OF a
49, tending one or more such courts
80 the kitchen Of Mr.. Ferrin Of Hollan
. and l presume the same might HAY
been true Of Mcssrs. Robinson
" Human, Cummings or Leavens, a
re Of which were for many years justice
III Of the peace.
~, wish Judge Redfeld, or some OF
~ else who knew them, would give
Oh some adequate sketches of TimOtl
m Human, VIM. Howe, Luther Ne7
N comb. Rufus Stewart and some 9th
of our earlier men. We owe the
much, and some record should be pr
served to our children what they We
and what they did. If they have c
centricities, let us have them al
)u- among the elements of characte
I'd truthGully given. and without maIic
ed bv one who knows them. Some {
50 the men named had eccentricitieS Y
me know, as did the men Of Holland, al
be greater, but correct not OverdraV
q picture Of them, will much increa
me the interest we should feel in Il
Ich memory Of these men, and the hon
an we should accord them.
rd, I knew we'll the men Of Hollal
named in your late articles. and Eno
III that the general character Of the
eS, men was correctly given. You pr
a scented them very much as they we
it'll known and estimated here. The
lon foibIes were touched lightly and bri,
l. ly, only just so that the reader cou
distinctly see them, and their mo
OF solid elements, and their usefuIne
nd were given more fully, as if by o
ew who respected them. And this is
oh it should be.
70 | am sure that HOLLAND" cam
in represent the majority of'his tow
:. men in his desire to see no more SUI
" articles, nor the readers of your l
er.. per in the county. The leading IN
of Of each town were as now. and st
ew more generally known throughout t
r. county, and we all have an interC
" in this matter. For this reason
" wish to say that there aGe many W
'm' hope your efforts to give US this XII
I'd, Of reading will not cease. Let al
ms land, or any one else, state any CT
i. rectiOn he chooses to make on
-. own responsibility, or any additio
n'- or comments, and we will be Glad