Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-07-11

measure the wasting energies of life. left
my home oD thu 23d of April, Just as dame
Nature was putting on her first robe of green
| and passed down the Vermont Central, over
which | had not been since 1S4S, at the
| time Mortified WAS the terminus of the road
and the Hon. Legislature of the State, by invi-
sation of E1 Governor Paine, passed dow n the
line to White River junction. Governor
Paine. the champion of the road, was then at
the zenith of his glory. A song was composed
on the route by Dewitt c. Clark then Score
tary to the Senate, and sung at the junction.
1t Was published in the Montpelier papers at
the time, and We would like to see 1t again In
the FREEMAN; We doubt not it would revive
many pleasant memories throughout the
State.
| Perhaps word relating to the - Water
Cure y in the Granne State may not be alto
gether uninteresting to your readers. The
| Inst tuition is located at Hill, on fork of the
railroad running from Franklin to Bristol in
the valley Of the Pemigewassett river. The
village is a reciusc sparsely settled place, shut
| out from the noise and hustle of the world
with large old fashioned houses, rem hiding one
. of the days OF q" Aud Lang Syne," and yet
there is much in the scenery of the place to
crafty the true worsh ipper of Nature. The
Institute IS owned and under the supervision
| of Dr. Vail. There were during my stop at
the place bout thirty different patients, from
nlne OF the states. OF cures performed here
| cannot speak f,om personal knowledge or
observation, but judging from what could
learn should think they would compare fa-
vorably with other like Institutions in the
country The patient is given 10 understand
at the outset that - all curative virtue is in
| herens in the living organism, and that sll
that remedial agents or should do, is to
supply favorable conditions for the successful |
exertIon OF that power. Food, water, all
light, temperature, exercise and rest, sleep,
clothing, electricity, passional influence, etc.,
are necessary anu useful to, and usable by,
the living system In ts state oil health, and
they constitute aieo Its proper Ds0teria nsedtec
IN ali Its conditions OF disease" InValids
who have talth IN such medicines, these nat
ura restoratlyes OF nature-whose vital forces
are not too tar goae ~ be restored, can, in
time, with patience and perseverance,, aud a
little money III both Pockas regain their healta
Morning lectures are daily delivered to the
patients Is III which all the appliances of health
are phyeiologically explained. | dare not
attempt minusia here lest should be sedi-
Gus. There ls beautiful garden attached,
/ 79.b &
hOwers-with number OF varieties of grapes,
on Al Inch tie doctor obtained the premium
last iall at the New Rngl land Fair.
| During my stay al the = cure,' two of the
I lady patents dOnned their short dresses, and
took the TOR Franklin, on a pilgrimage
to the birthplace OF Daniel Webster, walking
/ back distance of sixteen miles. Said one
OF the ladies from Baltimore, Maryland, "facss
4 looked out oi the windows and sn,led =
/ =, onder ii any of our d'iyge draggi.ng ladies
with their long dresses could nave performed
such d feat l
DANIEL Whistler 5 OLD HOUSE.
The following is the description of the
house where W enster WAS born, given in the
words of Miss TetloN, a young Eoglish lad,
teacher from Providence, Rhode Isand - The
original log cabin where Daniel Webster was
born, now forms the l. of large two s.ory
house, occupied by Mr.. Colby, and is stu
ated near Salisbury, being the last house IN
Franklin, Ne. Hampshire. Mrs. Colby gave
US a piece OF the rock which was The corner
stone of The old caDln-the cabin has been
removed few rods from its original plac ce
IL consisted of but one room which answered
the purpose of kitchen, dining room, sitting
room, and bedroom. We drank from the old
well which they used, and saw the meeting
house where Daniel used to dread going, on
account of his having to go up hill to get to
1t. Mrs. Colby also gave oranc.I from
the elm tree winch mis- father planted. 1t is
noble looking tree at the side of the house.
Daniels father removed from this place when
he (DanIe) was ten years old. The place
where Daniel used to spend his summers, is in
Franklin Lower Village, about nine miles from
here 1t is d very large and elegant looking
house now. The house in which he lived is u
common sized two story build ng, and forms
an L to the present house. HIS parlor is quite
d good sized room with folding doors, and is
furnished he lett 1t. We SAT in his easy
chair. The other chairs were rush bottomed
and painted green. His book cases were
there, containing great number OF books
among which | noticed .s Boswelrs Life of
Johnson Lives of the Chancellors, -
. Webssers Dictionary" &c
| sUNDRY MATTERS.
Before we lett New Hampshire we visited
islature was IN session, We had the pleasure
OF looking in upon the assembled wisdom of
the Granite State New Hampshire has al
unwieldly House of Representa- tives-we were
told three hundred and twenty members. Ie
really seemed to that the GRAM te State was
severely democratic. The State House has
been remoddled of late, and will be, " hen COM
pleted a very beautiful structure. We saw
the colors OF the several regiments, sent out
IN the late war, was suspended in the base
literally annlhllated. AS We gazed upon the
stars and stripes, We thought of the brave
noble men that bore them upon the fields of
stTie, and We mourned that our government
should be slow in securing the natural
rights of all men, for which so many of them
laid down their lives. Will this nation never
learn to be just Can she not profit BY ex-
periencet Will she still persist In the wrong
nd cause future pepera atIOns tn feal tho M 8, -.