Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-08-07
LETTER FROM MINNESOTA.
Anoka. Mimi, July %. 1867.

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STA :-Your excellent paper is sent
me by my father (now eighty years oil
may he reach huudredD and | vii
thank him for it. it you please, thro' you
columns. 1t brings weekly message
from my dear old boyhood play ground
among the green hills of Lamoille county
May her memory be cherished forever!
: The inhabitants of your county com
prise many relatives, personal friends ant
acquaintance of mine, whose intelligence
industry. and integrity Of character com
bipe to make them prosperous and hap
Ply people at home, and to give the Stat
good reputation abroad. Like my self
many of her sous and daughters hav'
wandered far from their childhood homes
and Minnesota is fortunate to have recev
ed fair proportion Of them as her citi
zens.
The old settled farmers of Vermont
could not probably better their cond tiol
by emigrating to new country. They
have already good soil for agricultural
purposes. stock raising, &c. And Better
than all, they have the best of social ad.
vantages. 1t is only the younger, the
floating and the poorer classes of her pop
ulation who need wider field and better
chance. They find them here. Here is
an even. healthy, bracing climate. Here
are broad prairies and rich soil. Here
are rivers, water power and lumber with
out limit. These facts are becoming
known throughout the Eastern States and
Europe, and the consequence is that the
railroads and steamboats, are crowded
with emigrants to this State Heavy wag-
ons, covered with cailvas, and freighted
with families and goods, are seen passing
10 every road. seeking new points for set.
Element. Thus we fnd cities and towns
springing up in day, as it were, and a
wilderness. where but yesterday the In
dian had his hunting ground. is trans
formed into beautiful cultivated country.
The present season bids fair to exceed
every previous ono in the bounty Of its
harvest in this State. The forebodings
and gloomy prospects Of Spring have Civ.
en- place to tue most cheering expectations.
Wheat is now sure and unprecedented
crop. and corn and vegetables will proba.
bly, yield rich abundance Hay will
be good Ii some sections in others it is
damaged by excessive rains. A wetter
season was never known here. The Mis-
sissippi river is at food tide, being sew.
cnteen feet above it's ordinary level Much
damage is being done by its high aud
rushing waters.
My residence is upon the bank of the
Mississippi--a very pleasant location.
Such a. river is a great institution. Al
thousand rivers in one like the Lamoille
would scarcely equal it. But for vastuess
it is only an example Of the country thro'
which 1t passes, whose Resources of wealth
,an hardly be expressed in figures. This
is what gives your people the Western fe.
YER. 1t is pity that any should be dis.
appointed. or fail to acquire that compe.
tcnce which every industrious man has
light to possess There is land enough
or all. east or west, and wealth, and all
hat is needed for human welfare. if men
lid not forget their obligations of broth.
'rhood and friendship.
We have here. moreover, the telegraph
wire running through our town. and. con.
netting with the Atlantic Gable. brings
Is about as hear to London and the Gen.
re of the world as you and then VIC have
daily mail. brought by the cars to our
'ery doors, carrying back and forth the
lad tidings and greetings of parents and
uncles and aunts, cousins and
riends. So give mine to the steam,
As q greeting to all.
A. G. SpALEINa.