Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-03-18

Horse traversing among the green hills of
Lamoille County s. aaa.
Don't be afraid Of paying Iew dollars
taxes to help build the road, for every
dollar you pay in the shape of taxes to
build it will increase your property ten.
may be allowed to judge something of
this from eleven years residence in the
West. In that time / have seen land rise
from five to seventy five dollars per acre;
and two thirds Of it, at least, owing to
Fthc introduction of railroads. 1t adds
new life and energy to the pcople-lt will
sdd untold wealth to the country through
which it passes But it takes aoork and
iaaoney to build a road: work to secure
the location in the first place You can
not lie supincly on your backs thinking
the road will come to you anyto,O. II
may and it may not. ! know several
towns that were on projected lines of rail
road, which thought they were sure of the
prize and did nothing to secure it; while
other points no better favored by natsre.
by perseverance and wo'k secured the
prize and left them in the cold, much to
their chagrin when too late.
p can but exhort you to work work +
Strike while the iron is hot and secure
the road through Lamoillo County. |
did nos think Of saying so much on the
subject, and my only excuse is the inter-
est | feel in the matter. ....
IL come back to home matters, rail
roads are the order of tic day in Iowa.
Lines are projected and in process of con
struction all over the State. predict
that in twenty years from now Iowa will
have more miles of railroad in operation
than any other State iu the Union; aud
one of my principle reasons is, its central
location-lying directly in the road of
all the great eastern lines on their way to
| the Paci fc. "On to the Pacific, is now
the cry, since "all has been quiet along
The Potomac"
i There will be at least seven different
lines of road running east and west eu-
tirely across the State, from different
points on the Mississippi to the Missouri
Cross roads too numerous to mention +;
from St Louis, Kansas, &c, to tho Pine
egions Of Minnesota. Another reason is.
30 State in the Union, save Illinois, has
as much rich, productive soil, capable Of
Substituting IS dense a population and of
course, the denser the population the more
lines ofrailroad can be supported We
have comparatively no waste land no
section of the State is poor: not county
but what will be rich in agricultural
wealth. Other States have some portions
good, while other portions are either
swampy, barren, rough. rocky, mountain.
Gus, &C., and upproductive. So much
for the State at large. Now for the sou.
thern portion of it. The tide of emigra.
ltion from Vermont, and particularly from
4 Lamoille county, has always seemed to
flow towards the north. Now Why is
this One would naturally suppose that
lthey would seek warmer climate instead
Of colder--oue where the winters are
less rigorous and severe; but northern
Iowa, Wisconsin, and particularly MIN
nesota. seem to have. been all the gc.
What advantages have they over South
ern Iowa J. can think of but one they
ae nearer the Pine Regions--and the
4 North Pole and can get pine lumber
cheaper than We can We have plenty
of oak, walnut, cottonwood, linn, Sc f;
but pine is the best for finishing 1t is
certainly as healthy here as any place
north Of this "dare be-" Inever have
seen person here having the consump-
ton. Am acquainted with one man who
came from Maine, where be was given up
as nearly gone with consumption. He
has been in this county three years and
is now opparehtly wcll ; says he feels as
we'll aud can do as nuch work as he ever
could. The north can, perhaps, equal US
in the raising Of wheat, but nothing
more; whilo we can beat them bad in
raising corn and all kinds of fruits. We
can also raise all kinds Of stock cheaper
than they can. Our winters are shorter
and less severe, and Of course il takes less
feed to winter stock And right here let
Inc say that stock raising is one Of the
best paying branches Of farming in this
section Of country. When steer with
no other keeping than prairie grass in
summer and stalk field in winter will
bring City dollars at three years old, il
pays! Nows the fact is, the corn crop is
the staple crop of the West; and il, is q
conceded fact that we can beat the north
in corn and stock raisiug--two Of the