The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-06-22
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Mrs Harriet Bceebcr Stove let, her
orange tsoacrs on the banks q tho ST
Johns river ii Flouda. this winter, fu
the cold and SHOWS q Montreal and
she writes pleasantly IN lhe Ha1h 4ld
Home 81 her joarucungs Here is 81
extract suggested by What she saw ia
Vermont
We came Up % Canada on the Yer.
mont Central road aud returned the
same way II vas our FIRST tour through
Vermont The sir o. greenness. quiet.
ness aud peace in those hills aud dalcs
reminded US Of England. II was a
pastoral country, full Of lovely towns
and villages In contrast 10 the South,
New England looks so rich and pros.
porous and well-to-do All the houses
looked so well finished, so punoiillious.
ly finished, as il they had not begun TO
build till they had enough money for
the last jot and little, and the yards
were 50 turiy aud green and the wood
piles so trim and orderly, and the gar
dens SO neat and everything so abund.
ant, that one was ready to say =" Hap
py is the people that in such case
A Vermont farmer occupied the seat
next to us, and We talked Of Vermont.
How much working time have you
between frost and frost?'
"Not more than three months some
times not that, tell you, We have to
spring to and work while we work.
"But this looks like rich country ?"
"0h richY So it is Yes" he said
rehechvely I'VE live pretty wei here.
We live little too well. We have the
best of everything"
"You make butter?"
"0h that we do our butter is
known all the world over. There
thousands Of pounds now in ST. Adams,
they say, waiting for higher prices"
"And how much does one COW
make 2"
"Nsll, we had COW last year that
made us one hundred and twenty five
pounds Of butter, and we expect her to
do it again this year
What sort Of a COW 2"
"Oh one of your little Canada COWS. =
"And what did you get for your but
ter 2"
"Well, we didn't sell all OF it we
must keep some, you know, Tor our
Selves
but what is il worth p
"Weli, for what we sold, we got ioiy
ce4Es asB9pe9 forge uau,us rus,y ,ne
churning and working are done by
steam, aud hundreds Of Cows are kept.
Immediately, dear Hearth and Home,
saw perspective Of an article that we
ought to get out Of some Of these folks
up in Vermont about its butter trade
Isn't that good suggestion?
On our own part, we made this re.
flection Why is it that the regions
where the summer is the shortest are
the richest 2 In Florida, there are Ger
tainly more months Of the year where
sowing and reapipg may go on togeth
er and you look at Florida and Yer
mont side by side to-day, When shal
the banks OF the st. Johns lie studded
with villages like those that gem tht
valley OF the Connectict, and when shall
the three and four fold crops Of Flor
day yield the income that the barC
acres Of Vermont yield2 Our frienC
told us that the green meadow valleys
through which we were passing wer'
worth $3.50 per acre. The rich tract
on either side OF the st. Johns are no
thinking Of being worth that sum, ye
they can raise oranges, lemons, ban
anas, rice, cotton and sugar cane.
Florida was settled century befor
Vermont, and why is it at this day al
most an unreclaimed, nnsabdued vii
derness?
VIII anybody tell 2