Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-09-03

loyal Vrginian who has come to Vermont to eI
deayor to direct the attention Of Vermonters
the advantages of that county for settlers WI
can 60 with the capital and enterprise needed I
develop the resources Of the region The count
was the loyal half of Hardy county, and ha
been separated from it and erected into count
by itself since the war. With territory {
thirty miles square the county has not village
nor church, nor turnpike and but 1000 inhat
itants. Its natural advantages are set forth i
the following document, which is authenticate
by the seal of the Grant County Circuit Court
and which We publish at Mr.. Ccyner's request
I We doubt not that many of those who emigrat
from Vermont would do better to remain q
home. If they tciH 60, however, it is ques
tion whether there is not duty as well a
profit in assisting to restore the waste place
Of the South, when it can be done with safety
GRANT Court HcU,r, WEST VIRGINIA.
We, the undersigned citizens Of Grant County
in the State Of West Virginia desiring to see the
immense resources Of our young and growing
State developed, and our own county steadily
marching onward in the road Of improvement
feel ourselves called upon to publish the follow.
ing statement in regard 10 our county.
Grant County Is situated, east Of the Allee-
ienies between the South Branch Of the Potomac
and the North Branch Of the same river, en-
bracing the upper valleys Of Patter-on's Greek
and New Greek, and the valleys Of the North
Fork of the South Branch, Mil Greek and
Luney Greek. and is about thirty miles square
While the valleys afford every facility for farm
ing, snd yield an abundance Of the cereals such
as corn, wheat, rye, oats, &c, the mountainous
parts are celebrated for exceleu crops Of grass,
oats. buckwheit, potatoes, and the finest pasture
lands, being equally adapted for the usual kinds
Of grasses and clover, and yielding even IN the
woods an abundance Of sweet herbage that
makes " the milk and honey flow" As a fruit
county, this county can hardly be surpassed
Apples, peaches plums, grapes, damsous, pears,
&c, are produced in large quantities and hardly
ever fail. Lands in the wood can be had from
one to three dollars per acre Improved lands
from seven 10 twenty dollars
While our mountains are filed with ore and coal
awaiting the hand Of industry ami enterprise 20
bring to Light natures rich treasures. our noun
tam streams furnish an amount uf ,gater-power
sufficient % carry 90 any manufacturing business.
In fact, it may be sand that nowhere Ia the
sAlle Co1 Is can 'e IolA4 'lIe'''r i-''-''l'' i
IlAnulAC'ullng ,I.. purposes.
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Gods wide world and many who have gone
West to improve their fortune.. have come back
to regain that greater boon so8t health.
All We want here is deuser population Of rhe
right character. Owing 90 the hti policy of the
former Legislatures Of Old Virginia, cur new
State, then portion thereof. received uo share,
or at least very i.mItel one. of the public i'm
proyements We ueel roads, we neei good far
mers, we need mechanics. We ueel m4uuiicturcs, ,
we need capital and enterprise We have all
the inducements that nature can offer TO immi-
grafton. but We need tie improvements 0f the
age. But even here our State ha, taken the iu-
itiatorv steps. We have built nearly all our
,choolhou-es, about thirty-six u this county. and
have nearly paid for our public Iui,liug-, Court
House and Jail. sc. ami we can beast. tlAi