Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-02-16
WAvERLY, Iowa, Feb. 2, 1869.

WAvERLY, Iowa, Feb. 2, 1869.
Mr.. EDITOR II had hearty laugh
over an article in your paper of January
Goth, dated Nashua, Iowa, January Goth,
1869, and signed 'Lamoille."
Knowing you by reputation as gentle
man of sense, can imagine how you also
must have laughed outright at the absurd
-ity of such romantic nonsense coming from
the pen of a young married lady OF only
33 winters, and who had spent already
three whole months across the Mississippi.
Winters, did say,-oh no, | am mistak-
ell, for where she lived in Vermont, there
as no acinter, neither in Neao Hampshire.
GA no But this out of the way Nash
ua, which has been settled IL lang years
by few hearts which had two brave
arms suspendeI from each body empty
pockets no pictures, except those they
carried engravcn on their hearts; no car
pets to loll on and write nonsense, no fur
niture except what>was hewed out Of logs
by the aforementioned arms, yea, not even
the cabin to shield them from tie Noyem-
Der frost that she "she could not break
Ice WIN an axe, (wonder if she triel t)
and finally with broad rolling prairie all
around them that never felt the touch of
the pillow since the great 81 am said
"Lot the waters under the heaven be
gathered together unto one place, and let
the dry lani appear" &c. These sames|
people Of Nashua ought to be highly cen.
sured, for, insteal Of leaving their very
FIRST crops, as some did, and going into
the army, every man of them that could
shoulder musket, to save this glorious
old Republic from worse foe than No
vombcr frost THAT could not be cut with
an axe y, every mothers son of them
ought to have staidi at home and help
build a Westinghouse and other houses,
so 'Lamoille" would not be under the ne
eessity OF going from her home, where she
Tolls on carpets, and nice furniture, and
pictures into school-house with bare
walls and hard seats. BY the way. our
Pilgrim Fathers were accustomed to wor-
ship in such places, but "Lamoille" would
not stoop so low, probably, to read about
their mode Of worship. Her thoughts are
more .fiJhty,-eastles not made with
hands, - air castles, forsooth. Bah
When will the race of dreamers be
brought to realizing sense of every day
life and common sense ? have perhaps
as sincere regard for old Lamoille County
as any other person living, for | have en-
ioyed its summers and winters, and rustic
scenery and the privilege of its schools and
in years gone by, and hope TO
again, but five years residence in
Iowa has convinced me that Vermont is
good place to be born in and also good
place to emigrate from.
But setting nonsense aside, lot me give
you few facts concerning Nashua and
vicinity. Twelve years ago that place
was mostly inhabited by the Red Man,
not more than five white families resided
there. To-day it has population of
about two thousand with grist-mills, saw
mills, school-houses, and hotels and a
morning and evening train, running TO
,nd by that place, to and from Dubuque,
IN the Mississippi. Nothing of any con-
sequence TRANSFERRED at Nashua till after
he War; since then the progress is Won {
lerful. If winter had not Sc in earlier
han common this season, Nashua could ,
BOAST OF churches ssconl to none in In
noille County. Waverly, but few
niles South of Nashua, has churches, one !
'lone Of which cost more than all the ,
churches in johnson put together. No ,
lew constry can in a day or year build f,
to compare with one $50 years i
I'D. What the inhabitants here lack in
money they make up in energy and GOA !
This fact is beyond dis 3