St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-10-06
THE CALIFORNIAN.
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(Conrlmld Ji'0m f,d IaJc.)
opinions, but bv candidly and charltabIy
expressing and firmly adhcring 10 your
own, il, upon a conscientious eNamiia-
non ul any subject, you cannot agree
with him. Such differences need not
lead 10 any alienation between you, but
lnav even become basis ii mutual lc-
poet and confidence.
The Schools of the town should be
Your next care. There * no surcr sim
Of a lack OF Intelligence and refinement
in mci"hborhood than a dilapidated
and slovenly schCol-housc, its benches
hacked with knives and stained with ink,
H. doors unhingcd, its floor covered with
dirt, its windows open to sun and rain.
On the other hand, if you see school
huusa neat in design, freshly painted, IN
,1od repair, with wcll-turied yard I'LL
Il with beautiful shade trees, you M
,tinctivcly infer that the families oil the
nri"hhurhocd are cnicrprisIn@ AMI lhicl-
hucnt. II the schooI-housc Is what 1t
ou.ht TO be-, y"u are likely TO find IN 1t
3, colnprtrnt teacher and well behaved
scholars. In such Il neighborhood, more
over. you will be likely TO find the farms
well taken care of, the fences trim, the
houses and barns i'll good lcrair. The
town which neglectS lis schools is on the
hiah road TO ruin.
The Academy here, too, should re-
cove your hearty support. Living, you
should do AL in your power to increase
IL attractions and enlargc its means for
instruction: and, dying, you should re-
member it in your wills. Ii this insti-
tution were endowed ~ it should be, it
would, by the beauty OF its situation, at
tract 4 multitude Of pupils and give the
town an honorable fame. If You who
live Lcrc would do what you can TO in
crease lis efficiency, you might reasona-
lily appeal 10 the students Of former
years, and especially to the wealthy ma
tiNcS Of the town, now residing elsewhere,
I" make liberal additions to its chartered
iuni, and thus make it one of the Grand
II schools in the whole country F'ami-
lies would then come here to enjoy lis
advantages, population would be incrcas-
cd, new houses would be built, farms
would be- more valuable, and the burdens
Of the town become lighter.
The situation Of this town is some
What peculiar. 1t has no large wafer
power TO invite manufactures, and the
railroads all go around it. Barnet, Dan
Vile, Cabot, and Groton have all in this
respect superior advantages but a. an
educational center it may, If it will,
compete successfully with any or all of
IL ncighbor@. The hills which repcl the
advances Of the iron horse are blown up
un by airs 50 pure and hcalthiul, and
command views So lovely and ma9niti-
cent, that il only needs little enterprise
on sour part TO attract To them hundreds
oil Summer residents from the great cit
rs When ! was here year AGO, citi-
zen said TO me, ''Thc men of peacham
who have money never think of invest
IN" it SO as to benefit the town. They
embark i'll no enterprise that is likely to
increase population or benefit the mass
OF the people. They save and hoard,
content to Src the town run down if they
can only draw the interest ON their
bonds" How much truth there is in
this Incul patlon it does not become me
to say, but | repeat what heard for the
consideration OF all whom it may concern.
Ii a dozen men III tins place, each one
with some means at his command, would
only unite IN starting some business that
would draw people here and thus make
Il wider market far home productions,
they would cyincc Il patriotism as credit
able 10 themselves aS it would he bene-
fetal 70 others. They would increase
Jour CONGREGATION, AMI thus make the
support ui religious and educational in.
tcrc~ts less Cumbersome.
Finally, You shomld spare no pains in
lrtutiiyin" Your homes and improving
the roads that lead to them What Il
beautiful picture Is a dwelling cmbowcr-
al IN uco~, lis door yard filled with fra
"iant flowers, the wuudbinc or the hon
ry>ucklc cncirclim" the door aAd win
dows, How grateful To the Traveller j.
a road free of stones and eulclIes and
~hadcd 10y the clc;.nly maple or the grrce-
tul elm Your cemetery, it gives me
pleasure 10 say, is one of the most beau
tilui that have ever seen III country
town. Your Soldiers Monument, too,
- cIcditahle also TO your enterprise,
Your patriotism, and your taste. Max,
your homes radiant within with every
social virtue, and beautiful without b,
these simple adornmcnts of which nalur,
j. everywhere 50 prolific. The children
born in such homes will leave them will
regret, and come back TO them in ai:cl
hir Il pilgrims 10 Il holy shrine tho
town CA whose hills and in whose vale
such homes are found will live tureye
IN the hearts Of its grateful children, VIII,
will not cease 10 sing:
The hills are drtTcst which childish iuct
Have clint Cd TIE earliest and the
Are ever tho-c At which young lip- drank
st,op,d 10 their wst-rs DER the gla--y bank"
omen - INfOIrS at NjUIf