The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-11-28
VOLUME XII


start uorihwurA some morning and in
tle coarse Of the day yau viii strike ihat
little cluster of green hills and lnuds kal-
lcys, called Vermont As You travel 90,
you wul dnd good deal 81 up-h,H and
some down, bot never mind lie has o.
ups and downs, aud why shouldn't Yer
mont2 Don't get discouraged; one o'l
fellow Who had travelled a good deal IN
these region. said hcneycr felt discpuwg
ed as long as the hills wcro prrpcniieu'
lar. Once la while, up Jamaipa WAY,
ho found ono that leaned towards him,
and then L was rather hard scratching Cor
his old mare. But there i some level
ground. They say there are two pacrs
ia the State where they eau play croqnet,
--one is on tho Connecticut river ho-
tween Brattlebotu aud Bellows Fails,
aud the other is over on Lake Champlain
soma where Wei. never mind the bills
cattle aud sheep get around 90 them first
rate after they get used 70 it, aud seem 70
do well II is true, imported cattle DO
HolutNlutH thiN u INV NHilitN'Ntuat Wy
ing to feed with their heads down bin
Iull they get the hang of Che pasture, but
then, they the farmers mp there have
kuack Of raising "imporlcd7 cattle and
they take naturally to the slopes There's
one advantage in having such farms; one
can cultivate or NOW both sides Of his
land having il sci up on edge So The
farmers contend il is not nearly 50 hard
work 10 plow or NOV up there as on
more level Iand-don't strain The muscles
so continuously, you know. 4 soldier
once went up there who had had ono leg
amputated AZ the Knee, and took 4 farm
/ lie could do more work than any two
men IN town and stand mp as straight asa
/ gun. They called a town meeting ih that
town to see II they shouldu'toblIge every
mau TO have ono leg ampuAted, but 4
was good sugar weather on The day Of lho
meeting, and the only man present was
the doctor, aud he didn't think he had
better decide They are green-the hills
4 | mean not the folks to the very tops
most of em afford, sweet pusturage They
neyer---as they do over in New lanl,-
shire--have to have their sheep's noses
steel-poinled to keep hem from wearing
out in one season nor do they have 70
plant beans with rifle, unless rs up IN
4 Stratton or Mendou or some OF those
places.
As you travel through the state, two
Of the most prominent features Of tho
landscape which you will notice will be
the wood.plc and watering trough. The
former you will find about the size Bunk-
er Hill monument would be should i
blow down. If you peep around behind
It, You will see a snug red farm house and
barn, all nice and cosy, bnt the wood-pile
is the chief pride Of the Yermontcr II Is
SO suggestive. In every cord Of Il he secs
big pitchers Of cider and pccks Of butter
nuts, rosy-cheekcd apple, and possibly il
be is Il young man, other roses bloom
from the sturdy beech aud something
more sparkling than cider beams from It's
chinks. A halo Of quiItings and pairing
bees hover over this structure, aud as he
contemplates it, thanks God ho lives
! where they have long winters,
About once in halfa mile you can
stop and give yourself and your horse a
cool drink from trough hewn from q
huge log and filed from spring on The
mountain side Just above, or brook that
dashes down across or under the road
This suggests another picture too, that's
the saw-mill As in Connecticut every
man goes peddling some time in hia HE,
so In Vermont every one must, before be
eau write himself man, learn TO ''tcnd
saw-mill.n Now, down country nj these
institutions, they just content themselves
with taking the logs and making them in-
to boards, oists, &c, and have some val
gar things called "slabs" left, but np here
they do things more thoroughly. What
won't do for timber Is cut up into lath
and ribbon boards, and Ia some cases
I they don't leave silver that Is big
. enough 10 make a shoe peg or phi box.
} I've hoard the following story told as a
- fact; ! don't ask auy one to believe il a
mau was riding along one day on ono NJ
I these mountain roads passing one ofthcse
10 little mills, when he heard a crash on The
! hin above him. lIe looked up aud saw
g a huge herplock log come luInbliDg down
= the deeliyity. 1t rolled across tbe road
e and into the mill which was on the lover
, side Of the road, aud disappeared. lie
p Jumped from his horse aud ran down a
. path which led under toe min, expecting
@ to see scene Of destruction where tbc
i monstrous pole had made its wny through
the ediGce, but before be got to the low
= er side IL come through all made into
G white ash rakes, nicely tied up dozen in
p a bunch. A inan aud boy we're serene
d ly piing up tie buncbes and with the
suayily and kiuduess W common ~ THESE
G regions, kindly explained lhe whole pfo.
g, cess 30 that De understood Il perfectly, cx-
4 cept tbc tying ~ that remains amy-tcy
+ % him SET and probably will liil his dying
day.
Another feature YOU viii not iaiI q no.
~. tiee. AT every fork of the roads Fpu Will
see little brown seBooi-iousc. ealnc-
time. up Brandon way where paint y dug
D ont Of the ground aad comes cheap, they
e paint them, bul aot az general thing.
IL But there's tremendous sight of work
= done in these little know edge b04et. On