Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-04-08


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Mrs. Mianda Beech has purchased a
building lot on Water street of Mr.. Ezra
Wilcox, and contemplates erecting a
dwelling house thereon the coming sum-
mer.
LETTER FROM ALBANY.-Situated up
on the left bank of Black River, about
eighteen miles above its entrance to lake
Memphremagog, is one of the most beau
tiful, pleasant and happy little country
villages in Northern Vermont. At this
point the river flows gracefully along the
& very eastern margin of its basin, while
the eternal hills bordering on the west
ern margin generously recede, leaving
an interspace for broad beautiful green
valley; and here, stretching from rim to
rim of this fertile valley, lies our quiet,
we was about to say immaculate-but
not inanimate village of Albany. We
suppose the fact that such place exists,
something of its character and reputation
are generally known; but we feel-and
we think justly-a sort Of honest pride
in our little village, and we do not think
we are vain-g glorious for wishing to tell
+. our neighbors something about what we
have here.
To begin with, there are thirty-fve
dwelling houses not an immense nor
dense city, but it should be remem-
bered that about forty per cent. of our
little village has sprung up in the last
decade We have two churches, --Bap-
fist and Congregational-and good
school house two stores, one by H. W.
g. NJ. B. Chafey, the other by j. G. Row.
ell, each doing good business two
blacksmith shops, one by D. f. Marck-
res and the other by H. J. Cross, former
s ly of Lowell one circular MILL boot
and shoe shop, a tin shop and cooper
shop We have one settled pastor, Rev.
Charles Newhall, Baptist, an excellent
man of God, who is laboring faithfully
and zealously for the salvation of souls.
We have two excellent physicians ID.
Bill and l.. NJ Parker-both allopathists.
The latter is a young man who has been
in our midst but about year and half,
is fine man, understands his business
and attends to it, We have also two
first class house carpenters, two wheel
wrights, two drovers, farrier and horse
trainer, a seamstress, tailoress and a
milliner.
We do not think this very bad for a
small, unpretending place like this
Within one-half mile of the village is
also good board and clapboard mill,
owned by Mr.. Alden Darling The sur
rounding country presents a splendid
panorama of beautiful farms and excel
lent timber lands. Thus it will be seen
that we are favored community. We
think we can safely assert that no better
society exists in Northern Vermont, if,
indeed in New England.
But, with all our happiness and pros.
perity, three things earthly lack we yet
First, railroad, means of egress and
ingress, direct communication with oul
capital and the leading emporiums O.
the Eastern and Middle States and Can
ada, medium by which the rich pro
ducts of our fields and forests can b,
turned to better and more profitable re
Enumeration. This we hope and expec
to have soon. But if | may be allowed
little depression, it requires no grea
of prophet to foresee that if we eve
want this road we must have it noao-
Black River Valley is not the only pos
sible route through which this road cal
be laid; and every community is lookin,
and aciU look to its own interests in thi
matter, and so it should, and ave will
the rest. 1t stands us in hand, then
without any selfshness, to be on tn
lookout. Let us not fold our arms i
peaceful slumbers by-and-by to awak
and find our case a hopeless one. "De
lays are dangerous
We need, secondly, a grist mill. Fo
several years we have been without
grist mill, greatly to our disadvantage
Here is an extensive range of country
of which this village seems to be tn
central point, and no grist mill short {
five miles. We think good mill woul
pay at this point and wish some goo
man with enterprise and capital woul
set the stone rolling.
Third. We stand in need of librar,
Here we have quite large reading pul
lie, and We do need an intellectual graz
airy from which the hungry mind ma
be fed. Our gray-haired sires, who ha,
cleared our farms and made our pleasa,
homes for us, and fought SO bravely IL
uphill side Of life's battle, now want.
they gradually retire from the field
active service, something to while plea
antly away their declining years. Al
with what one thing would they be mo
pleased, or feel more grateful than wi
an accessible library of good, sound, Sc
sible' readable books E? They deser
them and ought to have them. O
young men and women also. lust enter