The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-03-14
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Marc 1874

ofauy winter Il south Fast Missoan
thsi can compare viii The enc that has
juss passed away Colder days ID for
mef winters there have been AID pos
ably several e tbem IL succession bot
Boss u which The mercury upon ar av-
trAgc ranged - near the starting poini
iof thrte consecutive months, and 40
aerAngcd de meteorological caicula
lions 4 the venerable individual above
named Snow has fallen 10 very nnu.
saal quantities 50 much 80 that
slesghing wonld have been excellent
bot foF The scarcity oi sleighs Indeed
there has been nothing in the conduct
II the past winter as regards cold and
snow IN this region, 10 remind one that
be 10 any nearer the tropics than he
wAa when the ga parallel lay e the
south o. him But while the snow Oh.
structions on our western railroads
have arrested the commerce Of the ma
ton. and The ice Accommodations block
AIDED our nAvigable waters these are SO
very transient a. evils that their CON
temptation affords no serious annoy
Anoe Not 80 with the obstruction to
the prosecution Of an enterprise upon
which the people Of Cape Girardeau
bad largely fixed their affections l
alIude 10 the rairoad still III course of
construction 10 the south west Of US.
When every obstacle 10 its complete
sgccess seemed 20 have been overcome,
and the doubts aud fears Of the last thir-
teen years were vanishing 10 the trium-
plant issue already reached, as il
seemed, the enemies Of the work again
mastering tho opportunity have prob
ably succeeded ia occasioning another
yostponemont Of the day that lately
seemed at hand That this is not dis.
tant. believe but repeated disap-
pointments have operated to take away
the faith Of many in even the ultimate
completion Of the road, while the hope
deferred has sickened the heart Of our
people The legal situation Of the
road is too complex to state 10 this
place, il indeed your correspondent full
" comprehcnds it. Of which he il not
at all certain. Between different com
panies, brokers aud lawyers, all con-
tending for the chance TO profit by
transferring the franchise rather than
by completing the work, it has indeed
been "a hard road TO travel" Our peo-
pie were noyices in the business, and
have been yictimized ON the one hand
by railroad brokers. and on the other
by confidence men in the interest Of
rival routes. Ii many years since
business has been SO depressed here as
IT has been during the past year, and in
the uncertainty that clouds the future
Of our city, there is little 20 promise
any immediate change for the better in
this respect Yet even now, in the
midst Of perplexities attending the un-
fortunate situation, new arrangements
are perhaps in progress that will speed.
lily change all this, revive the hopes,
and start anew the languishing enter
prises Of our people. Nevertheless
several Of our merchants and business
men, with few other young men seek
ing adventure perhaps. are organizing
pilgrimage to the land Of Sam Hous.
ton and Davy Crockett II is quito
possible that change may be benef.
eial 10 them but from all accounts the
chances arc hardly better 10 that coun-
try " drought and sand storms than
they are nearer homo, Missouri in soil
aud climate Is not surpassed BY Texas,
nor indeed BY any Of the valley states
1t is hard TO perceive any advantage to
them ia the change they seek, unless
they hope 10 find place more remote
from the ubiquitous yankee nor have
they assurance Of this lfthere is any.
thing there 20 be had by reaching for
II, already the sons Of New England
are there OF on the way Yet as gen
eral thing do not believe that cur peo-
pie are Stunned OF their absence de-
sired by that class 81 people in the
south between whom aud the yankee
there has been the traditional incom.
patibility. On the other hand in mos,
instances, the invineible southcrner,
the man who was born insensible 10
fear, who has been trained from his
infancy 10 believe that IL belonged "a
superior race. finds upon acquaini
Ancc that bis thriving ncighbor who
was raised ia the shadow Of Bunker
Hill, ia not - bad fellow after all and
that be can learn from him great
mahy things that arc quite useful ia
the changed relations brought about
BY the convincing logic az the last few
years Let us hope tina, closer ac-
quainiAncc between these two classes
may cause the better feeling already
prevailing 10 some extent, e. be yet
more thoroughly cultivated and there
may be brought about that which the
FATHERS sought when they established
and ordained The fundamental law Il