Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-03-01

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us the list of town officers elected on
Tuesday next, by the first mail, that
we may insert full lists in our next
number.
LUNENBURG.
The Board Of Agriculture has been
here. We have seen it, heard it, it
has gone, and now we will see what
it left. Very pleasant gentlemen
they are; like all other men, they
have received their knowledge by OBJ,
servation and practice ; and as their
practice is different, we find they do
not always agree among themselves.
One favors small, close built cattle,
like the Devons; another thinks the
coarser and larger, grades are the
ones, like the Durbams. One favors
barn cellars, and an other opposes.
All men think their way the best, and
under certain circumstances, it is.
We are to apt to forget the great vari-
ETY. of education, soil, climate, situa-
ton and condition. No two towns
are exactly alike; what is good for
one will be bad for another. No fixed
laws will answer in Agriculture, eX-
cept for plant food. Thus the mem.
bers came with their individual opin.
ions, founded on their individual sue
cess. One Member confessed that
his knowledge was all theoretical it
would have been better TO have Clich-
ed it by first ''trying it on. A
very candid essay was read upon our
"Highway's and how to Build Them"
1t strongly favored Street Commits
sioners, but impaired nothing really
new-tliscalded CHARS as "dangc.
rous nuisance. of roads were sufli-
GENTLY rounding they were not need
ed" all roads should be, grayeled
from 2 to inches deep; cold comfort
for us, as there is not Il square yard
of gravel in town. They gave us
many valuable suggestions, which l
hope may tell in practice, but fear
will not. The bottom Of the business
has not been reached. The great
trouble is, all our farmers have gold
Ell visions of a better land. The
Elysian fields of the glorious sunset,
are so beautiful, so rich, so mild, SO
enhancing, that too many long to go.
The strong cords of the vlgor and
strength Of Vermont growth, and
manhood, are even now calling, to
Fathers, and Mothers, Brothers and
Sisters, come to the land Of plenty
and ease. There is q wide spread
discomfort. The farmers are full Of
unrest. Every body wishes to better
their condition by leaving the cold
back log" to let the "cricket sing
under the old hearth stone" Who
will commence and carry out any
permanent improvement, when sick
at heart, determined to sell or "g;ve
away" 1t is true, we are froze up
six months in year, that the putting
in nd harvesting of crops is wear
ing upon the body. 1t is true our
young men are leaving us, that the
farmers purse grows very slowly but,
all things considered, L don't believe
that one portion of this world was
made so much better than the rest,
that all men would be fighting for it.
Vermont has made a glorious record,
in its men, in its corps, in its back
bone. For fixed principles, determin-
alton to surmount obstacles, Ver-
mont can't be beat. Let us stick too,
and strengthen the things that re-
MAN," and sustain the prestige of the
old Green Mountain State. w.
A child of Merrill Lyons fell from
a table and struck on its back, the
18th ult, from the effects Of which 1t
died five days after. The child was
about year old. Its mother had
put him on the table that he might
look out of the window and see the
fowls in the yard, as she often did,
and while engaged in her usual house
hold affairs, she discovered the child
near the edge of the table, but before
she could reach it he had fallen. S.
The Ladies Missionary Society of
Lunenburg, VT, auxiliary to the
New England Branch Of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society of the
M. f. Church, held their quarterly
meeting, Sabbath afternoon, Feb. 16,
1878.
A very good audience convened
and listened with interest to remarks
from Rev. and Mrs. Leavitt.
Misses Lora Webster and Clara
Silsby sang nicely.
We appreciated the reading Of
Misses Cora Lucas and Clara Silsby
upon the subject Of "\Yoman's Mis-
sion and Work for the advancement
of Christ's Kingdom" Several in.
teresting pieces were spoken by
Misses and little girls.