The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-08-12
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FAIRFIELD. HERKIMER Co., N. Y.
MR.. EDITOR Having spent a few
weeks in this vicinity, venture to give
you few items of the general appearance
OF this country.
Herkimer County is said to be the
greatest cheese county in the State, and
Fairfield one of the richest dairy towns 10
the county. There are seven or eight
cheese factories in town; some of them
take the milk from one thousand cows,
and makes from thirty to forty cheeses
a day, each weighing sixty pounds and
upwards. Little Falls, seven miles from
here, on the line of the Central X. R., is
the largest cheese market in the world.
The farmers in this vicinity are wealth y
and hard working class OF people very
careful where they pay out their money,
yet very friendly, social and hospitable.
Their houses and out buildings are all
painted, and in nice repair, aud every.
thing indicates thrift. They take great
pride in building large and oommodious
barps. have seen many in this town
36xI30, or thereabouts twenty or twenty.
six feet posts, and basement of eight or
ten feet of solid masonry work, with two
cupulos each. costing from $4,000 to
$4,000 apiece. They put all their hay
under cover, and think it pays. have
seen only one sheep in town, and am told
there are scarcely any in the county.
But one thing Vermont. and especially
Addison county will excel them in, and
that is school houses they look very
meager here, in comparison to their splon.
did barns.
The farmers were nearly panic stricke o
here before the late rains, many Of them
bought large quantities of corn and feed !;
QUE nan have been told bought ten tons
for his own use. But tho late rains have
changed the aspect of things wonderfully
The farmers put off their haying little
later, and think they will get Z or Z Of
a crop, and the quality nearly enough bet.
ter to make it up. Other crops are look.
ing nicely. am told that they usually
get from two to three tons of hay to the
acre, and call their farms worth $3.50 to
5000 per acre with buildings. 1t is cer-
tainly the incest farming country was
ever in.
Fairfield is noted for its beauty of
scenery and healthful location, also as be.
ing the location Of the well known and
aourishing Institution, Fairfield Semin-
ary." which was incorporated in 1903,
and long known as the Medical College,
and was at one time said to be the most
prosperous institution of any outside OF
the great cities, except one in Kentucky
For several years the number Of students
was over two hundred. Owing to the
organization of other Colleges, it ceased
to exist as Medical College in about
lS4U; but the seminary has aourished
through all these years. Some Of the
most noted men of the County re.
ceived their academic education hcrc.
Rev. Albert Barnes, Prof. Gray Of How
ard University. Prof. Hadley Of Yale
College, Colfax and others. There are
five large commodious buildings, two oil
wood aud three of stone, three stories
high, the largest $50 feet in length. Di.
rectly 10 front is beautiful park shaded
with large naples.
There are many interesting incidents
related about the old Medical College.
Towns for miles around were in fear Of
losing the remains Of their departed ones.
II -. III hat ta< or ,al To
take cask marked 'liquor' from neigh
boring town to the college containing
subject. and thinking be would have a
good time procured a gimlet and when
out of sight tapped it aud drank freely.
He was dreadful sick and vomited him.
selfmost away On recovering he declared
he would not carry such stuff to Fairfield.
At another time in the still hours of
the night, person happened to be out
and discovered a light creeping slowly
towards the dissecting building. After
watching it while became satisfied there
was mischief intended and raised an
alarm and found slow match had been
started many rods back, and led to keg
of powder under the building sufficient to
blow it up.
And still another time body in a
town not twenty miles distant was miss.
ing and traced to the college and endeav.
ors made to recover it but without success
The excitement ran so high that a COM
pany of eighty men or more marched in
to town aud placed largo cannon in
front of the dissectiug building, and de-
clared if the body was not given up the
building would be demolished. This had
the desired effect. II.