Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-06-11
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4 Missouri Letter.
SALISBURY, Charlton Co., No., }
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June ,, 1873
This aourishing little town takes its name
from one Of its early settlers, and ho Yer
montcr. son Of Bcloher Salisbury, an old res.
ident, now deceased Of West Randolph. And
'uncle Belcher," ~ they called him, though
he made no pretonsions was man Of strong in
tclect, which he used 10 exhibit occasionally
when circumstances demanded il, an instance Of
which will mention Some time during the
old agitation Of the slavery qucstion-perhaps
about the time Of the formation Of the Repub-
lcan party--it was proposed to hold an anti
slavery convention at West Randolph. Per
mission was asked to hold the meetings, first
in one and then in the other Of the two church
os there, which, strange as il may seem now
even to those who remember IL well, the man
ayers Of both societies refused. And with
that refusal Judge Weston either had some
thing TO do, or said something in approval Of
il, for which-though il could have been moth
ing strange for a leading Democrat at that
time-Mr Salisbury event for him in n com
muniiation to the Green Mountain Freeman
in a fashion that would have honored tho prin.
ciples. and have doneno dscredit to the ability
Of Garrison or Phillips. lie expected a per.
sonal qnarrcl in consequence Of the article.
which, however. being lover Of peace, es-
pocally among his neighbors, he took some
pains to avoid and to avoid the quarrel he
avoided the Judge, Going from his house on
the old, or northern side Of "tho branch, 3" to-
wards The depot one morning, and seeing his
expected antagonist, as he thought. awaiting
him on the sidewalk, he stopped man whom
he didn't want to see for the purpose Of letting
hi- irate opponent get out Of the way. Seeing
however, that he was apparently determined to
wait, he concluded TO put bold face upon
il, and walked towards the Judge, who. with his
blandest smile, sai1, GOOD morning, Mr. Sal
isbnry are you going 10 write for the Fro
man? II you are, want to take IT," So The
Judge accomplished, by sheer good nature
what t might have been difficult 20 have done
many other way And the church committees
explained afterwards that their refusal to let
the ant-sllvcry folks into the churches was on
account Of lack Of authority, or something
with which al parties wcre--at least partially
--uti,fcd
Speaking Of the Salisbury family, may say
Tint | have fullcn in with Mr. r. l.. Salisbury,
Of Mortified, who, with his amiablc wife. and
gun. hes hcen spending the winter here, though
they have gone homo now. / use the word
amiallc in reference TO Mr.. Salisbury uifc,
and not the gun than which nothing is less
50, especially for the unfortunate snipe or
prairie chicken which happens to be at the end
opposite the owner And this reminds mo Of
a little hunting expedition, which was planned
hy him, and wherein he was tie chief Nimrod
shooting. among other thiags, large swan,
Which ! wn- surprised tolearn has very heavy
down OIL OYER its body, under The feathors-a
down nearly a. thick md long rs the fur on a
mink skin He alec killed a mocca-in snake.
five feet long, though the snake lad been stun
mel by hail storm which killed five hundred
ducks-mare or lcss--in Swan lake, which is
merely large pond, and drove the hunting
party precipitatoly from the field 20 the nearest
tobacco barnard here was 10 be seen some
thing % the method Of curing tobacco. Ills
harvested mainly in September, carried to the
barn--7r nther some open she'd, around the
harn-where it Is hung upon some sticks put
up for that purpose. and allowed to remain
until about the first of January Then they
wait until there comes seasou. e." as thcy
say, or until the tohacc1 comes in case, +"
when II is taken down, assorted and packed in
hoe.head-, 20 he carried to the dealer, or man
uiacturer Of cigars and other forms Of the
weed for The worlds markets It is grown
quite extensively hereab1ats, the crop Of ls72
for this county. OF sixteen towns, being about
eight millions Of pounds what they mean
by its coming d" in case" is this In dry
weather it is impossible 10 handle it--aner it
is eured--as the leaves are 50 brittle as 10 break
all in pieces but when the atmosphere gets
damp, and 50 dgmpens the tohacco leaf, it Is as
pIiable as need be, and SO il " in case" In
fact, leaf Of it makes quite good barometer,
as it begins TO soften some time, it may be, be.
fore there are any indications Of lowery weather
in the sky
Tie wheat and other crops are boxing well
here, though there will not be o fall crop Of
all kinds Of fruit, especially peaches, as very
many Of the trees were killed by the unusual
severity Of the past winter The season hns
been quite wet ever since about the first Of
April Land j. held pretty high here, and it
produces large crops which, however, are sold
for small prices The climate is mild, but
more or less bilious and mnlarious, which,
with other things, renders me cautious about
advising everybody Unfortunately TO sell ont
and come WEST