Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-01-08
For the Freeman.
A Few Words from Plainfield.

| zee, Mr.. Editor, you don't often have
anything 10 say about Plainfeld and Plain
field people,, and perhaps it is because no
one takes th trouble to ''post " you. Now
-" we still liv, ~ if the waters do occasionally
play the mil ehief with u.s. And we are
bound to pros YER if &c clear grit y and hon
est labor is of any avail. When the cars
come to runni lg, you will find Plainfield
has passengers and freights quite equal to
other towns ale ng the line. Our new mill
has already com tnenced saving, soon 1t will
be ready .or gril lding, then Mr. Cass will
stock it with nachinery and fxings for
various kinds of manufacturing. The mill
was only begun last fall, and the 5th OF
November there was no iume built. The
people of Plant cid had raised 500 to
induce Mr.. Cass t, build up mill and shop
here. of which sum! Hon Charles Ii. Heath
whom your people have now stolen from US,
(bad luck to theI,, but a blessed memory
for hiln)-genero nsiy contributed $50, al
thougi then cont .mplating a removal from
this town Mr. ,Cass, who made such fine
stone work on the Montpelier and Wells
River Railroad, at, once took hold and began
to push things, till now we have one of the
best mills in this section, and when we get
all the wheels run ping that can and will be
run in that building, won't there be buzz
zing Just come up then and see'if our
enterprising citizens don't mean business.
| Speaking of Mr. Heath, | wish to say we
miss him, and feel that we have lost one of
our best citizens lie was always ready to
take hold of every g God work and enterprise
| in the town. His advice and counsel could
be relied upon. He never brought any little
petty, malicious suits. The poor were not
oppressed at his hands IT he had matters
or writs against that class they were not
driven to extremes. He gave them time,
and helped them t. square up without un-
necessary trouble or costs. He was too good
a Grant man not to be always ready to say,
Let US have petce," whenever it was
possible without compromising with iniquitY
and wrong. But I'll not write Senator
Heath's obituary TIL there is a nearer pros
pect of need for it than at present, but
there are lots of good things l could say if
he ever should need an obituary notice
Before that time, however, this people ex-
pecs to see him Governor.
The hotel kept by B. P. Young, Esq, is
also another institution of this place, and
Young knows g how to keep hotel - or
run a line or stages with equal facility
May B. P always be Young
We have two good stores here, and they
do fine business. If they would only
advertise IN the FREEMAN, your readers
might be benefited, and we are sure these
traders would b. by advertising.
Then we can eat-aImost-your whole
village of Montpelier in the boot and shoe
line, unless you catch Knapp mapping.
We have butohered some big porkers in
this town this present season, but until
some other town goes to Dragging in that
line, "1.-n's - tue word with US. Bat we
would like to tell little bit Of a turkey
story. Geo ". Lewis Of this town raised
and sold to Judge Wood, of Barre, fifteen
turkeys that weighed 263 pounds when
dressed off. S,i of these were hen turkeys,
and nine gobblers Mr.. Lewis would have
raised d lar5er number, but he lives in a
, - foxy" section, and sly reynard had a
watery mouth for these young birds, and
:. confscated > several of them. The breed
Mr. Lewis raised came from Rhode Island
the turkeys grow to large size, and it would
be a fine idea for rasers of turkeys to secure
birds OF eggs from this flock,
We last fall expected to see the cars run
d, ming in here from Montpelier before thi:
: time; but 6 hall now have to wait until mex
spring Wo hope then to be united to you
with bonds of iron, and to be your noai
neigbbors. Is this is published, you may
hear from me again.
CITIZEN.
WEATHER REPoRr-Mr Amasa Tucker
makes report as to the number of stormy
days in Montpelier fer the last two years, b,
- months, as follows: