St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-07-25

air, like people you sometime. s'F'e
have "seen better days" H."
is a hundred rods from ..rL. 'r
yet no vehicle of ANY son vain. ,'.'
IL passenger who may rcrrhn,.
the little, lanky mail bag i ,,.
on the back of Il little. bank, r.-
trudges back and forth tvin,
from post office to depot. fm .r.
cents trip. And this i, plouJ
lofty old Danvillc, How
mighty fallen. We found The I,,
of the once crowded hotel al,
ward, slate coloring an old d.,
buggy wheels with lead and y,
only improvement, lie aS>Ducd IN.
was being made in DanviIlc rIa
merl He was courteous, told Ii.
little boy to harness the "orb,,
into the express wagon. and tax.
our destination. He declared h.,
good mind to close up hi~ tavern
he could get a living without i,
SO | thought-if he could get OH,
Sorry Danville; once place OF
would it were yet; but it may r.
"Peacham Oh the hill' has rL.,
magnificent view to he hchcId H. /
village site in the State. The on
village stood there. The pliucim.
ulatiOn of the town are thu,
their narrow residences mark.
headstones and monuments. Wa.
bic men and women lie there IN
ber-men and women, the >rml-
neers and upbuilderS of the uohI.. s
and its noble influences mr
women, the like of whom Pearl.r-
see no more. Among the Inc,
once made Peacham their home
Thaddeus Stevens and j. l.. G.
the former residing there III you.
the latter born there-ome now >Ir.
the sleep that knows no waku. \
other alive and hearty in the rar
his naming, Grinnell, i'll fan aus.,
well beloved Iowa.
Peacham Corner, a bundled luI.
low, is clean grassy, wmte-a..
clear starched old place. IL old
emy and Congregational Cm5.
show care and attention uo '.
going on. no manufacturing. bH'
trading; Il One-hOrse vehicle Iuu,
the mail to the railroad station H..
place of the four-horse Concord ..
that used to whirl daily rMw.l
streets. The old intellectual .a...
on the hill just mentioned. the L.,
they built are standing. hut mmrn.
ly peopled; the bells ring ont and
in their congregations. Int 1e-.
Worcester. nor Merrill. nm Boz,
ascend the pulpit to greet then
vet the giants in thought that m
were scattered about among tLr
ence withal. there to listen. la..
" and mentally both has PeacL-.
clined: and yet it struggles l4.
hold its grasp; and Yet good mr,
true men, good morals and GOOD /,
enccs abide; the old elm trees l,
men are born and grow up. aud
form their parts i'll the "Id. Sc.
happy, all too grassy, m"uld- gath
noble old village. Would it ar.,
so: would that the truth might DE-
ferently told. for we early lrHr
love, to venerate the spot. br =
works its wonders as wears pile
yea1s. Time was when place,
were built on hills and mauUiD'
not. could flourish, but gour a'rc
days and if you would now lo"s
hustles and thrift. and well tod -
you must go down by the waite, =
where pent up waters rush tiHo.--
set powerful machinery VIM
where hot steam lays giant hold
long lines of shafting; where din.
smoke taints the air from the D.
of tall stacks; where there l. nos
chatter, and rumbling of st"u, vie
vehicles along the mud-staiucd.
begrimed streets. There. aud %"
the high hills and clean, qui, M
will YOU meet and wrestle with 3
) prise. 1t is not mans pleasure
directs, hut that Him VIII" -.lr
out the valleys, marked the co
the streams who deposited rar
beds. and deposited the veins u'r
. beneath the surface of the earth.
cipally must we look To the Ul,t'c
ord of Peacham for comfort. and
the vet unturncd blank page a
: 10 be filled.
| am going to Devil Hill a0''
ineucr near Peacham, from VH.
, of the broadcast and most dy'- p
, views of New England can "r"..
1t Is no general resort Ii" r.".
, fare leads rhereto-all the bette.
it received such Il satanic ape.
, is variously attributed. The odd
pie, some say, were full ri >ul'.>
:. notions. and verify believed r..'
devil made the bald patcd odd
h nence his abiding place: othri'
a hint that it is the spot I" wheel
: devil repaired one day i'll hr''"
q pany than he ever bore hct"r"
i when he dishonesty. and to'
tremely eNhorbitant com>ldclti.
o tered to make Il clean deed {" =
territorial inch within view nl 't
it. But whether these thc"lIrs
or fall. it makes but little dliir
If we were ut Pcacham al an'
= place adjacent TO Devil Hill. aIH
Il actually hunting up Il dcNl'. We
n not take pains to (" I" tA'
not for week or two any how
Il But Peacham people don jus.
i christian name of their taNoll''
= hence, that is some of them don n
. ministers and many good people
town once determined Ia ru1I-'
Il give it Il bible rame-nOt thai u.
# it had was not Il bible name -.'
n less suggestive of unplca>an' a.
quences was deemed more hai.'
-. tn the ear. So they went ny tlIt'
a eral hundred strong. and hrI" 10
q services. Whether they pT"'''"
"a cast out the devil after the Ii'"-
Il Second Adventists, we caun"' "
= but this thing they did they ''
: ened it Mt. Carmel. hut the n'"
Il didn't stick. Mr.. ID. had 100 ="
!, grip on the favorite hill al ne ,'.
+ of the people, and Devil I'M u.
! this day. He is welcome T." H.
" rather he would live there than j.
;, AN EXAMPLE To BE INIT VIZ
J. Henry is very pretty town