Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-02-25
Correspondence
KIxpson. No. 2nd mo. 18th. Is7i.

WINDSOR, Me-, 2nd mo. 18th, 1874.
: Mr.. Editor:
With all there is no place like home
with some the village or town, where the.
reside, is Home. sweet home. " Away
aud under all circumstances; with other
at is the most abcninable, dead, unde
sirable place on the face of the whole
earth"
The cause of this diversity of feeling
I" is not in cur stars but 10 ourselves"
The state Of our health and the success.
or defeat of our plans make a wonderful
difference in the appearance of the place
where we grapple with the vicissitudes OIL
fortune. The bankrupt attributes hi,
failure-in business, to the character of the
place, in which he met disaster; the inva
lid 1.-THE word includes homesick and a
person sick Of homel sees everything
through false medium. As an object
seen through colored glass, appears in
an unnatural condition, even so do things
impress the rufiled or unsound mind
Hence one man, coming West, sees meal.
culable wealth in everything around him.
The vast prairie, the fields of richly
waving wheat and rustling corn, the EN-.
bryo city, the enterprise and activity ev-
erywhere visible to the observant eye, all
these things impress him with the idea
that he has just emerged from a long Hi.
beruian winter. In short he has lat kast)
found the only desirable spot where 4
man can make himself a comfortable
home.
Another man passing over the same
territory, sees everything In an entirely
different light. To him the prairie is an
everlasting fiat " stocked with wolf and
snake-the wheat.fcld, worthless straw
the corn, an impenetrable swamp, not
worth the cost of karvesting-the city, a
plg-sty near some ross.road-the enter
prise and activity, hard squabble for the
bare necessities of life. Taking such
view of the West, he nstanter starts with
bag and baggage for the East where he
contentedly spends the remainder of his
days, thinking the world little larger
than the line which
"Girts his vision round"
Allowing your readers to make all due
allowance for any imperfec.ion they may
discover in my vision, ! purpose from time
to time to give them the benefit of nv OBJ
servation in this part Of our country and
thus comply with your request duly re-
ceived.
Thus far it has been my fortune to visit
only a small portion of this State, but
enough to give me something Of an idea of
its vast proportions A ride on the Mo.
Pacific r. r. for about fifteen hours, two
hundred aud eighty miles, takes us from
St. Louis on the East to Kansas City on
the West bounary
Our Northern and Southern boundaries, |
net less remote, are not so directly eou-
nected By rail, but the whole surface of
The State is fast being covered with a net
work of iron-the trunk roads running
East and West-the feeders North and
South.
In area Missouri exceeds, by about two
thousand square miles, that of all the
New England States. 10 some localities
he soil is very rich and productive, in
'thers vegetation has persisted for lack Of
The surface is diversified
Mountains, lowlands, timber and rolling
'rairie give a pleasing variety to the
cenery. The Missouri River divides the
States into two distinct parts, the South
I'm portion being more uneven, mountain
'ous, and Astounding in mineral wealth
be Northern more level and richer in
is agricultural resources Many sections
re well.timbered-all well-watered, and
dmirably suited to the raising of stock.
The climate is mild and healthy as a
eneral thing, but Of course varies accord
ng to locality; giving occasion for this
tatement Of on old lady, who said, " Mo.
) the hottest and coldest-the wettest and
ryest place she was ever ill.,"
1t has always been free from those ter.
ible tornadOes which have so often de-
astated some of our sister States. The
'inds are not often too strong for pleasure
ut in the hot season temper the atmos-
here at night SO that one can always en-
BY his nights rest. This winter we have
cen but little suow and experienced moth
lg of cold-six above G being the cold.
st. In our next we will talk more about
lone. Yours, JOB.
"A Pretty Adernment For Picture