Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-12-12
Letter from ST. Lnn;s.

Dear HeFdtd: -
This is the thiul letter have begun
to you. and hope this time l shall
finish it. Long ago, to have sent you
an account of the city and its inter-
resting points would have been far
easier than now-not that there was
more to tell-every day one sees more
to tell, but in time it grows common
place, and while q stranger sees
enough That interests him and of
course would interest friends he is
writing to; but the best worth
mentioning, soonest is an every day
matter, and he thinks it not worth
mentioning.
The approach of winter makes one
wish for the land of pleasant homes,
for such New England emphatically
is. 1t is true we have 10 work harder,
longer days and more days work for
palmer living than do many in
warmer Climes, and many luxuries
others have we do not get; but best
of all is the love Of home, friendship
of neighbors and the long winter
evenings Of comfort that we have
This is not my opinion alone. 1t
was most strongly dwelt upon by a
native of the West who once spent q
winter in Essex county, that never
did she see so much solid comfort
taken oy people anywhere as amid
our deep snow drifts. Whether it is
that man enjoys best What costs him
NEST, anu our home comforts cost us
more work, or that we find less to en-
joy away from home, or from some
other cause, cannot say. But in
New England and among New Eng
land people everywhere l have found
the happiest homes 1 have ever seen.
Thanksgiving day, especially our fes-
tival, is observed here as l had nc
idea till saw it. Stores and bust,
ness places are almost universally
closed, and everyone looks to the day
for enjoyment aud big dinner. But
to many of the residents of a great
city it is far different day from that
at home where families and friends
arc reunited. A great pant of the
young men have no real home to go to-
Many board in greater or smaller
sort of human stable, where they are
kept for the money and given so much
care and attention as that money viii
command. Others-a class perhaps
not smaller--hire room somewhere
the rent including furniture and care
Of the room. There they sleep an(
perhaps spend more or less Of thei
spare hours as they feel inclined
Then for meals they go to some board
ing-hou1e, restaurant, OF hotel, ca
what is set before them, or If at
restaurant, what they call for, asking
no questions for conscience sake
When this is the way that large POI
ton Of young men here live, by ia
the larger portion, if we exclude thoS
brought up here and still at home, i
it any wonder that home tastes, lov
for q pleasant, quiet place to spcn
their evenings, love for improvin
and good society, in fact, in home
is it strange that marriage is goin
out Of fashion and crime, or at least
vicious ways, common? More an
more | see why the city is the abod
of evil and those brought up in it S
| often take their place in the loves
classes it contains. Were all replel
ishment from the country cut off, OF
cities, instead Of growing at a rapi
rate, might even fail to maintain thei
: present size, and Donor and honest
| would be even more strangers hel
: than now. l do not of course inca
: that no children grow up in cities, {
, growing up never take honorable p,
| sitions; but that the place is III
, favorable to their growth in number
proportional to the people as in IL
5 country, nor to cultivation of the be,
traits of character; at least, so
seems to one not accustomed to Il
: sights, scenes and sorrow here.
+ Concluded neat wcek.
9 Vermont had hardly 25 oranges
October year ago; she now has II
/ ward of 100. with membership