The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-08-20

eject aay of tben' IiA.ak not Yer.
mont ss ahead co brains You. my
yauur Ifsesd desiuaas of becoming
Suddenly RCD 90 a9t believe explicitly
aae late eorssioadcn tale ot ihe
many wh8 came hem lately, poor and
drsal4te bat afe ngw mill.aaaiues. and
aftse many priaeoly residences atiea.
dag ia. There is. ! believe enc man
ia Alh.aa worth q million. and there 6
not. will venture 70 say, q town Of
it's size Be- Tcrmout which cannot beast
Of airer residences. ] hear a rumoI
II o world.tFaveled artist who has been
spending some time this summer in a
ItGe despisej town near You called
Dorset. aud be declares and Is pfoba.
bly, willing % swear thereto, that in all
Switzerland. Ia all the places he has
ever beeu, in short. be has never found
such a delightful valley. such varied
and beautiful mountain scenery as Mt
lEolus looks down upon. and believe
him. sir, although I have never seen
bim or Switzerland was talking
with au ola. iuGm man here the other
day who bias not seen Bennington for
forty years aud he said 10 me, aud his
voice tremblcd as be said it, Its
strange how these old associations
cling to one. Why, said he, l never
feel sick or in pain but that it seems to
me that 10 sit down by one Of those
little mountain streams would make
me well again Does not the country
in which a man is reared have an in
nueucc on his character. Of course
here IN this fiat region it seems to one
who has always lived among the hills
aud streams as if there was no nature.
l miss them, but these people born
aud bread on a clay fiat, grow like the
eycless fishes Of Mammoth Cave, no
light, no eyes, no nature, no love Of it.
| tried TO make an aqarium the other
day, but could not find a respectable
water beetle or tadpole, because all
the streams and ponds which are here
in early spring are dry now, What
would Vermont cows think of having
an old crude petroleum barrel filled
with water once in two days to drink
from, One mans cows use such water
to my certain knowledge, and hardly a
bovine near here has pure running
water to drink. No wonder those who
can, get butter and cheese from YER
mont. | don't know but Vermont
farmers are poorer as rule than those
here, but i do not think they are SO
meanly penurious, they will not decker
SO long over quater of cent on q
pound of nails. | have here an aged
friend who spent more years than |
expect to live near you Mr.. Editor,
who knew your father, | will guaran-
tee, and your grandfather, who remom-
bers the good old days when Gov,
Tichenor drove his horse and sulkey
from Bennington to the Legislature
which moved 'on wheels RENDERS
when Gov. Chittcnden in muddy GO
ing walked from Williston to meet the
legislature convened at Montpelier,
who can tell the good people of Dorset
and Manchester, If not of all southern
Vermont more about their ancestors
than they know themselves. Who saw
Gen Hall tried for treason, defended
by his counsel Aaron Burr, who mourn
ed as much as any American when on
that saddest Of July fourths Adams
aud Jefferson died. Who was, as you
might say an old man when Ire touched
the hem Of Webster's garment on
Stratton Mountain, for in his admira-
ton for the great statesman that would
have been enough. Such a mans tes-
timony is worth something and when
he says ~ herever else you may go
take second thought young man be-
fore you exchange Vermont for west
ern New York, l pay attention.
IL