The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-08-20
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from Allison. and was stH. moro sur.
grnal as / Looked tbroagb &c 80 the
ea8. sg3 ] was afraid samc a my
trends would think ] wrote ii. and bad
gone back GA old Vermont. and was
adding insult to iajafy by comparing
ben. IS that letter 3i3, 90 this region
Indignation burned within mo and
here you have the reaalt--asbes. I
500 was aaee a Vermont boy and obey.
inE tie mandate If the disconnected
eastern man. Go West young maD,
aHd the Summons Of the satisfied west
efn, Gone ou. have started but
think aot J AN one Of those who sup
pose that the farther west the nearer
Heaven, or that somewhere between
The great lakes and the golden Pacific
strand ts 90 bo found % wonderful land
flowing with gold. for wha, oar see
Rotary Of the treasury thought better
grccabaeks which will buy the milk
aud honey. There may De such a
lace, bat thia Is an age Of skeptcism
and am doubtful. Then. / don't know
but somewhere ou the rich plains Of
tbe southwest or among the mountains
and table lands Of Colorado, or perhaps
in That gowey oasis away cp among
the Black Hills Of Dacota, ! believe,
for Gen Custar is IN such place. he
tells us, where 4 white man never trod
before. aud what is worse, the red man
still trcads Where the surface Of the
land is beautifully aud artisGcally di.
vided INTO wooded mountains and rich
fertile valleys where every aspect
pleases only mais vile | do not
know but ia some Of these favored
spots is to be found the land where the
mix aud honey flows and it makes no
difference at all about the Gold. If
Gen Gustav comes back (all this be-
ing true he is a fool If he does and
with an honest face says what he has
written is so, ! shall 60 for those Black
Hills, and for Glow Of cattle and song
Of birds and health and. quiet and low
ing words" from my poor deluded red
skinned brothers. Yes, they may have
their boasiful say about some place
never saw, but when it comes to pass
that Orleans County in western New
York is exalted in place above Vermont
she shall be pushed down again if il is
a possible thing. That's loyal enough
| am sure, BY means Of introduction
you may imagine me az stopping off
at way station on the road leading 10
that indefinite locality--the west. l
am making myself as useful as / can
IN the mean time This Albion is the
county seat Of Orleans County, one of
the best in New York whose chiefest
boast is that it raises the biggest APP
pies Of any in the state. Vain boast /!
What cares a Vermont boy for the
biggest apples. He wants the sweet
est, the juiceist, the most dcliciously
favored. These Orleans County APP
pies may be larger, California pump
kins and squashes as large as a small
house are undoubtedly larger than
Nefmonts, but experience sustains
reason in showing that the larger they
grow, after reaching a proper size, the
more tasteless they become, and so it
is with the apples. And no matter
about the apples, Beans | guess are
Of about as much consequence as they,
and il was only yesterday | met a man
on the street who with conscious and
just pride showed three pods Of beans,
the largest and finest large pods /
mean, not beaus) ever seen in this re-
gion, grown, he said, from seed sent
him from Middletown Springs Vt
He expects to make his fortune from
the sale Of them But / digress; Al
bion is situated on the raging canawl
which the United States History used
to say, and truthiuIly, | suppose, was
pushed through and completed by
DE Will Clinton and other public
spirited meu. The other morning
heard the whistle OF one OF those canal
steamers, which have just been put on
the canal, blow, and went down to
the wharf with the crowd TO see it
1t was very pretty little boat With a
kind Of a screcu propelling arrange
ment, and was, Of course, a great i'm
provemcut on the slab-sided horse and
tow rope aud typical boy. inquired
Of by-stander If it was for passengers
principally, ooh, no. said he. it's to
bring lager beer fresh every day 10 the
towns along the route" There is
more beer drank here than 10 the Green
Mountain State. Yet the people DO
not al drink il. There are some good
sensible folks, probably more than
there was ia SEDAN, and society OF the
town does tot follow 20 iooli-hly the
extremes of fashion as 10 one or two
Vermont towns might mention. This
I think is ewing to the fact tina, SO
MANY Of lLe lealLna men ol The place