Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-01-22
Letter from MONTPELIER.

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Monday, jim. l9.-rhe legislature on
Thursday last went to Vergonnes in II spec
ial train. and inspected the arsenal buildings
ald grounds. They were so well pleased
with the location, and with the inequalities
extended to them by the people of Vcrgcnnes,
and the third house ut Montpelier were so
Jealous and faithful in pressing the claims of
the "lirst city of Vermont, - that an amend
mont locating the reform school buildings ut
that city passed the House by II vote of I72 TO
4S and the Senate by ls to 10. The new
site and farm are to be purchased for $lS,-
600, $4,000 having been appropriated for
the purchase aud remodoling of the build
lngs, but, Us the Burlington Free Press of
Saturday remarks, it will be likely to prove
n rather small sun for tho purpose.
Dropping into the Wdtchn,an Office the
other day | noticed a large pile of papers Of
week before lasts issue, and near by u copy
Of the printed subscription list of the YER
MONT FARMER, dated in March last. Proba-
bly, your late editor could tell how it cam
there. | bought II copy Of the last Wdtch-
nun, to get an opportunity to find out what
was the date of the papers of which they had
such II plentiful supply on hand, and found
that the pile in the counting room were Of
the issue Of the week before, which contains
the very complimentary notice of the FAR
MEN by its late editor, the self-styled daddy
of the grangers in Vermont.
BY the way, | notice that IL good many Of
the grangcrs seem disposed to look with
somewhat of disrespect to said fossilized pro-
gcuitor and would-bc leader, some even dar-
ing to question his assumption of the pa.
;ernal relation. 1t is currently reported
that the only labor he has performed in the
interest of the grange has been with the
selfevident hope of thereby securing certain
benefits to one Tom Hoskins. Let us hope
these inslnuations are %groundless.
One thing is certain, however, aud that is
that Tommy will have n hard row to hoe in
preaching grangurism through the northeast
corner Of the Waterman. The proprietors,
who edit the rest of the paper. are pretty
strong anti-grangcrs, and are pretty sure, If
he says anything calculated to do the grange
movement good, to knock 1t all over by the
display of their natural 'c~ussedncss'' in the
editorials on the inside. Witness last weeks
WotchniaH. They have II good share of
mercantile advertising, and cant afford to
lose that for the sake of n few grangers on
their subscription list.
Tho Freeman keeps on the even tenor of
its way, and has always appeared to be look
cd to with II feeling OF confidence by tho
farmers OF this part Of the state. Mr.. Whee-
lock is Il plain, unvnrnished man, with no
contempt for those who till the soil for their
bread, but II genial, pleasant manner, and
always seems to take delight in attending
aud reporting fairs, agricultural meetings,
and the like, which gives him II hold upon
the common people such rs the proud, aris-
t%ocratic, lofty-appearing Polands never had.
After buying u copy of the Waterman. rs
mentioned above, | run my check for II copy
of the Argus. | did that because it was evil
dent that Atkins is making money fast
enough, and could afford to give II paper to
II newspaper correspondent. He seems as
happy Us ever, full Of fun, democracy, and
the ID, in fact just like his paper. Pfoba-
bly, the villagers buy two copies of the Argus
where they do one of the other papers in the
village. Atkins says he sells some 400 sin
gle copies weekly. | noticed he had claimed
that he sold som good pencils for 25 cents n
dozen, so | tried one Of them. | ound it
nearly equal to the Flbcr pencil, and good
enough for my use.
The legislature adjourned Friday night,
and most of the members skednddled the
next day. | shall leave to-day. to again re-
sumo the usual pursuits and temptations of
life"
The required money has been secured,
and our new hotel is probably assured,
though the people think n bird in the hand
is better than half II dozen in the bush, es-
p%ecially since having met with one failure
after getting all the money at first required.
The new building will probably stand where
the Pavilion is now, and be four stories high,