Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-10-20
For the Freeman.
Mad River Valley.


rlis valley takes its name from the
river which runs through it. and the river
.akc lis name from its chnracter, which is
10 rise rapidly in high water, and xHibit
Il vcrv turbil and angry look. The valley
/, more than the narrow strips of interval
which rirt the stream on either side 1T is
,ytat lies between two ridges of mountains,
rcarhing ar up towards their SUBMITS
and comprising the towns of Warren,
Wait-ielL, Favston, Moretown, an a part
of Dnxbury.
This valley is quite a world of itself
La ing Wal stirld, geographically and
p.a .tically, for its center. What we have
10 rport then, is either in, or CEN rrs in
Wdtsfcd In business line, We have
;Irrr genera stores, besides an apotherary
and variety store. grain and flolr sore. tin
and hardware store, meat and fish market,
harness shops, shoe shops. grist and saw
mil, cutiage shop, blacksmith shops, and
ID,tl.
We have one lawyer, and two phy>;c
oian-, which are quite sufficient for le"al
difiiculte, and bodily ills.
Have our good farms and good farmers
,ol breeds of good cattle. AMI a good Va
l,.ty of cool horses. There are also large
ia Tie, which turn off large quantities of
choice butter; AMI sugar orchards who's
tr.t, are counted by the thousand, and
their product by the ton.
Il will be seen that the people lav,
quite an up ;tl,le for ,rganizng, from thc
spriukling of o g 'nization5 we tinI here
Nh.ch are rs fl ,w5: Agricultural Society
with Their an l,l fair, COOL tempt rs,
..rtnLc, grand army, cornet bInl, and |
i nit know b 1t Il grand horse trot. uf
which eve ybodr is ashlmc |; an tv1
Il lis >,-;,t...s which are e.fec, i've helper
80 the churches they respectively repre-
mt.
There are three tasteful and conve:.ient
church edilice~, TWO of which have weekly
Sabbath services, each having 4 working
church organization.
wh-,l, of lie locomotive, to break the
..rt stiffness of the day. or 10 make night
Lu.tous with its scream. But we have
,..e ut,ppcd out, and it only wants capital
and puck to make it a thing of reality.
W1;slield i one of the few towns in tue
safe, which has adopted AMI mlintain>
IL low. Common School y stem. and is
ty ;Lc way, working it efficiently.
the Printing Press. to-, has found its
.s.,y here. and persons will need to % far
+" get neater or more tasteful work than
T. ~ Bovcc can do for them.
We are no. wholly destitute Of literary
characters either, for we have one, ut least
who is somewhat of Il progedy, one who
superintends :, large family and a large
dairy, doing the heaviest p,rt of the work
herself, and is Il newspaper correspondent
and can write poetry to order.
But. Mr. Editor. there is one thinr we
cannot boast of, that is II nc'r>puper. SO
to advertise ourselves. and relieve our sur
charged minds, we are Obliged to commu
nicarew tn th outside worl |. NV. lest
sloLld lave nothing to write neNr
time, VII close by saying that the Meth
olist Sunday Sch oil of Moretown AN
Val stld held a very enjoyable picnic OF
he Wait>li"ld fair ground, Aug. n. s
At the annual meeting Of the Burlingto
Home for Destitute Children, the lat
Mrs W. c. IIickok was elected president
Mrs. l.. NJ. Cltpp, treasurer, Mrs. c. T
Allen, recording secretary. and Miss Kat
Morton, corresponding secretary. Mrs. /
T. Whiting was electe! manager 70
Franklin County. Mr,. o. G. Wheeler fc
Grand Isle County, and Mrs. j. C. Noy
iur I.amoiIlc County,