Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-02-08
LETTER FROM FRANKLIN, n. II.


I'D. MONITOR: Through the kindness
of friend. copy Of your paper came
to our freside and. was greeted with
warm welcome, as Is everything that
comes from the dear. old Green Mount
ain State. 1t is my native home; may
her people stand up bravely for the right
in these days OF social and political evils.
If the beautiful motto Of your paper
could be the sentiment Of every man.
there would he cause for less anxiety
less depression Of mind among the best
uen Of our country. There are great
perils which still threaten the enjoyment
of equal rights. in our country. and Yer
mont has furnished some of the staunel,-
est friends to freedom For instance,
Judge Harrington. who. when the cues
ton of essential aud inalienable human
rights came before him. based his decis-
ION Immediately upon tie "immutable
and everlasting law of God" When the
claimant Of a fugitive slave demanded
of the Judge what more could be requir-
ell to substantiate his claim, than the
Bill of Sale lying before the court, the
sturdy old Yermonter replied in thunder
tones, that lone thing more would be
required Bill of Sale from God Al
mighty" Would that the brave and
Sublime spirit which made a grand man
of Judge Harrington, night enter iato
the breasts of all our members of Con
gress, and SO make grand men of them
also. When the good times will come
Of which Burns sang
when man an man the world Ger
Shall brothers he for a that"
remains to be seen; but to all appear
ancc. it is far in the future.
But am wandering from my first in-
tcntious. thought to tell yot some
thing of Franklin. my adopted home. 1t
is . lively, business town. situated at
the confluence of the Pemigewasset and
Wiunipisiogee rivers, which unite and
form the Merrimack. The East village.
or, more recently. Franklin Falls, Is
quite manufacturing place farnels.
wooden goods for mems wear. hosiery
and paper making on an extensive scale.
/ One of the proprietors of the latter, was
a small candidate for governor. 1t also
boasts of a paper, three new churches. a
lawyer, several physicians. q $4,000
school-house, nearly completed, and a
bank The west side, or village. has
two churches. two doctors, four lawyers.
/ zone senator, i. T. Pike judge, tan
merry, millinery. glove-making and all
the railroad facilities. the money order,
post Office and large amount of the lit
erary talent and general culture. The
valuation of the town is about one mil
lion, and has seven hundred voters. The
outside Is farming eommunity,ef mix.
ed character; not much dairying; SONG
sheep raising good corn land. but little
wheat grown. 4 great amount of wooc
has been cut of the past few years, bu
that is suspended until mo.e paying
season. The market is overstocked witl
wood and lumoer. The yards Of saw
minis are pied fuIi or lumber. ana luerl
is 10 demand at prices which will war
rant selling it. AL through this section
the great wood consumer has been tn
railroad. which has generally bought al
the wood offered on the track. But
seems that the railroad finds it has Nor
than 10000 cords on hand. and circula
notices arc posted all along the line tina
it will buy no more this season. Tn
result is that there is absolutely no mar
ket for large lots, and prices have dc
clincd from so to IS cents per cord
making wood business dull this season.
Men concluded &c li-t q winter t
live comfortable. take care of thei
, teams. gather into little squads, discus
their ncighbors affairs aud get the mo:
desirable seats in the stores, ..cpntiguou
to the stove and cracker barrel : bu
f things seem to have changed their plan
the gods have let down an abur
dance of snow. on the last full moor
! and now there is q chance for them t
. bestir themselves. We had very littI
Snow here up to last week. Crops /
this section have been generally gooC
Hay, an average in quantity and quail
ty. Hoed crops. especially corn. ";
much better than was expected in Il
summer. Good COWS in great demand
working oxen very dull-but few chan,
hands only for beef. Politics arc exc
cising the minds of some Of the leadir
politicians, and the uncertain ones a
being looked after. This much
Franklin. Y. L. IL.
: JANUARY &c. 1875.
: VERMONT -.OARD OF AGRTCUL.
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