Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-01-12

hear !" has visited "plat valley" Of whose
beauty aud richness he evil" write again
and finally he most respectfully" urans bis
friends to 90 into tho business Of bg
"thourer Bread stock"
Ex-pREsIDENT ALEXIS CAswELL ID, d.. l..
l.. d., Of Brown university, died Monday at
his home 10 Providence, at the age Of ~
years. He was marked man, both MS a
thinker and instructor a man of remarkable
cleArness and accuracy Of thought and meth
cd ; his meteorological observations for
series Of years were published by the Smith.
soniau Institution. He was also very gen.
ial man, a most ready and happy wit, and we
have seen large audiences couvulsed with
laughter again and again by his impromptu
and telling utterances. He was connected
with Brown university some fifty years, and
no member Of its faculty made moro dis
tinCt aud permanent impression on as many
minds as he, save President Wayland, aud
while that college has a name and history
the fame of DR.. Caswell will remain secure.
lie was a poor boy, the son Of a farmer-let
us say young man-but he wanted an educa.
ton, determined TO have it and succeeded. lie
told the story Of his struggles himself few
years ago at the "alumui dinner" in Boston
and we commend it to the young men Of
Vermont as a model worthy of imitation
al we'll remember when was at work in
the field with my father, who was farmer,
it was in wedding time an expression
which, | have no doubt, is a great mystery
TO many gentlemen here this EVENING" said
to him that | wanted to 20 TO college He
replied that it would cost all his farm to
send me to college, However, | got his
consent at last, and left my home aud walked
most Of the way to Providence. l went
with the idea of working hard as, indeed, l
had to work, for had hardly dollar in my
pocket. In due time got through college.
Soon | found something to do, and have
kept very busy ever since until quite recent
ly."
He was also very shrewd business man,
and amassed a good property ; was president
of bank and Of the screw manufacturi ng
company, at one time if not when he died
From A RECENT TRIP into Orleans county
we are satisfied that Barton Landing is to
be the future seat Of the county. 1t is the
most central, the trains will naturally &C
north and south at seasonable hours Of thC
morning aud evening; there is ample space
for the buildings on the broad plateau about
the village; the general air Of culture and
morality Of the people was above what we ex.
pected, and we went to church aud looked
them over, and such was sur zeal that WI
rode up Brownington's airy heights to the
afternoon service. There we saw the old
stone boarding house, and the re-modelIed
academy, which has history of which it!
friends and alumni may well be proud ; wen
inside the ancient church made sacred ant
dear to many by precious experiences
looked at the residence of that well.known
venerable and dearly beloved servant Of maj
aud Gods. X. Hall, LII. D.,-and hav,
not forgiven ourselves that we did not 90 il
and leave our word of cheer and tribute o
love and respect; looked up and down tina
street with its long row of beautiful trees
the native rock naples; shook hands will
a few new found friends, and returned Il
the Landing. As we returned the "beauti
ful snow" had ceased to fall and the view
from the mills Of Bloomington as they slope,
: toward the Landing was one Of rare love
illness, so new aud fresh and pure everything
seemed, while the landscape-should we sa,
''snowscape "-had so many elements Of va
riety and beauty as to impress itself into The
memory. People at the Landing are wide
awake aud full Of enterprise, believe il
temperance, good morals aud religion max
no fuss about their "manifest destiny" an,
treated us with rare cordiality aud a hospi
tality which left nothing to be desired
We may say in passing that navigation
closed and European travellers go to Port
land, Boston or Quebec by rail. Bat whe
We saw that stage dragged through tn
snow by pair Of horses-uone too fat, b.
the way-all the way from lonely Iras
bnrg, we were amazed beyond mcasur
that the county buildings should renal
year after in place like that. 1t wodl
take half the winter to get prisone
from the Landing out there, and when h
was landed he would break that model jai
the first night, and pitch his tent towar
+ the Canadian border. We vote for tn
Landing"