Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-01-22

HesHS EdttON'-lhe Green Mountain state
would have been much larger than It is II II only
had room TO grow larger. It would seem that
Lake Champlan might have gone to New York,
where there IL room enough for n dozen such
lakes. The only possible reason why It should
plant itself just where II did Is that II wished To
be as near Vermont rs possible. II doubtless had
an inkling that the little state was to be model
among her peers, and that II would be wise to be
In or near good company very sensible conclu-
sion. After ALL Vermont has thrown a fringe Of
beauty along the borders of the lake, planting
beautiful flowers where the flashing waters flow
Like coy maiden she brings mp her grand old
mountains, where they can look complacently
upon the ripping waves and keep them NJ
proper distance from the hllsides and bright val
leys sparkling in the flush Of beauty at their base.
Then the Connecticut river must needs wedge
itself in between the Green Mountain state and
New Hampshire Why could 1t not have gone to
Maine, or Arizona where they need rivers, and
given our state n fair chance to spread herself,
and show off to the best advantage Massachu-
Sets fearing her enterprising spirit would leave
her in the background, drew a line across her
southern border, and said thus far, and no farther
And then Canada, believing the vigorous, young
might have-whether Old or ne,o-planted herself
squarely just as far South as she dared to- and in
the winter piles up the snow-drifts along the imag-
mary line and in the summer ,nehow her
flowers are not quite bright, her grass not quite
as CHEEKY, rs those OF the Green Mountain state
There are our suggestive mountains. Where
can there be found any like them in any country?
Is there another in all the world that has a real
nose and chin, both indicating decision and intel
ligence ? There Is Cancels Hump, which undoubt-
eddy got its back up when Ethan Allen was slash.
ing around there after the Britishers." and the
people have placed the gallant old general at the
entrance of the Capitol, where he can watch the
hills, mountains and rivers. The mountains will
remain where they are; the hsides will be
alternately covered with their snowy mantle. and
robed in green and gold as the grass aud flowers
peep forth when the soft breezes from the South
melt the snow aud ice away from their frozen
home, and cause the valleys to greet the world
with blooming beauty.
Our rivers have the true Yankee spirit Old
Boreas labors most assiduously to fetter them
and does often bind them with icy chains Rut
let the fragrant breath of the Sunny South breathe
upon them and they snap their fingers at Boreas
and burst away from the embargo so long weigh
ing them down. For be it understood by all peo-
pie that the Vermont rivers are institutions by
themselves. They cannot be sighted, and will
not be long bothered in their movements by snow,
ice, or Yankee ingenuity. Daily and hourly they
assert and maintain their independence and march
grandly on to their ocean home They have many
difficulties TO contend with but the greater the
difficulties, the more nsurmountable the obstacles
the more determined are they, and their ingenuity
and wonderful force is called into full play The
mountains tried to hedge up their way, but in
vain. They run against rocky hill at one point,
and finding the way blocked back out and make
a fierce plunge upon the other side, root up the
soil, seize boulders and rocks and hurl them along
the way they have cleared for their onward march
TO the sea. Soon they make a rocky bed for their
own special benefit, and woe to him who inter
feres with their work. or play they will roll him
over rock and pebble, and hurry him into the
lake. They even find that in their way, and make
things so uncomfortable that i. rushes up to Can
ada and forms league with the St Lawrence,
then turns and makes awful wry faces at the Yam
kee rivers But they push them on and keep
them moving, give them no peace. Still, enter
prising as they are, many, even in Montpelier
wisch to put them in a straight jacket. They try
to make them run just where they WISH but they
are too cute for them. few weeks since they
determined to have a general good time. and
while the people were in dreamand they crept
into houses, got into Easements strangled several
juvenile porkers in divers places, and made quite
a lively time for awhile and when the people
were ready to fight them, they went quietly about
their business, and they had their scare for moth
ing, and they will do it again just as soon, and
whenever they please, and the people cannot help
found in any country
Vermont sends ont many representative men
and women into many parts Of the world. Let
one meet any of our citizens, in our own, or in
foreign lands, and as rule they find them true
and good citizens, not afraid to speak the truth
or to do right who will warmly grasp the down
trodden and oppressed wherever met, in palace,
or hovel not ashamed TO call him brother-Honest
mountains, bright skies and winding rivers stamp
their impress upon the character of those born
and living by them.
They yield prompt heartiness and CHEEKY,
graceful compliance to all the multform and varied
incidents occurring under every phase of human
life. They can adapt themselves to their sur
roundings and be useful and important citizens
who make their mark in any community where
they dwell
liurra! for the sons and daughters OF the
Green Mountain State ST. ELMO.