The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-03-19
For the Register.
ORWELL.

brought up and educated in the city oi
New York, and who recently lectured
in Western Vermont, said OH one occa-
sion that if he could have had his choice
at what age of the world TO have been
born and brought up, and in what
country, and in what section of the
country. he should have chosen about
the middle of the nineteenth century.
just about the time when the Younger
portion of the community were born.
and he should have selected the valley
of Lake Champlain.
1t nc had have been still more def
mite, perhaps he would have selected
the town of Orwell-the very dwelling
where Carlos Wilcox or Senator Kel-
logg were born. The beautiful scenery
attracts the notice and admiration OF
strangers. Orwell is prosperous
farming town, situated in the midst of
one of the best farming districts in Ver-
mont. For the want of time and space
in your columns, forbear alluding to
the beautiful scenery and various OBJ
jccts of interest with which Orwell is
surrounded. Suffice it to say, to the
We st are Lake Champlain, Lake George.
Adlrondac Mountains and Mount Def
ancc, which overlooks the fortress al
Ticondcroga and the valley Of Lake
Champlain, that garden of Eden in an
agricultural point of view in New Eng.
land. AT that standpoint the eye wan.
ders with untiring delight over the
beautiful landscape over the richest
scenery imaginable in Orwell and
Shoreham, the pleasant groves, the
terraces of hills and woodland. the
| hinhlu pt1ltiuata1 Go11,
rich harvest in their season, the spires
OF their churches glistening in the sun.
beams and pointing up heavenward
their nice dwellings decorated and
bcautified by the handiwork of the
farmers wives and daueh filled
with all of the substantials and luxuries
of life, the tasty front yards, the ar.
rangemcnts of the out-buildings, and
their fine stock of improved breeds OF
cattle, sheep and horses, which all be.
speak The ccorrecttaste, skill and Judgment
OF their proprietors. 1t ovcrlooks the
former residence and monument of that
great statesman, Silas Wright, who
was sure to have been president of the
I. ). had he lived few year:
longer. In relation to the remarkable
simplicity of the man, | would say that
he was larmer as well as statesman
but he never owned but one horse in
his life and that was given to him by
his father. He never owned but two
wheel carriages, one ofthem being an OK
wagon aud the other whcclbarrow
that he usually trundled himselfl
What noble example for the rising
| generation what rcproof for idler.
and forpish upstarts.
III overlooks the former residence and
the last resting place Of the late Apollo.
Austin, Judge Smith, Judge Bascom
Governor Jennison, and that PROFOUND
statesman, Hon. Charles Rich, those nj.
oneers who settled in Orwell and
Shorcham when it was nearly an unbrok.
cn wilderness, with perhaps here and
there small opening just sufficient tc
let daylight shine down into the dark
forbidding and almost Impcnetrabl,
forest, when naught was to be heard
but the woodsman's ax, the bowling OF
the wolves, the sullcn grunts of tho
bears, and the sharp screams of the nan.
theirs that afliighted the herds OF
deer that roamed ut large in the forest
They caused the dense forest to disap
pear and give way to fertile fields
! UDSc Al0lll- ulNilft NprlnDntprs
in early life were thrown entirely upo,
their own resources, but their indomit
able energy and perseverance, overcamc
every obstacle, and they became widely
known rs business men of sterling in.
tcgrity. They cultivated the soil and
their intellocts, at the same time pcrus
ed page after page in the great Book o.
Nature, constantly open before them
hence they acquired sound practica
education. They led life and set a.,
example worthy of the imitation o.
their posterity. They were equally a
home on their farms, in the countino
room, on the bench, in the constitution
al convention, in the legislative hall
or in the gubcrnatorial chair. Their
voices were heard and their Influence
felt in the Legislature Hall of the state
and in that of the nation. Our code o
laws has the impress of their sagacity n
statesmen. Some of them were Revo
lutionary patriots and rallied around tn,
standard of Ethan Allen and Col. Sctl
Warner.
In the days of the Revolution, when
the contest was long and doubtful
when there was a dark cloud lowering
over our country, and the stoutest
hearts were led to hesitate, faIter anC
recoil, when the savage foe invaded Ad
olson county, and 250 of the Greer
Mountain boys were taken into captiv
ity, when the war whoop of the saw
ages echoed in the valley of Lake
Champlain and the tomahawk an,
scalping knife were brought into re
quisition, at that period they met tn
enemy at Tlconderoga, Hubbardton
Bennington and saltwater, and the
were led to exclaim in the language O
Patrick Henry, "Give me liberty o
give me DEATH" How faithfully di
the young patriots of 1860 follow tn
example of their noble grandsires.
apprehend that at this late day the
are led TO recall to mind that eventfu
period of their life when their countr
called, when they volunteered thei
services, when they babe adieu to til
: paternal roof, farewell to their parents
: brothers, sisters and numerous circl
+ of friends, and perchance some of thei
h number bade farewell TO some fai
0 damsel, who was nearer and deare
: than father or mother, and fastened
= the tented field and faced those rebel
G those arch traitors, who were resolve
4 to sacrifice our Union, who defied tn
n laws of God and man, and were trea
V uring up wrath against the day {
: wrath. The patriotic company 4,
c Green Mountain boys who embarke
Il at Leicester Junction met the rebels @
@ the battle field and victory was our
G They were instrumental in breakin
G the chains which bound 100000 {
s human beings and of transformir
@ them from goods aud chattels, ini
|. freemen. Their noble deeds are T.
: corded on the pages of history. Tho
Q who fell on the battle field could n,
S have fallen nearer the gates of heavcl
= Those monuments whose white hca,
k point up heavenward, mark the la
p resting place of those whose memorie
c virtues, and whose patriotism are G
h shrined on our hearts, never TO
@ etlaced. w.