Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-03-04

what they raised. They had no market but
lived on, hoping their children might reap
the fruits of their labors and live easier than
they had done, and enjoy the property they
had accumulated.
at is worth a great deal to live among those
who speak our language, who live as we do,
who 20 TO the same church. When one goes
west he may settle where there are among
the few settlers none but Americans but soon
come Swedes and Danes and Germans, with
their own languages and customs, and our
Yankee is emphatically among strangers. |
ask the young man whether he WANTS 10 go TO
such place, to take a wife from among such
people, or a wife from home among them
To be sure, a man who cares nothing for civil
lizing influences goes out and gets rich but
such an example IL is not best TO follow.
There is now as much competition in land in
Illinois as here, for the best is taken up and
the fertility is lessening. Our crops now ave-
rage more to the acre than theirs, and we have
elements in our soil which will give us fertili-
ty when theirs may be exhausted"
He next spoke Of the importance Of pro-
ducing the best and getting the best price for
the product. DIR. Cutting is trying to raise
his grass five feet high he has only succeed
ed in getting it about four and half How
many reach that point Yet if he does it,
any one else can and if two tons per acre
were reached in the hay crop, it would great
ly increase the product. He wants TO see i'm
provement in these things and believes the
tide is beginning to turn and if production
still continues, and transportation is put and
kept at a cheap rate, we can compete with the
west, and, with the great industry of our peo-
pie, can compete successfully with any nation
on earth. We hear of the severity Of the
New England climate, but our seasons are
long enough to ripen our crops, and when the
snow comes it lies on the ground and is the
farmers blessing. The heavy teaming is done
in winter on the snow, and done easily, while
in n Virginia winter, in the mud and slusb, he
had seen four mules taken to draw q barrel Of
portland it was load enough for them, too.
He mentioned Col Waddell's letter giving his
experience and impressions in Vermont mo
person in Vermont thinks of asking anybody
to do anything for him which he can by any
possibility do himself Their industry is pos
itvely painful, especially among the ladies. "
This is true and he sees ladies here this even
ing, knitting while they are listCning-mind
and fingers alike busy. We all look with
pride on what Yermonters who have gone
away from home have done. In one daily
city paper he saw notices of eight, among the
most prominent men of other states, who
were Vermonters born and this was only q
single instance. They were educated here,
and made their mark, and their influence is
felt through the nation. He remembered re-
ceiving letter from prominent lawyer in
New Orleans, born and educated here, in
which he told of his first case there, and said
he just went back to old times and argued
the case just as he used TO in the lyceum at
old Bradford academy and he has succeeded.
He closed with an eloquent tribute to the
character of Vermont soldiers, whose excel
lence was due to the home influence and edu-
cation Of Vermont
Following discussion on educational mat
tiers, one man, whose name we did not get,
thought it made fool of 4 boy to go to col
lege and the agricultural colleges were no
better, and the graduates did not make farm
ers. He had heard about having an agricul-
tural college in this state, and had hoped that
President Buckham would have been here, so
he could have found out what had been done
with the hundred thousand dollars or SO which
the college had received from the state.
DIR. Cutting said he had hoped he would be
here he and the other members Of the board
had urged his attendance, but had been una
BILE to get him TO attend any of the meetings.