Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-02-14
CENTRAL NEW YORK.

DIR. Editor Il get the MONITOR quite
regularly from some friend, and of course
read much of it with pleasure, as it relates
to places and people with whom l used to
be familiar. l seldom see anything in the
MONITOR from this section, so l thought
possibly few scattering notes might not
be unacceptable. OF the weather need
hardly say a word, so uniform has it been
in northern ATTITUDES our country over.
Snow, freezing weather and sleighing
have been for 80 days continuous, up to
to-day, (Feb, y. Snow is perhaps three
feet deep. I have never seen so much
since l left Glover in 1857. Fulton, n, Y,
is beautiful village of about 1000 inhab-
itants, mostly Americans. 1t is in Oswe-
go county and eleven miles from the city
of that name, on Lake Ontario. A branch
of the State canal passes through here
and is a very important freighting thor
oughfare, especially for grain and lumber.
There is large milling interest here,
there being seven grist-mills doing
heavy shipping business to New York
city and the New England States. Two
railroads center here, the Delaware, Lack
awanna & Western, communicating di-
rectly with the coal fields of Pennsylvania,
and the Midland (now the New York,
Ontario & Western). The falls in the
Oswego river being here, give immense
water power. A wooden factory, former
ly belonging to the Spragues, employing
some 1900 hands, and paying out about
500, 900 per month, makes matters some
what lively among our merchants, etc.
This particular section is somewhat noted
for its strawberry crop, for immense
quantities are shipped to the great centers,
New York, Philadelphia ana Baltimore.
The general agricultural interest, how
ever is cheese, buckwheat, potatoes and
hay. First-class hard wood sells at from
$3.50 to $500 per cord; but hard coal is
| ton.
| Among other matters of interest to
many, there exists in this vicinity quite a
| good many spirirualists, among whom it
| it would seem that there were goodly
number of excellent and intelligent people,
whom it would hardly seem possible
could be duped and led into so much SUI
perstitious faith; while at the same time
they cast unpleasant reflections against
the Christian Church for its superstition.
The village and town of Mexico is in this
county about IL miles distant, and is
almost headquarters for sp!ritualism in
this section, so 1 send you the following
extract from our Fulton Patriot, and as
it speaks for itself you can imagine what
f1utter it has caused inside and outside
Of spiritualistic ranks. When will people
of sense act on sensible principles?
ssFor few weeks past Spiritualists
from all parts of the country have helC
almost nightly meetings here in Mexico
and have brought forth, it is said, mucl
of the unseeable and unknowable. On,
man who was supposed to be in a fai
way to be converted was invited to
meeting and was told that the spirit abou
to be introduced was his dead sister, ant
| UnaG he might snake nanQS with her. A
he grasped the hand of the spirit it seem
; ed SO real that he seized the arm and tn
husband of the woman has threatened t,
add one to the spirit world.-Cor. Uict
Herald.
1 congratulate my old friend Gen. Grout
whom I have known from his boyhood
on his receiving the honors conferre,
upon him, and feel also that the distric
in which formerly lived has been equal
honored in having him to-represent them
REV. B. Drumming,
Fulton, ~. Y. Feb. z. 1881.
, ADAMS FALL. Ever since Adams fail
. which subjected human nature to disease
. os the flesh, there has been a demand TO
! a blood purifier. We all realize the fac
that upon the purity and vitality of til
f blood depend the health and vigor of til
whole system, and that disease of variou
kinds is often only a sign that nature j
trying to remove the disturbing cause
4 hence a reliable blood purifier is of great
: er Importance to the people than is gel
G orally supposed. We are pleased to sa
that Hoods Sarsaparilla bears unmistak;
BILE proof of being this sort of medicin,
I | and we think it worthy a trial.