Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-06-06

spoken here on former occasions. II a Memorial
day discourse Is to serve any practical purpose.
1t should be delivered under circumstances which
will admit OF Its being heard. The fatigue and
discomfort OF standing during the delivery OF
long address, the noise incident to an out-of-
door assembly, aud the numerous difficulties In
the way OF listening to an open-ar speech deter
many people from attending and. to great ex-
tent, make the address a sort Of dumb show.
Capital Hall viii seat comfortably several hun
bred people-many times as many listeners as
try to get within range OF the speakers voice In
the open air. Many will go there who will shun
an outof-door stand.
In the WATERMAN OF April 18th appeared some
pleasant lines entitled Robin Redbreast," con-
trbuted by southern lady who, twenty-three
years ago, was Cabot girl The lines were sug-
gested by the departure for the North Of the robins
about her home In central Georgia, and were an
exhoitation to them to seek for nest-budng
n row OF naples In the door yard OF her old home
in Cabot; assuring the birds OF the protection OF
the "gray haired sire" and "his DAME" the
worthy parents OF the writer, for whom the verses
were intended rs a pleasant surprise. In the
WATERMAN OF May 9th was happy Reply" to
IODln EtuDIbhSt WIN sccihoi hoWoNVit W hoNo
taken the points OF the compass and to have
brought up in the naples about the home OF =" X.
r. c." in Lunenburg. where the wanderers had
become very pleasantly domciled. recent pri-
vate letter from "Robin Redbreast's" counsellor,
whose home bears the suggestive title Of " Glen
wood Farm" contains many items Of general In
terest and also forcibly conveys an idea Of the
wide range OF climate embraced within the boun-
daries OF the United States ct has been twenty
three years." says the writer under date OF May
18th, since left Vermont for another home, but
still havea longing for my native state in spring,
and fancy the sugar place all 1t used to be to
a romping child. Your paper OF April 18th, how
ever, came like snow storm to cool my longings.
We were having Strawberries peas and new p0-
tatoes, and could not realize that three feet Of
snow lay on my native hills. II should write
anything now 1t would be of farming. | have
just taken long ride to the cotton fields, where
the women and children were following after the
plows, with hoes. But cotton is a small item at
Glenwood Farm. 1t Is the clover and the orchard
grass that delight the good man, and the wagons
are busy hauling it into the barn, cut in bloom,'
and as pretty rs field OF roses. The barley has
been harvested and we commenced feeding oats
to-day lin the bundle). Our butter sells in Au-
gusta for fifty cents per pound, and Is much more
profitable than writing Indifferent verses. was
much interested in the WATERMAN. 1t is an ad-
mirable family paper, and recognized many IA
miliar names. Was surprised to notice "laboH'
so high and "butter low" Was also interested
in the editorial on the negro question After liv-
ing in the South twelve years. confess cannot
understand the race, though our relations with
them have always been harmonious"