The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-12-24

been slave in Georgia, bat nov she wa
no longer one. but missus. that abe had
little slaves Of her own 10 work for her
meaning her own children. The whites
--ihc old seiilers -are not much behind
the negro a. queer people. A before
said, they are called ''crackera" II you
ask one Of them how far away place ID
they reply, oh. about one or two looki
away" Neither are these whitea much ia
advance OF The negroes 10 point OF irselli-
gence, or habits Of life and personal APP
pearance. We see bnt few OF this class
however. and 50 far rs our own society il
concerned. you would imagine yourself in
. New England village, 90 many New Eng,
land and western people are here. We are
constantly meeting new people and new
faces; asd without the formslity Of intro
ductions always, We soon become acquaiDt-
ed and friends. You can hardly imagine
the cordially Of the people, most Of whom
are from the north. AT once, upon meet.
ing. We query one another - TO what part
Of the country We hail from. and Of course
we soon come to be friends. At . gather
ing. few evenings since. / had the YAM
kee curiosity TO ask Of the different mem.
bers Of the company. from what state they
had come. All. with one exception. we're
from the north and west; five were from
Massachusetts,, five from Vermont, three
from New Hampshire, two from Illinois,
one from Missouri and one from Iowa.
One Of our young ladies. is from Rutland.
one teacher from Darlington, and one
young man. . minister is from Middle
bury, and Was once a.resident OF Manches-
ter-his father, Mr.. Austin. having for
merly.been principal Of Burr and Burton
Seminary.
The locomotive has come to be most
important factor in civilization. very pi
oneer. II il pushing itself further and
further in various directions, throughout
this once almost unknown country--this
beautiful land Of spring and summer.
And 10 its train are drawn hundreds and
thousands Of people Of property, enter
prise and energy. BY means Of the rail-
roads. they are enabled to locate them
selves in the more distant parts OF the
state. still be not too fer removed aud iso.
lated from civilization, and from necessary
sources Of supplies; and thus, in point Of
time, they are not far removed from the
large cities OF our country; neither are
any far from their New England and
western homes, which they have left be-
hind, as the speed OF the locomotive and
It's train, will soon set them down at the
doors Of their homes, though thousand
or fifteen hundred miles away. Some Of
your readers may have memory, which |
reaches back to the olden times, when the |
smigrant wagon was q somewhat familiar |
light in New England. In II, were the
amily and the household effects, furniture
bedding, ETC., all on long and wearisome
Quincy Of weeks and months. to some de.
ermined or undetermined locality in the
ar west. And when they turned their
packs upon the dear old home. the dear
riends, and all the familiar scenes Of their
it was with but faint hope OF
ver seeing them again; often were these
ife separations But nov how changed,
distance has been quite annihilatedl The
wifi iron. horse soon reaches the most
istsnt points Of our land, and the message
Oes from friend to friend, with its light
ing wings. Behold what has been
rought to pass in the fifty years Of the
asst. and what will the fifty years Of the
lture unfold?
My letter is quite TO long, fear, SO
i'll close.
NoRTHERNRR.