The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-01-30
CORRESPONDENCE.
More Testimony that VermOnps the
Mecca.

More Testimony that VeTmOnt's the
Mecca.
EAST WOODSTOCK, Conn.,, Jan. 25. 80.
To the Editor of the Bdnner-DEAR
SIR: Times are quiet in this ''land of
steady habits" 1 frequently think of
the old saying, Thine and tide wait for
nobody" for it seems that the speed
must be accelerating. Every year
seems to pass little more swiftly than
the previous one. l sometimes think
would like to hold up long enough to see
how it seems to have nothing to do, but
wi en- see the discomfort of pleasure
seekers, and then realize that my own
happiest hours are those that | have
spent in the midst of my school work,
am content to have it so, and shall an
ticipate that in the future, as in the past,
my greatest enjoyment will be in the
activity of life.
While thinking about my school work
l will tell of plan that has succeeded
with me, in exciting interest in GU Fri
day evening entertainments The child
rem elect one of their own mum er for
editor, OF what we call our school jour
nal. 1t is his business to have an over
sight OF The preparations for Friday. |
give out to the fifth reader grade, his
torical subjects TO cover the important
events of GU history, and leave every
thing else to the children / emselves.
We close up the exercises with SPELL
ing match.
The last thing they told me before
left Mississippi was: BE sure to come
back efOre winter for you Nill freeze
up If you stay in New England" | was
OF the opinion that | woul feel the cold
more than | used TO. but don 50 far,
ana have been surprised at the mild
ness Of The winter.
The question Of the East versus the
West seems to be growing interest.
since have been here | have heard
OF at least one man from not very far
away who went to the new territory and
returned with changed views of the sit
uatlon and more love Of home.
My uncle, who has been Iowa some
twenty-five or thirty years. said recently
that the East offered superiour op or
tunltles to farmers. He has made
money in the West 10y the advance in
the value of the proper purchased.
but those who 60 there now can not find
the same chance
In 1883 while l was in Kansas, |
found as much dissatisfaction as in any
place that | ever visited. People NOV
ing would almost daily meet others
moving back toward the same locality
from which they came. saw scores Of
farmers who were not making a living
on their land, but who were living on
the hopes of boom in real estate. In
their efforts to hurry up, the golden OPP
portunity which they SO earnestly de-
sired. they surveyed their land. laying
out city lots and it, eets. But, alas, All
is not gold that glitters,' and many of
those men are homesick and discOur-
aged.
At debate out there this winter on
the, Profits of Farmi g." the Affirmative
had made out good argument, when
the opposing debater, instead of putting
his argument into words, quietly opened
the stove and filled it up with corn, be-
ing the cheapest fuel available. TSee
BANNER of late date
| am interested in Vermont's Swedish
colony and wish it success. One of the
best scholars in my school is boy who
came from Sweden three years ago.
Yours truly, c. E. BRECKENRIDGE.