Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-09-17

i, again our beautiful Silver Lake please
: and charms our new residents NOR
: and more. Five miles in circumfer
! ence and containing the clearest AM
$ purest of water, it affords fine boating
e and fishing, bathing in summer and il
winter skating and horse-trotting, als'
never failing supply OF pure ice. Sit
uated near the center of the town ant
partly surrounded by beautiful grove,
it affords a most pleasant and conven
: lent place, in connection with boats and
swings, for our own people and thos,
outside to hold celebrations, reunions
and society gatherings, and is much
frequented by people from other town:
as place to spend weeks vacation
camping out in tents. This lake affords
water sufficient to run all mills, shops,
ETC., necessary for our people to use.
At the foot of the lake is the village,
and perhaps no town in all New Eng
land, certainly no hill town, has vii
lage so near its center, so convenient,
and containing so nearly everything
that her people need both for business
and recreation. In this village stands
the well kept Silver Lake House, a
great resort for summer boarders and
pleasure parties AT this place now
the Uniyersalist church, the Methodist
church and the large town hall building
are all being extensively repaired and
remodeled. With such buildings all in
good repair, with good roads, no river
bridges, nearly all bridges in town new
and but little town and no church in
debtedness, where can you buy farm
with prospect of less taxation than in
Barnard? Taxation drags men down,
and keeps them there in many places,
but not here. The place to buy farm
is where taxes are light, and are likely
to continue so. Here, too, are good
educational facilities. There are fif-
teen good school houses placed at con-
venient distances in different parts of
the town. In this respect Barnard is
far ahead OF many towns. The maxi
mum distance here to good school is
one mile while in the adjoining hill
town of Pomfrst there are farms where
children cannot reach school without
travelling more than three miles. On
each side Of us at Bethel and Wood
stock are good high schools that fit for
college if desired, at very small ex-
pense by taking rooms there and board
ing themselves, returning home Friday
nights. The Normal School at Ran
dolph is also within 2 or ID miles and
easily reached by those who wish to fit
themselves for teaching.
The citizens OF Barnard are law
abiding class and court cases from this
town of late years are almost unknown
at the county seat. Farmers can leave
their homes alone with latch string out
without fear of theft or other depreda-
tions being committed in their absence.
Here the tramp is almost unknown and
all feel secure of person and property.
For these reasons and others no
place can excel it for summer homes
for city residents. The magnificent
views from some of its hills are de-
light forever. Its great, cold springs,
the source of many streams that start
for the rivers, afford splendid locations
for trout ponds. A partyof gentlemen
are now utilizing one of these, and are
to expend from five to ten thousand dol
lars. Our well made and smooth roads
with new guide posts at every crossing,
and leading among beautiful groves,
and along the sides of clear ripping
brooks, make it very enjoyable for the
city boarders of the Silver
Lake House, and when the three other
large summer hotels now contemplated
are built, making one on each of the
four sides of this most beautiful
lake. it will make lively times on
these roads, and profitable times for the
farmers. An easy down grade on these
roads to the different depots make it ca |
" and pleasant for the farmer to get
wood, lumber, and produce to these.
After thus describing our town in '
general terms we wish to call attention
o a few particular things for which it
5 noted, and prominent among them {
ire
HORSES.
Vermont for the last half century :
las been to the front by reputation for /
he breeding of fine horses and | might /
ay has made a specially of tie light
,arness horse. No other state of its |
ize can begin to compare with Vt. t
Barnard is typical town of the c
tate and although hiIly in its surface d
ret the sweet luxuriant feed of the c
,reen pastures seems to be specially a a
Iapted to the growth of colts and the
youngsters hardly ever disappoint the f
breeder when they come to the stables t
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